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I have been in recovery for nearly 12 years and have seen a lot of crazy stuff in AA and in the treatment industry. I was raised in AA that you could be paid for 12 step work in a treatment center setting but you could never take pride/ownership of the results of those people.…
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What makes a person use drugs or alcohol to begin with? Is it a lack love? Is it an abusive past? Are we genetically disposed to seeking out things that are harmful? Studies would prove all of these reasons valid as they all stem from the lack of something; purpose. People crave things that will…
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How can I have a fun Halloween without putting my sobriety in jeopardy? Bring a sober friend along to a party for support and have an exit strategy if you feel uncomfortable. Throw your own party, that way you have control over who comes, and what beverages are served. Have a spooky movie marathon with…
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A 29-year-old Maine man died of a drug overdose recently. He had just celebrated one full year of sobriety. You hear stories like this every day, but this one particularly resonated with us. The man was known to Greater Portland’s recovery community because his sister is a leader of the Scarborough Police Department’s Operation Hope.…
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Addiction is all around us. These days it seems as though every person in your life is somehow affected, or at least knows someone that is affected, by the devastation of substance abuse. It doesn’t discriminate, and it knows no boundaries. It creeps in slowly, tears families apart, destroys lives and ends overwhelmingly in death. …
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In the past, when I would think of what it means to surrender, I envisioned a white flag waving and an overall feeling of failure. I pictured battles lost throughout history, weakness, and complete defeat. In the infancy of my journey to get clean from drugs I heard that word a lot: surrender. I wasn’t…
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The TC model is a method of treating substance abuse. It’s unique because it incorporates the 12 Steps of AA/NA with social learning, teaching participants how to work through their substance abuse issues, in conjunction with inner and social difficulties which can contribute to their addiction. Many times, the TC model is carried out within a residential treatment…
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Liberty Bay Recovery Center reached another milestone in its growth last week. On Thursday, October 29th, Liberty Bay received a client who would fill our final open bed. Today, November 4th, we officially reach our 6-month anniversary from our open date. Although we’re currently full, don’t mark us off your list of addiction resources –…
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Between 2011 and 2014 in Maine, heroin-related deaths increased by 714%, overdose deaths involving fentanyl increased by 378%, and in 2015, heroin and opiate addiction are currently found to motivate between 80-85% of all the property crimes we experience. These staggering statistics have continued to climb, while awareness of resources has continued at a steady…
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Liberty Bay Recovery Center is proud to announce that we are now part of Gloucester Massachusetts drug recovery initiative program as of 5-27-15. With the drug and alcohol addiction reaching epidemic proportions, we understand the need to join forces with local resources in order to reach as many people as possible. We are committed to providing treatment which…
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