Carbondale makes Outside’s top 10

Jaywalkers beautiful town of Carbondale was once again on a top-10 list of great places to be, this one on the website, Outsideonline.com. Outside Magazine is conducting its annual poll of readers to learn which 10 cities/towns is their “favorite active town.” The list of possibilities is San Diego, CA; Boston, MA; Greenville, SC; Bozeman, […]

Congratulations Mike

Jaywalker U would like to congratulate one of its first students, Mike F, on graduating from Jaywalker U today. Mike has been with JWU for three semesters now and has been a positive influence for all of the new students coming in. This was not Mike’s first attempt at college but it was his first […]

Solutions: A Program of Service

Check out our new video from Jaywalker Solutions! We are a 90-day transitional living program for men in early recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs. Located in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Solutions is designed for active adult males who are ready to embrace life in recovery and make a difference by […]

Family Program is here!

Today Jaywalker Lodge men hung out in the sun and play some “beach” volleyball before this month’s Family Program begins. Family Program can be a hard time for a lot of our men and their families, but it has proven to be a vital part in the recovery process. The program provides Jaywalker men and […]

Roaring Fork Whitewater

Every Monday Jaywalker Lodge men go out into the beautiful mountains that surround us for a day of recreation. With spring comes the melting of snow, and with the melting of snow comes white water rafting. Today the Jaywalker men spent the day rafting the local white water rapids on the Roaring Fork River. We […]

3.88 GPA

Everyone here at Jaywalker would like to congratulate the Jaywalker U students for completing the 2013 spring semester with a house GPA of 3.88. During our addiction a lot of us were incapable of going to college, not to mention getting good grades. Here at Jaywalker U the students are showing us that recovery, college, […]

We are cookin’

Last week, Jaywalker U students had another one of their famous cooking classes with Chef Brian. This week’s class focused on mastering the art of making homemade pizza. Here at Jaywalker U we are trying to stay away from the normal college fast food diet and teach our guys a more healthy way to eat. […]

Little slice of peace

The Roaring Fork Valley is home to some of the premier fly fishing rivers and streams in the country. Fly fishing has the potential to be a meditative and therapeutic practice. It also has the ability to induce a fumbling, knot-fixing, frenzy. One must always be reminded as to why they are there. It’s not […]

I want to go fast!

Today the Jaywalker U students headed west to race Go-Karts in Grand Junction, CO. It was a great way for the guys to go out and blow off some steam before finals week. With so many new students coming in and some graduating, this was the perfect opportunity for the guys to get to know […]

What’s our purpose?

Last week Johann Aberger, local success coach, brought a workshop to the Jaywalker U students and staff on how to effectively be the person that we want to be. Our whole lives we have been trying to find our purpose in life and somewhere along the way our addiction took that away; now we have […]