Eleven years.
It took me 11 years to painfully claw through just two years of college.
My family immigrated to the United States with $100 so my sister and I could access high-quality education.
Three generations of female doctors, who lived through WWI, WWII and immigration, preceded...
My name is Tania. I am 47 years old and I live in Harpswell, Maine.
My recovery spans through different inpatient and long-term recovery houses, recovery programs, halfway houses, and a lot of women along the way willing to support me and my family.
Tania struggled...
Melody Rose Paul’s habit of blackout drinking resulted in many nights in jail cells, but her long, winding struggle with addiction reached a turning point when she found herself alone in prison.
“I started to realize… my life path was going in the...
"I think the biggest thing for me was learning to
have fun again without alcohol.”
I like to look ahead and focus on all the positives and the benefits of sobriety, on the things I can do now that I couldn’t do 10 years ago,” says...
Biddeford couple invests in the lives of people newly in recovery
For someone right out of rehab, getting their finances in order enough to rent and furnish an apartment and set up utilities—all while keeping focus on their ongoing recovery—can be too much.
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Alcohol worked for a while as a way to self-medicate, until the price to pay was too high
A person who has desperately needed hope, knows like no other, the power of visible recovery and the hope that is generated from knowing you’re not...
