More than 29 million Americans will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. Every 52 minutes someone dies as a direct result of their eating disorder?

Unfortunately, less than ⅓ will ever receive access to care. The National Alliance for Eating Disorders, the leading national nonprofit for eating disorders, has worked tirelessly over the past two decades to change these statistics. During the weekend of February 28 - March 2, 2025, I will be participating in The Alliance’s annual NOT ONE MORE Weekend.

Krissy, here! I wanted to add my own blurb here on why this matters so much to me. I am entering my 5th year since being in recovery after going to residential treatment for anorexia nervosa purging type in 2020. This came years after therapy, prayer, self-help books, groups, you name it. I remember being affected since I was in around 5th grade, learning what thunder thighs were and wondering why my friends colorful weight markers on their scale in their bathroom were less than mine. I was the youngest, I thought, shouldn't I be the smallest? I began stepping on their scale regularly. This disease eventually had me in a downward spiral and a chokehold. Family, Friends, and Support provided the light I could not hold onto myself until I could hold it for others. Now, I work as a Behavior Health Tech in a Residential Treatment Center and can finally say I LOVE MY JOB. I am finding my life worth living. 

Please support me as I join this global movement to ensure that NOT ONE MORE life is lost, NOT ONE MORE child is taken, and NOT ONE MORE precious moment is destroyed by this insidious disease. All proceeds from the NOT ONE MORE Weekend will directly fund their free, weekly, therapist-led, virtual eating disorder support groups!

In 2024 alone, more than 26,071 individuals from all 50 states and 87 countries around the world attended Alliance groups.The Alliance is the only national nonprofit organization that provides free, weekly, therapist-led eating disorders support groups; free referrals for all levels of care through a therapist-staffed helpline and findEDhelp; and unique and empowering Southern Smash events. Simply put, The Alliance saves lives.

Please consider donating to my page so that I can help The Alliance continue to make a difference nationwide!