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Personal Recovery Story: Matt Senecal

Dreaming, Designing, Building, and Living Life Why would a successful business owner want to publicly share his story of addiction and recovery? Because it’s about hope—and smashing stereotypes. Senecal Construction founder Matt Senecal will reach 11 years of sobriety on March 1, 2024. “Addiction affects anybody—police officers,...

Gaining Peace of Mind from My Financial Past

I bought a recommended financial book by a famous female author to try to understand money and why I had such a hard time making a viable living. The introductory assignment made me want to slam the book shut. The honesty required was more...

Compassion in Action: Bethany Johnson

Bethany Johnson welcomes everyone into the Coastal Recovery Community Center (CRCC) with a warm smile and a safe space for individuals seeking help, those in recovery, and affected others. She works as the Office Manager of CRCC in Rockland, Maine — the town she...

Ryan Paige

From Shadow to Light How Ryan Paige Turned Adversity into Advocacy Ryan Paige’s childhood was marked by the unsettling normalcy of substance abuse. His family moved often, and the constant relocation only intensified his feeling of displacement. Regardless of where he was, the...

Josh Colwell

On Fire for Recovery Josh Colwell’s favorite thing to talk about is recovery. He is a husband, a father, a harm reductionist, and an active recovery worker and advocate. Josh is currently employed by a treatment center in New Hampshire, and his experience includes volunteering,...

James Dillon III

The Transformative Power of Connection Embracing Recovery and Belonging If you spend any amount of time in recovery spaces (meetings, sober living residences, recovery centers, etc.), it likely won’t be long until you hear someone say something to the effect of “the opposite of addiction is...

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