Licensed alcohol and drug counselor (LADC) Michael Yerema is celebrating his 25th year at Aroostook Mental Health Center’s co-ed Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) in Limestone, commonly called “The Farm.”
“I’ve seen hope,” Michael says. “There’s a need for this kind of care. There aren’t a...
New Ventures Maine helps point people in the right direction
Three years into her recovery from substance abuse, Roseanne St. George of South Portland knew it was time to get her finances on track, too. While figuring out how to do that, she found...
Great Falls Marketing has one key requirement for job applicants–that they possess a desire to succeed.
“We’re always looking for great motivated people,” says Steve Mondor, vice president of sales and marketing for the call-center operation based in Auburn. “Regardless of your background, if...
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When the opioid crisis hit my family it did so with the force of a wrecking ball, destroying everything in its wake. My family was lucky; our story has a happy ending. In the years since, as...
Eddie Greyfox Burgess delivers curbside wellness
Nothing draws a crowd like a turquoise 1965 Ford Fairlane shining in the sun—and that’s exactly what Eddie Greyfox Burgess was looking for in a “wellness mobile.”
“It was contemplating its life mission and its personal worth,” Burgess says,...
At the intersection of a pandemic and an epidemic, telemedicine revolutionizes addiction treatment.
When Dr. Ted Logan of Maine Behavioral Healthcare transitioned his substance use disorder practice to mostly telemedicine, COVID-19 was still at least three years in the future. For him, the impetus...
