Drug Rehab & Alcohol Addiction Treatment – Drug & Substance Abuse Rehab

This is not your ordinary rehab . . . . . High School or GED - Get a Job - Earn College Credit

Young adults new to recovery need to feel a sense of belonging as they move from their old life to a new and different one. The first Sober College campus in Woodland Hills, CA just outside Los Angeles, provides access to one of the most exciting young adult recovery communities. Specialized young adult 12-Step meetings are sought out and attended.

Learning to have fun is another challenge for young adults, new or struggling with addiction. Campus locations provide numerous options for activities. Recreational, social and cultural activities are all part of the curriculum. Woodland Hills provides easy access to locations like the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Entertainment Industry, the beach, the Hollywood Bowl and much, much more.

The following is from a student assignment in one of our courses.

"Perhaps it’s because I do not want to be remembered for my failures, yet for my triumphs. In the past, these issues weighed me down, and kept me from moving forward. My life is much different now that I am sober, and for as few as two and a half months, I can really feel a major difference. It is hard to focus on the negative parts of my life when I am as content as I am today. If anything, that is the most important thing I have learned through my writing in this course.

Since 2005, I have enrolled in four different colleges (not including this online course.) Some were much briefer than others, but the ongoing pattern was I didn’t follow through with any of them. In some instance, I made it as far as days before the final exam before somehow managing to choke. When the going got tough, I hid. I completely avoided reality. Consequently, I do not have a single college credit to my name. Right now is the closest I have ever come to completing a college level course, and the thought of getting my first credits, and actually following through with something is overwhelmingly emotional. I get chills each time I think about it and I am sure my family does too. Each word I type is inching my way closer to a goal I couldn’t imagine a few months ago. The longer I have stayed sober, the happier I have become. I have also noticed a gradual progression in my level of focus and the quality of my work.

Basically, what it comes down to is my life is really not so bad. In fact, it’s going pretty well. I have to attribute much of this to my sobriety. I know it won’t always be this good, so I want to hold on to what I have now. Writing this will help me remember that I was happy being sober, because I am sure I will doubt it in the future.

I hope this course is the first of many academic successes in my life, changing the recurring tale of failure to one of accomplishment. The future is ambiguous, and can be intimidating if I choose to worry about it. Still, there is no reason to let it get the best of me. I know I am capable of accomplishing great things; I just need to keep reminding myself that failure is no longer an option. I have wasted enough time taking the easy way out and avoiding hard work. It is time for me to suck it up and face reality head on . . . one day at a time."

"Sober College has a wonderful way of making you feel like you are not in treatment. I finally learned how to have fun in Sobriety."