Ohio State Collegiate Recovery Community

The CRC is at the Out of the Darkness Campus Walk happening now in support of sucide prevention. Recovery is important in every form in takes!

"We started with a grant, some hopes and some dreams,” Hosni said. “Now we have two funded scholarship endowments, and we receive support from alumni who care about this program and care about the idea that students in recovery deserve the opportunity to have a safe place on campus to pursue their dreams. Having a substance-use disorder doesn’t mean your life is over. You can reinvent yourself.”

10 Years of supporting students in recovery at Ohio State - wow! Our sincere thanks to everyone in our community who has made this possible. Take a look at the article to read more!

Ohio State’s Collegiate Recovery Community celebrates 10 years When Ahmed Hosni, assistant director of the Student Life Student Wellness Center and head of the Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) at The Ohio State University, first arrived in Columbus 10 years ago, he didn’t think he’d be a Buckeye for long. A decade later, however, he’s still on campus.....

STRIKE! A group of our CRC students got competitive at the bowling alley for our first fellowship outing of the semester. Here is to more fun in recovery for 2024!

We hope everyone is staying cozy on this cold and windy Saturday. Some of our students enjoyed a short hike at our retreat last weekend, which was a great way to be in community before classes started. We can’t wait to see how our community grows this semester and for all the fun fellowship we have in store!

We will always cheer for scarlet and grey, but sometimes it’s okay to cheer for blue — if it’s the Columbus Blue Jackets hockey team! A group of our students and alumni enjoyed the 90s throwback game against Minnesota Wild this past Saturday.

It is the last day of finals for Autumn semester, but we are still thinking of the incredible community who came out to help us celebrate our graduating students in recovery last week! We were honored to celebrate six graduating students this year, and got to see so many of our alumni.

We hope everyone has a safe and happy winter break!

Some of our CRC students kicked off the holiday season with a trip to the Columbus Zoo for Zoolights. It was a great way to be in community while also being a nice break from finals studying!

We are proud that our Recovery is Spoken Here Recovery Ally Training can be shared with other institutions looking to engage their campuses in creating recovery friendly environments. Our very own Ahmed Hosni will be leading this train the trainer!

Join us on November 30, 2023, from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET for "Recovery is Spoken Here: Recovery Ally Train the Trainer." This training is essential for anyone looking to engage faculty and staff in becoming allies to students in recovery or seeking recovery, fostering a culture of acceptance and empowerment on campus. This 4-hour session, led by our Director of Recovery, Ahmed Hosni, provides all the materials you need to bring this training to your campus.

Member rate: $25, Non-Member rate: $40. Active members can access their discount code through the member portal.

Don't miss this opportunity to make a positive impact on your campus!

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Recovery Recap! Every Wednesday we host an All-Recovery Meeting in our CRC chaired by our students. Yesterday's meeting started with a mindful meditation activity before discussing how "feeling boring" can be struggle as a young person new to recovery. What tips would you share with our students?

Happy spooky season from us to you! Having fun in recovery is important so over the weekend CRC students took part in our annual trip to the Lynd’s Fruit Farm corn maze. This year’s theme was Indiana Jones are our students were successful in finding all eight treasures in the 8-acre maze before enjoying a bonfire.

The CRC joined other partners around campus to help students take a break during RECESS yesterday! Each table had an activity to promote play and self-care. Students loved coloring stickers while also learning about celebrities in recovery and the work the CRC does to support recovery at The Ohio State University.

Introducing our new alcohol and other drug student team! We are so fortunate to have a group of passionate student educators who support all of our prevention and recovery education on campus. They have been instrumental in supporting our Recovery Month efforts and naloxone outreach.