Drunkorexia - Eating Disorders and Alcohol abuse combined to create a dangerous situation

Drunkorexia - Eating Disorders and Alcohol abuse combined to create a dangerous situation

Drunkorexia can be described as a condition where eating disorders and alcohol abuse are combined. Women restrict their calorie intake and literally starve so that they can drink more and not gain weight from their bingeing.

This pattern of eating disorders such as bingeing and purging can also be due to a deep psychological cause such as childhood trauma, mental anguish say psychologists.

Drunkorexia can be a health danger for young women, who in their preoccupation with weight, and the need to become slim, resort to self-imposed starvation and when this is combined with alcohol abuse, the result is quite risky.

There are many support groups ( link below ) who offer understanding, support and leads the road to a recovery process. The solution to any problem is to address it the right way and not to travel down a path, which would make it worse.