Dakota Eddy lost her uncle to substance use disorder when she was nine. Years later, watching classmates struggle in her Vermont hometown, she found purpose at the University of Southern Maine's Recov…
Kate Beever sits behind a drum kit in her Maine office, ready to work. A client picks up mallets. Instead of talking directly about the stress that triggered their return to use, they express it throu…
Byron Kerr checked in at his LifeRing meeting, sharing how his week went and what temptations he'd navigated. Around the table, others listened and offered their own stories, no lectures or doctrine r…
Josh Warren attends a SMART Recovery meeting each week and facilitates others. He's been working to build a life beyond the drug use that started when he was twelve. Now he helps people understand tha…
Joe Graffius spent years chasing money and drugs across Alaska before prison stopped him cold. Now he works as a peer recovery coach in Maine, modeling the kind of life he fought to build. SaVida Heal…
Finn walked into his first Al-Anon meeting terrified he'd break invisible rules. Instead, he found a room where people handed him their phone numbers and let him listen quietly, no judgment. He came h…
Brian Kiloski answers the phone at GateHouse Treatment, placing people into recovery programs. Years ago, he was the one needing placement. Now he helps families understand that addiction touches ever…
Scott Pardy watched the same men cycle through the county jail year after year. Years into his own recovery, he saw the pattern clearly: no stable housing meant a return to use, then arrest, then jail…
Lee Umphrey walks through Eastern Maine Development Corporation's Bangor office, where one in six employees is in recovery. For Umphrey, hiring people rebuilding their lives isn't a special program. I…
Jess was pregnant, in her early 30s, and seeking a second chance at recovery. When federal rules blocked her from residential treatment, her counselor fought to make an exception. Now, walking out of…
