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...
Penobscot Nation’s Healing to Wellness Court weaves cultural connections into drug court program
Rhonda Decontie grew up tagging along with her father, Frank Decontie, an addiction recovery counselor, to 12-step meetings where she would recite The Serenity Prayer along with the adults. They lived...
How does a girl from Lewiston get sexually trafficked?
And then become a leader in the recovery movement?
Tricia Grant grew up exposed to alcohol, drugs, and sexual abuse and, by the time she was 12, she was struggling with housing stability. At 14, she...
A former convent in Lewiston is now a safe haven for a small community of women
Women who have survived a trifecta of traumatic, adverse experiences—sex trafficking or exploitation, addiction, and incarceration.
“We’re more than a sober house,” said Sophia House founder Klara Tammany, who...
Courageous men learning to be in compassion
Six times a week, ten men walk into Stephen Andrew’s office on Middle Street in Portland, slip off their shoes, sit in a circle and do something that takes some courage at first—they talk about their...
