Alanis Morissette talks eating disorder; reveals how she overcame struggles
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Alanis Morissette, 41, the famous singer known for her hit breakup songs such as "You Oughta Know" and "Hand In My Pocket" in the '90s shared her eating disorders to an interview with Women's Health Magazine.
In the 20th anniversary of her "Jagged Little Pill" album, Morissette shared her disassociation with life and how it manifested through eating disorders and negative sexual experiences.
"The big question for me around eating-disorder recovery is, 'What is sobriety with food?' We know with alcohol, you just don't drink it and don't go to a bar. With heroin, you just don't go near it," Morissette shared to the magazine. Whereas with food, you have to eat, so how can one go from, in my case, bingeing and purging, starving, overeating, the scale going up and down—how can I go from that to a 'sober' approach?"
She told the outlet that her relationship with food is by having a mindset of having food sustain her nutritionally in tandem with her spiritual journey towards healing.
"I was raised on macaroni and cheese," Morissette said. "But I've noticed allergies that have gone away when I step away from dairy. I've noticed when I get the high-nutrient greens, I sleep better. There's less moodiness. Food is entirely medicine to me. That doesn't mean I'm just eating seeds and raspberries, although that's fun, too, but it's an integrative approach."
According to Daily Mail, the singer has suffered from bulimia and anorexia in the past. She shared that in her journey to find more peace and deeper spirituality, she is also creating healthy boundaries in methods such as practicing yoga, meditation and aromatherapy.
Morissette is also a believer of the powers of talismans as her home is filled with them to help her create a "special, calm and elevated space", reports Belfast Telegraph.
Entertainment Weekly reports that in lieu of the 20th anniversary of "Jagged Little Pill" in June this year, a four-disc collector's edition and a two-disc deluxe edition will be released for sale on Oct. 30.
There will only be 30,000 copies for the collector's edition CD's and will be sold for $49.99 each. The reissued records will include demos, remastered songs, acoustic versions and a copy of a 1995 London gig recording. Meanwhile, the deluxe edition will be $19.98 and will only include the demos and the remastered album.
