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Town Talk: High School students learn from peers about overcoming addiction

Robert Cann
Gloucester Daily Times Online
Thursday, March 28, 2009

Manchester Essex Regional High School students learned first hand of the struggles students their own age have faced overcoming addictions to drugs and alcohol last Friday.

Students in high school health classes gave audience to a group of five students from the Northshore Recovery High School (NSRHS) in Beverly.

"NSRHS is designed to meet the needs of high school students who have had a history of substance abuse but who have made a firm commitment to recovery," according to the School's web site.

NSRHS, which is Funded by the State Department of Public Health and local school districts, "provides students a high school environment free from the culture of drugs and alcohol," according to the site.

The five students told their individual stories of addiction and recovery and fielded questions from the MERHS students during the 45 minute event.

"It was eye opening for some of our students to listen to kids their own age get out and talk about their addiction and how they became sober," said assistant principal Paul Murphy.

Murphy said that a number of teachers were impressed with the event and called the afternoon one of the most interesting that he'd spent at the school.

This was the inaugural visit for the students from recovery NSRHS and Murphy said he hoped to form a relationship with the school and bring back different students next year. Speaking to local groups is part of the recovery process for the students at NSRHS.

Murphy said it was important for students to know that "there are other kids struggling with addiction," and that there is help and hope available for students who need to overcome addiction.

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Town Talk, about Manchester and Essex, is compiled weekly by reporter Robert Cann. If you have a story tip or an item for Town Talk, call him at 978-283-7000, ext. 3447, or e-mail him at gt_reporter@gloucestertimes.com.