Hi, it's Katie [full name withheld by LHI]. In case you forgot me I stayed with you through july and august,2002! I just wanted to thank you and give you all an update. I started school this january and just finished my first semester of college. I am going to school locally and living at home with my parents. I am getting my BA in the arts and my major is photography. I have used my artwork at school as a positive outlet for my feelings and it has become a wonderful therapy for me! I did something i never thought i could do...i gave up my eating disorder for good, and i did it because i was sick of having one. I wanted to live a life that would better me as a person and i wanted to experience inner peace and simplicity and i realized that i could not change and stay the same. So i let go of the eating disorder. I do still have thoughts of e.d. behaviors but it has been 3 wonderful months since i have acted out on my thoughts. Which means that i have not restricted, purged, over exercised, took pills, NOTHING!!! I am so happy and proud of myself. I owe a lot of my thought changing to all the staff at LHI and i just wanted to thank you all soooo very much, my life would not have been as it is now with out all of you guys! thank you again and feel free to write back i'm address-withheld@yahoo.com