How Shark Tank’s Biggest Product is Changing Lives On and Off the Table
Tom Filippini has always loved paddle sports. Growing up in Chicago, he spent hours playing ping pong with family and friends. During college, his love for the game turned into long beer...
Hope grows in unexpected places. For Linda Rosenberg and her daughter Melissa LaPorte, Learn to Cope became a lifeline. Through shared resilience, love, and community support, their journey highlights the transformative power of connection, proving that recovery is possible.
A Mother’s Journey: Linda Rosenberg
When Linda...
Ask any Maine kid, and there’s a good chance they know Mr. Drew and His Animals, Too.
Mr. Drew has brought rescued exotic animals like pythons, skunks and tortoises to thousands of events at schools, libraries and home birthday parties. In just the past year,...
A Life Reclaimed: Jen Brown Shares Her Strength
In just four years of sobriety, Jen Brown has mentored, encouraged, or guided hundreds of women in recovery, from Portland, Maine, to Tampa, Florida.
“I moved to Tampa a year ago and hit the ground running,” Jen says....
Working in Recovery Gave James Rickrode a Fresh Start
For James Rickrode, long-term recovery—seven years and counting—has been possible by making it his top priority. It’s not easy for a man with five kids at home, but James insists it’s the only way. Today, at...
How he found the combination of treatment and support that works for him.
For John Howard Ward, childhood exposure to substances and trauma was the slippery slope to decades of alcohol dependence. Now, at 52, John is grateful to be in recovery through a combination...
