The recovery community has its own language.
We often speak it without even realizing we’re doing it. We grow accustomed to certain words, phrases and nuances. This can be an adjustment when first seeking recovery.
I remember mimicking the things I heard and just trying to...
Creativity is therapeutic, and certainly not just for artists.
Stitching sock monkeys, painting on canvas with pre-drawn images or making an altered journal in an art therapy session – these sorts of activities can lighten the mood, forge community or tease out buried thoughts and...
Drawing on wood or a sketchpad while listening to people’s stories during the 10 recovery meetings he attends a week is soothing and meditative for artist Zoo Cain of Westbrook – and it’s also contagious.
“Sometimes other people start doing it,” says Cain, who is...
Eleven University of Southern Maine graduates had a second, much more intimate commencement ceremony in May, recognizing not only that they had met the graduation requirements, but also the work they had done while committed to a recovery community called the Recovery Oriented Campus...
Damien Ramsdell was just two months away from graduating from Bowdoin College with a degree in government and legal studies when he hit rock bottom.
“I had made so many attempts to get sober, since about halfway through my junior year,” he said. “That night,...
For people in recovery, finding an employer who will give them a chance—despite holes in their employment history—can be a real challenge.
“Being in a positive work environment where my recovery was always put first was hard to find,” said Chloe Swerdlow, 37, of Sebago....
