From our Intensive Outpatient Program: Learning about HIV / AIDS and Finding Inspiration in Others’ Steps to Recovery

The following unedited entry comes from a discussion in Crossroads for Women’s Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): This week in IOP, we had a guest speaker from Franny Peabody Center come to talk about STD, HIV and Hepatitis. We learned about prevention, protection and self-care. In addition, this week we had group members transfer to residential…

A Loved One’s Alcohol and Drug Addiction Affects Family and Friends Too

A person’s alcohol or drug addiction affects everyone close to that person. Friends and family members often don’t know how to deal with a loved one’s addiction or even understand it. But when friends and family members get together, understand and address the impact they experience in the situation, they increase their ability to gather…

Maine Alcohol Tax Bill Public Hearing on April 25th

According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 13% of budget expenditures in state government alone go to dealing with the consequences of untreated addiction. Yet, nationally, only about one-half of one percent of state spending is on treatment. Every little bit of money helps agencies like recovery centers for…