Students With Addictions Immersed In The Sober Life At ‘Recovery’ High Schools This story also ran in Time. This story can be republished for free (details). By Heidi de Marco Published online on JANUARY 24, 2019 SEATTLE — It’s the last class period of the day. The students lean back on couches and take turns describing the most important day of their lives: the day they became sober. For Marques Martinez, that date was Nov. 15, 2016. Until then, he had used OxyContin, Xanax