making recovery from addiction visible ISSUE 14 MELODY ROSE PAUL Bangor, Maine Accessing Recovery Supports Everyone’s Welcome + Peer Support Letting Go No Longer Carrying the Weight of My Past PAID ADVERTISEMENT ADDRESSING MAINE’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOGETHER. As we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis persists in communities across our state. That’s why we’re bringing organizations together and sharing best practices to help ensure individuals and families have the resources they need. Learn more about the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative of Maine and our partners at rali-me.org. PAID FOR BY RX ABUSE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE journeyISSUE 14 Publisher Carolyn Delaney Layout Joline Violette Edwards PRIVATE GIFTS Photographer Brian Delaney A very special thank you to these people ISSUE 14 Contributors Alison Jones Webb who have helped to support Journey Amy Paradysz getting to the printer. David Lee Elaine Shamos click on Private Gifts on our website for more info Glenn Simpson Kimble Greene Niki Curtis Thank You! Tyler Hall Zoe Brokos Journey Team Barbara Conner Brenda Briggs Anonymous x 9 Leslie Clark Bruce Campbell Amy and Noodles Karen Stultz, CHt, CIWC Mary Atwood Jennifer Kimball Johnson Dennis & Debbie Gallant Mickie Kucinkas Nancy Wolach Sandra Stone Courtney Allen Susan Axelrod M.C. Hothem, DO Josh Riddle MaineWorks Dean Raymond Susan Britton Pettingill Lowell & Ella Brown
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