What Drug Use Does to Weight — and Why the Number on the Scale Doesn't Tell the Real Story
Many drugs cause weight loss — sometimes dramatically — but the weight loss isn't health. It's the body breaking down faster than…
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Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and the body-image pressures that intersect with addiction and recovery.

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Many drugs cause weight loss — sometimes dramatically — but the weight loss isn't health. It's the body breaking down faster than…
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Active addiction depletes the body in measurable ways — vitamin deficiencies, blood sugar instability, gut microbiome disruption,…
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The fear of eating in front of others — sometimes called deipnophobia — is a form of social anxiety often rooted in shame, past ex…
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Yes — exercise can become a behavioral addiction. The pattern includes compulsive working out despite injury or exhaustion, distre…
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Adderall and eating disorders co-occur in women at significantly higher rates than the prescribing patterns acknowledge. The appet…
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