{"product_id":"awake-arise-or-be-forever-fallen-fall-awakening-and-rise-of-a-young-anorexic-male-paperback-1","title":"Awake, Arise, Or Be Forever Fallen!: Fall, Awakening, and Rise of a Young Anorexic Male - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlberto Vezendi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlicia Varela\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book carries a message of hope for all: that a better life is possible, regardless of your situation, and that you already have everything you need to live it. It's all there in your mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter twenty long years of keeping it secret, the author reveals his painful personal experience as a young anorexic male in the hope that this will help readers avoid falling into a trap created by their own mind. He also shows us that, even in our darkest moments, there shines an inner light that can guide us to happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThat light within is called life, and it's the only light that can guide us to happiness. But it's a light that can only shine in the present, and this book is a challenge to live fully that ephemeral moment we call \"now\" in which your entire life takes place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I went from having a carefree joy-filled life to falling into the depths of intellectual and physical misery, where death became my only companion, and then rose from my own ashes to become a better person than I ever was before.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor twenty years, I rode on a fairly tolerable rollercoaster of elation and melancholy. But one day something went wrong. I flew off my seat and began to plummet into the darkest abyss of my mind on a freefall of anorexic self-destruction. The disorder dragged me into the depths of abject misery, until I hit rock bottom. That was the turning point: I had to choose between construction and destruction, between living and dying.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI chose to live.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImminent death brought me back to life and also lifted the veil from my eyes, exposing to me my real self. I had to accept that the pathetic anorexic living corpse I saw before me was no one but myself. Not the false attractive image of myself I was imagining through the lens of more than twenty years of unremitting conditioning, combined with the much deeper distortion caused by anorexia, but my real self at last.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAccepting myself as I really am meant the beginning of a new life -- the first step in the long journey to rescue the wreck that I had become, rehabilitate it into a man, and rise to a new existence of conscious bliss.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere's no better time than now to break the spell that binds us to a life of zombie-like aimless roaming, like animated corpses; no better time to tear to pieces the bandage that blindfolds our eyes, preventing us from seeing the paradise we're living in; no better time to start living the life we were meant to live: a life of freedom, of bliss, of self-realization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpanish artist and designer Alicia Varela has beautifully illustrated this book. Her artwork - both nuanced and compelling - conveys perfectly the deep meaning of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe decision is in your hands. Follow the illuminated path laid out in this book, and start living the life you desire and deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollow the author: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacebook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor website\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstagram\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe magic is in you: just open your heart and you'll see it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714927546565,"sku":"9782889610037","price":18.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/WVsNRQlnMb9782889610037_739751b3-3948-4ad0-9849-7e391d7b5861.webp?v=1786525946","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/awake-arise-or-be-forever-fallen-fall-awakening-and-rise-of-a-young-anorexic-male-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}