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ABA Support Meetings
If you or someone you care about is affected by an eating disorder, you are welcome here.
ABA meetings offer a supportive space to listen, share, and connect with others who understand. You are never required to speak, and participation is always your choice. Use the meeting search below to find a meeting that feels right for you.
Our Fellowship has no leaders. All members are equals, and every voice carries the same value. Meetings are guided by mutual respect, shared experience, and the principles of the ABA program.
Groups listed on this website have requested to be included and operate independently. There is an informal understanding that each group follows ABA’s 12 Traditions and keeps its meeting open to any ABA member.
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Support for Family and Friends
If you are a family member or friend of someone living with an eating disorder, support is available for you as well. Ab-Anon is a separate Fellowship created specifically for those who care about someone affected by anorexia or bulimia. Ab-Anon offers meetings and resources focused on understanding, connection, and shared experience for families and friends.
What To Expect at your First Meeting
Most meetings follow a similar structure, though details may vary by group. Each meeting usually begins with the Serenity Prayer, the ABA Preamble, followed by a reading from the ABA Book. A typical meeting may include readings, a period of sharing, and time for reflection on recovery. You are never required to speak. Many people choose to simply listen, especially at first, and take part at their own pace.
Confidential Sharing in a Supportive Space
Group meetings focus on sharing personal experience rather than offering advice or responses to others. This approach supports a safe, respectful environment where members can focus on their own recovery. Meetings are confidential, and what is shared stays within the meeting, helping build trust and a sense of safety for everyone.
An Inclusive Program of Recovery
ABA is not affiliated with any outside organization, treatment program, or religion. Members are free to define a Higher Power in their own way. Whether this is your first meeting or one of many, you are welcome exactly as you are. There is no expectation to be recovered, to understand the program, or to know what to say.
Types of Meetings
Open Meetings
Open to anyone who wants to learn more about ABA or about eating disorder recovery.
Closed Meetings
For ABA members and individuals who identify as having an eating disorder.
ABA is not affiliated with, nor does it endorse or oppose, any virtual meeting platforms. Each group is autonomous and may choose the technology that best meets its needs.
Meeting times displayed are set to adjust based on your location depending on your computer settings and show your local time zone whenever possible. Meeting listings do not constitute approval or endorsement of any group’s specific practices.
