Alcohol & Substance Use Resource Center

Student Wellness empowers students to make healthy decisions about their substance use behaviors that affect them and the Carolina community as a whole. We focus on reducing high-risk behaviors and promoting safe, legal, and responsible actions.

Student Wellness Covers the Continuum 

Student Wellness uses a comprehensive approach to health and well-being. Our strategies range from working with students on an individual level to managing the campus and community environments. Student Wellness has adopted a non-judgmental, harm reduction approach to preventing alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse, which aims to reduce the negative consequences of high-risk alcohol and other drug use in the Carolina Community.

Promotion:

• Educational programs and workshops for student groups and organizations. Request a workshop.
• Carolina After Dark (CAD): Late night programs and events, Thursday-Saturday. 
• Policy development. Check out UNC Campus Alcohol policy and Housing's Community Living Standards. Read about state and local laws on our Healthy Heels blog.
• A community-wide social norms campaign aimed to create a healthier campus norm around alcohol by providing candid, data-driven information.

Prevention:

• AlcoholEdu online alcohol education course
• Assessment and research, including the Core Survey.
• Campus Community Coalition: Partnership and initiatives to reduce substance use, including data collection and policy development.

Treatment:

• BASICS: a non-confrontational program to help students identify risks associated with their alcohol and/or drug use and ways to eliminate or reduce these risks. 

Recovery:

• The Carolina Recovery Program provides an accepting, nurturing environment where students in recovery can thrive personally, shine academically, and develop enduring resiliency for continued success.