I live in canada in a city of over 1 million people. There is one support group for people with bipolar that meets downtown at night two days a week (but not always you are supposed to call ahead and see if they are meeting) and I'm not up to that commute and parking issues. I've looked all over and that is what I have found. On the other hand there are over 250 AA groups that meet each week within the city limits at all days and times all over the city. I'm envious of you folks in the US as there does seem to be more peer support opportunities by and large for people with mental illness. I've looked through meetup and through facebook and haven't found anything except the one group. Maybe the difference is that there is this idea of the recovering alcoholic and recovered alcoholic, who can be a peer mentor whereas this concept does not exist for bipolar. If there were in person groups nearby during daylight hours I would go but there is nothing at all, so for me the online forum is the only peer support available.