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How Alanis Morissette Beat Her Eating Disorder

By Susannah Felts — 2019

Alanis Morissette struggled with eating disorders in her teens and 20s. But then she discovered how good it felt to treat her body right—and this fall she ran a marathon to prove it. Here, Morissette opens up about her long, winding road to becoming healthy.

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