WUE: Western Undergraduate Exchange

The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program is an opportunity for students in the Western states to receive reduced tuition at participating two-year and four-year institutions.  In order to participate, students need to be a resident in one of the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South […]

Suicide Awareness and Prevention

The Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale, Colorado, was the site of a community forum hosted by the Aspen Hope Center, Wednesday May 29, 2014.  The topic, in general, was mental health; specifically, suicide awareness and prevention. In addition to professionals from Garfield County Public Health, Aspen Hope Center, NAMI Roaring Fork, our own Kim […]

WCSAD 2014

Join us tomorrow, Saturday afternoon, May 31, at the West Coast Symposium for Addiction Disorders for a session with Jaywalker program directors Dan Reed and Lynn Sanson entitled, “Treatment Without Borders – Thinking Outside the Building and Outside the Box.”  This colorful presentation will provide tips and tactics for taking treatment “on the road.”  Dan and […]

Chef Brian Turns 34

1980 – Mount St. Helen’s erupted, John Lennon was assassinated, Ronald Reagan was elected, the Pac-Man game was released, Blues Brothers made its film debut, parachute pants and leg warmers were the fad and Chef Brian was born.  And, who shot JR?   Many of you may have no knowledge on any of these, but since […]

Bachelor Party

Jaywalker’s Director of Admissions Pat Shaffer is all set to tie the knot in July, so we took off to Long Boat Key, Florida for a few solid days of bachelor action. While the trip was filled with a full dose of hanging at the beach, tennis, and kicking back, all the excitement happened while […]

Memorial Day Gratitude

A hero is one who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell Picnics, Barbecues, Sunshine, Softball, Sobriety, time with family and friends! These are all great reasons to grateful for this beautiful spring day. Before Sobriety, I took almost everything for granted and rarely stopped to give thanks to […]

JWU Rec Day

Every Friday the Jaywalker U students head out into the Rocky Mountains for a day of fun in sobriety. Today the JWU students spent the day golfing in beautiful Glenwood Springs, CO. Jaywalker U Student and golf extraordinaire, Sam S, taught all the students the basics of golf. It’s amazing how much fun a group […]

Recovery Campus

I love getting new issues of my favorite magazines and it is no different with the newest issue of “Recovery Campus.”   With each new publication, the editor, Trent Boozer, reports on the flourishing features of Collegiate Recovery Programs and the people who are making a difference.  A ‘sober college student’ is no longer an oxymoron.  […]

May We Never Forget

The men of Solutions aided the Town of Carbondale in planting 8 Memorial trees at the Third Street Center Sat. morning.  The tree pictured is a Snow Crabapple and was donated by Jaywalker in memoriam to those who have lost their battle with the disease of addiction.  In the 9 years I have been working […]

Sowing the Seeds of Love

In the garden, more grows than the gardener sows.” Gunilla Norris, from The Mystic Garden We transform our gardens into sacred space when we understand them as places of growth not only for the plants and trees but for our inner selves. The garden can become a place where we can restore our emotions and […]