Come As You Are
Sarah Langevin’s story
A bathroom door closes in Auburn, Maine, but it does not lock.
On one side, four children run about the house. The television is on; there is unfinished homework and pacifiers, half-eaten food and a mess to clean. On the...
Remember that week in March 2020 when Maine was getting its first glimpse of pandemic lockdown?
That was the week that Steven Knockwood was released from prison, where he’d been serving a sentence for drug trafficking. Less than two years later, his life has been...
From Prison to Law School to Mountain Rescue
Christopher Poulos was born and raised in Portland, Maine, graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 2016, and is now the executive director of the Washington Statewide Reentry Council in Olympia, Washington. He married...
Joe K. is one of many men that came to Alcoholics Anonymous through a mandated addiction rehabilitation center. The facility mandated 12 meetings a month but participants could choose which program they wanted to attend. Joe and some other guys went to a lot...
Marshall Mercer, 40, lost his identity at birth.
His parents, both addicts, were never really in his life, and he was raised by his grandparents instead.
“I had no identity, just pain,” he says.
Growing up, Marshall tried to find his identity through a life of crime.
“I...
Staying the Course - A winding road to recovery sends a message of hope
That early morning in March 2002, it seemed like every other snowstorm. I was the assistant manager at a convenience store, and they had called me in to cover the night...
