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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RT @ZainabSalbi Egyptians and foreign groups are meeting in front of the journalists union in support of the Palestinians in #Gaza.
lalacyrl (Cyrille Lala) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:30:19 -0000
RT @ZainabSalbi Egyptians and foreign groups are meeting in front of the journalists union in support of the Palestinians in #Gaza.
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I am officially spending the saddest New Years ever. I am organizing twitter lists b/c my app doesn't support groups anymore! excellent...
0402sgrl (Tina) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:26:44 -0000
I am officially spending the saddest New Years ever. I am organizing twitter lists b/c my app doesn't support groups anymore! excellent...
@dotmccay I now "get" why writers form support groups. Seriously.
gamesafoot (Mrs. Nelson) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:52:18 -0000
@dotmccay I now "get" why writers form support groups. Seriously.
@jeremywright I'm just saying that they have support groups if you need help quitting. :) Have a great NYE as well!
technosailor (Aaron Brazell) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:23:52 -0000
@jeremywright I'm just saying that they have support groups if you need help quitting. :) Have a great NYE as well!
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