"We're here for you whether you want us or not. We're not giving up on you."

• A mother and father describe their daughter's recovery from EDNOS.
• Boston area, US. 10 minutes

"We worked as a team"

• Mother describes a daughter who as a college student developed depression, anorexia, and bulimia going on to recovery after several years with help of family and nutrition and supportive therapist.
• US Midwest - 7 minutes

“All these ocd rules that she lived by, that seemed to be absolutely set in concrete, just melted away” 

• A mother in Northern Australia describes the slow, and then rapid, recovery of her recently graduated daughter.
• 12 minutes.

"When we said life stops until you eat it meant our life also stopped" 

• A mother describes her process of separating her nine-year old daughter from anorexia and compulsive exercise and the healing of the family.
• Southeast US. 17 minutes

 "To see her personality come back and blossom was an unbelievable blessing for us"

• A mother describes a 22-year old daughter with anorexia coming home to recover, fully, After 4+ years of grave illness.
• SE Wisconsin, US - 21 minutes

"I just refused to believe that she would not recover"

• A mother living in a suburb of Washington DC in the US describes remaining optimistic even as clinicians gave up on her child's recovery.
• (24 minutes) Recorded 11/08

"For Lent she decided to give up all junk food...when we sat down for Easter dinner she just couldn't do it" 

• A mother in the Midwest US describes a 16-year old's recovery from restrictive anorexia using a partial hospitalization program and home-based re-feeding
• (12 minutes)

"You would never know that she had been ill"

• A mother describes the recovery of her 15-year old female ballet dancing daughter with anorexia (AN-P)
• US Gulf Coast – 5 minutes

"Mom, I'm not stupid. It's not going to happen to me."

• A mother of a daughter with anorexia describes her then 13-year old daughter wanting to 'eat healthy' and progressing to anorexia and compulsive exercise. , mother emphasizes role of nutrition, early intervention, good clinicians, hard work.
• Michigan, US - 10 minutes

"It was like she was standing on a rock in a rising river"

• A father and mother describe a series of treatment approaches and strategies and eventual recovery of their college age daughter.
• Northern California, US. 34 minutes

"All of a sudden she didn't want cheese on her hamburger"

• A mother in Oregon (US) describes her teen daughter's recovery and preparation for college.
• 12 minutes