In a support group, members provide each other with various types of nonprofessional, nonmaterial help for a particular shared burdensome characteristic. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also provide ancillary support, such as serving as a public relations voice or engaging in advocacy.

Maintaining contact

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Support groups maintain interpersonal contact among their members in a variety of ways. Most groups have traditionally met in person in group sizes that allowed conversational interaction. Support groups also maintain contact through printed newsletters, telephone chains, internet forums, and mailing lists. Some support groups are exclusively Online_support_groups.

Membership in some support groups is formally controlled, with admission requirements and membership fees. Other groups are "open" and allow anyone to drop in at an advertised meeting, for example, or to participate in an online forum.

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golfwebtraining (Annand Leonard) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:47:48 -0000
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@marcusbrig Yeah. Shame they won't support local drama groups, only ones on the other side of the country.
jafwuk (John Wilding) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:15:36 -0000
@marcusbrig Yeah. Shame they won't support local drama groups, only ones on the other side of the country.
@benarchibald i have no idea what the blocking is about, but iho, i feel setting up support groups is a waste of your time and effort.
michael2lewis (Michael Lewis) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:47:54 -0000
@benarchibald i have no idea what the blocking is about, but iho, i feel setting up support groups is a waste of your time and effort.
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CurAbility (Med Meta) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:05:12 -0000
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@Serenity1206: do they have support groups for that?
ReneeLynnG (Renee green) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:05:13 -0000
@Serenity1206: do they have support groups for that?
People say we are one of the bests support groups in all of Twitter! Wow.. I don't think we are!! But it'd be nice if you got us there!
JustinCrew (Vivian Justin Crew) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:50:19 -0000
People say we are one of the bests support groups in all of Twitter! Wow.. I don't think we are!! But it'd be nice if you got us there!

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