Often, stories of eating disorder recovery focus on the individual, what they have achieved, and how they have grown and healed. While celebrating these stories is a vital part of the recovery space, it’s also important to recognize how relationships and community play a role in eating disorder recovery. Treatment and recovery don’t occur in a vacuum—the connections recovering individuals make are invaluable to the healing process. A solid community of people in recovery can provide each other with validation, support, guidance, and a place to process difficult emotions, all while lifting each other up in times of triumph.