If you ask anyone who works at Renascent how the organization views addiction as it relates to the family unit, they’ll let you know that we recognize and treat addiction as a family issue. This means that Renascent works toward supporting the recovery of every member of the family unit – from the person who … Continued
By: Sunil Boodhai, Manager – Family and Outpatient Programs Resilience is: a how a person navigates through adversity using internal and external resources to support healthy adaption, recovery and successful outcomes. learned throughout a person’s life — we are always building resilience. not something anyone is born with. Everyone can build resilience to deal with … Continued
Jennie Bell’s children were in their teens when she found recovery from addiction. Over the more than 13 years that have passed since, Jennie has had honest and open conversations with her children about her addiction and the impact it had on them. These conversations help give Jennie a unique and empathetic perspective which she … Continued
By: Cheryl M. Sitting here now, I can appreciate the journey to my sobriety. I don’t regret all the bad stuff. Instead, I give thanks for the gratitude that overflows daily of who I am today. I am a better Mother. When I made my amends to my then 20 and 16 year old boys, … Continued
It has not been an easy road getting here. After many attempts at staying sober, losing everything I ever cared about and loved, including my children and my marriage, I finally gained enough of what I now know is humility to work an honest program of recovery. I needed the humility to throw away my old ways of thinking and commit to keeping an open mind while working through the 12 steps. I came back to AA after an 8-year relapse, broken and hating myself. With this commitment I learned about my old coping skills and the “nature” of my wrongs and how they were truly blocking me from any spiritual relationship.
We often tell people that “addiction is a family disease”; it’s a common saying and for good reason. We know that addiction is a disease, and just like other illnesses, it can be passed down through generations of family members. Families are also interconnected systems: the whole is a sum of each part. Family members … Continued
Hello, my name is Mallory and I am a recovered drug addict and alcoholic. When I came to Renascent in November of 2019, I was completely hopeless. Through my addiction I had lost my job, my home, my children, and my husband. My husband had been arrested; that was the straw that broke the camel’s … Continued
Family is something that we all have…some good and some not so much! When you are dealing with a dysfunctional family as a child, you can take one a role in order to survive. Here are four of the roles that children take on to cope and deal with the negative and unhealthy family environment. … Continued
My name is Jay, I’m an alcoholic and an addict. I’m an alumni of Renascent; I went through in 2013 and in 2015 — yeah, slow learner. But I’m here today just to share quickly with you about the family dynamic. Family Day is right around the corner here, and you know, when I was … Continued
When I was given the opportunity to do my student placement with Renascent’s Family Care Team this year, I was thrilled. I’ve heard for years about the magic that happens in the Essential Family Care Programs, and I couldn’t wait to witness it firsthand. What I couldn’t have anticipated was that I would also watch … Continued
