Olmsted County Youth Commission March 5, 2008

Number of miles in my Honda from school to school in three months during this study: about 7,235.6 Removed 2 tons of carbon dioxide to offset the carbons produced during this study. (Carbon Planet Certificate ID: 231923288592)

“Staying Clean and Sober: Students in Recovery”

Debbie Lloyd, M.Ed. Doctoral Candidate University of Minnesota Department of Educational Policy and Administration

What does an alcoholic or drug addict look like?

What does an alcoholic or drug addict look like?

Some 2007 Statistics

Alcohol: • About ½ of all Americans over the age of 12 drank in the last month. • 10.3% heavy drinking, ages 12 to 17 (>5/month)• 2.4% binge drinking, ages 12-17 (>5/party)• 75%-48% of high school students had a drink in the last 30 days. • 80% of seniors have tried alcohol. 32.5% of seniors have been

drunk and 29% of seniors have participated in binge drinking. • Whites (32.3%), Hispanics (25.3%), Asians (19.7%), Blacks (18.6%)

drank in the last month.

Illicit drugs: • 9.8% to 11.6% of 12 to 17 year olds used illicit drugs in the last

month. • 13% reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

Some More Statistics

• Youth (12-17) received treatment during the last school year, 11.4%

• About 9% of adolescents are medically classified as having substance abuse or substance dependence

• Relapse rate is high: 35% to 80%• Complicating issues of mental health issues for youth

(depression, compulsion, bipolar, anxiety, etc)

Resources:

2. Monitoring the Future, 2007 (annual survey)

3. SAMSHA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration), 2007 (annual survey)

4. Minnesota Student Survey, 2007 (every 3 years)

5. Recent MPR special on Binge Drinking in MN, Jan 2008

6. Newsweek cover story Feb 2008

Doweiko, 2003

Continuum of Recreational Chemical Use

Consequences of “being under the influence”

• Driving, accidents (falling down), death!• Unintended teenage pregnancy, sexual assault• Brain development• Social relationships (family & friends)• Arrested emotional and cognitive development• School performance• Addiction (14 y.o. to 41% adult addict)• Social agencies (prison, social burden)

“Poor judgment may hurt self, others & society.”

“wear my heart on my sleeve ”

“smart ass”

“probation, halfway house, job, community volunteer”

“try to learn how 2 b the person I want 2 b”

“crazy, angry, motivated”

“artistic and peaceful”

“fucked in tha’ head/krazie”

“great mother”

“Political music-snob”

“a happy, fun person”

“survivor”

“A.D.D.”

“unique and moody”

What does a person in “recovery” look like? (interviews)

What does a person in recovery look like? (survey)

1. Cares about other people

2. Nice person

3. Funny

4. Happy

5. Smart

6. Opinionated

7. Leader

3. Brave

4. Rebel

5. ????

Teen Recovery Issues

• “Why can my friend drink and I can’t?”• “Live a drugfree life in a world where the majority

of people (teens and adults) drink or use”• Returning to school: burned bridges with non-

using friends & adults (broken trust); told to give up using friends; left with no friends when needing support the most.

• Working a program of recovery and rebuilding trust

• Lifelong struggle

The Road Map

Describe Students School Programs

Influences

Friends

School Peer Role Model

Drink/Drug Use

What does it all mean?

Influences

1. What keeps students (in recovery) clean and sober?

2. What can schools (Youth Commission) do to help kids stay clean and sober?

Interview: “Influences and Reasons

to Use and Not to Use”

“I’m tired of fuckin’ up”

“divorce and breakup with girlfriend”

“my son, higher power, will to live, school”

“I’m pregnant”

“clean ‘till I leave parent’s house”

“to use is to die!”

“It’s fun”

“to lose weight”

“i’m addicted”

“peace drug” “drugs kill fear”

“divorce”

“escape reality”

“to impress a boy… how stupid”

“loved getting fucked up”

“to fit in”

“nothing better to do” “felt important”

“school”

“friends and family”

“sponsor” “meetings”

“daughter”

“the future”

“life style”

Influences to Drink/Use- Results 1 -

Top 10 reasons "to use" in the past

(SS)

1. High or buzz (96%)2. Deal with stress (87%)3. Forget problems (87%)4. Easy to get (79%)5. Became addicted (78%)6. Important friends drank/used (73%)7. Thrill to be bad or break the law (57%)8. Family drinks/uses (43%)9. To make friends (42%)10. Community celebrations (25%)

Top 10 reasons "to use" in the past

(ALC)

1. High or buzz (66%)2. Deal with stress (62%)3. Easy to get (54%)4. Forget problems (48%)5. Important friends drank/used (38%)6. Thrill to be bad or break the law (27%)7. Family drinks/uses (26%)8. Became addicted (26%)9. Community celebrations (20%)10. To make friends (14%)

SS Influences to Not to Use - Results 2 -

Top 10 reasons "not to use“

1. School friends encourage sobriety (78%)2. I feel better about myself when sober (77%)3. I have better friends when sober (73%)4. Afraid of school dismissal (68%)5. Disappoint parents (67%)6. Higher Power (65%)7. Have more fun when sober (63%)8. Non-school friends encourage sobriety (63%)9. Police trouble (61%) and Drug Treatment program (61%)10. Non-drinking school friends (60%)

Presentation by D. Lloyd at the ARS Conference, Minneapolis, MD, July 26, 2007

SS Influences to Not to Use - Results 3 -

Top 7 “Most” Influential (scale 1 – 4)

1. Support group (65%)2. Effects on family and friends (52%)3. Higher Power (51%)4. Sponsor (49%)5. Hurting others (43%)6. School community (42%)7. Parents (40%)

Least Influential1. Community organizations (86%)2. TV Shows (74%)3. TV (72%)4. Religious organizations (65%)

Presentation by D. Lloyd at the ARS Conference, Minneapolis, MD, July 26, 2007

Friends(using and non-using)

“true friend respects your decision”

“using friends are not your friends; they just want someone to use with”

“I’m my own person”

“using friends don’t drink around me”

“all sober”

“It’s their decision; now its not for me”

“they don’t drink to get drunk”

“two friends died”

“ditched

using friends”

“normies; not addicts”

“choosing friends”

Sober School Role Models

1. 70% have them2.Currently does not use

3. Past history of use4. doesn’t condone drinking

(attitude)5. Talks with RM about drugs

6. Spends time with RM at school7. Good friend

8.Influence 78% yes9.Nonusing have more influence

than using10.

Interview: “What can schools do?”

“student to student… know what you’re going through.”

“Clone Mary”

“how to use free time because every day is somebody’s birthday.”

“establish a relationship with the student”

“Stop and Think week”

“be more available for questions”

“More UA’s”

“inspirational speakers”

“tell people what it’s like”

“Notice when kids are high and do something about it.”

“more realistic information”

“someone who likes kids and what they are doing”

What can schools (Youth Commission) do to help kids stay clean and sober?

As a community organization (rated low on influence)…

1. Be informed (attend an open AA/NA meeting, learn the language, be aware of the statistics and consequences)2. Be authentic. Evaluate your own values and behavior. Avoid hypocrisy. Be “real.” 3. Be a positive role model. Positive role models have more influence than negative role models!4. Be respectful of the decision to live a drugfree life (Don’t drink in front of someone who can’t).5. Promote drugfree community leisure activities (“nothing to do”); sober fun!6. Be accountable (notice drug use and do something about it)7. Be a friend.

Re-establishing trust is hard! Be open to the idea that your friend is trying to change but will likely relapse.

Olmsted County Youth Commission March 2, 2008

Number of miles in my Honda from school to school in three months during this study: about 7,235.6 Removed 2 tons of carbon dioxide to offset the carbons produced during this study. (Carbon Planet Certificate ID: 231923288592)

“Staying Clean and Sober: Students in Recovery”

Debbie Lloyd, M.Ed. Doctoral Candidate University of Minnesota Department of Educational Policy and Administration

Participating MN Schools (15 SS; 9 ALC)

827WBL ALC28INSIGHTWhite Bear L.

1016City West Academy (Eden Prairie)

125

none

7

11

none

13

none

12

25

9

11

none

none

Survey(16%)

ALC

no

SLP ALC

Rose Street Center

no

Harmony ALC

no

Lincoln Hills ALC (Richfield)

Detroit Lakes ALC

Crossroads ALC

Carver-Scott Ed Coop

Cass Lake-Bena ALC

no

no

ALC (894 or 794 enroll)

181

8

4

7

16

15

6

39

6

15

17

7

11

16

Survey(51%)

54

3

4

1

2

4

2

6

8

4

4

4

7

2

Interviews

26SOBER SCHOOLTOTAL.

noneGatewaySt. Paul

noneSafe Harbor Spring Lake Park

4RSSMOwatonna

nonePEASEMinneapolis

4North Summit Academy Maplewood

noneLibre Academy Litchfield

West Campus (Edina)

noneISD #287

5Lakes Recovery School Detroit Lakes

5Arona Academy Coon Rapids

noneSolace Academy Chaska

noneAateshingCass Lake

noneOak Land Sober SchoolCambridge

noneAlliance Academy Burnsville

InterviewsSober School (358 enrollment)

MN School District

Presentation by D. Lloyd at the ARS Conference, Minneapolis, MD, July 26, 2007

Last Drink or Use

11%4%2 weeks to 1 month

11 students

(9%)

noneLess than 24 hrs

47%6%Less than 2 weeks

7%18%1 month to 3 months

6%16%6 months to 1 year

Over a year

15%24%

ALCS.S.

6%4%

18%

31%

16%

24%

47%

11%13%

7% 6%

15%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

Less than2 weeks

2 to 4weeks

4 weeks to3 months

3 to 6months

6 monthsto 1 year

over 1 year

SS

ALC

Drinks or Use in last 30 days(current use)

-none (39%)

-1 to 5 (34%)

-6 to 20 (15%)

-20 to over 40 (12%)

-none (87%)

-1 to 5 (10%)

-6 to 20 (3%)

-20 to over 40 (<1%)

ALCSober Schools

Compare to national and state surveys…

87%

10%3% 1%

39%34%

15% 12%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

none 1 to 5 6 to 20 20 to over40

SS

ALC

Amount Used at one time in the last 30 days

(current use)

-none (36%)

-1 to 2 (24%)

-3 to 5 (17%)

-over 5 (23%)

-none (88%)

-1 to 2 (7%)

-3 to 5 (1%)

-over 5 (4%)

ALC’sSober Schools

Compare to national and state surveys…

88%

7%1% 4%

36%

24%17%

23%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

none 1 to 2 3 to 5 Over 5

SS

ALC

“Which words best describe you…”

-leader (49%), rebel (46%), brave (42%), prefer to be by self (35%), moody (33%), looks cool or hot (32%)

-rebel (43%), prefer to be by self (40%), moody (40%), looks cool or hot (39%)

+25%

-nice person (84%)-cares about other people (87%), nice person (86%), funny (78%)

+75%

-funny (72%), cares about other people (67%), happy (65%), many friends (62%), smart (60%), opinionated (54%)

-happy (74%), smart (70%), many friends (66%), opinionated (64%), leader (61%), brave (56%)

+50%

-follower (11%), dumb (10%), loner (7%)

-loner (17%), dumb (8%), follower (7%)

Under 25%

ALCSober School