Good Enough...When Losing is Winning, and Thin Enough Can Never be Achieved

By Cynthia N. Bitter

Book Overview

This is an inspiring memoir of the author's near-fatal battle with anorexia and bulimia, and how she was able to emerge victorious 25 years later. Her incredible, thought-provoking journey takes you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965775569
• ISBN13: 9780965775564
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Hopelines Enterprises
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Inspirational!

This book was one of MANY I had read about women in recovery from eating disorders and it was the most inspiring one yet! It gave me hope that I will survive and that recovery is possible. Living with this ugly disease is all-consuming and this book really describes it perfectly. I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone -- eating disorder victim or anyone who cares about someone who is. Cynthia is an inspiration and a wonderful writer...

inspiring

This book was so inspiring to me. So often I read books that are merely war stories, people telling you step by step their downfall, therefore describing how to go about having an eating disorder. Those books are very triggering for those of us who have an eating disorder. But this book was about recovery. And to read about someone who overcame a difficult thing was encouraging. It gave me hope that I will one day be able to do the same thing. The task doesn't seem so impossible anymore.

Excellent story that gives one hope and strenght to go on.

This is an excellent book, fit for people with or without eating disorders. Reading about Cynthia's struggles and how she overcame them, can give anyone hope as well as strenght to continue and not give up. For anyone with an eating disorder or if you are related to someone who has one, this book offers hope that will push you to not give up on yourself, or your loved one. I have a sister who has been struggling with bulimia for over 7 years now, I thought it was a long time until I read "good enough" and found cynthia battled eating disorders for 25 years and overcame it to be the woman she is today. That gave me hope, and I realized that my sister could get better, for a while I had given up on her. It helped me understand my sister and the "irrational" behavior she constatly displays. Through this book I began to understand that no one wants that kind of life for themselves but they feel out of control if they abandon what they have come to know so well. Excellent overall, thank-you Cynthia.

I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!

I purchased and read this book at a time when I needed someone and something to inspire me. GOOD ENOUGH was so uplifting. I've never known of someone so determined in their ability to overcome such overwhelming and deadly illnesses. Cynthia showed me that there is always hope, and that with faith and believing in myself that I, too, could overcome my own struggles. Although, I personally have not had an eating disorder, I know of others who have had unhealthy eating behaviors. This book has helped me become more aware that eating issues should not be used as a means of controlling other things or other people in our lives. Cynthia N. Bitter is a true Godsend and an inspiration to us all. I wish that her book could just go on and on as I found it so EMPOWERING. I say HATS OFF TO CYNTHIA N. BITTER. SHE IS A WOMAN THAT I TRULY ADMIRE!!!

A true-story that is saving my life to this day. Tnx, Cindy

This book is a true-story about the turmoil of living and dying from anorexia nervosa and bulimia. This book shows a real-life day to day, year to year struggle with eating disorders. It is amazing to me that after enduring so much pain and hardship the author is now living happily and healthily. I was ready to give up until I read Cindy's book. I believe she is godsent and I'm chosing to live because I have new hope because of her. Anybody recovering or struggling or who knows someone with an eating disorder should read this book now. Stephanie Mullennix