Many complex food-related transactions emerge in family groups. Implicit food contracts often reflect reward and punishment strategies. Shared food preferences and eating rituals are important to the pleasure bond that keeps couples and families together. Bulimia is an addictive eating disorder. This is an addictive disorder.
Bulimics often use and abuse drugs and have high rates of alcoholism.
Between 33 and 83 percent of bulimics may have a first-degree relative suffering from alcohol abuse or alcoholism. The bulimic pattern is associated with guilt feelings, secrecy, and overt depression. The basic technique is to eat until your stomach is full, retreat to the nearest bathroom, and then induce vomiting by putting your index finger down your throat. For those of us who find vomiting an unpleasant experience, the idea of voluntary vomiting is a little hard to grasp. But an experienced regurgitator can induce vomiting with little effort, and thinks nothing of several vomiting sessions a day.