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Fatal had spent years putting food last when money was tight. When intensive eating disorder treatment required her to buy more food than she could afford, a grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped make continuing possible. Today, she has more energy, more freedom, and a growing sense of comfort in her own body.
Megan entered eating disorder treatment ready to recover, but reduced work hours made groceries and rent increasingly difficult to afford. A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped ease that pressure so she could focus on getting well. Today, Megan is building a more stable life on her own terms.
Alexander’s eating disorder nearly cost him his life. A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped ease the cost of rent, groceries, and everyday expenses while he stayed in treatment. Today, at 43, he is preparing for graduate school and challenging the stigma around eating disorders.
Gideon spent years working in social services, helping families through difficult moments. After a workplace injury led to disability, limited income left him struggling to afford enough food to meet his own eating disorder treatment goals.A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped Gideon buy the groceries he needed. Today, he is reconnecting with life,…
Corina had found eating disorder treatment and was beginning to get help. Then insurance troubles and everyday living costs threatened to take that opportunity away.A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped cover the expenses treatment did not, giving her more room to focus on recovery. Today, Corina describes a life filled with more color,…
Sarah is a NICU nurse who spends her shifts caring for some of the smallest and most vulnerable patients. When an eating disorder made intensive treatment necessary, time away from work created another crisis: how to keep paying for rent and groceries while staying in care.A grant from WithAll’s Recovery Support Program helped ease that…
Charlotte received a WithAll Recovery Support Program grant at a critical point in her eating disorder recovery. By helping cover groceries, the grant reduced one of her biggest financial stressors and allowed her to remain in intensive treatment for another month. Her story shows how donor-funded support for everyday essentials can give someone more time…
Eating disorder recovery can be life-saving, but treatment often comes with significant financial strain. The WithAll Recovery Support Program helps people in treatment cover essential living expenses so they can focus on healing. Ursula received one of these grants during her recovery journey. This is her story.
Every parent has a deep-seated desire to pave the way for their children’s success and happiness. Yet the journey of parenthood is full of realizations that the lessons we’ve inherited may not always serve the best interests of the next generation. This truth becomes especially evident in the realm of food and body image, where…
Five years ago, In March of 2018, I sat in front of my doctor at UCLA’s eating disorder partial hospitalization program as these words filled the sterile air and etched themselves into my fragile psyche: “Sophie, I spoke to your insurance today.
2024 marks my tenth year as an advocate for eating disorder healing, which means my work started when I was fifteen years old. I am, for all intents and purposes, a product grown of the eating disorder field, mixed with the inclusivity and intention that comes with being a mixed race, queer, Fat activist in…