Although adolescent drug use is dropping in small increments, sometimes their worst enemy can be the peer pressure around them and that’s where “recovery schools” come into play- PB/TK
Sober high: How ‘recovery schools’ help addicted students – John D. Tulenko Apr 1 2017
BROCKTON, MASS.—Skinny and brimming with nervous energy, Matt Langley grew up with an outlook that was anything but upbeat. “I guess I was never comfortable in my own skin,” he says. “Everything that came out of my mouth, I would second-guess.”
Drugs relieved him of that burden. He started with marijuana, which he says a friend’s mother introduced him to at age 13. Over the next six years, more powerful substances followed: Ecstasy, acid. Then, he says, “A friend of mine asked if I’d like to try Xanax,” a prescription drug used to treat anxiety disorders that, when misused, can be highly addictive. That was in January 2016.
For the next six months, he took Xanax every day. “I’ve never experienced such euphoria,” he says. He crash-landed at a state-funded detox center, where he stayed for a month. When he came out, he says, “I knew I couldn’t stay sober by myself.”
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