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BRAVE SOUL OF FEBRUARY 2001: BECKY THOMPSON
This month we talk to a very special person that has overcome great adversity and turmoil. Becky Thompson was a 19-year-old kid, trying to hit a goal weight of 83 pounds. This would normally be the start of our tale, but Becky overcame her bout with Bulimia. However, like most of our tales, the story doesn't stop there...
darby: Becky, you were bulimic?
Becky: Yes.
d: But you’re not anymore?
B: Well, it took me four years to eat solid foods and not recycle them as liquids. I went from 89 pounds to 120 and, for the first time in my life, I liked who I was. I was clean for four years, but then it happened.
d: Drugs.
B: No! I became bulimic again.
With four years under her belt, figuratively speaking, Becky relapsed. Going from a healthy 120 pounds to 80; three pounds under her goal.
d: But you said yourself, you had never been so happy. How could you go back to your old ways?
B: That’s the worst part, Darby. I didn’t want to. I was late for school one morning and was quickly brushing my teeth, when,...
d: Go on.
B: Well, as I was brushing, the toothbrush slipped and caused me to gag. I hurled my whole breakfast into the sink. It was like a shot of heroin. After four years I got the taste of vomit again, and I liked it. I couldn’t stop. Sometimes I would just dry heave, just to get the taste of stomach acid in my mouth.
d: Good God, we get the point. Ugh…
It’s the view of this journalist that when one’s disease turns into one’s fetish, one should really keep it to themselves.
B: Hhhhaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk…
d: It’s not even a Feat of Bravery. It was when you overcame bulimia, but now it’s just--
B: Bbbllllaaaaappptttt…
d: Exactly.
IF YOU HAVE A FEAT OF BRAVERY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, EMAIL DARBY AT DARBY@TLCHICKEN.COM
BRAVE SOUL OF FEBRUARY 2001: BECKY THOMPSON
This month we talk to a very special person that has overcome great adversity and turmoil. Becky Thompson was a 19-year-old kid, trying to hit a goal weight of 83 pounds. This would normally be the start of our tale, but Becky overcame her bout with Bulimia. However, like most of our tales, the story doesn't stop there...
darby: Becky, you were bulimic?
Becky: Yes.
d: But you’re not anymore?
B: Well, it took me four years to eat solid foods and not recycle them as liquids. I went from 89 pounds to 120 and, for the first time in my life, I liked who I was. I was clean for four years, but then it happened.
d: Drugs.
B: No! I became bulimic again.
With four years under her belt, figuratively speaking, Becky relapsed. Going from a healthy 120 pounds to 80; three pounds under her goal.
d: But you said yourself, you had never been so happy. How could you go back to your old ways?
B: That’s the worst part, Darby. I didn’t want to. I was late for school one morning and was quickly brushing my teeth, when,...
d: Go on.
B: Well, as I was brushing, the toothbrush slipped and caused me to gag. I hurled my whole breakfast into the sink. It was like a shot of heroin. After four years I got the taste of vomit again, and I liked it. I couldn’t stop. Sometimes I would just dry heave, just to get the taste of stomach acid in my mouth.
d: Good God, we get the point. Ugh…
It’s the view of this journalist that when one’s disease turns into one’s fetish, one should really keep it to themselves.
B: Hhhhaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk…
d: It’s not even a Feat of Bravery. It was when you overcame bulimia, but now it’s just--
B: Bbbllllaaaaappptttt…
d: Exactly.
IF YOU HAVE A FEAT OF BRAVERY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, EMAIL DARBY AT DARBY@TLCHICKEN.COM
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vol 3 - issue 06 (feb 2001)
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stories