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For many young adults, the college lifestyle includes frat party’s, keg stands, and often drug abuse. While many young adults may view this as normal, what happens when substance abuse takes control of their lives. Young adults across the country are finding themselves failing out of college, making bad grades, or being kicked out of dorms all because drugs and alcohol, which once where part of the college lifestyle, are now controlling their every move. Sober College, the leader in young adult addiction treatment, has created a program that includes, Continue Reading »

Sober College, the leader in addiction treatment has designed a program specifically for college and young adults struggling with drugs and alcohol. Our program allows students to get help without putting their education or their life on hold, but instead move forward and learn to live their lives sober. The article below posted on The Fix demonstrates the need for specific treatment for young adults. If your or a friend are in need of treatment but aren’t ready to stop going to class, call Sober College today. This is a Continue Reading »

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 23.5 million persons aged 12 or older needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol abuse problem in 2009 (9.3 percent of persons aged 12 or older). Of these, only 2.6 million—11.2 percent of those who needed treatment—received it at a specialty facility There is and will be a growing need for drug treatment, but out of these 2.6 million, young adults are shown to have longstanding substance abuse issues that need Continue Reading »

At Sober College we have a minimum commitment of 90 days and believe that extended care for young adults age 17-26 provides the strongest amount of a platform before entering back into society. The program last long enough to clear the fog from drug use and begin develop skills and tools to cope with everyday sober lives. 30-day treatment centers and intensive outpatient programs have the lowest success rates for the young adult demographic. Research supports that young adult recovery programs with long term treatment are seeing success rates unrivaled Continue Reading »

Web Md recently published an article about the notorious synthetic marijuana,” spice”. More and more teens are abusing the substance without understanding the harmful side effects. The DEA has banned five chemicals from spice and poison control says that since 2010, 4500 calls have involved synthetic marijuana. “Spice,” “K2,” “Mr. Smiley,” “Red X Dawn,” and “Blaze” are just some of the street names for synthetic marijuana drugs. They sound like something out of a video game, but the drugs themselves are nothing to play around with, according to a new Continue Reading »

The cost of underage drinking exceeds $40 million each year Just in time for spring break, schools around the country are holding forums and seminars for parents and students to help them better understand the growing issue of young adult substance abuse. Underage drinking is on the rise and with drug overdoses now outnumbering traffic fatalities, parents and students need  to understand the consequences of drugs and alcohol on students. Parents are getting informed of the real dangers their children face at school everday. These seminars are to help educate Continue Reading »

This past week, founder of Sober College, Robert Pfeifer traveled to Kennesaw State University for The National Collegiate Recovery Conference. Pfeifer spoke to the conference about Sober College and how they are making headway in innovative addiction treatment for young adults by not only treating substance abuse and co-occurring disorders, but by treating the brain. “Alcohol use disorder is associated with abnormalities in the pre-frontal cortex,”  said Michael Fishman, another speaker at the conference, “the part of the brain responsible for decision-making and moderating social behavior.” Sober College has been using Continue Reading »

At Sober College, located in Southern California, we treat addiction in young adults from all over the country and sometimes internationally. Not only does it get students out of there element but it brings a diverse community at Sober College where students from all over a building bonds with each other. But, does the geographical change really effect students when they are entering into treatment? There is alot of countriversy in the recovery community about making geographical changes to quit using. Some say “You take your addiction with you” while Continue Reading »