One Monday, at a Bare Naked Ladies’ meeting, the club focused on eating disorders along with the signs and symptoms associated with the different types. After the meeting ended a new member, Sally, was walking back to her car with Julie, a current member. While walking Sally confesses that in high school she struggled with anorexia nervosa, but feels she is managing much better now. Julie asks if she would be comfortable sharing her story at a meeting, but Sally declines and begs Julie not to say anything. As Julie gets to know Sally better and they hang out more, she thinks she begins to see signs that Sally isn’t managing as well as she claims. She starts to look tired, weak, thin, and is wearing hats more often than when she first joined. During a meeting, Sally is offered food and respectively declines at first, but when she’s asked again, Sally becomes agitated and refuses again more rudely than before. Julie starts to notice that Sally is becoming withdrawn and wonders how she should approach the situation with Sally. She has the opportunity to seek guidance from others but does not want to betray Sally’s trust and does not know for sure that Sally has relapsed. Julie worries she might be wrong and does not want to assume the worst.

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A couple months later, after a Monday meeting, Julie stays behind and expresses her concerns to the executive members. She tells them what she has observed in Sally as well as her worry that Sally may have relapsed, and asks what they think she should do. The executive members talk amongst themselves after hearing Julie’s concerns and can’t reach a consensus. Half of them members feel that Sally’s symptoms could be a result of stress and that approaching her with an accusation of anorexia would be insensitive and that they are not qualified to make that kind of judgement. The other half feel that there is enough cause for concern to approach her about the issue and intervene to get her help.