Recovery is deeply personal, and what resonates with one person may not resonate with another. No single resource has all the answers, but many have helped shape how I understand recovery. The books and organizations below have influenced both my personal journey and my work as a recovery coach. They reflect a compassionate and lived-experience approach to healing, identity, and building a life beyond an eating disorder or substance use. I hope you find something here that speaks to you.
Eating Disorder and Substance Use Treatment Centers and Support Groups
Eating Disorder Foundation
Offers free virtual (and in-person in CO) peer-led support groups (including a monthly SUD/ED group) and a free mentorship program.
Branz Nutrition
Eating disorder treatment and medical nutrition therapy with a dietitian in Missouri, Illinois, and the St. Louis area.
Laureate Eating Disorders Program
Tulsa, OK. Acute, Residential, PHP, and OP for adult and adolescents with eating disorders.
National Alliance for Eating Disorders
Offers free clinician-led support groups, events, and treatment placement.
ANAD
Offers free virtual peer-led support groups and a free mentorship program.
AASTL
Offers AA meeting listings for all meetings (including secular and dual diagnosis) in St. Louis, MO.
A science-based recovery program that uses cognitive behavioral and motivational techniques to help individuals build and maintain recovery from addictive behaviors.
Harris House - Substance Use Tx
Harris House provides compassionate, evidence-based addiction treatment in STL. It offers a full continuum of care - including inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and transitional housing in St. Charles, MO - to support long-term recovery.
Buddhist-inspired approach to recovery
St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute - Eating Disorder Program
Offers outpatient services and adult and adolescent IOP programs in St. Louis, MO
Monte Nido - Clementine
A residential treatment program in St. Louis, MO exclusively for adolescents of all genders seeking treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, or other eating disorders.
McCallum Place Eating Disorder Center
McCallum Place is an eating disorder treatment center in St. Louis, Missouri for all genders, age 10 and up. Residential, PHP, and IOP levels of care.
Alo Nutrition
Eating disorders, HAES, Intuitive Eating, Sports Nutrition - virtual and in person appointments in Des Peres and St. Charles, MO
Provides eating disorder treatment access, support groups, and recovery resources while working to reduce barriers to care.
Recommended Reading
Sick Enough — Jennifer Gaudiani
How to Nourish Yourself Through an Eating Disorder — Casey Crosbie & Wendy Sterling
Running in Silence — Rachael Steil
Hunger — Roxane Gay
Eating Disorders
Recovery Beyond the Eating Disorder
The Choice — Edith Eger
What Happened to You? — Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone – Lori Gottlieb
Substance Use & Co-Occurring Recovery