Why Recovery is a Lifelong Practice

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]How long does recovery for eating disorders actually take?

[00:00:04]That is not a question I can answer for any individual um because it takes as long as it takes. And that's the real answer. So, eating disorders are the kind of illness and there are some other mental illnesses that are like this where if if I tell you I need you to change your behavior for the next like 30 days and then after that you won't have an eating disorder anymore.

[00:00:31]Most people can can do it. They they can do it. Like if I have my life back if I just do this one thing for 30 days that they will do it but then the eating disorder comes right back.

[00:00:41]>> Mhm. And so it's the kind of disorder where it takes as long as it takes and it's going to take every day for the rest of your life to practice the recovery behaviors. We we have some data to say, you know, if you are accepting nutrition like how long will it take you to weight restore, how long will it take you to become nutritionally stabilized and that's something that your individual treatment provider should talk with you about.

[00:01:05]>> Mhm. But there's no blanket answer of just, you know, it's not a 14-day course of an antibiotic and then you're just better. Wouldn't that be nice?

[00:01:12]>> Wouldn't that be nice?