A Bangor Daily News reporter spent the past few months researching the work of sober houses in Maine. These are residential homes aimed at helping people in recovery from an addiction stay sober. We’ll learn how sober houses aim to provide a safe environment, who their clients tend to be, feedback from communities in which they appear, and what regulations, if any, they are subject to.
Guests
- Jesse Harvey, founder and director ofJourney House Sober Living
- Dan Mahoney, vice president and founding member of Maine Association of Recovery Residences
- Jake Bleiberg, reporter with the Bangor Daily News
- Jason Howell, past president and co-founder of National Alliance for Recovery Residences
Resources
- 'Sober Houses' Are Proliferating in Maine. What Are They?
- Connecticut Agency Aims To Make Sober Houses Safer
- What Did We Learn from Our Study on Sober Living Houses and Where Do We Go from Here?
- Opioid Recovery: Voices of people who have battled addiction
- Massachusetts tightens addiction center rules