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A Black Recovery Experience
The recovery community, in my experience, can be a welcoming and tolerant place, as prescribed by our principles and traditions — " the only requirement for membership is a desire..." — with a focus on our similarities rather than our differences. My quintessential...
Anti-Racism and Oppression Statement
As the events of the last weeks in Georgia, Minnesota, Louisville, and Toronto and the protests now happening worldwide have brought the issue of anti-Black racism and oppression to the public attention, the Renascent Diversity Committee and Senior Leadership have...
No One Said We Can’t Be Having Fun in Isolation
Yes, it’s a global pandemic, things are weird and scary and sad, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun in isolation. Living under the weight of all the bad and sad news isn’t sustainable — we all need a break! Here are some ways to lighten your days and have fun, despite it all:
Crack Addiction
Crack is considered the most addictive form of cocaine. The side effects and symptoms of addiction, including overdose, psychosis, and violent behaviour, also make it one of the most dangerous. If an addiction to crack is affecting your life, we understand and we can...
Protecting Your Mental Health During a Coronavirus Lockdown
In these unsettling times of isolation and lockdowns due to coronavirus, it’s extra important to protect our mental health. Addiction is a mental health concern, and so part of recovery is being aware and supportive of one’s own mental health. Here are our tips for protecting and supporting your mental health during a coronavirus lockdown.
Recovery and Isolation: Tips for Staying Safe and Sane
Staying connected is such an integral part of recovery, which makes the current situation an especially tricky one for people in recovery. To support the recovery community, who has extra pressure to stay safe and sane, here are seven tips for staying connected and...
10 Tips and Tricks for Working From Home
It's the dream, isn't it? Being able to work from your couch, not having to get dressed or commute or survive office chit chat over a broken printer? Except now that we're all living the dream, some of us are discovering that working from home can really mess up your...
12-step Meetings in a Time of Coronavirus
Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and other 12-step meetings are the type of gathering where illnesses can easily be transmitted, and so here are our tips for steering clear of viruses while staying on track.
Oxycodone Addiction
The next four days without oxycodone were awful. My skin crawled. I felt as though I was going through the same mental and emotional turmoil I had endured when I stopped drinking alcohol 25 years earlier. The ferocity of the withdrawal from narcotics was surprisingly...
Ask a Family Therapist: Do I stay or do I go?
Ask a Family Therapist with Sunil Boodhai, MSW (RSW), BEd., manager of Renascent’s Family Care Programs, therapist, and counsellor. Q: My husband has had a drinking problem since the beginning of our marriage. He has gone to treatment three times now. Each time...