Gloucester Addiction Coalition

03/16/2022

Great news! Gloucester has been in need of more recovery coaches for a while now so the Gloucester Police Department (Official)'s Community Impact Unit's "Teach to Reach" program fills a huge gap in our community. Big shoutout to Tito for making this happen - we can't wait to see this up and running!

Chief Edward Conley and Mayor Greg V***a are pleased to report that the Gloucester Police Department Community Impact Unit has received $29,878 in grant funding for a new “Teach to Reach” Initiative that will provide training to recovery coaches.

03/15/2022

The stigma around substance use will never end if we continue to consider it a taboo topic. Engage in conversations, ask questions and educate yourselves!

03/11/2022

Until 2pm today!

Access care at the Harbormaster's office every Friday.

Starting Friday, February 11th at 10am, we are hosting medical clinic at the Gloucester Harbormaster's Office. This clinic aims to bring on demand medical care and substance use treatment/harm reduction directly to Gloucester's fishing industry.

Check out our graphic for details and please share!

This wouldn't be possible without the hard work and dedication of Fishing Partnership Support Services, Onestop Harm Reduction Program, Addison Gilbert Hospital, North Shore Community Health, Inc., Middlesex Recovery, P.C.

03/08/2022

Sometimes the harshest, most stigmatizing language you will encounter when struggling with addiction are from people who are supposed to be there to help you. Medical providers tend to be guilty of this - whether it be thinking there's only one way to recovery, judging you for toxicology results, or not connecting you to wraparound services. This article goes a bit more into depth about how exactly stigmatizing language in addiction treatment can be harmful.

Person-centered language and meeting individuals where they are at are two non-stigmatizing actions that treatment centers and providers can adopt to ensure they are providing the best care possible.

Ironically, the conversation that spurred a peer-support specialist at a buprenorphine program to yell me out of the room was ...

03/07/2022

We are lucky enough to have many providers in our coalition that believe medications are a viable part of a person's recovery. We are even luckier that these providers help to educate other providers that medications for opioid use disorder should not be stigmatized. Thank you North Shore Community Health, Inc., Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services, and Middlesex Recovery, P.C. for promoting medication as an honorable path in recovery.

03/04/2022

Help our partners at Action Inc. make their shelter guests make their new places feel like home! Send gift cards to their mailing address below.

We're moving shelter guests into new homes and need your help! By sending us gift cards to Marshalls, Market Basket, HomeGoods or by donating cash, you can help furnish people's new apartments and welcome everyone home. Can't donate? Share the link on social media instead! Donation info is below.

MAILING ADDRESS:
Action Inc.
180 Main St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

DONATE ONLINE:
https://givebutter.com/ActionGiftCards

03/03/2022

Medication can be a part of your recovery journey. For more information on where to access buprenorphine in Gloucester, visit our website at https://gloucesteraddictionresources.weebly.com/medication-for-opioid-use-disorder.html

Buprenorphine is a medication that eases a persons’ withdrawal symptoms and cravings from opioids, which may allow them to focus on strengthening connection with friends and family, searching for and maintaining a job, and more. It is an opioid receptor partial agonist that attaches to, and partially activates, opioid receptors in the brain. There are several medications for opioid overdose, withdrawal, and addiction that are safe, effective, and can save lives. https://loom.ly/wG57xCo

02/28/2022

02/24/2022

Tomorrow's Provider on the Pier clinic is cancelled due to weather. Come down to the Harbormaster's Office next week, March 4th from 10am-2pm for basic medical care, referrals to primary care, and connection to MOUD/harm reduction services.

02/23/2022

Everyone's path to recovery looks different. Medication may be a part of your journey.

For more information on where to access medication for opioid use disorder in Gloucester, call:
North Shore Community Health, Inc. at (978) 282-8899
Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services at (978) 283-0296
Recovery, P.C. at (978) 515-7664

02/21/2022

134 reversed overdoses in 2 months at the Overdose Prevention Center in NYC. The individuals whose lives have been saved now have the chance to enter treatment, receive care for comorbidities like HIV/Hepatitis C, start recovery, rebuild relationships with loved ones and share harm reduction practices with others.

​​It's been two months since New York City opened the country's first overdose prevention center, and public health experts said the clinic is already saving lives.

02/18/2022

Today at 10am at the Harbormaster's Office - 19 Harbor Loop Rd #2, Gloucester MA

Starting Friday, February 11th at 10am, we are hosting medical clinic at the Gloucester Harbormaster's Office. This clinic aims to bring on demand medical care and substance use treatment/harm reduction directly to Gloucester's fishing industry.

Check out our graphic for details and please share!

This wouldn't be possible without the hard work and dedication of Fishing Partnership Support Services, Onestop Harm Reduction Program, Addison Gilbert Hospital, North Shore Community Health, Inc., Middlesex Recovery, P.C.

02/16/2022

"To eliminate the stigma surrounding substance use disorders, we need to see these disorders for what they are: chronic, treatable medical conditions. People with substance use disorders deserve compassion and respect—not blame for their illness."

Biases against people with addiction create barriers to treatment.

02/14/2022

Now in Spanish! We love you Never Use Alone

The Never Use Alone Hotline is a great resource for those who may find themselves in a situation where they are using alone! You can call them or chat with them at neverusealone.com :)

02/10/2022

SAMHSA's Harm Reduction Grant has been dragged around social media as being "free money for crack pipes". Drug Policy Alliance breaks down what actually happened behind the headlines.

02/10/2022

Part of the fishing industry? Know someone who is? Starting tomorrow at 10am, medical and substance use care will be available at the Harbormaster's office. Spread the word!

Starting Friday, February 11th at 10am, we are hosting medical clinic at the Gloucester Harbormaster's Office. This clinic aims to bring on demand medical care and substance use treatment/harm reduction directly to Gloucester's fishing industry.

Check out our graphic for details and please share!

This wouldn't be possible without the hard work and dedication of Fishing Partnership Support Services, Onestop Harm Reduction Program, Addison Gilbert Hospital, North Shore Community Health, Inc., Middlesex Recovery, P.C.

02/09/2022

It's hard to find treatment for addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. Recovery Centers of America at Danvers program - Balance - aims to treat both. Check out the article below for more info!

Do you struggle with both addiction to drugs or alcohol and other mental health concerns, like anxiety, depression, trauma, or borderline personality disorder? If so, you are not alone.