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This last weekend Sober College men’s residential program had a chance to experience a different type of Alcohol Anonymous meeting. Our men’s program traveled to a sober men’s retreat and participated in their recovery by fellowshipping with other sober young people and attending a 12-step speaker meeting. The consensus of our men’s program was that the meeting was, “Different and cool, and the speaker was really cool.” Being able to attend a meeting at one of these retreats is just another experience that not many young adults in treatment get Continue Reading »

This year at Sober College students, guided by Film Director Colin P. created a video Intentions project for 2013. With the “intention” of both inspiring young adults in the new year, and teaching goal setting, Colin combined film, sobriety, and therapy into one project. ”I wanted to involve the Sober College students in this intention setting project because I thought it would be a good way of introducing them to the idea of setting an intention for themselves that isn’t the traditional clinical top down method,” explains Colin, “Rather than saying Continue Reading »

Sober College, young adult drug treatment center, houses a unique Music Department for students that attend the facility. Sober College has an on-site professional grade recording studio, musical instruments, amps, pro-tools and more. Music director Jeff W. encourages students to get in touch with their musical talents and goals. Students at all levels of musical ability are encouraged to visit the studio or participate in talent shows. Jeff as well as other students are able to give guitar, piano, voice, violin and other types of lessons so students can continue developing Continue Reading »

During Christmas break at Sober College, young adult drug rehab center, students traveled to the L.A. Food Bank to be of service to their community  and helped sort food for the families that needed food during the holiday season. Young adult in early sobriety are learning about the emotional benefits that being of service can have on an individual. By helping those less fortunate they learn to appreciate the things that they have to be grateful for that they may have taken for granted like food, water, and shelter. Being in drug rehab as a young adult is not Continue Reading »

Sober College, the leader in addiction treatment for young adults has created an innovative program that not only helps young adults get sober, but helps them start their lives in a new and positive direction. The basis of the program allows for students to continue their progress in their life while getting the treatment they deserve. In partnership with Woodbury University, Sober College has the privilege of offering WASC accredited college courses on site to its students.  The classes are taught by adjunct Woodbury professors who double as the young Continue Reading »

Sober College, the best in innovative drug treatment, believes that young adults require an age-specific environment tailored for their best success. Our program, with the combination of college life and drug rehab, provides students with an opportunity to learn how to live life sober. Unlike many programs, Sober College uses traditional and non-traditional therapy techniques to teach students therapy tools such as anger management, stress management and relapse prevention. Therapy activities such as wind tunnel and trapeze therapy provide students with a real life experience of using the tools before Continue Reading »

Sober College, the leader in addiction treatment for young adults, is proud to announce that one current student has been accepted to the University of Alabama. Most of the students who come to Sober College have been struggling with drugs and alcohol as a result; they where failing out of school, couldn’t keep their grades up, or even dropping out completely. That’s why Sober College partnered up with Woodbury University. This partnership allows students in treatment at Sober College to not only get their lives back on track, but also Continue Reading »

Sober College Program Director set to begin the “choose joy tour” early November. Along this tour, Rick Macrory will be visiting programs and conferences spreading the word about young adult recovery at Sober College. Along with spreading the name Sober College, Rick has planned to reach out to our alumni. Many students who come into Sober College are young adults struggling at Universities and schools all over the united states, so this tour will gives Our Alumni a way to connect back to the program. “This is part of why Continue Reading »

While according to the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health finds that young adult prescription drug abuse is down by .3 million young adult abusers, findings also show that drugs such as heroin and marijuana continue to rise. It is great to hear that prescription drug abuse is down but other findings show that prescription drug abuse often leads to heroin abuse. Does this really mean a decrease in substance abuse or just a switch in the drugs abused? “Behind each of these statistics are individuals, families and Continue Reading »

Studies reveal that young adults who engage in regular exercise are less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. These new studies revealed that exercises reduce self-administration as well as protective effects in substance abuse treatment. As a whole these studies have provided convincing evidence to support the development of exercise-based interventions to reduce compulsive patterns of drug intake in clinical and at-risk populations. At Sober College, substance abuse treatment, we believe in fitness as a core competency to maintaining long-term sobriety for young adults. Our students come in from colleges Continue Reading »