Why I Deserve This Scholarship

I believe that academics will be a positive addition to my recovery, allowing me to expand my mind and giving me the opportunity to be successful through my education, ultimately enhancing my recovery by teaching me life skills to help maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. One factor that remains constant in both recovery and academics is the commitment, and I feel that incorporating my recovery skills into my academics will eventually allow me to finish my academic career. Before I was introduced to recovery, I had no sense of urgency or priority in my life whatsoever. I believe that this is a strong reason why I failed at my first college attempt. I let academics fall back on the list of importance in my life, and eventually, I was not able to make up for this …show more content…
I think it would be an amazing opportunity for me to grow by meeting new people, focusing on my life goals, and strengthening my reliability skills. Not only meeting new friends along the way but also creating lifelong friendships that will last beyond the years of college. Recovery will help me incorporate fun events in my collegiate career by acting as a foundation for me to build my academics on. In the end, intertwining my academics and recovery together will lead to creating great personal benefits that a typical college student would not have the chance to access. One of the biggest reasons I am so grateful for my recovery program is the benefits I have derived from it are unexplainable and the many people that do not have an addiction do not receive the blessing of experiencing them. In the end, I think academics will only benefit my recovery, especially if I am able to access all of the wonderful resources that will be around me. The help that I will ever need will be at my