Resources
All About Addiction
An addiction-related blog through Psychology Today written by UCLA addiction specialist Dr. Adi Jaffe: http://www.psychologytoday.
Collegiate Recovery Community Info
- Association of Recovery in Higher Education http://collegiaterecovery.org/
- Transforming Youth Recovery http://www.transformingyouthrecovery.org/
The CoveCast: The Covecast is a podcast created by students for students providing an anthology interviews from UCSC Students who have worked toward recovery. It also includes discussion on self care, recovery and harm reduction techniques, as well as reaching out to other groups on campus to discuss things such as the systematic problems associated with drugs and alcohol.
- The Camp Recovery Center, Scotts Valley
- Janus of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County Addiction Services: Recovery Wave is Santa Cruz County’s alcohol and drug abuse help page. Provides resources for alcohol and drug treatment, interventions and other services in the area:
The Fix
News, interviews, opinion pieces, resources and more about substances, addiction and recovery: http://www.thefix.com/
Meditation
There are several local meditation groups/meetings. There are also some great online recorded meditations created for people with addiction or substance abuse concerns.
- Alcoholics Anonymous has several weekly meditation meetings for those with concerns about alcohol addiction and abuse (www.aasantacruz.org, 831-475-5782).
- Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (Several links to audio meditations and mindfulness exercises designed to help in recovery from substance abuse, located at bottom of web page; QuickTime software needed to play them): http://www.mindfulrp.com/For-Clients.html
- Insight Santa Cruz has many weekly meditation meetings. The group Fierce Hearts is "a meditation group for those upon the rebellious path of turning into experience and meeting it with the heart."
On-Campus Resources
- Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS): http://caps.ucsc.edu/
- Student Health Center: http://healthcenter.ucsc.edu/
- Student Health Outreach & Promotion (SHOP): http://shop.ucsc.edu/
- Student Housing Services: http://www.housing.ucsc.edu/
- Support Meetings: http://shop.ucsc.edu/students-in-recovery/find-a-meeting.html
Yoga for Recovery
Yoga classes in Aptos, San Jose and Burlingame that combine yoga asanas with 12 Step teachings: http://www.yogarecovery.com/
