{"id":102795,"date":"2019-09-17T13:18:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T17:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=102795"},"modified":"2019-09-26T06:24:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T10:24:03","slug":"ucf-sober-tailgate-provides-fun-supportive-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-sober-tailgate-provides-fun-supportive-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Sober Tailgate Provides Fun, Supportive Game Day Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cW<em>e need to be open because we\u2019re all in this together. We are your sons, your daughters, your fathers, your friends.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>People trash-talked over corn hole, dined on barbecue and beans, and two in-service veterans waved a giant red, white and blue UCF flag. Saturday\u2019s UCF-Stanford tailgate party was a huge celebration. The only thing that wasn&#8217;t there was booze.<\/p>\n<p>As part of National Recovery Month, UCF campus organizations \u2014 Sober Knights, the Student Veterans of America chapter and SALUTE Veterans Honor Society \u2014 teamed up to hold a sober tailgating party at the Veterans Academic Resource Center down the street from Spectrum Stadium. Students hoped the event encouraged people to talk more openly about recovery to reduce stigma and increase understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Benton is a student counselor at UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/studenthealth.ucf.edu\">Student Health Services<\/a>. She says she\u2019s a petite woman so no one believes she\u2019s a veteran. Her husband is a former combat Marine. Their son is earning his degree at UCF and is a leader in the university\u2019s veterans and recovery efforts. She and others know first-hand the misconceptions people have about veterans and people in recovery: <em>Veterans are big, tough, mean. They never show their feelings. They\u2019re all suffering from PTSD. People who abuse alcohol and drugs are weak. They don\u2019t have any will power. They\u2019re irresponsible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to talk about this more so we don\u2019t judge, so we break down barriers,\u201d Benton says. \u201cWe need to think about recovery more. We need to talk about it more. Recovery needs to be part of every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Medical experts estimate that at least 10 percent of the population is suffering from substance abuse \u2014 addiction to alcohol and\/or drugs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Medical experts estimate that at least 10 percent of the population is suffering from substance abuse \u2014 addiction to alcohol and\/or drugs. That means that with an enrollment of about 68,000, UCF likely has almost 7,000 students who are struggling with alcohol or drugs or are in recovery. The goal of events like sober tailgating is to provide students with an alcohol-free event and raise awareness that not every student is able to spending their weekends \u201cpartying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to a lot of activities on campus, people don\u2019t think about people who are in recovery, people who don\u2019t or can\u2019t do alcohol,\u201d says junior Ryan Calderon, vice president of UCF Sober Knights. \u201cOur message is that you can have a great, fun experience without drinking. It sounds crazy but it works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Understanding was a key issue raised by student veterans Juan Landaverde and John Glenny, who lead UCF\u2019s Student Veterans of America. Landaverde spent eight years in the Army and was deployed three times. Glenny served oversees and in the U.S. as a combat medic. They explain that student veterans are different from young undergraduates who just left home for the first time. Veterans are adult learners with intense life experiences. The military has taught them focus, toughness, discipline and self-care. While they may come across as unapproachable, veterans say they are eager to share their experience \u2014 and to learn from other, younger students who are, as Landaverde says, better at \u201cnavigating the whole college thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the military you become family,\u201d says Glenny. \u201cAnd when you leave the military, you\u2019re without that family and that can make connecting hard. So our goal is to help veterans find a community here. To show them it\u2019s OK to be in college at your age. This is your place in time. And we want to share our experience. Because we\u2019re all the same people \u2014 we\u2019re just living in a different world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orlando resident and NFL Super Bowl Champion Fred Stokes joined the tailgating. The former defensive end for the LA\/St. Louis Rams, Washington Redskins and New Orleans Saints autographed footballs, showed his Super Bowl ring and talked about dispelling the notion that that college has to be all about drinking. \u201cYou get to college and it\u2019s on,\u201d he says of partying. \u201cBut I can have a great time, a can enjoy a party and not have any regrets \u2013 about what I says, what I did, where I ended up or who I slept with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While sober events help students in recovery, they also help students seeking a different type of college experience, recovery leaders says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUniversities may find if they offer alterative activities, sober curious students will find their way and change the narrative that drinking is central to having a good time,\u201d says <strong>Thomas Hall, \u201816PhD<\/strong>, the Sober Knights advisor who is leaving UCF to become director of Orange County\u2019s Drug-Free Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>They key to raising awareness is openness, veterans and recovery leaders say. Openness to learning about people who have experiences different from your own. Openness to talking about and addressing stigma and misconceptions. Openness to asking questions without judgment. Openness to the fact that everyone is battling something and that together we are stronger to fight whatever issues we may have.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Delgado is &#8220;The Dope Doctor,&#8221; a certified addictions professional and UCF alum who hosts The Coach Life Radio Show on recovery. He\u2019s been sober for more than 25 years. His foundation, N.O.W. Matters More, helps people get into recovery, including providing scholarships to those who are underinsured or have limited benefits. Delgado aired his radio show live from UCF\u2019s sober tailgating event and talked about how everyone plays a role in recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecovery is possible,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to be open about that because we\u2019re all in this together. 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