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Recovery is already here. Most of it goes unseen.

28 million Americans are in recovery1: already here, already contributing.

Journey brings their stories, and the resources behind them, into the places people already trust.

Help is out there. What’s missing is visibility. Recovery gets easier to find when more people talk about it.

7 Years 500K+ Copies 500+ Events Hundreds of Locations

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Read something. Pass it along.

1. Jones, C.M., Noonan, R.K., Compton, W.M., “Prevalence and correlates of ever having a substance use problem and substance use recovery status among adults in the United States, 2018,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 214 (2020), 108169.

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Personal stories and resources

Real people. Real recovery. Real next steps.

A local recovery story does what data cannot. It softens fear, opens conversation, and changes what seems possible at the kitchen table, in the break room, and on the sidewalk.

The supports already exist. Most are free, proven, and built by communities of people already living in recovery. The work is to make them visible before the moment of need.

Personal Stories

Real recovery, told by and with the people living it, puts a face and a voice to what recovery actually looks like. No single path. No judgment. Recovery, made visible through the people already living it.

A middle-aged man with short gray hair and a mustache smiles outdoors, wearing a light blue collared shirt. The background is blurred greenery.

Dan Belyea

“I always disclose that I’m a person in long-term recovery.”

Dan Belyea divided his returnable bottles among different stores, gained seventy pounds, and drank alone every evening at home. He thought no one could see the problem. Now, after seventeen years sober, he leads workforce development for Maine's community colleges and openly advocates for hiring people in recovery, proving that…

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Recovery Resources

Practical tools, free recovery programs, and resources: not clinical but plain-language and shareable. No agenda. No single path. No judgment. Recovery solutions, made visible.

One of many paths

LifeRing Secular Recovery

“Sobriety. Secularity. Self-empowerment.”

Byron Kerr checks in at his LifeRing meeting, sharing how his week went while others listen and offer their own stories. No lectures, no doctrine. LifeRing builds recovery on three principles and lets people design their own path forward.

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Recovery Basics Course

Learn to pass it along.

The Recovery Basics Course is a free, short, plain-language course about addiction, the barriers, recovery paths, and help for friends and family. Your voice in your own community matters more than you think. Pass it along.

It explains substance use disorder and recovery without clinical distance, without judgment, and without telling anyone what to do. It covers the paths to getting help, the free recovery programs available, the kinds of support that exist now, and the realities families navigate.

Recovery often goes unspoken, not because people don’t care, but because they’re unsure how to talk about it. They don’t want to get it wrong. So they say nothing. Over time, that silence can make recovery harder to recognize and harder to talk about.

The course is for anyone who wants to change that.

No login. No tracking. Private by Design.

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Community Outreach & Engagement

Recovery visibility happens in real places.

We show up where trust is already built: community events, workplaces, libraries, local businesses, recovery spaces, and public gatherings.

Over the past seven years:

  • 500,000+ Magazines distributed
  • 500+ Community events attended

Journey reaches communities because people carry it there: Hope Ambassadors, recovery organizations, local businesses placing the magazine where they live and work. Free resources and trusted partnerships help us show up in the places people already gather, consistently, alongside community members.

Visibility grows through repetition, trust, and human connection. That is the work.

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What Our Readers Are Saying:
Testimonials from the Community & Peers

  • “Journey Magazine is an invaluable resource in our community, offering hope, inspiration, and crucial information for those on the path to recovery.”

    Tommy Hayes

    Admin Assistant / Staff Supervisor, Larry Labonte Recovery Community Center

  • “By providing free access to inspirational stories and information about community-based support programs, Journey Magazine serves as a lifeline for those navigating recovery.”

    Leslie Clark

    Former Executive Director, Portland Recovery Community Center

  • “Journey Magazine is not just a publication; it is a movement making recovery and hope visible for our communities.”

    Courtney Allen

    Executive Director, Maine Recovery Advocacy Project

  • “Journey, forever thank you for helping readers embrace change while transforming lives and removing the stigmas of addiction, informing with stories of hope.”

    Lori B

    Southern Maine Re-Entry Center

  • “When participants come to our center and see this magazine, they feel validated and realize they are not alone in their journey.”

    Kari Taylor

    Western Maine Recovery Center

  • “Journey, thank you for helping your readers heal inside and out while breaking free from addiction.”

    Marissa S

    Southern Maine Re-Entry Center