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Higher Education That Assists With Addiction Recovery

Brendan Bickley - 11/6/2007

I have a daughter who had a borderline eating disorder, but who has been a cocaine addict for three years. Most recently, for the first time, she asked to go back to Narconon (she had been pushed into that and into three 12-step programs and lots of meetings previously). She is doing well, says she wants to have a more normal life, get back to college and so on. Her weight is normal, but she has peculiar eating habits and is worried about food. What might you recommend, and/or what schools have the best environment for health and sobriety (where could I find a list)?

The schools that have the best recovery environments are the schools located in dense recovery communities. If you want a school that may be more inclined to help her with her eating disorder or be sympathetic to it, then look up the Universities that have graduate programs specifically for addiction treatment and/or eating disorder treatment. The most important thing for her to do is when she does go to a school, wherever it may be, she needs to find a therapist who has experience in treating eating disorders and begin meeting with her immediately. There are also colleges that have sober living houses, such as Rutgers, but these are geared more towards drug and alcohol addiction and not eating disorder treatment. There is an eating disorder treatment facility called the Victorian House in Newport Beach that may be able to help her transition into school while helping her with her eating disorder. The place I work at, Morningside Recovery, can also help facilitate her transition from treatment to school and address her eating disorder at the same time. Many of our therapists, including myself, are certified in the treatment of eating disorders.

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