SOMERSWORTH — A man in long-term recovery is coordinating training for people interested in coaching those suffering from addiction as they break free of alcohol and drugs. Dean LeMire, who works as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

RELATIONSHIP TO NAVIGATE THE BUREAUCRACY OF RECOVERY. >> A GENTLEMAN COMING OFF OF HEROIN, ALONG HAVE IT, WANTED TO STOP THE PATH, WAS OPEN TO IT, SHE CAME RIGHT IN, I THINK IT WAS 12 MINUTES. AMY: ...

You have these windows when they’re willing, and you’ve got to go,” said Peer Recovery Coach and Peer Navigator Shelly ...

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 ...

BEVERLY — When someone who suffers a drug overdose is brought to the emergency room at Beverly Hospital, they are seen by the usual array of doctors, nurses and others. If they want, there's also Tom ...

At Guiding Light Coaching Services, our Certified Recovery Specialists (CRS) provide peer-based, judgment-free coaching rooted in lived experience. We support individuals facing substance use, ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Dustin French, 29, had four drug overdoses in the span of a year. "I was dead on arrival to the hospital," he said of his last heroin overdose, which happened in April. "I woke up … ...

Cape Cod Community College has been awarded $97,364 from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) as part of the ongoing Training Resources and Internship Networks (TRAIN) Program. The ...