NERC and Spectrum Employee Spotlight: Marybeth Adams
The path to working in addiction recovery can begin with an experience that reveals how deeply substance misuse and mental health are intertwined. For Marybeth Adams, that realization came early in her career while working as a social worker in corrections. Today, Marybeth is the Executive Director of Inpatient Services at New England Recovery Center ...
Spectrum Employee Spotlight: Theresa Dineen
When Theresa Dineen joined Spectrum Health Systems in 2011, she was making a major career change. Before working in addiction treatment, she spent many years as a paralegal at a large international corporation. While she had built a successful career, she began to feel that something was missing. She wanted to do work that felt ...
How Technology Strengthens the Patient Experience in Addiction Recovery
Technology is an important part of addiction recovery, helping providers improve access, communication, coordination, and continuity of care. While recovery remains deeply personal and relationship-based, digital tools can make the treatment experience easier to navigate and more responsive to each patient’s needs. From electronic health records and telehealth to patient portals, secure communication tools, and ...
Board Member Spotlight: Danielle Jurema Lederman
Supporting people has always been at the center of Danielle Jurema Lederman’s work. As a partner in Bowditch’s Employment Practice Area, Danielle advises employers on nearly every stage of the employment relationship, from hiring and workplace policies to discrimination claims and reductions in force. She also represents employers in mediation, arbitration, litigation, and investigations involving ...
National Recovery Month 2026
Every September, National Recovery Month recognizes the millions of people living in addiction recovery while highlighting the families, peers, treatment professionals, and communities who help make recovery possible. First observed in 1989 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), National Recovery Month also raises awareness of evidence-based treatment and recovery practices and ...
What Makes Stimulant Misuse So Risky?
Stimulants are a class of drugs that increase activity in the brain and body. They can boost alertness and attention, but they can also harm one's health. Some stimulants can be prescribed and safely monitored by a doctor, but others, including cocaine and methamphetamine, are illegal and carry serious risks. While many people associate overdose ...
