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    Skinny Boy: A Young Man's Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia
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    Skinny Boy: A Young Man's Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia
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    Skinny Boy: A Young Man's Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia

    By Gary A. Grahl

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    Gary Grahl was both handsome and popular, a boy whoseathletic abilities attracted the attention of the big leagues . . . until "IT," a shaming inner-voice thatconvinced him to be ever thinner. His out-of-control compulsion to exercise and starve himself led to multiple hospitalizations, and a life and death battle to win control over the pervasive and dangerous "IT."

    Skinny Boy is a powerful story showing how anyone can win the internal battle between mind and body, and triumph over the out-of-control thoughts and feelings common to many mental disorders.

    Skinny Boy is the first and only book to describe how a young man overcame this often fatal disorder, normally associated with young women,that kills thousands of young people each year. It also offers therapists, sufferers, and their families with a powerful new tool to helpthemtriumph in the battle over self.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmerican Legacy Media
    Release dateMar 1, 2007
    ISBN9780981848945
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      This is an excellent, honest account of a young man's recovery from anorexia. The book covers his hospitalization, relapse, and second hospitalization. I liked the fact that the relapse was covered in the book, since too many of these kinds of memoirs do not address that issue. The inner voice of anorexia was also well described. I would recommend this to anyone with an eating disorder or who loves someone with one, as well as any clinicians or students interested in working with clients with eating disorders.