I'm really glad my brother took my doctor's advice to take Zoloft because I think I'd still be in a state of severe panic if I hadn't sneaked a couple pills. Technically I'm supposed to be on Zoloft also but it would make me feel like a drug addict. I'd rather take my chances on a bath, the temperature of which is unpredictable and varies, sometimes violently, between hot and cold than a bath of stagnant, tepid water with which my body meshes so that I can't feel where I end and the water begins. Does that make sense?
My mom came home maybe an hour after I started breaking down over a couple stupid numbers on the scale and she made me feel a lot better. I confessed that I'd relapsed and for once she was really nice about it. She still doesn't really get it. She suggested I just eat healthy and "not think about it". I argued that it always starts out that way and ends up with the mess I'm in right now. I'm mad at my brother, my cousin and my friend. My weed dealer was kinder than they were though I suspect his wanting to come over and make me feel better has more to do with him feeling lonely than anything else (his kids are evidently staying with their mom for Christmas).
Despite (after so many years too!) still being semi-ignorant about my eating disorder one thing in particular that my mom said really made me feel better. I told her about Ani, KBOO's bearded volunteer coordinator and how much I admire her for accepting her facial hair to the point where she actually trims it and takes care of it. My mom said I need to start being more like Ani, and I agree. If I could be one person in the whole world other than myself it would be Ani because she's so comfortable in her own skin.
Earlier today I called a club and asked about auditions. They suggested I come in tonight for amateur night and thinking about Ani's inspired me to go! I figure if I were Ani I would shake my big chubby chunks all over the stage and if no one likes it to hell with them. Just an hour ago I was thinking of quitting dancing already because I'm a "fat mess". Now I just have to get a ride over there and I'll be golden.