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    # Help for Women in 12-step Recovery

   Details    Category: [Spiritual Depth](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/table/emergence/spiritual-depth/)  At an [IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California)](http://www.iwosc.org/) seminar on business writing this morning I met an inspiring woman, [Pamela Lane](http://www.pamlanewrites.com/about-pamela-lane.php). She's a writer with a depth of knowledge about the human condition. I liked her.

She asked about me, and of course I told her about my soon to be released book, [Healing Your Hungry Heart](http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294125509&sr=8-1). She lit up when she heard

 that it was about how a woman can help herself recovery from an eating disorder. When I said that the eating disorder served a function and that a woman needs to develop in ways to care for herself so she no longer needs her eating disorder, Pam nodded and smiled.

She said, "This is the book 12-step sponsors need to share with their sponsees, whether it's about eating disorders or anything else."

I liked the idea of women gathering together, sharing their experiences of recovery as they do the recovery exercises in my book, and finding ways to heal their hungry hearts. :)

Thank you for inspiring me, Pam!

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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