During treatment, we focused a lot on identifying “triggers.”  A “trigger” is an event, emotion or situation that prompts or causes a binge.  In completing those exercises, I realized that one of my biggest triggers was work.  I loved the work that I was doing running outpatient cancer clinics but the resulting stress was slowly killing my spirit.

But, how could I quit my job?  This had been my career for 20 years!  How would I live?  What would I do?  These were the pivotal questions for which I needed to do some soul-searching.