Clear Path Intervention travels to families in Portland and across Maine, plans the intervention with you and lines up treatment before the day arrives.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Portland, from South Portland to Windham, traveling in through Portland International Jetport (PWM).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at University of Southern Maine, University of New England or Southern Maine Community College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Portland International Jetport (PWM).
Local crisis and access line. Maine Crisis Line (24/7): 1-888-568-1112.
Public behavioral health. Maine DHHS Office of Behavioral Health.
Treatment court. Adult Treatment and Recovery Court, Cumberland County Superior Court (Portland).
Family support. NAMI Portland and Maine Al-Anon Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into Portland International Jetport (PWM) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Portland or out of state.
In Cumberland County, public behavioral health services run through Maine DHHS Office of Behavioral Health.
Maine's OPTIONS program places behavioral health liaisons and recovery coaches in counties across the state to connect people with substance use disorder to treatment that fits them (source).
Adult Treatment and Recovery Court, Cumberland County Superior Court (Portland) can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Portland and Maine Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. Maine's general mental health commitment law (34-B M.R.S. 3801(5) and 3864) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: how we handle alcohol interventions across Maine and how we plan drug interventions in Maine.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Portland, Maine Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 1-888-568-1112, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Maine interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Portland and Cumberland County, usually through Portland International Jetport (PWM). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Portland, Maine Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 1-888-568-1112, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Maine DHHS Office of Behavioral Health.
Yes. Adult Treatment and Recovery Court, Cumberland County Superior Court (Portland) connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Portland and Maine Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
