Stay-at-home orders have made it difficult for people with substance use disorder, but there is still help out there.
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Understanding anger in addiction recovery
I locked my anger up in solitary confinement with my other emotions during a decade of drug use. Letting it back into the world has proven challenging.
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No one is coming to save you from addiction
You have to participate in your own recovery.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Harsh state drug laws doing more harm than good
It’s too easy for Mainers struggling with addiction to end up with the burden of a felony conviction.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: America has a serious drinking problem
Alcohol use and alcohol-related deaths are on the rise, demanding action by policymakers.
Posted inFacing My Addiction
There’s hope for ‘that guy’, the over-intoxicated jerk
Sobriety doesn’t fix you, but it will allow you some time to learn alternative ways to help yourself. If you were an out-of-control mess at this year’s holiday party, or you were a witness to a human train wreck, there’s still hope for ‘that guy’.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Collins should answer for Pharma donations
Maine’s senior senator is among the many lawmakers who have taken campaign cash from the companies that promoted opioid use.
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‘No pain, no gain’ has some lessons for addressing addiction
It was youth football that first introduced me to the popular adage of ‘no pain, no gain.’ The hidden lesson—that I wish I had understood much earlier—is that emotional pain in the most important factor for personal growth.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New drug epidemic challenges Maine
‘Crystal meth,’ the longtime scourge of the West Coast, is taking hold in communities here.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Accounting for pain got lost amid addiction to profit
Drug companies and liquor bottlers can’t be expected to regulate themselves.