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That’s All I Had to Do?

Early in my recovery, my emotions were a volatile rollercoaster of extreme highs and sudden lows. The deregulation of my system coming from a place of never eating and only feeding my body sugar and living off of the drugs that ruled my life,...

Sarah Langevin

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....

Book Review: Living Sober

by Lisa T. I was gifted with this little gem at one of my very first meetings. At 70...

The Handshake That Changed the World

submitted by Bruce C. I’ve been thinking a lot about energy lately, particularly its...

A Cultural Connection Drives Personal Transformation

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...

Making It Work for Employees in Recovery

The Maine Tourism Association recently hosted a virtual presentation on recovery-friendly workplaces and recovery-related employee rights. Here are some highlights from this fascinating conversation about how to make the workplace work for people in recovery. Maine is...

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