What happened when you went to college?

"This whole cycle went on and on and on until my freshman year of college where it was hard to hide bulimia when you share a bathroom with twenty other girls. They found out and reported me to the school.

A school social worker spoke to me and said, 'Since the school found out, I was a liability.' I had to take a forced leave of absence because the school didn't want to be held responsible if I had a stroke or anything like that. There are tons and tons of health problems that went along with what I was doing. That's when I found out about Renfrew. The school actually heard about it and said it was a good place and 'You should try going here.' And it worked out, it was the only place that took my health insurance, so I wouldn't have to pay because it was something crazy like $2000 bucks a day, or something, and that's a lot of money.

By that time I was so sick of living in the cycle. Even though I sort of liked it, it was like a hate-love relationship. And, I thought, 'I can't live like this anymore. I want to feel good about myself. So by the time I got to Renfrew, I had decided that is was time to give it up and start feeling good about myself. I think that's why the program worked so well for me because I actually wanted to get better."

--Lindsay Kerr, 18, New York Note: According to Dr. Jennifer Nardozzi, The Renfrew Center's residential program is actually about $1000 a day without health insurance. Though some scholarships are available.