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During drug treatment it is important for students to register and confront behavioral problems that could potentially cause relapse. The goal is to acknowledge these behaviors and work to change them. “This has helped me be able to be comfortable with myself and not have to rely on how I act and other people’s reactions to be happy” says one Sober College Student. Sober College young adult treatment program provides students with individual therapy sessions, a counselor and weekly groups in order to process their emotional growth. The goal is Continue Reading »

The students of Sober College young adult rehab recently participated in the San Fernando Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Convention. This event provided them with an opportunity to network with other members of AA and to socialize in an alcohol-free environment. Not only did students attend marathon meetings but they also enjoyed themselves at the convention dances. Something as simple as a sober dance impacts Sober College students because it shows that they can have fun without substance abuse. Aside from the sober dances, students were able to fellowship in an environment Continue Reading »

Sober College young adult drug treatment program encourages students to explore their interests and talents. Many students have past sport experience and are able to exercise their abilities in sports that they enjoy during their stay at Sober College. Recently there have been students interested in tennis, lacrosse and golf and have been offered opportunities to participate in leagues outside of treatment to excel at their hobbies. Having many different interests in sports, creates the challenge to offer more options for students and this young adult treatment program does a Continue Reading »

Family weekend is a fun event hosted during the stay of a student at Sober College and its young adult drug treatment program. It is a weekend for a student and their family to bond and learn more about the other during substance abuse in the past, and how life should be approached in the future. Having family therapy during family weekend is an important part of the process during young adult drug treatment. Family weekend consists of groups that give families and students the opportunity to talk through past Continue Reading »

Sober College young adult treatment program acknowledges the health problems associated with drug use. The different mental and physical side effects drug abuse causes varies between individual substances. Today there are many attempts by companies to circumvent the illegality of narcotics by creating products that are accepted legally.  Although “Synthetic Marijuana” and “Spice” are legally sold in shops around the country, they are quickly becoming illegal in 38 states due to health risks. Sober College educates its students regarding their urges and how these urges can cause them to look Continue Reading »

Cocaine addiction has been researched by many people in the medical field. The University of Cambridge has found a difference between recreational cocaine users, and cocaine addicts. Dr Karen Ersche and her team acquired results of brain scan tests that indicates recreational users have a larger “frontal lobe” in the brain which serves as the decision and self-control center. Having a difference in their brain structure shows that cocaine addicts are not at fault for their use and proves that it is a “disease”. Dr. Ersche says that “…preventative strategies might Continue Reading »

Ken Niemann, Sober College Athletic Director, is always looking for new ways to get Sober College young adults involved in athletics, engaged with their peers, and excited about sobriety and the unique drug treatment program at Sober College. For the past seven years he has involved the Sober College Men’s Treatment Program in YMCA basketball tournaments. On December 15, Sober College’s extramural basketball team, the East Coast Ballers, participated in the season playoffs starting the day off with a 4pm game against Beast Mode. The men played hard and successfully Continue Reading »

What can be more helpful in your growth, Narcotics or Alcoholics anonymous? They are very similar, but their program is based around a different substance abuses: Narcotics Anonymous focuses on drugs and Alcoholics Anonymous on Alcohol. Sober College, being a substance abuse treatment program, utilizes the 12 steps throughout their program. This helps students to build a strong sobriety added to their program here at Sober College. Six days a week, every week, students are given the opportunity to attend AA and NA and learn not only from people at Continue Reading »

A 38–year NIH–funded study, published this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that people who used cannabis heavily in their teens and continued through adulthood showed a significant drop in IQ between the ages of 13 and 38—an average of eight points for those who met criteria for cannabis dependence. Those who used marijuana heavily before age 18 (when the brain is still developing) showed impaired mental abilities even after they quit taking the drug. These findings are consistent with other studies showing a link Continue Reading »

Another Student Dies In Birthday Alcohol Binge The death of Mason Sumnicht, a student of Chico State University, is just one of the thousands of college fatalities caused by drinking too much alcohol. After consuming 21 shots to celebrate his 21st birthday on November 4th 2012, the undergraduate suffered extreme alcohol poisoning resulting in permanent brain damage. He was taken off life support after 11 days in the hospital. Sumnicht was believed to have been pledging the Sigma Pi fraternity. Previously at Chico State University, four students have died in hazing incidents. Continue Reading »