Being A Stressful College Student

Being a student is stressful. Being a working high school student is quite stressful. Being a college student is even more stressful. But, being a working full time college student tops them all and is definitely beyond stressful. Many students do not know how to relieve that stress in a positive manner. They do not know where to turn to, they think no one understands or is there for them – I can attest to this first hand – and they sometimes just hit rock bottom. Furthermore, a new addiction is born – drug addiction. There are so many high school and college-aged students that turn to drugs as a coping mechanism because they feel as if there is nothing else to remove the stress that they are enduring. According to the National Institute on …show more content…
The problem lies when parents, professors and teachers do not realize the kind of pressure they are putting these students under. There are many solutions to this problem. Understanding and being there for the students can play a huge role in their lives and is quite frankly the most influential solution, to say the least. It is reported on caron.org that teens who abuse drugs need your help to recover. Teens who struggle with drug abuse and addiction deserve to lead healthy, happy lives. But most can’t achieve long-term sobriety without professional treatment. Like adult drug abuse and addiction, teen drug abuse commonly requires immediate, professional intervention. Informing students on the harmfulness of drug addiction and the many other terrible things it could possibly lead to could also be a great solution. But, even more importantly, something has to be …show more content…
Although it might not seem like much, it can make a huge impact on someone’s life. According to drugabuse.com you should approach your loved one with care because often times addicts are angered easily and could potentially have a violent reaction. So therefore you should approach and handle the situation mindfully but with complete intensions on being completely successful. It may seem difficult to overcome, but addiction definitely has a cure. Being there is step one of getting these students to stray away from drug usage. While being there is an astounding solution, it would also help if we were to create peer-counseling groups here on campus. There are thousands of students just on the University of Alabama’s campus alone who are struggling with addiction that do not even realize that someone else is in their shoes as well – but they just overcame it. If there were some way to make that known that there are students out there who are ready and willing to coach another peer through the proper steps of transcending addiction then I really feel as though there would be a very favorable amount of people who surrender to their addiction. Even if the peer counseling were made to be completely anonymous to where no one would have to know your name or anything further than