Reilly Harvey grew up in a nurturing Maine lobstering family, yet she felt so alone she cried every day for years. Behind a good mask, alcohol and relationships consumed her. After nineteen years, sto…
In prison, Danielle Ward enrolled in college courses and became a recovery coach. She couldn't imagine leaving her kids for treatment years before, but now, with five years of sobriety, she's earning…
Chris Bastey's clients book tattoo appointments years in advance for his bold, colorful work at Atlantic Studios in Rockland, Maine. Five years sober, he credits his art and a deliberate spiritual pra…
Malerie Lockhart sits across from men in Maine's reentry center, helping them imagine life after incarceration. Once, she sold everything for a one-way ticket to Florida with two hundred dollars and a…
Jim Mello's Sunday sermons reach three Methodist churches, his poetry fills handwritten notebooks by the thousands, and his voice once hosted a college radio show. But it's his work as a substance use…
Wendy works nights at a residential treatment facility, staying awake when residents need someone who understands. Nearly eighteen years in recovery, she listens with the wisdom of someone who survive…
Rachelle Bell sits across from incarcerated people in Maine's reentry centers, telling them the truth: the only difference between them and her is that she never got caught. Ten years sober after a de…
Rochelle Grant Kenney watches her grandson Sander call out "Mimi" across the living room in Hope, Maine. That voice reminds her daily of everything she regained when she got sober in 2009. Now she wor…
Becky watched the softball game from a parking lot, drunk, needing her husband and mother to help her to the car. That moment broke through eight years of hiding. She admitted she needed help, message…
