{"id":3922,"date":"2019-11-20T15:46:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:46:41","slug":"over-130-colleges-now-offer-addiction-recovery-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/11\/20\/over-130-colleges-now-offer-addiction-recovery-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 130 Colleges Now Offer Addiction Recovery Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3923\" style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/addiction-recovery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3923\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/addiction-recovery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/addiction-recovery.jpg 724w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/addiction-recovery-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As opioid abuse rises to epidemic levels, a growing number of US colleges have started to provide sober living and treatment programs.<\/p>\n<p>According to a recent <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> article, <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiaterecovery.org\/crps-crcs\/\">over 130 colleges and universities<\/a> in the US now offer drug and alcohol recovery services for students. As recently as 2012, only 35 colleges offered such programs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollege leaders and student affairs administrators are increasingly embracing on-campus recovery programs and centers among their expanding initiatives to meet the social and emotional needs of students and help them overcome barriers that keep them from earning degrees,\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/07\/colleges-offer-students-recovering-drug-and-alcohol-problems-support-and-place\">Inside Higher Ed <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/07\/colleges-offer-students-recovering-drug-and-alcohol-problems-support-and-place\">reports<\/a>. \u201c\u2026College recovery programs provide a place for students in recovery to get addiction counseling, take part in support groups and 12-step recovery programs, seek quick help if they break their sobriety, or simply hang out and talk in a supportive, alcohol- and drug-free environment among peers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/07\/colleges-offer-students-recovering-drug-and-alcohol-problems-support-and-place\">full article<\/a> from <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em> and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiaterecovery.org\/crps-crcs\/\">Collegiate Recovery Programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at <a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As opioid abuse rises to epidemic levels, a growing number of US colleges have started to provide sober living and treatment programs. According to a recent Inside Higher Ed article, over 130 colleges and universities in the US now offer drug and alcohol recovery services for students. As recently as 2012, only 35 colleges offered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/11\/20\/over-130-colleges-now-offer-addiction-recovery-programs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Over 130 Colleges Now Offer Addiction Recovery Programs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-completion"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-11g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}