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The State of Maine OPTIONS Initiative

Using all avenues to support Maine people affected by the opioid epidemic Last July 2021, Governor Janet T. Mills announced at the Second Annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit...

Christopher Poulos

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...

Community Consultants

In Mid-coast, Getting Out of Jail Comes With Community Support For Recovery For the latest example of Maine’s long tradition of neighbor helping neighbor, look no further than Community Consultants, a peer-to-peer recovery support program that is now...

The Anonymous Path – Joe K.

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...

Intentional Peer Supports

Changing the world one relationship at a time If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time, but if your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.   - Lilla Watson, Aboriginal Activist ...

His Story Lives On

A ripple effect … continued Bruce Pierce of Calais died in a car accident in the early morning hours of July 28, 2021. Bruce is remembered for his volunteerism in the local recovery community, and for being a...

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