Faith leaders across Maine will join to help people affected by addiction
CDC: Prescription Opioids and what you need to know
On the Front Lines
Acadia Hospital and the Bangor Police Department are working together to find effective ways to provide support to officers in the field who oftentimes find themselves confronted with an individual dealing with a mental health or substance use challenge. This fresh approach to de-escalation of potentially explosive interactions provides opportunities for individuals to be proactively […]
Opioid Crisis: Understanding the problem and creating solutions
BANGOR (February 28, 2018) State Senator Andre Cushing (R) Newport spoke into a microphone and asked the question, “How many of you have a family member or a friend who has been affected by opioids?” Several hands went up. Cushing was one of five panelists discussing the opioid epidemic at the Bangor Region Chamber of […]
HHS Secretary to Governors: Let’s reduce stigma of medication-assisted treatment for opioids
Washington D.C. (February 24, 2018) – At the National Governor’s Conference on Saturday, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II commended governors for their work to address the opioid epidemic and urged them to help reduce the stigma of medication-assisted treatment. “I chose to highlight medication-assisted treatment today because this is a particular aspect of […]
Raising the BARN
About 400 people seated at tables inside the ballroom at the Cross Insurance Center tapped away on their smartphones. The Message that appeared on their screens asked them to vote with their phones: “Text ONE for the BARN, TWO for Eastern Area Agency on Aging, THREE for Bangor Area Homeless Shelter, FOUR For Literacy Volunteers […]
A New Horizon for People in Withdrawal
For people looking for a safe place to go to withdraw from drugs and alcohol, there’s a new offering in the Greater Bangor Area—a social detox facility in Hampden opened its doors this month. New Horizon, a ten bed facility operated by Wellspring is now open. New Horizon is an outpatient residential facility where patients […]
Project Voice Features New Recovery Videos Online
Since debuting its first video on October 2, Project Voice has reached more than 39,000 people in the Greater Bangor region and beyond. The success of this project is due in large part to the courage of people willing to share their stories of recovery in a public forum. Project Voice is a project of […]
Local Group Looks to Fill the Need for Support for Affected Others
The Bangor Area Recovery Network (BARN), located at 142 Center Street in Brewer, is a tremendous community resource that seeks to assist individuals as they pursue recovery from addiction (http://www.bangorrecovery.org/). While the primary purpose of the BARN is to help individuals on their path to recovery from addiction, a secondary purpose is to support “affected […]