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
I’ve completed Step 6 a few times. At first, I thought it would be easy, but I was wrong. The Step reads: “We’re entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” It’s difficult to share about Step 6 without first mentioning the preceding Steps. By the time a person gets to Step … Continued
In and out of treatment and the rooms of recovery for over seven years, Brad felt like a fraud. “I kept relapsing and was overdosing every month. I was high at meetings and lying about being clean,” shared Brad candidly. Brad’s sponsor grew increasingly concerned for his health. A Fentanyl user, Brad risked death with … Continued
For Matthew, the path to addiction started innocently enough. “When I was around 13, I’d steal a bit of beer or have a glass of wine when my family entertained,” he recalls. But within a few years he’d graduated to drinking in his room, followed by using harder drugs and “lots of partying” in university. … Continued
“The six-week virtual program at Renascent was my last of four attempts at rehab,” Tom says. “And it stuck. As of this moment, I’ve been in recovery for 21,418 hours.” As with all journeys, Tom’s path to Renascent started with a single step. “I’d been fighting addiction for four or five years,” he recalls, “and … Continued
By Jenna, Renascent Alumni “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” I think the biggest task within Step 5 is understanding that “our wrongs” are a part of our reality. A lot of times, especially at the beginning of my recovery, I tried to pretend those … Continued
