Recovery in Plain Sight
Most people picture recovery as something that happens behind closed doors. But research on social recovery keeps finding the same pattern: connection is not a side benefit of recovery—it is part of h…
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Recovery Community Centers
RCCs across Maine — what they are, who walks in, and why they keep saving lives. Amistad, ROCC, Washington County, Bridgton, and more.
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Compassion in Action: Bethany Johnson
Bethany Johnson hands a caller a folder of recovery resources, her voice steady with certainty: "We do recover and we are never alone." Eight years sober in the small Maine town where addiction once c…
James Dillon III
James Dillon stands soaked at Portland's Pride Festival, hosting a mocktail bar for the recovery community center while rain streams down the park. Drenched and grinning, he realizes something: both h…
4 Types of Recovery Communities
Someone scrolling late at night, searching for voices that understand, discovers a recovery account with thousands of followers sharing their stories. That moment of connection reveals something resea…
Maine Voices of Recovery Issue #22
Becky Peasley has been a nurse in Maine for 25 years. She serves on the board of the Coastal Recovery Community Center, speaks in jails, and pushes for faster access to treatment.
No Single, but Many, Paths to Recovery
On any given afternoon at a recovery community center, someone might attend an A.A. meeting, then a recovery yoga class, then meet with a peer coach. There's no single path that works for everyone. Th…
Recovery Community Centers Offer Good Soil for a Place to Grow
Leslie Clark didn't understand why people stayed in recovery meetings for twenty years. Now, more than thirty years into her own recovery, she sings, gardens, and writes poetry. Her story reveals what…
Growing Recovery Strong Communities in Maine
Leslie Clark drove past a building on her Portland route for months, hearing whispers about something wonderful happening inside. She didn't understand what a recovery community center was until she w…