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  The thesis: recovery is already here, already available, rarely seen. Two entry points by intent: "I’m wondering if I have a problem" and "I want to understand recovery better."

• Recovery Basics Course /recovery-basics/

  A free, short, plain-language course about addiction, recovery paths, and help for friends and family. Forty minutes. Yours to pass along.

• About Journey /about/

  What Carolyn Delaney, founder + CEO, knows to be true. Why Journey exists, who it’s for, how it moves.

Pillars + topic clusters

Five canonical pillars hold every published story. Most pillars also carry topic clusters — smaller groupings you can browse on their own.

• Personal Stories /stories/

  First-person recovery stories from people in early days, long-term, and everywhere in between. Browse public or private.

  • Private Personal Stories — Stories shared without a name attached.
  • Public Personal Stories — Stories told with the storyteller's full name on them.

• Neighbors /neighbors/

  The people and places making recovery visible — at work, in community, in ordinary conversations.

  • At Work — Workplaces and the people inside them making it easier to stay well at work..
  • In Community — Faith leaders, business owners, photographers, and probation officers who chose to show up as humans first..

• Programs /recovery-programs/

  Recovery programs and fellowships — 12-step, non-12-step, family. Structures that work because people show up.

  • 12-Step Fellowships — AA, NA, and related groups: how meetings work, what sponsorship looks like, and what to expect the first time..
  • Family and Community Fellowships — Al-Anon, Learn to Cope, Wellbriety, and groups built for families and specific communities..
  • Non-12-Step Pathways — SMART Recovery, LifeRing, and other approaches built on different principles..

• Supports /recovery-supports/

  The people, places, and communities that help build and sustain a life in recovery: coaches, peer groups, recovery houses, sober social spaces.

  • Pathways and Approaches — Recovery does not follow one path.
  • Peer Coaching and Community — Recovery is built between people.
  • Sober Social and Community Life — A growing sober-active culture is rewriting social life in recovery.
  • Understanding Addiction and Recovery — Addiction is treatable, and recovery is already present in communities everywhere.

• Wellness /wellness/

  Tools, practices, and people for the whole life around recovery — inner life, body, daily practice, family, work.

  • Body and Physical Health — Food, sleep, movement, and breath become everyday tools for staying well..
  • Connection, Work, and Daily Life — Recovery lives in ordinary days: the people around us, the routines that hold, and the family and work that ask a lot of us.
  • Inner Life and Meaning — Anxiety, hope, resilience, mindfulness, and faith shape the inner work of recovery, across many traditions..

Resources + tools

• Directory /directory/

  Searchable database of recovery centers, mutual-aid groups, peer support, housing options, and crisis lines across Maine and New Hampshire, plus the free recovery programs flyer (PDF).

• Culture Shift Asset Shelf /culture-shift/assets/

  Free video clips, graphics, and quote cards from the Culture Shift employer series, produced with the RFW Institute. Download and share — no sign-in required.

• Current Issue /magazine/

  Every back issue of Journey since 2019. Read it, print it, share it, pass it on.

• Blog /blog/

  Everything Journey publishes in one reverse-chronological feed — stories, wellness, programs, supports, and neighbors, newest first.

• Archive /archive/

  Earlier coverage from Journey’s Maine-focused era. Preserved so links, citations, and context don’t break.

For employers

• For Employers /employers/

  Journey’s articles on recovery-friendly workplaces, gathered for owners, managers, and HR: workplace profiles, hiring and retention, and Maine’s RFW certification.

• Partner with Journey /partner/

  How companies, foundations, and community institutions sustain Journey’s work — a steady presence, not a campaign moment.

Get involved

• Share Your Story /share-your-story/

  For people who want to share their recovery story with Journey — publicly or anonymously.

• Find a Copy /distribution/

  Where Journey shows up in print, in person, and in community spaces across Maine.

• Contact /contact/

  Questions, partnership inquiries, story submissions, Hope Ambassador interest — all welcome.

Site

• Privacy /privacy/

  Journey doesn’t track you. No profiles, no retargeting, no data sold. Recovery is personal; reading about it should be too.

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  Machine-readable sitemap for search engines.