These are common signs you may need help for heroin addiction. If you need help or someone to talk to about how to quit heroin, call us for help: 1-866-232-1212
Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid: it is made in a lab from morphine that has been chemically processed. It enters the brain quickly and produces a more immediate effect. It is highly addictive and dangerous – death from heroin overdose is an immediate and a highly probable risk if you use this drug.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health reports that there are also long-term dangers of heroin abuse and heroin addiction: research using brain scans shows that long-term regular use of heroin can change the way your brain works, and that it can take months or years for the brain to return to normal. With treatment, these effects are reversible.
We know that heroin abuse and heroin addiction are powerful foes. But we also know that with the right treatment program, recovery is possible.
With abstinence-based treatment, even those with the most serious of addictions can find renewed health and healing, and a truly transformative experience.
Once the first step is taken – admitting you need help for heroin addiction – the journey to healing and recovery has begun.
Our comprehensive, person-centred Toronto region addiction treatment programs take place in safe, serene and caring environments inside beautifully restored heritage homes. Our abstinence-based model integrates 12-step facilitation with other best practices in clinical and medical approaches, which are proven to make a difference in long-term sobriety.
Our intensive in-patient heroin abuse treatment program (28–35 day stays) provides around-the-clock counselling and support from our team of registered psychotherapists and certified drug and alcohol addiction specialists, all of whom have lived experience of addiction and long-term recovery.
At Renascent we treat the whole person, because heroin addiction affects you on every level. Your care will be based on a heroin rehab program tailored to meet your unique needs.
Renascent is committed to providing the highest quality of care to all our clients,
and their families, where and when they need it most.
We have been a trusted recovery centre for high-quality, evidence-based care for over five decades. And as one of the most experienced and longest-serving treatment centres in Ontario, we lead with integrity and honesty across all our programs.
As a not-for-profit, Renascent puts people first. Every dollar goes into delivering world-class treatment. As a registered charity, our pricing is always fair and no one is turned away because of a lack of funds, thanks to our donors.
We are proudly accredited by the Canadian Centre for Accreditation. This means that we routinely undergo an extensive review of our practices and procedures to ensure they meet the rigorous standards for quality of care, organizational performance.
Our programming spans the full continuum of addiction and recovery care, from screening and assessment to intensive treatment and continuing, and alumni care. Renascent also offers support programs for adults, families, and children, as well as programs for workplaces and organizations.
We are committed to creating a physically, psychologically and culturally safe and inclusive environment for all. Providing gender-specific and -responsive care is a critical part of how we ensure that every person can recover. Renascent is LGBTQ2IA2S+ friendly and welcomes all.
Your care team at Renascent includes a multidisciplinary group of addiction-trained doctors, registered psychotherapists, nurses, and certified addiction counsellors. And our team members have lived experience of addiction and recovery, which means they can connect with clients in an authentic way.
Our addiction treatment centres offer rehab programs individually and in groups, presented by our team of registered psychotherapists and certified drug addiction specialists, all of whom have lived experience of addiction and long-term recovery.
Renascent’s rehab centres are comfortable, beautifully restored heritage homes, not bleak institutions. You will be surrounded by loving, caring, experienced staff and other people who are also getting help for an addiction and on a journey of recovery – the best possible environment for addiction help and healing.
