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- From: mab7g@Virginia.EDU ("midori meech baer")
- Subject: Re: Is there a newsgroup for eating disorders or body image?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.015609.1813@Virginia.EDU>
- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <1992Dec11.202712.5670@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:56:09 GMT
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- kpscarr@leland.Stanford.EDU writes:
- > In article <116150004@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> kay@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Kay Linder) writes:
- > >You can try alt.support.diet
- >
- > I have gotten a lot of responses suggesting I try alt.support.diet; I
- > appreciate that people are trying to be helpful, but it's sort of like
- > suggesting that an alcoholic check out "alt.party-hardy" or something.
- > I don't want tips on how to diet effectively; I want to deal with my
- > body image problems and speak in a forum of people who have similar or
- > more serious eating disorders who are trying to *stop* abusing their bodies.
- > (Not that I am totally against all dieting or anything, BTW.)
- >
- > I am really surprised that there is not an "alt.eating-disorders" or
- > "alt.anorexia-bulemia" or something. There really should be. Is anybody
- > else out there at all interested in such a group?
- >
- > KP
- >
- i completely agree with you. as a recovering bulimic/anorexic,
- i understand completely. when i first opened pcnews, a support
- group of this kind was exactly what i was looking for. . .if
- you have success, let me know, or if i can help, let me know as
- well.
-
- mi-chan
- mab7g@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu
-