FITCHBURG — The path to recovery for someone struggling with substance-abuse issues can be tortuous, with long-term success too often shattered by a relapse, but a new tactic is now available that ...

Building on the success of previous endeavors, Surry County is seeking to train additional members of the community, regardless of experience, to become certified recovery coaches through a free ...

HAVERHILL — A proposal made by Gov. Charlie Baker to create a professional licensing process for recovery coaches is now before the Legislature. A 15-member Recovery Coach Commission, created as part ...

LOWELL — A year ago, a man who had been a frequent, if unenthusiastic, participant in Lowell House’s addiction treatment programs tried a new tactic. He began working with the program’s recovery coach ...

Chris Pesce, chief operating officer at Sober Grid, talks about how the company won the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation opioid challenge for its mobile app integrating a peer support social network ...

YORK – The York Hospital Recovery Center, The Portland Recovery Community Center and the State of Maine Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services are pleased to join forces to provide a free four-day ...

In these sensitive time I doing section online by Skype, zoom, or even phone calls we want all our clients to feel safe. I believe in second chances. Everybody can have a set back and they can be ...

Recovery coaches and peer advocates are offering the latest trend in recovery from addiction. The idea began out of the desperation of a substance abuse recovery community in Connecticut nearly 10 ...

PITTSFIELD — Walking into Caitlin McKinnon’s office at the Brien Center, a visitor is struck by a pink hibiscus bloom reaching toward the sun, candy on a table and a canister of a gooey substance ...