Starting the Alaska Eating Disorders Alliance was motivated by personal experience. Jenny Loudon, AKEDA Co-Founder, and I both know first-hand the devastation of an eating disorder by being survivors (we each had an eating disorder as a teen) and by helping others navigate this frightening journey. Like all brain-based disorders and addictions, eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders, are often filled with stigma and shame, and getting he