BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa is latin for “nervous appetite lose” and what characterizes the disease is self-starvation. It usually starts with dieting to lose weight which loses control. Anorexia nervosa exists in about 1 % of all young women, and young women are also in the front of the disease. A number of serious somatic complications can follow the disease which in severe cases can cause death. The disease is individual and there is no obvious treatment. AIM: The aim of the study is to describe woman’s experiences of the turning-points in anorexia nervosa after recovery. METHOD: Five autobiographies were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Qualitative analyses revealed four core categories who described the turning points of recovery in anorexia nervosa: Awareness of disease, Motivation, Trust and Decision. The recovery has proved to be individual and different women in the study have experienced different combinations of those turning-points for recovery. DISCUSSION: Awareness of disease provides to be the most essential turning-point for recovery in anorexia nervosa. If a person doesn’t know she or he is sick, there is no reason to get well.