Displaced TURNING TIDE patients:
Please read below!!
Updated on Sunday, August 29, 2010

Make sure officials know of your struggle!
  1. If you were a CURRENT  Turning Tide patient who was unable to continue treatment due to transportation issues or due to schedule conflicts  or you are a patient who is struggling daily to continue treatment out of town please contact-:The Maine Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) at 207-287-2595 and ask for Tracy Weymouth.  Please understand that they may not be able to help you a lot at this time. However,  if you don't make them aware of your struggle, it will continue to be overlooked! If you are unable or unwilling to call OSA please use ARM-ME's confidential contact form HERE to tell us your story so we can show officials how many people are struggling to continue treatment or without treatment.
  2. If you were NOT a Turning Tide patient, but are still struggling in some way because of the closure (due to discrimination, clogged clinic lines or just because you are petrified something like this could happen at YOUR clinic) please use our confidential contact form HERE to tell us your story!
  3. The more people who call the OSA or tell their story to ARM-ME, the better chance  help will be offered!!


TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
  1. At this time if you do not have a car or someone to transport you to treatment, Coastal Transportation can not help you. There are no coastal transportation buses running to any clinic from the Rockland area.  If you are traveling (and you are MaineCare eligible) you can be reimbursed for UP TO the distance to the closest clinic. This does not mean that you will not get any reimbursement if you have chosen to go to a clinic other than the clinic closest to your home.  It just means you will only receive reimbursement UP TO the mileage (according to GOOGLE MAPS) it would have been from your residence to the closest clinic to your home.


If you chose not to continue treatment and you are now at risk of relapse and/or overdose:
  1. If your withdrawal is severe please go to your primary care doctor or the closest ER.  They will not give you your methadone, but they can treat your symptoms. They should be able to direct you to other forms of treatment for addiction, including help with medical withdrawal. 
  2. If you have other health conditions withdrawal CAN be very dangerous, do not assume "I will live" and try to wait it out. Addicts have been told over and over that opiate withdrawal is not life threatening. However this is not always true, especially if you have other health conditions that complicate your withdrawal! If in doubt, go to your doctor or the hospital closest to you! If you are treated poorly by your health care provider contact ARM-ME as soon as possible so that we can help you file a complaint against the provider.
  3. You are extremely vulnerable to overdose right now!  Do not assume because you were on methadone that you will be able to "handle" large doses of other opioids to ease the pain of your withdrawal. If you take any illicit opioids (or other drugs from the street) please be aware that your tolerance to methadone is not a safe indication of what your tolerance to other opioids will be-so BE CAREFUL!