One of the greatest gifts sobriety has taught me is the concept of choice.
Sobriety has been my chosen lifestyle since June 14, 2001, and it has made all the difference. It is freedom from a self-sabotaging way of life.
Alcohol’s presence was predominant in my...
I’m not recovering,” said April Tomah of Milford. “I’m recovered.”
She once struggled with heroin addiction, experiencing all the painful “anything and everything” that comes with active drug use, but she is now an enthusiastic, healthy mother of three and member of Maine’s Passamaquoddy Tribe.
April’s...
Although I’m quick to share my accomplishments on social media, I sometimes forget that sharing my failures and admitting defeat also can be an accomplishment.
When I first heard about surrender in early recovery, I hated that word. I hated the idea of admitting defeat...
For most people, working the graveyard shift is not a first choice.
But for Wendy Ayres of Waldo, working nights in a residential substance use treatment facility is exactly her first choice. When you meet Wendy, it’s hard not to be drawn to her warm...
In 1963, Ed Crockett was 2 years old, the youngest of eight children living on Munjoy Hill, with a father that the Portland Press Herald called “the biggest drunk in Portland.”
Ed’s mother Virginia made the “incredibly courageous” decision to ask the father of her...
Maine Voices of Recovery is a series written by Jamie Lovley and created by Knox County Community Health Coalition in partnership with the community. The goal of the series is to teach the community about recovery, dispel misunderstanding about substance use disorder in...
