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Is there a connection between eating disorders and substance addiction?

Submitted by jon316 Sun 12/21/2008

There is definitely a

Submitted by Teddy on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 02:19.
There is definitely a connection. Both addiction and eating disorders are outward expressions of deeper issues. Both have connections with depression and proper reality association.

Both are connected to a

Submitted by charles on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 03:24.
Both are connected to a desire to escape and a distortion of a sense of reality. Of course there are differences, but there are many instances where one can suffer from both and that they are interrelated.

There are many similarities

Submitted by Vanessa on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 13:44.

There are many similarities between eating disorders and substance abuse and a number of people suffer from both. Both are an addiction in the sense that people with eating disorders continue their ED behaviors despite obvious negative consequences, just like people who are addicted to drugs continue to abuse substances in spite of the results--they just can't help it.

Some research has found that many drug addicts were compulsive eaters before they switched to substance abuse, and other studies have found that similar inherited characteristics predispose people to both eating disorders and substance abuse.

Both eating disorders and substance abuse are negative and harmful ways of coping with stress and life problems, so it makes sense that they have some similar causes and are known to co-occur.

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