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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Binge Eating Disorder: Cured
I did have an eating disorder. I always wondered what was wrong with me that I could sit and zone out and eat more than a whole day's worth of food in one, fifteen-minute sitting. I wondered why I kept doing it even though I felt guilty, I wanted to stop, I made myself sick, and I was gaining weight at an astounding pace. I let my eating disorder imprison me in morbid obesity for a long time.
My eating disorder became clearer to me as I lost weight. It sometimes looked like a raging monster, one that was biting me on the arms and terrifying me as I tried to get it away from me, all the while embracing it and trying to tame it into some kind of loyal pet. I tried so hard to turn that terrifying, ugly monster into something kinder and calmer and more domesticated. But it always seemed I ended up getting bit, crying and bleeding and wishing I could somehow let it go.
I tried calling exterminators. Therapists, doctors, experts who I thought might be able to slay the beast that I seemed unable to kill on my own. In my head I was cornered, frightened, ever waiting for the next monstrous attack with the razor-sharp teeth and claws that would leave me once again crying and bleeding and bandaging my wounds. And then again I'd try to befriend it, to tame it, to tentatively reach out and understand it, and it would bite me again. I could not be rid of the monster.
Over time, I have finally come to understand that my vision was clouded. I was imagining that monster. It was my own fears come to life in my mind... my idea that my eating disorder was something I could not understand, comprehend, or conquer. It was an outside force, an entity like the demons I feared as a child, that did things *to* me. It took hold of me in its jaws and shook, shook, shook, until I went limp like a rag doll and ate and ate until I could eat no more. It was the only way to appease the monster. Eat. Do its bidding. Only then would its jaws open and it would slink away, leaving me once again wounded and shaking and trying to heal. Trying to be free.
All this time, I was wrong. My eating disorder was not a monster. It never was. I was seeing it through my own fears and bleak hopelessness that surrounds those who suffer, imagine it a monster, and think they can never be free.
It is not a monster. I see it clearly now. My eating disorder is a teddy bear.
It's a brown, soft, fluffy teddy bear. It has no teeth or claws; it has no demon-eyes. It is gentle and comforting and I, myself, chose to reach out and embrace it. It never cornered me or threatened me or caused my wounds. I caused them myself, with my own imaginations and beliefs and actions.
When I was upset, I took the comfort of the bear. Comfort was what I wanted all along. I think sometimes I was trying to punish myself by imagining it a monster. But it had no life of its own, either way; it was just a silly stuffed animal with no power over me. When I was lonely, I reached for it. When I was sad, or happy, or overwhelmed, I put my hand out and touched the soft fur and hugged it near me. My eating disorder has served a purpose all along. I used it to help myself cope. I used it to shut out the world. I buried my face in its softness and closed my eyes and the world disappeared for a bit. It was my own mind that let that teddy bear morph into a flesh-shredding monster to be feared. It was my own sense of helplessness that left me feeling like a victim after every binge.
It's been a long time since I took the bear off its shelf and embraced it. It was even getting a bit dusty over there, but I knew I still had it. I just didn't need it so much lately. This week the bear came off the shelf and into my arms for awhile. This time, there was no fear. There was no fright that it *could be* a monster, that it *could* hurt me. It couldn't. For the first time, I saw it for what it truly is. And I was not afraid.
I've had the bear on the shelf for a long time now. Each time I get it down, it is less threatening and I feel so much less attached to it. Like a child maturing into adulthood, I remember the times when I thought I really *needed* my bear to get by, but then life calls and I forget and it takes up less space in my mind. I sleep without it, I go on coping in different ways. The bear sits on the shelf longer and longer until the grown-up takes it down one last time and then stuffs it into a trunk or a box in the attic.
People like to tell me I need a therapist or a specialist or a psychiatrist to help me tame this thing, this eating disorder, as if it is a monster I cannot deal with alone. If you've read my blog for long, you know I don't buy it. I have spent plenty of time with counselors in the past, and while there have been some good insights, none of them truly helped me erase my self-destructive behaviors. I talked to a counselor last month on the phone for an hour, and while I got some great tips on how to re-frame my idea of weight-loss success and my reasons for wanting to lose weight, I don't think it gave me any new insights into my actual reasons or drivers for eating. Nor do I believe any counselor or specialist could give me more insight than I have had on my own in four years of self-examination, introspection, and working through the mental side of binge eating. That's not to discount specialists in general; I just believe that I am the ultimate specialist in *myself.* I have made it my business to become the expert in my own behaviors. I won't ever understand everything, but I have a pretty good grip on why I do what I do. And I absolutely reject the assertion that I can not be free of an eating disorder without the help of some professional. I do not need therapy. Not for this, anyway.
Don't believe me? Don't think Binge Eating Disorder can be "cured" without a therapist, on one's own? Don't think it can *ever* be cured? Think again. Because technically, I've already cured myself.
According to the DSM-V criteria for BED, it is characterized by 3 or more of the following:
■eating much more rapidly than normal,
■eating until feeling uncomfortably full,
■eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry,
■eating alone because of feeling embarrassed by how much one is eating, and/or
■feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed, or very guilty afterward.
In addition, the binge eating must occur, on average, at least once a week for three months.
Four years ago, I *easily* met, not just 3, but all five of the above bulleted criteria for BED, and I had met these criteria for many years. I binged like that *definitely* more than once a week, and it went on for a decade.
And now? No. I no longer meet the official criteria for BED. My 'binge' this week DID involve eating large amounts when not hungry and eating until I was uncomfortably full. However it did not meet the other criteria, and even if it had, the frequency of my binges now (a few times a year) no longer allows me to be diagnosed with BED. This is addressed by the chair of the Eating Disorders Work Group for the DSM-V, who states, "the disorder is really a phenomenon of frequently eating an abnormal amount combined with feelings of shame, guilt, or disgust. The behavior is recurrent, and it feels wrong. It's that combination of factors that distinguish it from the overeating that we all occasionally do" which distinguishes pathological behavior from the kind of periodic overeating in which many people indulge.
Periodic overeating is not an eating disorder. Having too much turkey at Thanksgiving, eating a dozen cookies at Christmas, or being sad and eating half a cheesecake does not make you someone who has an eating disorder. What I was doing four years ago... that was an eating disorder. What I am doing now? Nope, no longer diagnosable by any stretch of the imagination.
I technically am "cured" of BED, going by the books. I didn't need a therapist to do this. I did it myself.
I personally do not yet consider myself healed to the point of normalcy, regardless of what the experts and the books say. If I turn to food for comfort and overeat when I don't really want to, and that affects my weight, that is something I want to fix. It's no longer technically an eating disorder, but since it is a remnant of one, I consider it an extension of that old behavior, or wanting my teddy bear for comfort.
I don't really need it anymore. But let me stress to you that I HAD A DIAGNOSABLE EATING DISORDER AND I NO LONGER HAVE IT. It is NOT necessary in every case to get "professional help" to be free from binge eating. My "binges" do not even qualify as binges anymore. They are less frequent, less intense, and are not ridden with guilt like they used to be. In fact they border on the regular old garden variety overeating that anyone might do. I am freeing *myself* of the remnants of BED. It takes time, but I've been successful.
I've just begun reading Brain over Binge, and for the first time I am finding an author who agrees with me that binge eating is *not* all about some past trauma and we do not all need years of therapy to overcome it. The author bases her writing and recovery on another book, Rational Recovery, which I have not read but that has the same idea: we can free *ourselves* from addiction. I have felt this way throughout my journey. I have always rejected the OA concept of being "powerless over food". It is nice to see some authors who agree with me. It feels rather validating.
I am at the point now where my weight loss is actually no longer about BED, but about self-discipline and eating less calories than I am burning. It's about me being proactive with meal preparation and scheduled activity, and not giving in to eating cookies or pizza when I feel like it. It's about having the strength to turn my thoughts away from food and towards health and life and other, more important things. It is not easy, but it's also not some deep psychological issue. It's just some hard work, habit-breaking, knuckling down and focusing and getting it done.
I am not saying I won't falter or will never overeat or even that I am going to get to my goal weight. Who knows? I will work at it. We'll see where it gets me. But I am done living the BED life. I am not living in fear of the monster anymore, because there is no monster. And a teddy bear, while a childish crutch, is much more manageable than a monster. The monster is gone from my mind, the teddy bear is in the box in the attic. Maybe I'll get it out once in awhile in the future, but it just doesn't comfort me like it used to. Maybe I'll get rid of the box completely. I used to be afraid to get rid of my familiar old 'friend', but the thought of life without it is easier now. I admit that for a long time, once it lost its fearsome monsterness, I wanted to hang on to that old fluffy teddy bear, just in case. It was kind of comforting knowing it was there, even if I didn't plan to take it out and use it. Binge eating was an old familiar friend, and thinking about going without it made me nervous. I clung to it, or the idea of it, tenaciously. But lately, I just see it as a dusty old raggedy thing. I don't need that teddy bear anymore. I often think about just tossing it in the trash, leaving it behind forever.
In summary:
I had Binge Eating Disorder for many years. It felt like a scary monster to me.
I changed my habits, did some mental work, lost a bunch of weight.
My binges became less frequent and less intense as time passed.
A "binge" now is so infrequent, so much less food, and so much less distressing emotionally to me that it actually isn't classifiable as a binge at all. Rather, it's overeating, even with the remnant of 'binge planning' that was more habit than anything else, and didn't pan out in the end.
The monster that plagued and terrified me for so long is gone, replaced by a teddy bear that I sometimes feel like reaching out to for comfort.
I no longer feel scarred, traumatized, and guilty after overeating. I no longer fit the criteria for BED; I do not have an eating disorder anymore.
My issue now is not some deep psychological scarring or underlying emotional thing I need to 'deal with' in order to lose weight. It is not about my childhood or my failed marriage or my feelings of insecurity. My issue now is that I like to eat. Cake tastes good. I like hot dogs and Cheetos. End of story.
I will lose weight when I stop giving in to my desires to eat more than I should and the kinds of foods that make me want to eat more and more of them.
37 comments:
- Princess Dieter said...
Good points. I got over mine (so far) without a therapist, but like you, I had to do some internal work and external changes (food plans, etc).
I guess your relationship with food, as detailed here, still seems so antagonistic and vexed, taht it doesn't READ normal. It reads Effed up. BUT...your progress is progress, and you are cured from the technical definition standpoint, for sure.
I think it's that many of us read the emotion, grief, frustration, etc, and see that the food relationship is still so up and down and angst-ridden, this sort of repetitive freaking out about it, and it's easy to forget THE PROGRESS...which is important to keep in mind. :) I think it's more than a teddy bear, becuase how you react after is really pretty strongly. Liking cake is one thing. Liking cake, having it, and then going, "Oh, well,back to broccoli tomorrow" and being calm about it. Having cake and this and that and then being in pain and bloated and upset and freaking...that's still not normal.
Teddy bears do not lead to freak-outs. So, something is still there. Maybe it's not a teddy bear...but it's not binge eating disorder, full blown, either. It's something else, less consistent and less dangerous. But it's not cuddly. It's still got some fangs.
God be praised for progress, every bit of it. And healing, every bit of it. It's good to remember where we were and how far we've come...always.
Thanks for the perspective...and on we go, healing day by day...
- January 29, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Human in Progress said...
I read Brain Over Binge in the middle of this month, and it's changed everything for me. Wonderful book, and the author's blog has helpful articles also (http://brainoverbinge.blogspot.com).
I no longer think in terms of monster/demon/beast either. It's a load off, isn't it? I think neutral animal/caveman/lower brain, as the book talks about.
I haven't binged since reading the book, but I have overeaten a few times. I decided yesterday that it's too early in my recovery to bake, keep lots of sugary foods in the house, or have sweets when I'm upset. But I honestly believe that if I keep working at it, I will one day be able to do those things without harming myself.
When you wrote about binging a little while ago, I started to leave a comment that "you didn't actually binge. You overate." But I didn't go through with posting the comment because binging is somewhat subjective, and who am I to tell you that some pizza and a snack cake and a candy bar isn't a binge? Maybe to me it's not, maybe it is to someone else.
Anyway, I was happy to read tonight that you don't consider that recent episode a binge, either.
- January 29, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Lynn, good for you for owning your recovery. I'm confident that someday you will be able to put that "teddy bear" back on the shelf for good. I, too, make the mistake of sometimes judging your agonizingly honest posts and reading your honesty about your struggles as you caving to your addiction.
But that's unfair. I once struggled with clinical depression and was on and off meds and in and out of a number of therapists' offices. Nothing helped except for learning to rely more on God and for making lifestyle changes.
I have confidence (without even knowing you!) that you're going to stick to this and see it through. I pray for you whenever I read this blog!
- January 29, 2012 at 5:39 PM
I haven't read the book, so can I just say going out and buying all that stuff kind of does sound like a binge to me, even if you didn't eat any of it? Does that make sense to anybody?
- January 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM
This is such an interesting post. It brings up a lot of issues that I am betting there will be conflicting advice and comments on. I look forward to reading them.
I am so glad you feel calmer about your eating. It is only food...it has no hold over you or power over you unless you give it that power and make it into something that it isn't. Eating too much is not shameful, it is not a character defect, it is not a disaster. The way some of us were raised, or treated early in life, or persecuted mercilessly about weight or eating issues sometimes turns food into something far bigger than it really is, and that is unfortunate. Good for you for putting food in its place!
I did need a therapist and a nutritionist and a psychiatrist along my journey. If you don't need these things, fine. We all travel our own path. The main thing that all of us with past or present eating disorders (or disordered eating) need is self love and confidence and the will to live our lives fully and well. Starvation is not part of that plan, and neither is binge eating!
Continued good luck with your life journey. Thank you for sharing your insights with us all!
- January 29, 2012 at 7:15 PM
- Lyn said...
Thinking about food, imagining eating it, dreaming about it, buying it, planning it... none of that consitutes a binge. Binge eating must, by definition, include eating. So no, buying foods and not eating them is not a binge and would not meet the diagnostic criteria for BED.
The planning, the purchase was, for me, a *remnant* of the old binge behavior... one that I am sure will continue to extinguish over time.
- January 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM
"Thinking about food, imagining eating it, dreaming about it, buying it, planning it... none of that consitutes a binge. Binge eating must, by definition, include eating. So no, buying foods and not eating them is not a binge and would not meet the diagnostic criteria for BED."
It may not sound like a "binge", or one person's definition of what a binge is...but it does sound like an addiction, especially if the foods were physically unhealthy and full of simple carbs that self-medicates a food addict as alcohol self-medicates an alcoholic.
- January 29, 2012 at 7:51 PM
- Lyn said...
Sugar and simple carbs do definitely drive me to want more sugar and simple carbs, which is why I generally avoid them.
- January 29, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Lyn, Lovely, lilting, almost mesmerizing post.
But don't kid yourself. It is not a teddy bear.
You can let it be neurological junk that formed from the habitual use of food to alleviate stress--and dismiss it as irrelevant to your current life, or you can view it as a source of comfort.
If you choose the latter, it's not a teddy bear--it's a trap.
- January 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Lyn said...
I no longer see BED as a threat, an outside force, a trap or anything that has power over me. That's why I see it as a teddy bear... something I used to reach out to for comfort, but that has no power over me... even if my analogy isn't perfect. Hope that makes sense :)
- January 29, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- ~New Year,New Me~ said...
Thank you for sharing your story. I am happy that you are able to take matters into you own hands and do what you needed to do to get healthy mind & body.
Keep up the great work.
- January 29, 2012 at 11:24 PM
- Eve said...
Dear Lyn,
I can totally identify with the 'teddy bear' idea. I realised pretty early that comfort foods are a way for me to feel better too. Just thought I'd share that. :) I too get deeply affected by things and people around me; some days I'd just rather not read the paper because I know I'll get sad or angry. Someone taught me that that kind of sensitivity can be a good thing, because it helps you understand others and be empathetic; but it also does mean that people like us need to learn to manage our feelings; and I think (for me at least) food has been part of that gut reaction at dealing with feeling-bad-about-stuff.. It does help to understand how we are affected and then to try to deal with it other ways - now I tend to pray about it or meditate or just take my mind off it awhile by reading something upbeat and existential or artistic, a favourite book (it helps me see beyond what is upsetting me momentarily)...
When I was younger I'd obsess about foods but i realise it's true, food is just -food. It has no power over you. My obsession made the problem bigger than it was.
On another note, though, I read recently that being gluten intolerant does also tend to cause sugar and carb cravings, which in some individuals makes them tend toward being overweight. I wonder -? I am starting to investigate this,but more because I get hives like you did, but for 5 years, and someone has suggested that chronic hives may be diet-related.
- January 30, 2012 at 12:26 AM
- Miz said...
such an articulate honest and raw post.
Everyone needs to see this.
binge eater or not.
- January 30, 2012 at 3:32 AM
- Vanessa Joy said...
Lyn, I hear you with the teddy bear analogy. I see from all these comments we all cope in different ways. I think you are doing well with introspection and writing.
To overcome my addiction with overeating and drinking I embraced the kitchen. I got back into cooking and baking. I read great blogs about cooking and incorporate some ideas into my own kitchen (love the superfoods challenge). It's an adventure for me. My passion for life returned and I'm consuming less. For me it's more about the art than the ingestion.
- January 30, 2012 at 3:38 AM
With all respect and no intent to hurt or inflame:
Just as there is a difference between BED and compulsive overeating, There is a difference between cured and re-classified. When the debt ceiling is lowered, more people qualify for food stamps because more people are classified as poor. When the debt ceiling is raised less people qualify because less people classified as poor. Where did the poor people go? They are still there, the powers that be just refuse to recognize them as such.
Eating compulsively, by any other name, is what you (we) do. You do not have to be suffering from BED to binge, compulsively overeat, damage your body over and over again. . . . and you cannot be cured while you still practice the symptoms.
A different Anonymous
- January 30, 2012 at 5:15 AM
- Yanina said...
Your post amazes me. I agree that not everyone needs the same type of therapy to get better. But I do believe that an eating disorder is life long. Not fitting the DSM-IV criteria for an eating disorder is not a cure. Thoughts about food, eating, obsessing about weight take up a tremendous amount of your mental energy. You have a blog talking about the ins and outs of your eating disorder on a daily basis. People who have normalized eating don't weigh themselves daily, obsess about food ect. Yes I read your blog. I do have an eating disorder and I am in treatment (DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy). It has made a huge difference. I hope you seek it out. http://www.nj-act.org/dbt.html
- January 30, 2012 at 5:54 AM
- Kellykat said...
What a lovely post and I can identify with so much of it. However I disagree with the idea that you can be cured of addictive behavior. As someone that struggles w/ BED as well as an OCD disorder that is not associated with food, I feel these things can only be managed. (I do however agree that you don't need a therapist to get to a point of management.)
To convince yourself that you are cured is, in my opinion, foolish and dangerous. Recovery is not a cure but a life long process of finding a sustainable lifestyle of maintenance, self awareness and more importantly honesty with yourself.
Your confidence is definitely inspiring and something to hold fast to. You've made amazing strides to change your life. Be proud and strong because you know how to manage this issue.
But bears hibernate - as do addictions. A period of dormancy should not be mistaken for being cured. Seasons change, so do triggers. Be ever vigilant and recognize that your addiction can and will rear its ugly head throughout your life.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM
As I lose weight and get control over my overeating habits, I'm finding that my desire or need to hit the candy isles and buy up boxes of Ding Dongs and Ho-Hos has decreased greatly. That's not to say its been eliminated, but I was in the store over the weekend and
I walked thru the candy isle and I read labels. I wanted the Boston Baked Beans and Junior Mints and Giant Hershey Bars...but I left them on the shelves...
Then I went to the Peanut Butter/Nutella isle - a real weakness of mine, and I walked away...
Then I went to the check out line and saw all the candy bars...and didn't buy any of it.
So, while the urges do come and go, I am taking each urge as an opportunity to learn how to say 'no'. Its not like the candy and goodies wont be there if I absolutely HAVE to have them, but I am learning to be stronger and not give into my desires immediately.
Binges tend to occur when your mind blanks out and you just grab grab grab and eat eat eat. If you can just slow that process down and stop for a few minutes (easier said than done), you can start to LOOk at what is going on and perhaps gain control.
Its something that happens over time, and sure, there will be times that you lose that battle...but the fewer times you lose, the better you start to feel. At least that's what I'm learning...
- January 30, 2012 at 7:33 AM
- LPRT said...
Lyn -
Rock on Honey ! I just finished Brain over Binge too and Yes it does change my view of my eating disorder. You have hit one something powerful here -thanks forever for sharing it with us !!
- January 30, 2012 at 7:50 AM
- Lyn said...
a different Anonymous~
I agree I do still have some food issues; however, the BED I used to suffer from is gone. This last 'attempt' to binge (which I had done before, months ago with a similar result) feels to my like the last dying throes of BED as it was extinguished. That's not to say I don't have cravings, or obsessive food thoughts, or even an addictive reaction to sugar at times. But you don't have to be healed of every 'food issue' to be cured of BED.
I think a lot of people tie up their food issues with other things: weight, a 'perfect' diet (whole foods or whatever your ideal is), happiness, fulfillment... when actually, you do not have to be at goal weight, eating healthy all the time, perfectly happy and fulfilled in order to be free of BED or any other food issue. They are separate issues. I do not have to do anything to be free of BED other than NOT BINGE EAT. I will continue to work on other issues, as any other person does in their imperfect life, striving towards excellence.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Sheryl said...
Lyn, while you say you're cured, please keep in mind that our neural pathways will always be there. Always. Of course the longer we use the newly created pathways, the underlying ones become dormant. Not gone--dormant. I know you know this already.
You have done a ton of mental work and are making progress despite setbacks and have identified all of your triggers. You need to replace the teddy bear--what can take it's place? What is your plan for dealing with stress? Stress is a huge trigger for you, as it is for me, and it builds. Your brain will always send the cravings to overeat, or cuddle your teddy bear, when your stress management level has been breached.
I hope that you can build a support system, despite not having family nearby.
Wishing you all the best :).
- January 30, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- susan said...
We are always a work in progress ... I hope your insight and new perspective continues to provide much healing for you. Keep taking care. :)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Very interesting post--I'm glad you no longer suffer from BED. Mine was cured too. I still got up to 320 lbs (more or less) as the years went by, without binge eating. I had metabolic syndrome and the compulsive eating (very healthy food) that came with it and endocrine-inspired hunger. My brain found other ways to dissociate without binge eating, too, different ways to self deceive. Trippy. :) I don't need professional diagnoses and treatments, either. But other people to share life's struggles with are critical for long term peace (and freedom from compulsion.)
- January 30, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- Leslie said...
Hi Lyn - Just read through this post and all the comments.
My 2 cents may not be welcome, but here it is. If one really is a food addict, it doesn't get cured. We are granted a daily reprieve contingent on our daily practices, our spiritual work (NOT religious), and the maintenance of our spiritual (NOT religious) condition.
I have not had a drink in 20 years. Not even a molecule of alcohol has passed through my lips in all that time. But if I forget I am an alcoholic and claim myself cured, I'm on a very slippery slope that WILL lead me back to drinking. It seems impossible to me given my life today - but I can't forget nor deny my truth.
I know this to be true about my eating disorder as well. I don't like it, and I may choose to try cake or cookies on occasion. Rarely will I navigate them successfully, and if I do once or twice - look out.
They say the worst thing that can happen to an alcoholic who picks up a drink in sobriety is nothing. Because I might think I'm okay after being sober for awhile. So I try another. The same is true of overeating.
This is why I made my comment after your binge post... to be careful and on the lookout for food urges in the next days.
I understand all that you said, and I have to say it concerns me. But you know yourself better than anyone else. I hope you're cured - that would be great.
- January 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Lyn said...
your thoughts are always welcome :)
I have gone back and forth for years about this, whether food addiction is the same, really, as alcoholism (and in some senses I think it is). I don't think there is zero risk for me to go back to binge eating. I think with enough major stress it could happen. But I feel it is highly unlikely, for me.
That's not to say I will never eat an Oreo and go "OMG YUM" and eat the whole sleeve, making myself sick. But unless I go back to out of control, frenzied eating on a regular basis, that still wouldn't put me back in BED territory. I lived there for a long, long time and the emotion and action is just not the same anymore, even when I overeat. My brain is changed along with my stomach.
I still wonder, though. Only time will tell if the 'cure' sticks.
- January 30, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- Rose B. said...
Are you sure we are not twins? Thanks for being "real" and writing down so nicely how it really is for someone in our shoes.
- January 30, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- Rosa Frazier said...
Since changing my diet to grain free/sugar free, I've come to the realization that my food addiction was created by the food processing companies that are kept in business by making us more hungry. Yes, I have an emotional connection to food, but I was choosing to stuff myself with food that would later beg me to refill myself with more of that bad food. I can get full on meats, fruits and veggies. But I was never mentally or physically full when I binged on chips, cookies, and cakes.
It is hard to know who to believe and I've been researching all angles of food, and my recent weight loss on natural and unprocessed food has me very happy and energetic.
I hope you find what works for you.
Rosa @stuffingmyfeelings.blogspot.com
- January 30, 2012 at 12:16 PM
This post really confused me. I tend to agree with a different annonymous. Saying it isn't there doesn't fix it. I don't know why this post upsets me so very much, but anyone...... And I do mean ANYONE can write a book and look credible. I just worry for a sharp fall when the BED comes calling. I've followed you for years Lyn. What does the MF psychologist say?
The best of luck as you continue your journey.
- January 31, 2012 at 7:13 AM
Princess Dieter,
I couldn't agree more or have written such a supportive, accurate and eloquent post. Nice work!
- January 31, 2012 at 7:15 AM
Lyn - you've made great progress, and I agree with your "no BED" assessment. No reason to think you still have it (only gives one an excuse to eat) just because lots of people think you "can't" be cured.
- January 31, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I just want to SMACK some of these people who really think THEY have the answers..no matter how they put it..they are being judgemental...It drives me nuts (and I dont even know these bloggers) to see them telling YOU whats wrong with you...I dont know anyone who has looked so deeply into how their brain processes food addiction and binging habits..you have really taken the time and effort with honesty on what makes YOU tick...I so admire you
WRITE THE DAM BOOK already!!! lol
- January 31, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I find it interesting that you say you are cured and yet 2 days prior your title to your post was BINGE. You had prepared to binge and your body did not allow you to...I would not consider yourself cured. It may be an "ah ha" moment but not a cure. I think that is a set up for disappointment later on.
- January 31, 2012 at 12:24 PM
I completely understand that you want to protect Lyn. We are all just concerned for her. We only wish her health and happiness. I agree Lyn should write a book! As far as our comments we only want her to stop and think.....she accepts comments because she fully knows others can lend insight. Keep being a good friend to Lyn, but please..... We don't wish any ill will! We like her too. :)
- January 31, 2012 at 3:12 PM
You know, emotions amaze me. They are so beautiful and, at times, mysterious. Given your posts with the 180 degree tones (binge and then cured), it brought to mind, for me, a dear friend who has been working through two sides of an emotional/brain chemical issue: manic depression. I suppose there are two extreme sides to many issues - a black and a white. Two zones seem to be where we are most comfortable or familiar, emotionally: either 'on' plan or 'off' plan. These two ways of living are where most of us on the weight loss journey are comfortable. When we're on one side or the other, the opposite extreme seems safely out of our grasp - how COULD we get to that other side when it is so far away? I suppose that the pendulum must swing back and forth a few times before we can understand and live in the 'gray' area of the middle - the balanced place where we are healthy in our relationships with food. Decoupling our emotions from the comfort of our 'off' plan lives - that is NOT easy!! Finding new ways to cope with stress, re-programming ourselves not to set ourselves up for situations where we know that food may call to our emotions - changing the habits of our emotional coping mechanisms, well...this, perhaps, may be the most important work we can do! (Who knew that the sweating might be the easy part of weight loss??)
I suppose that talking to an unbiased 3rd party who knows the signposts of emotion could be helpful, if you found the RIGHT 3rd party that you could trust to help you navigate all of this. But perhaps this blog is the right 3rd party for you?
Anyway, thanks for your thoughtful post, Lyn. It obviously got me thinking about my own situation, and that is an inspiration! Thank you very, very much for sharing! Wishing you the best, each day.
- February 1, 2012 at 7:20 AM
Maybe this is the wrong blog for me. I have never been overweight always slim, but have struggled with BED more than10 years. Recently Ive gotten much worse. The binging is definately related to emotional turmoil, i.e. if Im tense, worried, angry, etc. Also tired/need energy, lonely, bored. So maybe a little teddy bearish. But, its also about control. Like I said, Ive always been thin and still am. But the older I get (Im 50+), the more I worry about shape/weight/looking good/being the thinnest in the room (psycho for an old broad, right?) So, if l overindulge I just seem to lose it, and go bananas on food I dont even want, eating till stuffed/sick (but never vomiting, tho sometimes almost wish I could. Im also kind of an exercise addict. That and the binge thing is slowly taking over my life, ruining my rationships, etc. zI feel so alone. Anyone else like me out there?
- October 3, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Hi. This is for the Anonymous who just posted. The thin anonymous who binges...and says she's an exercise addict.
First. Congratulations on having the courage to write that comment and for recognizing that there is a problem.
I noticed that you said you do not vomit after bingeing. My guess is that you added that info because you are aware of the eating disorder, bulimia, in which people binge and, then force themselves to vomit (purge)in order to avoid weight gain.
What many people do not know is that one can have bulimia and NOT vomit. But others binge---->then exercise excessively in order to avoid weight gain. Exercise is their purge mechanism just as vomiting is for others.
You can look up the diagnostic criteria for bulimia on-line. Read carefully and you will find that exercise can be the purge option for this disorder.
This is good news. :) Good, because once you have a name for your problem, you will be able to find the right blogs, research and books that will help you find ways to combat it.
Best wishes,
- October 3, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Thank you so much for responding to my post. I recently purchased " "Overcoming Binge Eating" (by Dr Christophet G Fairburn) He draws parellels among BED, bulimia amd even anorexia (similsr underlying psychological issues). However, does not mention the exercise/purge.connectiom which sounds very.plausable. (Food for thought, no pun intended.) I am trying to follow the self help program he outlines (applicable for either bulimia or BED).
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Last week, I wrote, with a heavy heart, about how the tattoo community lost one of our own, Agit Sustento, in the devastating typhoon in the Philippines. And, as a true community, artists and collectors from around the world are joining Tattoo for the Philippines, and raising funds to be donated to the Red Cross relief efforts in the country. Find a list of participating artists here -- and more are artists are welcome to be a part of it.Elle Festin of Spiritual Journey Tattoo & Tribal Gallery (shown tattooing by hand below) offers more on the design he created for this fundraiser:
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The PUC is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on Aug. 21 and 22.
Xcel spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said Friday that the company needs time to review Boulder's proposals to determine whether they adequately address the company's concerns.
"The impact and potential treatment of our renewable energy and energy conservation programs going forward, in light of the city's plans to form a municipal utility, is very important both to our Boulder customers and to all of our other Colorado customers," Aguayo said in an email. "From the very beginning, we have been asking the city to work with us on a solution to keep our programs active in the city, but avoided having other customers subsidizing a Boulder utility.
"The city's filing is extensive and suggests different solutions for various programs. We have not had the opportunity to review the city's filing and we want to fully understand it before making comments."
Boulder: 'Simplest approach for everyone'
In a PUC filing made in January, Xcel Energy asked to limit the participation of Boulder customers in its Solar Rewards program going forward and to not allow new community solar gardens to be built in Boulder.
Solar gardens allow people who cannot have solar panels on their homes or who live in apartments or condos to buy shares in solar installations.
Xcel also sought to cap the participation of Boulder customers in various energy efficiency incentives.
Company officials said they did not want to punish Boulder for pursuing municipalization, but needed to protect non-Boulder customers from paying the costs of investments the company and its ratepayers would not see a return on.
Boulder officials said it has always been their intent to "make Xcel whole" on its solar and energy efficiency investments.
In its response to Xcel, Boulder proposed that it would track and transfer to Xcel the renewable energy credits from all existing solar contracts while taking over the net-metering for those customers.
"Boulder sees this as the simplest approach for everyone since it essentially maintains the status quo," the city said in a news release.
Boulder Energy Strategy Coordinator Kelly Crandall said the amount of power generated by solar panels in Boulder is not a significant percentage of Xcel's generation mix, but the company needs the renewable energy credits associated with those panels to comply with state requirements.
"Our hope is that this will help them continue to meet state compliance," she said. "In the meanwhile, power goes where it is generated. The same power is on the grid regionally."
Boulder also proposed that it would take over any solar garden contracts in the city and work with solar power developers to ensure that future solar gardens built between now and when the city starts its utility serve only Boulder customers, so that separation can be made cleanly.
Crandall said the city is open to transferring those renewable energy credits to Xcel as well, but it seems cleaner for the city to just take over the contracts.
In terms of the efficiency programs, the city disputes Xcel's contention that Boulder customers have used more than their "fair share" of these programs. The city's own analysis found that was true in some years, but in other years, Boulder customers participated at lower rates.
Chance to invest in 'clean, local' energy
Boulder has made its own contributions to energy efficiency programs by offering incentives and energy advisers paid for by the Climate Action Plan tax. Boulder said that higher local investment and its residents' participation in energy efficiency programs have been a net benefit to Xcel and the utility's non-Boulder customers.
"This translates to energy savings for the entire service territory, which reduces generation needs — and related costs — for ratepayers across Colorado," city officials said.
"We want to ensure that Boulder customers continue to have opportunities to invest in clean, local forms of energy and to reduce energy waste through energy efficiency efforts," said Heather Bailey, Boulder's executive director of Energy Strategy and Electric Utility Development, in a prepared statement. "If the city moves ahead with creating a local electric utility, we want to make existing solar customers whole and not harm ratepayers inside or outside Boulder.
"We also want to support the stability and growth of the solar and energy efficiency industries, which are important businesses in our city and state."
This case before the Public Utilities Commission is just one of several fronts in the city's legal disputes with Xcel.
Boulder is appealing a previous PUC decision that gives the commission authority over what infrastructure outside city limits Boulder can condemn, and Xcel has filed a lawsuit to undo the Boulder City Council's vote to formally create the electric utility, even though it is just a paper entity for now.
Boulder has not yet filed to condemn Xcel's local distribution system through emininent domain, but officials have indicated they are likely to do so by early fall.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Erica Meltzer at 303-473-1355, firstname.lastname@example.com or twitter.com/meltzere.


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This precious little one had a birthday recently, so now that she is settling in with us, I thought it was high time we take a few pictures. She is very photogenic, and so fun to hang out with in the front yard. :)
We often call her Amira, an African name meaning princess, so that is what we will call her here. We are honored to have her in our care right now, and look forward to seeing what the Lord has planned for her life. She is a little treasure!
Happy Birthday, Sweetie!
We love you more every day....


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Bonnie Willadean Daniel Bates went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, 2012, at her home in Lancing.
Bonnie Willadean Daniel Bates went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, 2012, at her home in Lancing.
Bonnie was born Oct. 30, 1931, in Sunbright, Tenn. She married John (Junior) W. Bates Jr. on Dec. 20, 1946. They were married 60 years prior to Junior's death. She was a good Christian wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She worked at Burlington Hosiery Mills for 20 years; later at Oak Ridge Hospital prior to retirement.
She was a founding member of Cedar Hill Baptist Church in the Batley Community, where she sang in a Christian quartet.
She was currently a founding member of Bethel Grace Freewill Baptist Church in the Lancing Community and was an active member of the Ladies Auxiliary. She liked nothing better than attending church and fellowshipping with her church family.
Bonnie was an avid gardener and enjoyed canning vegetables and fruits. She loved fishing and working in her beautiful flower garden when she was able. Also during her lifetime, she quilted many good warm quilts. Her home was always open to friends and strangers and the table was always full of good home cooking.
Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Bates Jr.; parents, Jessie Roy Daniel and Edith Walker Daniel Hamby; sisters and brothers-in-law, Velva England (Estel), Iola Hamby (Halard), and baby sister Clara Jean Daniel; and one brother, Harvey Leroy Daniel (Georgia).
She leaves behind five children and spouses, Johnny Leroy Bates (Marie), Cathy Bates Holmes (Jerry), Stanley Bates and special daughter-in-law and caretaker Reba, Aleshia Bates Hawley (Dave), and Anthony Bates (Linda); nine grandchildren, Danny Rouse, Amy Conrad, Toby Bates, Tracy Clevenger, Stephanie Duncan, Travis Bates, Alyssa Ritter, Teachia Hawley and Amanda Bates; seven step-grandchildren, Telisa Potter, Ernie Brown, Terry Williams, Michal Holmes, Elizabeth Whelan, Ray Graham and Tabitha Durham; 36 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; and by three sisters and brothers-in-law, Faye Robbins (Bob), Ruth Scarborough (Donald) and Sue Human (Bobby).
Special thanks go out to Telisa Potter for her help in food preparation in the home during Bonnie's last illness; two special people, Whitney Brown (Pretty Princess) and Lynetta Potter (Old Grouch) who gave Bonnie many hours of enjoyment over the past few years and long-time friends, Judy and Steve Childress, for their friendship and their assistance.
Heartfelt thanks go out to Quality Home Health and Hospice personnel for the care Bonnie received.
Bonnie leaves behind several nieces and nephews, her church family, and the many friends she has made along the way.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at Schubert Funeral Home in Wartburg. The funeral will follow with Brother Rick Taylor officiating.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Sunbright Cemetery.
Online condolences may be extended at www.schubertfuneralhome.com.


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Two Sabres assistants fired; Numminen to remain
Buffalo, NY – New Sabres head coach Ron Rolston will have at least two new assistants on his staff for next season.
On Thursday, the News reported that both James Patrick and Kevyn Adams were fired, but former defenseman Teppo Numminen will continue to work under Rolston.
Patrick was an assistant for six years under former long-time head coach Lindy Ruff, while Adams was brought on in 2011 with no clear role but eventually became a full-fledged assistant.
Numminen, who played for the Sabres over the final four seasons of his 20-year NHL career, was hired last offseason.


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In his column concerning last month's jobs number, George Will does a nearly "Noonan-eque" job of spreading disorientation and doubt about what government should do— if anything — about chronic unemployment, delivering a simple-but-subtle message: Nothing can be done. Of course, that's true. There's a lot that can and should be done, immediately, to address unemployment.
I have to admit, I was surprised. Until now, I thought that almost no conservative columnist alive could beat Peggy Noonan — who should henceforth be known as "Our Lady of the Blessed Dolphins" — for the kind of mind-numbing blather that causes the eyes to glaze over, and a reader to wonder why the writer isn't on some kind of medication, instead of on the op-ed page. But Washington Post columnist George Will has emerged as a surprising contender.
Don't get me wrong. Noonan still takes the cake. George Will hasn't come with anything to match her lament of the end of "placeness" or her bitter j'accuse blaming "the Adam Lambert Problem" for all America's woes. But his recent column about last month's job numbers, is one that would do even Noonan proud.
In a column worthy of La' Noonan herself, Will spirals from referencing Henry James and Lord Byron to the current conservative ethos on the economy, joblessness, and recovery — the problem is that people (the wrong people) have had it too good for too long, and they (and the economy along with them) will be only be better off when they're worse off.
Of course, Will doesn't say as much. He can't, really. Instead he produces the kind of column someone writes when they have so little to say, and so much they can't say, Will essentially makes the case that in the face of the economic crisis and joblessness government should do what he spends most of his column saying: nothing.
Today's evidence suggesting sluggish job creation might give pause to a less confident person than Obama. But pauses are not in his repertoire of governance. Instead, yielding to what must be a metabolic urge toward statism, he says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is yet another reason for yet another explosion of government's control of economic life. The spill supposedly makes it urgent to adopt a large tax increase in the form of cap-and-trade energy legislation, which also is climate legislation, the primary purpose of which is, or once was, to combat global warming, such as it is.
They are uncertain about when interest rates will rise, and by how much. They do not know how badly the economy will be burdened by the expiration, approximately 200 days from now, of the Bush tax cuts for high earners — a.k.a. investors and employers. They know the costs of Obamacare will be higher than was advertised, but not how much higher. They do not know the potential costs of cap-and-trade and other energy policies. They do not know whether "card check" — abolition of the right of secret-ballot elections in unionization decisions — will pass, or how much the economy will be injured by making unions more muscular. They do not know how the functioning of the financial sector will be altered and impeded by the many new regulatory rules and agencies created by the financial reform legislation. The economy has become dependent on government stimulation of demand, and no one knows what will happen as the stimulus spending wanes.
Uncertainty is a consequence of hyperkinetic government, which is a consequence of the governmental confidence that is a consequence of progressivism. The premise of progressivism is that all will be well if enough power is concentrated in Washington, and enough Washington power is concentrated in the executive branch, and enough really clever experts are concentrated in the executive branch. This is why the government's perceived impotence concerning the gulf oil spill is subversive of the Obama administration's master narrative.
What Will gets wrong here is almost too easy to debunk. Joshua Holland does so effectively:
- It's ridiculous to base any argument in the world on a single jobs report
- We needed stimulus because the private sector was shedding jobs fast; suggesting that the stimulus crowded out private investment and private sector job creation that wasn't happening is insane.
- The package wasn't a model of progressive policy, but a centrist compromise crafted by the Congress.
- Here's overall job creation in the past 18 months:
And here's just private sector:
But that doesn't mean Will is off his game. I'm beginning to suspect that the purpose of such ramblings, punctuated by references to the usual set of conservatism's hoary old bogeymen, serves at least a couple of purposes: to disorient and to spread doubt. The disorientation sets in somewhere in the middle, when the reader begins to ask "What the heck is this guy talking about?" The reader may even return to the beginning and start reading again, hoping to "get it" this time — only to arrive at the same point, no more enlightened than before.
The sense of doubt, perhaps aided by the initial disorientation, sets in as the reader absorbs the message Will infers in his critique of even the moderate reforms passed by Democrats and that Republicans never attempted, to address problems that conservatives barely recognized as such. (Remember, this is a man who saw no problem in the government's nearly non-existent response to Katrina.)
The message is this: Nothing can be done. Whether it's because "we can't afford to do it," or because it presents a "moral hazard," nothing can be done.
Of course, that's not true. When it comes to jobs, there are plenty that can be done, and most of it will come at a fraction of the cost of bailing out Wall Street — to which the government has committed $12.2 trillion.
The Local Jobs For America Act. As I wrote weeks ago, the passing the Local Jobs For America Act would prevent and reduce unemployment by allowing state and local governments to avoid layoff and cuts in critical services, while boosting local economies in the bargain. According to an EPI analysis (PDF), the bill authorizes $100 billion over two years for the purposes above. According to my math that's about 0.8% of the total committed to the bailout. Plus, EPI found that the total cost of the legislation would be offset by $39 billion, because it would keep taxpayers on payroll, and reduce spending on unemployment benefits, and other social services.
The House version was introduced by Rep. George Miller in March, and now Senators Sherrod Brown, Al Fraken, and Mark Begich have introduced the companion bill in the Senate. With bills now introduced in both chambers, Congress and the White House have a can act to create jobs, preserve jobs, prevent further unemployment, and boost the economies of America's hometowns.
The White House may be starting to get the idea. President Obama has asked Congress to quickly approve $50 billion in state aid, to keep teachers, police officers, and firefighters in our communities. Spending just 0.5% of the total committed to the bailout. (For some perspective, it also amounts to just 6.3% of the $790 billion stimulus package, which itself was just 6.4% of the total committed to the bailout.)
The Jobs for Urban Sustainability Act. Earlier this month, I mentioned the Jobs For Urban Sustainability Act, which would direct $10 billion newly returned TARP money to cities with populations of 600,00 or more and unemployment rates of 10%or more, to spend on job training, public works and economic development. Not only is this a good way to use TARP returns, but my math says it's a scant 0.08% of the total committed to the bailout.
Community Colleges. In Washington Monthly, Jamie Meristosis and Stan Jones outline a plan that would help community colleges revamp their one- and two-year degree programs — to emphasize timely graduation, job placement and tracking — and lift unemployment insurance restrictions that bar recipients from enrolling in college. This would be a huge help to the unemployed who have lost not just jobs but careers, as Meristosis and Jones describe it, and will need education and training to prepare them for the kind of jobs that are likely to be created in a recovery.
Last year, at the height of the recession, America's unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent, slightly lower than the 10.8 percent peak of the previous major recession in the early 1980s. But the recent crisis is likely to prove far more unforgiving for the nearly 15 million Americans who are still out of work. After the economy began to turn around in late 1982, a substantial portion of the unemployed returned to their old jobs, or at least to jobs in their previous occupations. That's less likely to happen this time around. The reason is that in recent years companies have learned to use economic slumps as opportunities to restructure—to close less-efficient facilities, drop less-profitable product lines, or extract themselves altogether from businesses that aren't making money. What that means is that those who have become unemployed in this recession haven't just lost their jobs; they've likely lost their careers. The skills that once earned them a living—assembling automobiles, processing mortgages, writing newspaper stories—are no longer much in demand in the marketplace. If these Americans hope to work again at anything approaching a middle-class wage, they'll need to acquire new skills.
A lot of them are trying. We've seen a surge in enrollment at community colleges and for-profit colleges and trade schools since 2008, as unemployed adults and recent high school graduates unable to find work go back to school. In general, this is a good thing. As the current recovery picks up steam, new jobs will be created—slowly, perhaps, but surely—and economists already have a reasonably good fix on what those jobs will be and the skill levels they'll require. Looking at federal government and other data, Anthony Carnevale and Jeff Strohl of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce forecast that about 47 million jobs will become available over the next decade, as workers in existing jobs retire and as newly created jobs come on line. About 30 million of these new positions will require a postsecondary education. Of those, 14 million will demand only a two-year associate's degree, a one-year certificate, or some college training short of a bachelor's degree. These "middle skill" occupations include jobs in information technology (network managers), business services (managing temp workers, running institutional food operations), and especially health care (nurses, nurse assistants, medical technicians). Starting salaries range from about $25,000 to more than $40,000 and can grow substantially from there. In fact, about 30 percent of people with one- and two-year college credentials earn more than people with bachelor's degrees.
For a substantial portion of today's unemployed, then, one- and two-year college credentials offer a viable route back to the American dream. There are a lot of obstacles, however, standing between a jobless adult and a college degree.
Not the least of these obstacles, besides the risk of losing unemployment insurance while enrolled, is cost. As Meristosis and Jones point out, even the cheapest college education costs money, something the unemployed don't have. For-profit schools, which offer convenient and consistent scheduling, with a curriculum focused on training students for better jobs, are likely to cost even more; up to six times more than community colleges.
Jones and Merristosis offer a plan with $2 billion of "seed money," just 0.016% of the total committed to the bailout, tucked into the health care reform reconciliation bill, over which the White House has "considerable discretion," should the president opt to use it.
Building Star. According to the AFL-CIO, "Building Star" — which takes its name and focus from the White House's "Home Star" program, and the EPA's "Energy Star" program — could create 185,000 green jobs this year.
In the current recession, no sector has been harder hit than the construction industry, which has lost more than 2 million jobs. The unemployment rate in the construction industry is a staggering 27 percent, almost triple the overall unemployment rate.
You can help put building and construction trades workers back on the job by contacting your senators and representatives and urging them to support Building Star—H.R. 5476 and S. 3079. The legislation would provide building owners rebates and low-cost financing options for energy-efficient renovations in existing buildings.
…If acted on quickly, the bill could create as many as 185,000 jobs this year in construction, manufacturing and support jobs.
New Deal Solutions for the Gulf. As George Will began his meandering column with a reference to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, it's appropriate to end this post by linking to David Wollner's suggestion of a a New Deal solution for the Gulf oil disaster.
For many years, of course, the New Deal — with its dam building and emphasis on the use of administrative expertise as opposed to judicial oversight in its approach to the environment — was seen as something of a blank space in the history of modern environmentalism. But in recent years this view has changed dramatically. Having recognized that in a world of limited natural resources human interaction with nature is inevitable, modern environmentalists, like FDR, have come to see the environment not as a realm set apart from humans, but as the field for human action, inextricably linked with the human community, economy, and system of values. For FDR then, restoring the environment and restoring the economy were part of the same process; a process that he began within days of assuming office. One of the hallmarks of this effort was the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on March 31, 1933, less than a month after his inauguration. This was followed shortly thereafter by the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which represents the Roosevelt Administration's first great effort in regional planning. The TVA took the unusual step of combining public power and conservation in an area comprised of nearly 300,000 acres of land in seven states. Its immediate purpose was to control flooding in the vast area of the Tennessee River and its tributaries through the construction of a series of dams and reservoirs; but it also improved river navigation, generated electricity, and sought to restore a vast watershed decimated by excessive timber cutting, irresponsible farming, and largely unregulated coal mining through soil conservation and reforestation. In the process it also provided jobs for thousands of workers, including 6,000 from the CCC alone.
This multipurpose approach to solving both an environmental and economic problem can be seen in the work of the CCC as well. Between 1933 and 1942, when the program ended, the CCC planted over 3 billion trees (including the vast shelterbelt from Texas to the Dakotas that brought the Dust Bowl to an end), constructed roughly 100,000 miles of road, restored 80 million acres of farmland, laid hundreds of miles of telephone lines, created nearly 800 state parks, and restored nearly 4,000 historic buildings. In total, it employed more than three million individuals (who enlisted in the program for a minimum of six months), mostly from blighted urban areas, who were required to send the majority of their pay ($25 out of the $30 they were paid monthly) back home to help support their families. In this way, the program became a means both to restore rural as well as urban America. The CCC built libraries for the camps and offered its workers classes (with a 90 percent enrollment rate), and taught more than 100,000 men how to read and write. It was also perhaps the most popular program of the New Deal (with an over 80 percent approval rating from the American public) and would help inspire later generations to establish such programs as the Peace Corps and Americorp.
… Our experience in the Gulf to date has proven that mere government oversight of a largely private sector effort to deal with this disaster will not be enough. Nor should we fall victim to the false view that such a catastrophe is the unfortunate but inevitable consequence of the paramount need for energy and economic development in a time of high unemployment. Franklin Roosevelt once said that those who allow or purposely destroy the natural resources of a region should also be seen as destroyers of "the liberty of the community … destroyers of his neighbor's happiness [and] prosperity." British Petroleum has destroyed the liberty of the Gulf Coast community, but to restore this region to its full health the federal government should take a lesson from the New Deal and act much more forcefully in the public interest. The American people understand this. They are ready and eager to do whatever it takes to make this region whole again and in all likelihood would support a comprehensive, multifaceted federally funded effort to clean up the Gulf coast along the lines of the CCC and TVA.
What Will leaves out is easily supplied. (I covered them at some length in "The Uh-Ohs", a look back at conservative failure during the Bush era; and "Not As They Do," a series about how conservatives helped create the deficit they're now exploiting to derail economic recovery.) Conjuring visions of the worried wealthy wringing their hands over the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, worried that it might stop them making investments that might create jobs, Will seems to have forgotten that the Bush era was one of zero job creation. In fact, Bush had the worst track record on jobs of an president thus far. Manufacturing hit a 26-year low, by the end of his term.
The Bush tax cuts didn't result in job-creating investments. In fact, the middle class paid more taxes. They didn't create much wide-spread prosperity either. In fact, middle- and low-income households lost wealth they'd managed to gain since 1983. So, to suggest now that the expiration of those tax cuts could threaten job creation is perhaps Will's most Noonan-eque stroke of mad genius.
Like many conservatives, Will doesn't necessarily believe that "the government can't do anything." He believes that the government shouldn't do anything. (His reference "statism," is actually the most revealing bit in the column is as telling as was his derisive reference to "caring professions" in a post-Katrina column, aligning Will with the likes of Rand Paul and — as Dave Johnson pointed out earlier — Ayn Rand.)
George Will is as wrong as conservatives have been about the economy for decades. There is much that can be done, should be done, and must be done now to reduce the jobs deficit, which must be done if we're to have any hope of addressing the deficit left to us by more than a decade of conservative failure.