- There are approximately 250,000 college students in the United States who have received treatment for alcohol or other drug use (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive, 2014). At the same time, 37 percent of college students engage in binge drinking and nearly 1 million U.S. college students meet standard clinical criteria for current alcohol or other drug use disorder (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive, 2014).
- Students involved in Collegiate Recovery Programs (CRPs) collectively have a higher average GPA than the general student body (Laudet, et al., 2013; Ashford, et al, 2018).
- CRPs reduce the recovery and relapse cycle by 15 years while producing educated citizens (Laudet, et. al., 2014).
- Students in recovery are likely to have a positive influence on reducing their peers' substance use because their personal experiences represent authentic "cautionary tales" that can "dispel the allure of abusive drinking" (Misch, 2009).
- Data collected from collegiate recovery programs nationwide show that students in CRPs have almost a 90% graduation rate compared with a 61% institution-wide graduation rate (Laudet, 2013).
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