Amy A Transformation Story of Hope, Healing, Health, and Happiness

Amyis a book that tells the remarkable story of a young woman whose life spirals through the depths of hell and back. Like 11 million girls in America today,Amy Phillipssuffered from anorexia, a well-known but poorly understood eating disorder that traps its victims in a bizarre world of illusory images and trick mirrors. Amy wanted to remain a little girl and avoid the changes of puberty. Going as long as 23 days without food and reaching a weight of 56 pounds at age 16, she rejected the help of doctors and therapists. Locked up like a prisoner and force-fed through a feeding tube 14 times, Amy's teenage life was a living nightmare. "Twice I woke up in treatment centers to find my roommates dead," Amy recalls. "One slit her wrist and bled to death on the bathroom floor. Another roommate simply starved to death overnight." Doctors told her parents that it was too late for Amy to make a recovery and even advised them to plan her funeral. But Amy didn't just survive. She made it out of the vicious cycle, stopped the pain, and is now helping others battle this eating disorder. Amy knows that no one is to blame, and that there truly is hope of coming out healed and whole. Amy shares her insights into this disease and its treatment in order to help others save their own lives. She opens her heart and tells a harrowing story that culminates in how faith and art helped her find her way out of the darkness. She also helps explains the signs that parents and family members must look for if they're beginning to suspect that a loved one might be suffering from anorexia or other eating disorders.Phillips, Amy is the author of 'Amy A Transformation Story of Hope, Healing, Health, and Happiness', published 2008 under ISBN 9781401911799 and ISBN 140191179X.