A note on language. At Renascent, we help people recover from substance use addiction and integrate 12-Step facilitation into our programming. We recognize that the substances our clients are recovering from and the 12-Step groups they connect with may vary. Throughout our website you may see general terms relating to the 12 Steps, as we … Continued
This blog post discusses the impact of parental alcohol misuse on children. While we recognize that organizations like Renascent and other recovery programs use terms such as alcoholic, we also acknowledge that language can shape understanding and experiences. Our goal is to provide compassionate and informative content that supports those affected. The impact of substance … Continued
Renascent alumni, Tim C. secures a $5,000 donation for Renascent Foundation through The Tenaquip Foundation This past holiday season, marked a profound milestone for Tim C.: 10 years of recovery from alcohol addiction. Grateful for the impact Renascent had on his life and recovery, Tim applied for and secured a $5,000 donation to Renascent Foundation. … Continued
While she had experimented with marijuana as a teenager, there were ultimately two traumatic incidents that shaped Jenna’s drug use. “I was sexually assaulted in university,” she shares, “and I was in a car accident in which the other person almost died. In both cases I had no way of dealing with the trauma, and … Continued
Chris grew up bouncing between foster homes and time with his mother and grandparents. “I never felt like I was part of anything real—always on the outside, looking in,” he recalls. His childhood was marked by a pervading sense that the people in his life would leave, and from an early age Chris struggled to … Continued
“I was a closet drinker,” Dan says. “I can’t express how strange it is to look at photographs of the 15 years prior to recovery and know that in every single one of them, I was drunk by the end of that day.” While he had successfully hidden his addiction from his family for years, … Continued
