Students who return to their high school after leaving to deal with substance abuse issues often find that getting thrown back in with old friends quickly leads to relapse.
Around the country, a small number of recovery high schools offer a safe and sober alternative for students struggling to avoid falling back into old harmful routines.
“It’s just too easy for these students to go back to using drugs and drinking at their old school,” says Andrew J. Finch, PhD, a co-founder and former Executive Director of the Association of Recovery Schools, who is currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. “We want to create a safe place for them so they’re not confronted by drugs and alcohol during the school day.”
The first recovery high school was established in 1987 in Minnesota. Currently, the Association of Recovery Schools has 22 member high schools in nine states.
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