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Last published Sat, Feb 9, 2013
Alexandra Morton is in stuck in the hospital. Everyone keeps telling her she has an eating disorder, but that's not what she would call it. She's not sick, not Anorexic, and shouldn't be here. For eleven weeks. And then thrown back into her home with her every move watched. All Alex knows is that she has to find a way to get thin, even if it means bringing her family and friends down with her. Follow Alex's journey through battling, surviving and living with her eating disorder with what seems the most important question of all - will she choose to get better?
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