Alcoholism is not an uncommon co-occuring disorder in those with eating disorders including binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating.  About one-third of women with an eating disorder will also have alcohol problems.  Up to 25% of those with anorexia nervosa and over half of those with bulimia will also have a substance use disorder, many of them alcoholics.

The Meaning of Weight You can’t walk by a magazine stand or watch any television without the subject of weight loss being brought up.  There is a multi-billion dollar industry in over-the-counter or “natural remedies” for weight loss.  Women and girls as young as five years old are worried about being fat.  At the same time, there are an increasing number of individuals who struggle not just with disordered eating but with actual eating disorders – anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder or who struggle with obesity.