Post Your Message of Recovery and Hope

Dear Friends--

I came up with the idea of taking the new I Chose To Live Recovery T-Shirts and allowing people to sign it with message of hope when I travel to speaking and awareness events. My goal is to fill one shirt and then move onto the next one. These shirts will be posted to the new I Chose To Live website coming soon.

Please post your (short) message and your name. I will then post the message to the shirt and take it with me when I travel..

If you don't want to use you name, initials are just fine.

Post here or on the facebook fan page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hagerstown-MD/I-Chose-To-Live/128634537023?v=app_2373072738#!/topic.php?uid=128634537023&topic=12773

Please spread the word and the message of hope and recovery!!

Thank You,

Patrick Bergstrom
I Chose To Live

ICTL Eating Disorder Awareness Events

Drew University:
Date: Wednesday February 17th
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: UC 107

Towson University:
February 18th
I Chose to Live: An Athlete’s Recovery
7–8:30 p.m. University Union, Potomac Lounge

Collegiate lacrosse player Patrick Bergstrom was sidelined by an eating disorder that almost took his life. He “chose to live” and now speaks nationally to college students, dispelling the myth that eating disorders only affect women. Come be inspired by this athlete’s message of hope.

University of Florida:
February 22nd
Time: 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location: Reitz Union Grand Ballroom
Organization: Student Health Care Center
Event Type: Speaker

Description: This event will kick off National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Former Miss Florida and UF alumna Allison Kreiger and former college lacross player, Patrick Bergstrom will share their stories of battling and recovering from an eating disorder. This program will showcase that eating disorders have no boundaries across genders. This event is open to all UF students, faculty and staff.

California State University Long Beach
February 25th
 6:30p:
Guest Speaker: Patrick Bergstrom -

Eating disorder activist Patrick Bergstrom will be speaking about his experiences overcoming his eating disorder, how to help a friend in need and how we can work to battle eating disorders in the future.

CONTACT FOR ALL EVENTS: Katie Gaston: kgaston@csulb.edu

March: TBA

Recovery Revolution-- We Need You!!

You can either change the world or let the world change you.  Be You, and make this world BEAUTIFUL!!

We Are A Recovery Revolution-- and we need your HELP!! We support every person, friend, family member and organization who supports Eating Disorder Recovery. Please feel free to invite all your friends in recovery and those who support you to join us...More than 11 million still suffer and we can make a difference!! Will you join us & invite others to join?


We are also looking for those who want to take a more active roll in the ICTL Movement, website, fan page etc..We need you...You could be an admin, captain, and whatever role you would like to take...The goal is to turn this movement over to you...

• you can share you story, poems, recovery statements, etc
• become a speaker in your community
• help with web design, recovery content
• be a voice in your community
• be a facebook admin
• share recovery art, etc
• or whatever ideas you have???

Thank You from the bottom of my heart,

Patrick Bergstrom
http://www.ichosetolive.com/
Email me at patrickb@ichosetolive.com

http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Hagerstown-MD/I-Chose-To-Live/128634537023?ref=ts