Does anyone know of any face to face support groups? Somehow I ended up in a Food Adict meeting tonight after being told that all eating disorders were welcome. I'm not knocking it but NONE of it applied to me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Shannon

Hi, its nice to meet you. I have never posted on this board but occasionly I stop by to read and consider. I am maybe what you call a recovered anorexic. I have bouts of anorexia but have not had any problems for a few years. I still have that false mental image in my head that I am fat, I don't think it will ever go away.

Sorry on to your topic, I am currently in an eating disorder face to face group. I am in counseling at a womens counseling center and my counselor asked me to join so that I could help support the others. It has only been about 5 weeks and it is going well.

So what I am trying to say is that there are support groups out there, as a matter of fact may do a search on eating disorder groups and maybe eating disorder groups in your state/city. Call some local counseling centers, or hospitals.
I urge you to do this, I think it can be so helpful to be around other people who feel exactly like you and you can talk about the eating disorder without feeling like you've done something wrong.
In all this time I have never really talked about my anorexia until I started attending this group and it feels so good to have someone who understands.
Good luck to you,
Katt