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Dax Shepard: Rock Bottom Isn’t Always What Makes You Change Your Life
Is Sexuality and Substance Abuse Correlated Within the LGBT Community?
Join couples as they discuss what it was like to struggle with substance abuse and how it affected their relationship. What was the drug of choice? Did your sexuality play a role in your substance abuse? How...
What Happens When a Mother is Addicted to Meth?
Simplifying Humility And Integrity
Alumni Perspective: Willingness
by Mandy Munro Alumni, March 2017 So many of us seek recovery when we are desperate and have tried our own ways and failed. We have had our share of pain and suffering and are looking for the solution. Yet the biggest riddle is this: When given the solution,...
6 Ways to Learn to Love Yourself in Recovery
Self-love in recovery can be a challenge, but it's part of the process of overcoming all the complicated self-esteem hurdles that can come with the early stages of recovery. Before you can love anyone else, you have to truly love yourself!1. Look in the...
Be More Than All Talk — 7 Easy Ways To Be An Action Hero!
It's Bell Let’s Talk Day, but all we can think about is action! Opening up the conversation about mental health is important, of course, but in the work Team Renascent does we know that recovery is more than just talk: it’s about action. Taking action in support of...
It’s Time to Quit… Smoking
Alumni Perspective: Carrying The Message Through Gratitude and Giving
Rick A. was an incredibly committed supporter of Renascent's recovery community. In the years since he was a client, he had become a sort of Santa Claus, showing up with gifts for those in treatment over the holiday season. Rick passed away on March 28,...
Best Non-Alcoholic Cocktails for the Holidays
Looking to get into the spirits without getting into the spirits? We're here to help. Here are some of our favourites from years past: Cranberry-Apple Cider Punch(Modified from here) A fizzy and refreshing taste of the season that's super easy...