Joshua Kane, foreground, and Mark Pinkham offload lobster while docked at Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-Op on Little Cranberry Island. Kane, a 32-year-old lobster-fishing apprentice, is a former opioid addict who encourages other fishermen to seek treatment and talks openly about his own addictions.
Snow-covered lobster traps sit on a dock in Jonesport.
Ben Crocker Sr., right, and Tristen Nelson repair lobster buoys in Crocker's shop in Bucks Harbor last month. Nelson, a 35-year-old Machias lobsterman who kicked a 20-year heroin habit last year, says: "All those years I didn't even realize that I had the best job in the world. ... What a waste."
Josh Kane and Mark Pinkham offload lobster while docked on Islesford. Kane is a former addict who encourages other fishermen to seek recovery treatment.
Tristen Nelson says a prayer with other church members during a service at the Machias Christian Fellowship church. Nelson works as a sternman aboard a lobster boat and went through the Arise recovery program for heroin addiction.
A parishoner walks out the door of the Machias Christian Fellowship church as Pastor Aaron Dudley, back to camera at right, talks to men in the lobby. The church supports a faith-based addiction recovery program in Machias called Arise.
Paul Trovarello, a former lobsterman and addict who now runs a church and a faith-based drug recovery program in Machias, talks on his cellphone. Trovarello has made a name for himself with addicts' families, tracking their loved ones down in drug dens across Washington County and offering them a place in his rehab program.
Tyler Ragone, front center, bows his head as he listens to Weston Kochendoerfer talk about his addiction to opiates and his path to recovery during a community meeting at Machias Christian Fellowship. Ragone, 19, and originally from New Jersey, is in the Arise program.
Vehicles pass over the bridge between Jonesport and Beals Island.
VJ Lenfestey, left, of Addison and Wayne Woodman of Machias pray together. Both men belong to Machias Christian Fellowship and often help out with the Arise program.
Men at the Arise house eat lunch and dinner together and rotate through cooking and cleaning duties.
Work, including shoveling snow along Elm Street, is a key component of the Arise recovery program.
The sun's rays shine around a dark cloud over Jonesport Harbor.
Kristin Seeley holds her son Lucca. His father, Sam Stevens, had returned home from a residential treatment program in Florida to attend the birth of his son, but he died of a heroin overdose two weeks before Lucca was born.
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