im a new memeber, just wanted to let you know, i know how it feels when you get bailed on- dont know if it was a supporter or supportee (if there is such a word) that bailed, it is so frustratijg when you want tom get some kind of support and all you see is everyione writing to new people who flitoff anyway all the time, or its new people writing to new people- meaning its always an influx of passers by- its also frustrating when you put a question on a forum (whihc is a support forum) in desperation for support- such as, "help- ive bneen tryingt o lose weight for years and im close to losing it" or "I beem sober for two weeks and i want a drink help!" (this is actually a random example to show desperation- and no one replies!!!!!!! this has happened on lots of forums ive posted tyop- and i gve up tryignt o get support- this is because there is an influx of messaes passing and no one regular volunteering for a role- it can depend on who answers your e mail on that day- its a bity wierd always speaking to new people also- it would be nice to sought of get to know someone- even if it is in a cyber world. this has happened on one forum i j0ined for many months but it closed down after the whole forum subscribing system changed- this worked really well because it had volunteers- you always knew you wuld get an answer to your e mqail even if it was just from the volunteer- in other words there was someone dedicated to caring- and thart pretty special when you have someone willing to ut the time in for that reason. i know i for one could real;ly do with ther support right now as it seems i am failing in help0ing my son losing weight and short of taping our mouths up i dont know what else we could do- i undertsand gastric banding now- the probopem is witht he mind and the addictions to food.