Marya Hornbacher

Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher lovingly embraced her anorexia and bulimia -- until a particularly horrifying bout with the disease in college put the romance of wasting away to rest forever. A vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching memoir, Wasted is the story of one woman's travels to reality's darker side -- and her decision to find her way back on her own terms.

A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Wasted

A Bipolar Life

Madness

A Nonbeliever's Higher Power

Waiting

The luminous first novel by Marya Hornbacher, the acclaimed author of "Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia", is a moving and passionate story of a death from despair -- and a stricken family's passage through grief toward the hope, solace, and understanding that waits for them somewhere beyond the center of winter.

A Novel

The Center of Winter

Offers instructions and guidance for individuals in recovery for addiction who also suffer from a mental illness, providing real-life stories, and describing an approach to the Twelve Steps program of recovery.

Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps

Sane

Leben mit Bulimie und Magersucht ; eine Autobiographie

Alice im Hungerland

Marya Hornbacher ist durch die Hölle gegangen: Mit neun Jahren wird sie bulimisch, später magersüchtig - bis sie mit 23 Jahren nur noch 26 Kilo wiegt. Die Ärzte geben ihr noch eine Woche, aber Marya überlebt dank ihrer Willenskraft. Ohne auf gängige Erklärungsmuster zu vertrauen, schildert sie rückhaltlos offen eine schreckliche Odyssee, die doch noch ein gutes Ende nimmt.

Leben mit Bulimie und Magersucht. Eine Autobiographie

Marya Hornbacher, author of the international best-sellers Madness and Wasted, offers an enlightening examination of the Twelve Steps for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders. Marya Hornbacher, author of the international best sellers Madness: A Bipolar Life and Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, offers an enlightening examination of the Twelve Steps for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders.In this beautifully written recovery handbook, New York Times best-selling author Marya Hornbacher applies the wisdom earned from her struggle with a severe mental illness and addiction to offer an honest and illuminating examination of the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous for those with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders.Relaying her recovery experiences, and those of the people with whom she has shared her journey, Hornbacher guides readers through the maze of special issues that make working each Step a unique challenge for those with co-occurring disorders.She addresses the difficulty that many with a mental illness have with finding support in a recovery program that often discourages talk about emotional problems, and the therapy and medication that they require. At the same time, Hornbacher reveals how the Twelve Steps can offer insights, spiritual sustenance, and practical guidance to enhance stability for those who truly have to approach sanity and sobriety one day at a time.

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