Using all avenues to support Maine people affected by the opioid epidemic
Last July 2021, Governor Janet T. Mills announced at the Second Annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit that the state would develop an overdose prevention program that would have a presence in all of...
In Mid-coast, Getting Out of Jail Comes With Community Support For Recovery
For the latest example of Maine’s long tradition of neighbor helping neighbor, look no further than Community Consultants, a peer-to-peer recovery support program that is now part of discharge planning at the Knox...
Changing the world one relationship at a time
If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. - Lilla Watson, Aboriginal Activist
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A ripple effect … continued
Bruce Pierce of Calais died in a car accident in the early morning hours of July 28, 2021. Bruce is remembered for his volunteerism in the local recovery community, and for being a kind soul who made an impact on...
Wellspring helps people start their journey
Jess (not her real name) is one young woman who has found hope, support and recovery at Infinity House, one of the programs in a continuum of services offered by Wellspring in...
Providing a Safe Space for Women to Transform
"Living at the McAuley Residence literally saved my life.
I learned that staying in recovery and being a good mother in recovery were both possible and within reach.”
This is how Nicole*, a single mother from western Maine, summed...
