Editorial: Respect the choices of other students

Staff Editorial

The college experience is different for many students.

Some students like to go out on the weekends with their friends, and others like to spend a night in with some friends.

But the perception that many people have of college is that it involves going out every weekend and blacking out.

You can see it on social media platforms where most people ask, “Where the party is tonight?”

Sometimes having fun can turn into a habit and eventually that habit turns into a dependency or an addiction.

According to Addiction Center, college students make up one of the largest groups of drug abusers in the country.

The most commonly abused drug according to Addiction Center is alcohol.

When people think of the college experience, alcohol would be the item that is the most closely associated with it.

Addiction Center reported in a survey of students that admitted to drug abuse said that 80 percent of students abused alcohol.

Addiction can come about from stress, curiosity or peer pressure, but once you start, it may be hard to stop.

In Friday’s edition of The Daily Eastern News, the article titled, “Sobriety group to support students,” said the group College Recovery Community is attempting to provide an environment for students that are dealing with issues of substance abuse or staying sober.

Mike Tozer, an alcohol prevention, intervention, and recovery specialist, said the group is currently trying to recruit students.Tozer said if students started signing up, it would help other students come forward.

It is not for every student, but it is a place for students to go on campus to feel safe and help them through a problem they might be having.

Like Tozer said in the article, “Recovery is an OK thing. It’s not something you have to be ashamed about it.”

It could be a difficult thing to admit a problem can exist.

People may try to tell themselves that it is normal instead of facing a possible problem, and this could cause a problem to worsen.

The group is meant to help people be free from an addiction and to help people who want to refrain from alcohol and have gone through a treatment.

People might not think they have a problem, and they might not, but if there is ever a chance you think a habit or addiction is consuming your life, there is group on campus that can help.

College is not just about going out and drinking every weekend.

It is different for everyone, and the only thing someone can do is to respect the choices of other people, and respect the decisions that people make.

The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News