MI Healthy Mind

Episode 1

MSU/Collegiate Recovery Program

Wed, Feb 1, 2023

For many young people, going off to college is the first time that they've been away from home and the support structure of their family and established friends. Everything is new. All the decisions--and the mistakes--are theirs to make. It can be really overwhelming. This exciting, bewildering and VULNERABLE time is when young people sometimes experiment with alcohol or drugs-to cope, to fit in, just for the FUN of it. But, though drugs have been an undeniable part of college life since the sixties, these are more pervasive, addictive and DANGEROUS than anything available on college campuses in previous generations. To combat collegiate drug and alcohol use, to actually facilitate RECOVERY, a number of initiatives have been undertaken in universities across the country. Today, we'll be talking with a young woman in the Collegiate Recovery Community at Michigan State University, one of the many young people who, with the help of both professional and peer support, are learning to stay in college AND in recovery.