Good day Shimmerinc. I am not an American so I can't help you to find friends but I suggest you posts for meet ups, indicating your State and town or city where you live. Give it time as BB and BO sufferers are sometimes wary of meet ups because of fear of rejection. Please do not get discouraged if no one responds to your requests immediately. It will take a while before someone warms up to a group meeting. In our case, a couple, both suffering from BB organized our meet up and they really went out of their way to make it happen. After our successful initial meet up, many more followed. Someone just needed to break the ice. Even co-sufferers dread rejection so be patient. The fear of smelling each other's bad odor was the hurdle we were able to overcome. After that it was smooth sailing.