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A CONTROVERSIAL statue of Carla Bruni depicted as a worker has been erected in a Paris suburb but fans of France’s former first lady will struggle to catch a glimpse of a work that has embarrassed almost everyone connected with it.
The bronze was the brainchild of Jacques Martin, the mayor of Nogent-sur-Marne and a close political ally of Bruni’s husband, former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Martin came up with the scheme to use a likeness of Bruni to represent the mostly Italian immigrant women who used to work at a feather factory in the town – an idea branded “grotesque” by the Socialist opposition on the town council.
Opposition to the two-metre high statue hardened when it emerged in February that it was going to cost €82,000 euros.
The ensuing outcry forced Martin to abandon his plan to cover half the cost from the public purse and his office confirmed on Thursday that the statue had been completed with private funding and put up in a private residence.
The row in February embarrassed Bruni, who let it be known that she had agreed to model for sculptor Elisabeth Cibot without knowing that her name would be linked to the statue.
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Very interesting- well done to the author making life worth living again!
Very well put especially our minds can lie to us. Not just addiction, I often shook my head, slapped myself, threw water on my face to escape an unwelcome emotion. Took 10 years to find that statement, the mind can lie, before you get to do something it had already whispered the negative outcome. From that continuously they also rewire. On form, off form confidence or none, you can’t smack, splash a neuroconnection away easily. It’s a marathon task to change yourself from that cycle. A story that I hope others will see and find their own path.
The support available for eating disorders in Ireland is atrocious….3 public bed available to serve tens of thousands apparently. Average stint in a private hospital (about 8-12 weeks) is upwards of 50 grand. We’ve a lot to do. Great support available in uk.
@deisecelt: hospital beds are for those medically unwell though which is really restricted to those with a restrictive ED or anorexia nervosa. That would be a regular medical bed for which the usual ‘bed shortage’ issues apply. Treatment for binge eating disorder would be as an outpatient. Psychiatric beds for eating disorder are few and far between but again can’t see binge eating disorder requiring one unless part of a syndrome like Prader Willi and some other mental health issue at play.
Well done author for writing this so well. Food is accompanied with so many rewards both physically and socially, that’s where the danger is. It’s also one of the hardest addictions to stop because unlike smoking/drink/drugs, you can’t just abstain, you still need to eat. And the remorse you feel after binging is ridiculously strong. Not only women suffer through this also.
Thank you for sharing your story. The 12 Step programs share a success rate with inpatient programs for addictive disorders. And they are free, you may give a donation at your ability. You talk about connecting with your Higher Power. It is important for people to understand that some Judeo-Christian deity is not necessary. Twelve Step programs provide not only support but a structure for better dealing with stress and emotion.
Is purge vomiting or going out the other way. Do u need a laxative to expel it?
@Coole Swan: Vomiting if i remember my H.E. correctly
@Coole Swan: it’s either
@Coole Swan: both
The success rate of 12 step programs is abysmal to say the least. Studies have shown that only 5 percent of people stick with 12 programs after 12 month.
The 12 steps has a terrible success rate, studies have shown only 5 percent of people stick with a 12 step program after 12 months.
The success rate of 12 step programs is abysmal. Studies have shown that only 5%of people stick with 12 step programs after 12 months.
The success rate of 12 programs is abysmal. Studies have shown that only 5 %of people stick with 12 step programs after 12 months
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