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In a support group, members provide each other with various types of nonprofessional, nonmaterial help for a particular shared burdensome characteristic. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also provide ancillary support, such as serving as a public relations voice or engaging in advocacy.
Maintaining contact
Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Most groups have traditionally met in person in group sizes that allowed conversational interaction. Support groups also maintain contact through printed newsletters, telephone chains, internet forums, and mailing lists. Some support groups are exclusively Online_support_groups.
Membership in some support groups is formally controlled, with admission requirements and membership fees. Other groups are "open" and allow anyone to drop in at an advertised meeting, for example, or to participate in an online forum.
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Anorexia (Yahoo Group) - Forum to provide an optimistic outlook on recovery from eating disorders.
Meta Description: [ boa: Bulimia, Overeating & Anorexia ]
East Yorkshire) - Support Group for both eating disorders sufferers and caregivers in the Hull and E. Yorkshire area.
ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services - Group of abstinent and recovering food addicts committed to helping other food addicts. Description and schedules for the fee based retreats, primary intensives, workshops and coaching provided in different parts of the United States.
Meta Description: [ ACORN Food Dependency Recovery Services. ]
Ana Friends - Offers registration allowing access to a pro-anorexia forum and chatroom.
Meta Description: [ pro ana forum, pro ana, pro-ana, bulimia, anorexia, pro anorexia ]
Bodycage - Provides a platform for information, support and understanding for sufferers and loved ones.
Meta Description: [ The truth about the harsh reality of eating disorders - anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, compulsive eating. Anorexia pictures, celebrities, images, stories, poetry. Unique, emotive, informative. ]
Buddies For Life - Find a buddy to help you overcome your eating disorder or to help you survive it until you feel you can ask for help.
Connie's ED Lighthouse - Anorexics, bulimics, compulsive overeaters and those who love and care about them are all welcome here. Sharing our experiences, strength and hope as we learn to handle our emotions without turning to the food as our protector.
Dallas Compulsive Eaters Anonymous (CEA-HOW) - Non-profit fellowship for individuals who are recovering from compulsive eating and food addiction. Follows the H.O.W. concept of 12 steps and 12 traditions as a program of recovery. Program description, meetings and events calendar, and chat room.
Meta Description: [ Dallas CEA-HOW Compulsive Eaters Anonymous Intergroup ]
Disordered Eaters' Recovery Program (MSN Group) - Support group for people who are anorexic, bulimic, compulsive overeaters, binge eaters, exercise bulimics, compulsive diet obsessors, or orthorexics (obsessed with eating only organic, vegetarian, healthy foods). Michigan based.
Meta Description: [ Disordered Eaters' Recovery Program information site and communication with others with eating disorders. ]
Eating Addictions Anonymous - Provides a 12 step recovery program for men and women recovering from all forms of eating and body image addiction.
Meta Description: [ eating,disorders,addictions,anonymous,12,recovery,food,body,image,appearance,oaa, eating,disorders,addictions,anonymous,12,recovery,food,body,image,appearance,oaa ]
Eating Disorder Selp-Help and Support (MSN Group) - For anyone with anorexia, bulimia, binge or compulsive overeating who are seeking emotional support while in the process of recovery.
Meta Description: [ A welcoming eating disorder recovery group for people seeking self-help and emotional support.
We encourage people to openly share with each other. The objective is that people feel safe to talk about experiences and feelings in a non-judgmental environment, while meeting other people with sim... ]
Eating Disorders Anonymous - Twelve step fellowship which holds meetings in several US states and online to help people to recover from eating disorders. Discussion board, meeting schedules, download EDA Step Workbook (MS Word), link collection, and online publications.
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Eating Disorders Foundation of NSW Inc. - Support and information to people whose lives have been affected by eating disorder.
Eating Distress Media Awareness Group - Group of individuals concerned with the coverage of eating disorders in the mass media.
Meta Description: [ This website was initiated to help spread more awareness about eating disorders. It aims to combat misconceptions about the condition often spread by the media and promote positive messages concerning body image and diversity. ]
Ebony OA - Special Emphasis Overeaters Anonymous Group geared towards African Americans dealing with compulsive overeating and other eating disorders.
Meta Description: [ Overeaters Anonymous with an African American Focus ]
Eden - Eating Disorders and Education Network - A not-for-profit organization (in Michigan) provides eating disorder help, support groups, and recovery programs for those struggling with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive eating, overeating, and emotional/binge eating.
Everything Ana - Anorexia/Eating Disorders discussion boards.
Flushed - An online quarterly zine by people and for people with eating disorders and body image issues.
Meta Description: [ Sheena's Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada provides support for people with eating disorders. ]
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Free of Bulimia II (Yahoo Group) - Christian support group for sufferers of bulimia and anorexia.
Meta Description: [ freeofbulimia2: FREE of BULIMIA II ]
Healthy Models.com - Help for youth escape from eating disorders associated with unrealistic expectations and pressures placed on them by models.
Meta Description: [ Help stop eating disorders and make models healthier. ]
HealthyPlace.com: Concerned Counseling Eating Disorders Website - Information, support groups and chats for those suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and overeating.
Meta Description: [ Complete eating disorders information - anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating. Eating Disorders treatment. ]
Lambs Lounge - This forum will offer support for those suffering from eating disorders. Eating disorders can be a result of depression, abuse, neglect, peer pressure.
Meta Description: [ Free Self-Managed Online Meeting Place
with Message Boards and Chat -- for
Businesses, Associations, Interest Groups, or Family Discussions. Private
or Open. Provided by Delphi Forums ]
Male Eating Disorders - For men and women who suffer from eating disorders.
Meta Description: [ Free, easy email groups ]
Men's Eating Disorders - Online - A place for men with ED to come and share their stories and get the most recent information for help and support.
Meta Description: [ menseatingdisorders: Men's Eating Disorders - Eating Disorders in Men ]
MIA Friends - Offers registration allowing access to a pro-bulimia forum and chatroom.
Meta Description: [ pro ana, pro-ana, pro mia, pro-mia, bulimia, ana/mia, pro ana ]
Normal Eating - Articles and a support group for learning to eat normally, i.e. in response to hunger and satiation cues.
Meta Description: [ , Normal eating: lose weight without dieting, stop compulsive eating.
Eat according to hunger and satiation cues, while managing pressures that cause emotional eating. ]
Pale Reflections - Eating disorders community - Eating disorders support community with a free members area, member search facility, and email newsletter.
Meta Description: [ Eating disorders support community, plus loads of information about all eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, overeating, and much more. ]
Picky Eating Adults Support - Support and information to people whose lives have been adversely affected by their lifelong picky eating habits.
Meta Description: [ Information and Group Support for individuals who are still picky eaters in adult life and who may suffer with the resulting social problems. ]
Purple Chocolate - Supporte page and forums for sufferers from eating disorders.
Meta Description: [ A happy positive and supportive page for those suffering from eating disorders ]
Scottish Eating Disorder Interest Group - Open to anyone with an interest in eating disorders, with an emphasis on a mix of professional and self-help participation. Links members into a network for care for people with eating disorders.
Meta Description: [ Web site of the Scottish Eating Disorder Interest Group (SEDIG) ]
Sheena's Place - A community based support center in Toronto offering support group programs, outreach/education, and resources for parents and teens. Programs are free of charge.
Meta Description: [ Sheena's Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada provides support for people with eating disorders. ]
The Bridge (MNS Group) - A place for anorectic and bulimic women to come to feel understood, to support each other, and to listen and learn.
The CEDRIC Centre - Support and recovery for sufferers of disordered eating patterns.
Meta Description: [ The CEDRIC Centre provides counselling support and recovery to those with anorexia, bulimia, compulsive and binge eating, and related issues. ]
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