This is what recovery looks like: Community is key for long-term substance abuse recovery

New recovery-focused reentry home opening in Lewiston

The 18-bed home will open on Aug. 1 and will serve individuals with substance use disorders who are transitioning out of incarceration.

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Oxford County Jail residents getting a warm send-off

Addiction recovery advocates introduce a new program to reach Mainers struggling with substance use disorder — as they are released from prison.

Livermore Falls family working to open Franklin County’s first recovery center

Franklin County is just one of three counties in Maine that does not have a recovery center.

Mainers gather for Black Balloon Day, marking 636 overdose deaths in 2021

Members of the Maine recovery community advocate for an amendment to the state Good Samaritan Law that would protect anyone at the scene of an overdose from punishment for nonviolent crimes.

Lawmakers look at easing limits on number of clean needles Maine exchanges can give out

A record 636 people in Maine died from drug overdoses last year.

Lewiston could expand crisis intervention staff at Police Department

Officials say Project Support You, in which trained staff partner with police to address crisis calls related to substance use, has been a success. But, they're looking for more help.

Man shot by Portland police says he wanted officer to kill him

Edward Hyman says he was desperate, depressed and out of options when he attempted ‘suicide by cop’ Oct. 9 outside the Preble Street Resource Center.

This is what recovery looks like: ‘I was able to pretend to the outside world that I was okay’

Kari Taylor credits sober living houses and peer support with saving her life.