Ten-Mile Morning

My Journey through Anorexia Nervosa

Adam Lamparello

Ten-Mile Morning is a true story about a man’s battle to overcome his five-year struggle with anorexia nervosa. Written from a painfully honest perspective, Adam Lamparello discusses his past addictions, depression, anxiety, and the emptiness that arose from his lack of self-esteem. This moving memoir details the author’s struggle to gain a sense of control and empowerment through dramatic weight loss, starvation, compulsive exercise, and purging. Ultimately, however, this is a story of hope and recovery. Ten-Mile Morning was written to inspire you and affirm that life after eating disorders is one of self-acceptance, self-respect, and most of all, one where you can achieve your dreams.

Hamilton Books

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-5803-4 • Paperback • June 2012 • $43.99 • (£34.00)

978-0-7618-5804-1 • eBook • June 2012 • $39.00 • (£30.00)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Psychology / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Self-Help / Eating Disorders & Body Image

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My Journey through Anorexia Nervosa

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Ten-Mile Morning is a true story about a man’s battle to overcome his five-year struggle with anorexia nervosa. Written from a painfully honest perspective, Adam Lamparello discusses his past addictions, depression, anxiety, and the emptiness that arose from his lack of self-esteem. This moving memoir details the author’s struggle to gain a sense of control and empowerment through dramatic weight loss, starvation, compulsive exercise, and purging. Ultimately, however, this is a story of hope and recovery. Ten-Mile Morning was written to inspire you and affirm that life after eating disorders is one of self-acceptance, self-respect, and most of all, one where you can achieve your dreams.

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Hamilton Books

Pages: 160 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-0-7618-5803-4 • Paperback • June 2012 • $43.99 • (£34.00)

978-0-7618-5804-1 • eBook • June 2012 • $39.00 • (£30.00)

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Psychology / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Self-Help / Eating Disorders & Body Image

Author

Adam Lamparello earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and thereafter obtained a law degree from the Ohio State University College of Law. After receiving a Master of Laws degree from New York University School of Law, he practiced law for five years before he decided to enter academia and become a law professor. Lamparello maintains a website, www.tenmilemorning.com, which provides information and resources about eating disorders. The website strives to assist individuals in the recovery process and contains a daily blog with stories of recovery.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Years: A Bridge over Troubled Water
Chapter 2: It Takes a Village
Chapter 3: High School and My First Relationship — Welcome to My World
Chapter 4: The College Years: Suspicious Minds
Chapter 5: The Law School Years: Trapped in a World that’s Troubled with Pain
Chapter 6: The Law Firm Years: You Can’t Shut Out the Truth
Chapter 7: The Second Affair with a Married Woman: Reason Can’t Stand in for Feeling
Chapter 8: The End of the Affair: The Shame and Hurt
Chapter 9: The Beginning of Anorexia: I Will Ease Your Mind
Chapter 10: Anorexia and the New Doctor: The Joy is Over
Chapter 11: Exercise: I Can’t Help but Love You
Chapter 12: The Commitment to Anorexia: The Child Needs a Helping Hand
Chapter 13: Thinner and Thinner
Chapter 14: The Struggle for Control: Something Beautiful is Dying
Chapter 15: Official Anorexia: Adversity is Hard upon a Man
Chapter 16: 123 Pounds: Too Late to Realize My Mistake
Chapter 17: The Beginning of the Recovery: Going our Separate Ways
Chapter 18: Fighting the Battle: We Can’t Go On Together
Chapter 19: Life Lessons: Having the Strength to Dream
Epilogue

Ten-Mile Morning

My Journey through Anorexia Nervosa

Adam Lamparello

Ten-Mile Morning

My Journey through Anorexia Nervosa

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