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How was your experience in the program?

 

Before going into treatment I had dropped out of college and didn’t know where I was headed with my life. I had no idea what to do. I was using drugs and drinking all the time. I went into treatment and spent ninety days in Morningside’s residential program before transferring into the college program. It was just what I needed. I needed the structure and help the program offered because before when I tried to do college on my own I couldn’t do it. The therapists and counselors were all great. The Academic Institute helped me get on track with school and even helped me to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I got a 4.0 my first semester and a 4.0 my second semester and I’m planning on transferring to the University of California, Irvine next year. It truly was a great, life changing experience.

 

Did you have fun?

 

While I was in the program we went to Magic Mountain, an opera, and snowboarding. I didn’t know how to snowboard, but neither did anyone else so we all tumbled down the slopes together.

 

How’s your recovery going today?

 

The most important thing the Academic Institute helped me do was balance my recovery with my education. I was able to continue that after I left and I’m still sober today.