Rest Day

I spent the morning trying to think of words behinning with the letter O

Then I remembered that Sunday is a rest day in the A-Z Challenge

So

I could relax

This week has been exciting 

I got a few promising emails 

And also did an informal chat with an on line media company 

I'm not sure what will come if it

But it's fun just to do it

It never ceases to amaze what can happen when you put yourself out there 

I have been contacted by people the world over

To do interviews

Skype chats 

Writing pieces for publications

It's all fun 

And it's all part of gathering awareness for addiction and EDs 

This month 

I am four years blogging 

It's quite hard to believe

But in other ways 

I feel every bit of the last four years 

I think back to 2012

April 2012

I was 30 years old 

11 years in to my illness

And had been up and down since up until then 

Mostly down if I am honest 

I started looking for blogs on the Internet for like minded people 

I needed to find others who were like me

It's human nature 

The need to know that we are not alone 

The first sure I found was Yummy Secrets 

Some of you will remember this site 

It is no longer active now

I also found Recovering Anorexic over on Wordpress

And both these blogs opened the door to whole host of other blogs 

Some in the midst of their illness

Some recovering 

As well as the usual smattering of pro ana too

I read back on my first posts 

And I write about wanting to lost weight 

Fasting 

Purging 

I know back then I was about 50-54kg

And I wanted to be smaller 

Blogger was so active back then 

There were so many blogs to discover and follow 

I would say that 75% of those are now defunct 

And there are only a handful of us left 

I worry for our community 

That it will die out 

I sincerely hope not though

As I know a lot of us depend on this community and each other 

Over time 

My blog has become more about my struggle to get well

I think ive grown up a little 

Finally says you

But seriously 

It's been an amazing ride

To document everything that's happened in the last four years

To meet and get to know so many lovely people

For you to be part of my story 

And me to have been part of yours

It been like writing a diary 

And sharing it with the world 

I hope my blog has in some small way helped in the plight against EDs and addiction

I am one girl writing a blog

But together I believe we can make a change 

For the better

So Happy Birthday to you today blog!

And long may you last!