Alumni Program · Biddeford, Maine
You finish the program. You don't leave the community.
Our alumni program keeps Portland Treatment graduates connected long after the last group, weekly alumni meetups in Biddeford, peer support across Southern Maine, and a door that opens immediately if things get shaky. Free, for life, for anyone who has completed care with us.
Free for graduates · Weekly meetups · Family welcome
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Why aftercare matters
The riskiest stretch is right after treatment ends
Treatment gives you structure, people, and something to show up for three days a week. When that ends, the calendar goes quiet, and quiet is where old routines come back. Continuing-care research consistently finds that people who stay connected to some form of ongoing support after a program do better than people who stop cold.
The alumni program is that connection. Not another level of care and not a requirement, a standing room full of people from Biddeford, Saco, Portland, Old Orchard Beach, and Sanford who went through the same program you did and know exactly what month four feels like.
It also gives us a way to catch a slip before it becomes a relapse. If you tell an alumni facilitator that things are slipping, you get a clinical call the same week, not a waitlist. If you want the difference between the two spelled out, read relapse vs. slipping.
Medically reviewed
Benjamin Crocker, MD
Psychiatrist · Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine · MD, The Ohio State University · Residency & fellowship training at the University of Michigan and LAC+USC Medical Center
Last reviewed August 2026. Read our editorial standards & clinical review process
What's included
Support that continues after discharge
Weekly alumni meetup
A recurring evening group at our Biddeford center, check in, catch up, and hear how people a year ahead of you handled the same week.
Peer connection
Phone numbers, rides, and the informal network that actually gets people through a hard Friday night. Built in the room, used outside it.
Fast re-entry to care
Struggling? One call gets you a clinical check-in and, if needed, a rapid step back into IOP or outpatient therapy. No starting over from the beginning.
Family welcome
Recovery is a household project. Partners, parents, and adult kids are welcome at designated alumni events and can access family therapy.
Sober social events
Cookouts, beach walks, holiday gatherings, Southern Maine milestones celebrated without alcohol at the center of them.
Milestone recognition
Thirty days, six months, a year. Marked out loud, because progress that nobody names is easy to talk yourself out of believing.
Weekly alumni meetups
Same building. Same people. No clinical paperwork.
Alumni meetups run weekly at our outpatient center at 6 Digital Drive in Biddeford, twenty minutes down I-95 from Portland. The format is simple: an open check-in, a topic if the group wants one, and time afterward that usually matters as much as the meeting. No fee, no attendance record, no obligation to come every week.
Days and times shift with the season and the group. Call 855-449-7674 for the current schedule, or ask your clinician before discharge and we'll add you to the alumni list.
Alumni support pairs well with community recovery meetings and recovery housing across Southern Maine, see our Maine recovery resources and sober living support pages.
Questions
The alumni program, answered
Who can join the alumni program?+
Anyone who has completed a program with Portland Treatment, PHP, IOP, virtual IOP, or outpatient therapy, is an alumnus for life. There's no fee, no application, and no requirement to have finished perfectly.
Does the alumni program cost anything?+
No. Alumni meetups and events are free. They are peer support, not billable clinical services, so there's nothing to run through MaineCare or your insurance.
Where and when do alumni meetups happen?+
Weekly at our center at 6 Digital Drive, Biddeford, Maine, about twenty minutes from Portland and easy to reach from Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Scarborough, Kennebunk, and Sanford. Days and times change seasonally; call 855-449-7674 for the current schedule.
What if I relapsed, am I still welcome?+
Yes, absolutely. A return to use is a reason to come in, not a reason to stay away. Tell a facilitator or call us and we'll arrange a clinical check-in that week and, if needed, a fast step back into IOP or outpatient care.
Is this the same as AA or NA?+
No. Twelve-step meetings are independent community fellowships and many of our alumni attend them. The alumni program is Portland Treatment's own graduate community, same clinicians, same building, same program you completed, and it's designed to complement whatever outside meetings you use, not replace them.
Can my family come?+
Family members and supportive people in your life are welcome at designated alumni events, and family therapy remains available if you want structured sessions. Addiction affects the whole household, and so does recovery.
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Related care at Portland Treatment
Levels of care
- Partial hospitalization program (PHP) in Biddeford
Our most structured day treatment, five days a week, home each night.
- Intensive outpatient program (IOP) in Southern Maine
Nine-plus clinical hours a week with day and evening tracks.
- Virtual IOP for anywhere in Maine
The same IOP curriculum by secure telehealth, statewide.
- Outpatient program (OP) for ongoing recovery
One to two sessions a week that fit around work and family.
How we treat
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Practical tools for the thoughts that drive use and relapse.
- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
Distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills that hold up.
- Individual therapy in Biddeford
One-on-one counseling with the same clinician each week.
- Group therapy sessions
Small clinician-led groups with people in the same fight.
Where we serve
- Addiction treatment in Biddeford, Maine
Our home clinic, in the mill district off Route 111.
- Addiction treatment for Portland, Maine
A 20-minute drive down I-95 from the Portland peninsula.
- Addiction treatment for Saco, Maine
Minutes across the river from our Biddeford clinic.
- All Southern Maine areas we serve
Every city and town within driving distance of Biddeford.
Discharge day isn't the finish line.
It's the day the alumni program starts.
855-449-7674Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Free and confidential.