Interview with Cynthia Rowland-McClure, author of "The Monster Within: Overcoming Bulimia." In the interview, she discusses her response to her book.!
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Past Ate Away At Bulimic Author Explains How Treatment Can Overcome One’s Addictions
Critically burned on her legs, thighs and stomach, 4-year-old Cynthia Rowland was scared and hurt because her parents wouldn’t visit her in the hospital.
She buried the memory.
But it haunted her. It was one cause of a 12-year eating disorder that nearly killed her after she’d grown up to be a television reporter.
“On the surface, I was a career-oriented, assertive newswoman,” she said.
“Underneath, I was dying.
Cynthia Rowland McClure has spoken in chapel at most of our Christian colleges and universities, at some three or four times.I wanted to put a gun to myself.”
She overcame bulimia when she was 28. Now 41, Cynthia Rowland McClure makes her living telling people how they can overcome their addictions.
McClure has written three books, including the “The Monster Within,” now in its 10th printing.
North Idaho College counselor Donna Runge recommends the books to people struggling with addictions.
“She gives people hope,” Runge said.
McClure said