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 it…
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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 it…
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Active addiction depletes the body in measurable ways: vitamin deficiencies, blood sugar instability, gut microbiome disruption, a…
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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 expe…
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Yes: exercise can become a behavioral addiction. The pattern includes compulsive working out despite injury or exhaustion, distres…
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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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