My name is Tania. I am 47 years old and I live in Harpswell, Maine.
My recovery spans through different inpatient and long-term recovery houses, recovery programs, halfway houses, and a lot of women along the way willing to support me and my family.
Tania struggled...
Melody Rose Paul’s habit of blackout drinking resulted in many nights in jail cells, but her long, winding struggle with addiction reached a turning point when she found herself alone in prison.
“I started to realize… my life path was going in the wrong...
"I think the biggest thing for me was learning to have fun again without alcohol.”
I like to look ahead and focus on all the positives and the benefits of sobriety, on the things I can do now that I couldn’t do 10 years...
Biddeford couple invests in the lives of people newly in recovery
For someone right out of rehab, getting their finances in order enough to rent and furnish an apartment and set up utilities—all while keeping focus on their ongoing recovery—can be too much.
“What I needed...
Alcohol worked for a while as a way to self-medicate, until the price to pay was too high
A person who has desperately needed hope, knows like no other, the power of visible recovery and the hope that is generated from knowing you’re not alone....
What has surprised you the most about sober living?
How good it feels! And that I’m never bored! Contrary to my pre-recovery beliefs (that I would never have fun again and that I was doomed to a lonely, friendless life) I have richer experiences sober...
