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.
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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.
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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.
Posted inFacing My Addiction
You can’t overdose on fentanyl by touching it
The misconception regarding the dangers of accidental overdose is dangerous and harmful.
Posted inFacing My Addiction
We suffer more in imagination than reality
Addiction to drugs and alcohol often coincides with an addiction to control. I think all of us want to control our environment and relationships to some degree.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Advocates warn of gaps in Maine’s gambling addiction program
As the state considers expanding gambling options, clinicians warn there are not enough resources to help people addicted to games of chance.
Posted inFacing My Addiction
Suboxone isn’t a cure, but it’s a needed option on the road to recovery
There aren’t enough doctors willing to prescribe Suboxone, but the demand is there.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Recovering addicts tell their stories at UMF forum
Courtney Allen and Missy Craig describe the path they took to addiction and how they turned their lives around.
Posted inLocal & State
Addiction treatment facility for veterans proposed at Augusta riverside property
The project could take place on land now owned by the state, adjacent to the vacant Kennebec Arsenal.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
University of Maine at Farmington students host ‘Addiction in Our Community’ event
Students in the school’s Addiction Rehabilitation program created the event to help campus and community recovery effort as the state continues to grapple with record numbers of overdose deaths.