User:SamiBTX/Anorexics & Bulimics Anonymous

Anorexics & Bulimics Anonymous (ABA) is a 12-step fellowship of people who suffer from anorexia & bulimia as well as other eating disorders. The only requirement for membership is a "desire to stop unhealthy eating practices." ABA originated in Edmonton, Alberta in 1992 amongst a group of people who identified themselves as anorexics & bulimics.

Modelled on Alcoholics Anonymous, ABA focuses on "sobriety in eating practices", abstenence from eating disordered behavior. ABA uses its own publication as its sole guide to recovery published in 2002 after ten years of ABA's existence. ABA frequently references the "Big Book" of AA in recovery work as well.

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