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My group can be found by searching the web for Obesity Help.  We have over 200,000 members in varying stages of obesity and most are researching the various types of obesity surgery.  You sound to me as if you are not yet ready to go to this step because it is best to have your other issues worked out before you consider this.  You might want to check some of the other forums on Dr. Phil to see if there is information to get you some help.  My heart goes out to you...I was there and didn't want to live especially after I lost my mom.  I know there's a solution for you and I so want you to find it.  I am not a therapist and can only share my experience.  If you wish to post on Obesity Help, you will find many sympathetic ears that will try to help you work through your feelings.  The message boards are separated by states. 

 We'd love to have you join our group on the 200+ board. But in the meantime I do think you need to talk to your primary physician or a licensed counselor. Often suicidal thoughts are due to physical causes and it's possible that your doctor can help sort that out. If it's depression caused by the excess weight, then DEFINITELY we can help out on the 200+ board. We cannot do it all--we are not professionally trained counselors and often we need professional help along the journey, but we DO have lots of loving, caring people there who will accept you and help you walk this long road all the way to the GOAL. So please, don't give up on yourself without giving yourself a chance to really LIVE, ok? Please come and find out just how loving people can be and how blessed your own life can be too. It can be a lonely battle, but it doesn't have to be. We are doing a good thing for ourselves, not entering into battle. We are developing a healthy lifestyle and becoming the beautiful people on the outside that we've always been on the inside. If you are having trouble with a particular passage in the WLC book, please post that on the board and we'll talk you through it. We have people who have been working this program for well over a year and can explain it far better than I can. We've even had a member who could not get out of bed at all! At 550 pounds she was confined to her bed for years. Several of our members were housebound for years. But ALL of our members are helped by the book and by our support board. So I urge you to give us a try. If we can do it, ANYBODY can do it. And we want you to be able to do it too.

Cherie