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ARHE2024: Joining the legacy of Collegiate Recovery

It’s difficult to fathom the legacy of anything, when you’re at the beginning of the journey. But this year’s Association of Recovery in Higher Education conference, in San Diego, presented…

Better in every way: Finding recovery at University

Interviewed by Simon Trelfa, and a key part of the student steering group who contributed to the creation of this website, Rees now hopes to see more universities being able…

“Am I even addicted? Yes. I am. And that’s okay.”

Better Than Well student Niall took a long time to come to terms with his addiction. But a lot of introspection and attending the program’s activities made him realise it…

Adapting a US recovery programme for UK university students

A collegiate recovery programme is designed to “provide a supportive environment, educational opportunities, accountability, and a normative college experience” for students in recovery from addiction. Beginning with Brown University in 1977, over…

“Recovery is a journey of self-discovery” – George’s story

For the first two years of university, George* had to hide his porn addiction. But finding the Better Than Well community helped him deal with complicated feelings laying under his…

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