So, along with being an alcoholic from the age of 14, I have also been bulimic for about as long. The two seem to cycle somewhat, so when one is bad, the other is less so. For me, bulimia was never predominately about weight or appearance, it is a messed up coping mechanism for stress/anxiety. I go into a total state of dissociation during the process which is very hard to describe.
I have been doing mych better with this recently, and it has been nearly a month since I’ve had an episode. I really don’t want to fall back onto this crutch now I’ve taken alcohol out of the equation. I got my lip pierced the other day, because I wanted to but I also timed it to when I stopped drinking to try and stop me being sick instead, as it will get infected.
Does anyone else have any similar experience, or advice? I feel very alone living between these two messed up behaviours.
Absolutely. You can find plenty of threads about it. I used to binge eat and drink, then use the hangovers as a way to purge and restrict. Looking back it it crazy how appealing the combination was to me. Get nice and fucked up, and have the added bonus of easy vomiting and unable to eat much for a few days. It kept my weight pretty low. When I quit drinking, and Covid working at home helped too, I kept binging but with no help to purge I gained 10kg or more. Now at three years sober, after working the AA steps and really working hard at eating habits, I rarely think of drinking, and much less obsessive about food too.
I can definitly relate to ur post. Im so sorry ur having to experience this.
I too have had an eating disorder for probably just as long as my addiction to drugs. When i quit using drugs, my eating disorder got worse. It was just another way that i attempted to cope with my intense emotions. Im still working on this area of my life as well, so unfortunately i dont have much advice for u 
but I wanted u to know that ur not alone.
Im so glad to hear you are feeling much better now 
I will have a search around for other threads too, thank you 
Sorry to hear you are experiencing this too. Yes I’m sure I use both to deal with emotions as well. I need to look into some therapy I think but I can’t afford to pay for it right now and the waiting lists for the NHS are 18+ months 
I’m here if you ever need anything, maybe we can help each other some 