Step 1: “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.” By Dan, Renascent Alumni I owe a lot of my recovery to following the 12 Steps, and every one of them is important. But the truth is, none of them can happen until you fully embrace Step 1. You … Continued
By Colin W., Renascent Alumni From my childhood through my teens, into adulthood, and through the trials [no pun intended] of addiction, my relationship with my family has been something I made complicated. I think it’s difficult to see things from someone else’s perspective [for example, my family’s] when being held firmly in the clutches … Continued
“I started selling drugs at a young age,” Kyle recalls. “I was 15 or 16 at the time, and I after a while I started doing the drugs, too. I was in and out of jail, and I overdosed three times. I lost both of my parents to drug overdoses, too. It wasn’t the life … Continued
By Sue W., Renascent Alumni Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. My spiritual awakening came in January 2020 when I slammed my truck into the back of a parked car and … Continued
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
For me, recovery hasn’t just been about breaking free from addiction—it’s been about finding peace within myself. That journey really began to take shape in Step 11, which says: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and … Continued
