The Journey to Becoming Yourself
Alicia Renegar is a Certified Addiction Peer Recovery Coach and SMART Facilitator in Columbus, Indiana. She has faced much adversity and discrimination in her life journey for being gay, but she shares how she has turned this negativity into strength and is helping others on their path to recovery.
In this podcast, she talks about:
The challenges and discrimination she faced from the leadership in school for coming out as gay
How people’s fear of change impacts their decisions and attitudes towards what they perceive as different
Her parents being very supportive and giving her a solid foundation to be who she was
The journey to becoming herself
How her deep seeded trauma pushed through and ultimately led to her addiction
Volunteering then working for ASAP Hub
Find SMART and taking the facilitator training course
Starting an LGBTQIA+ meeting in Columbus, Indiana
Why SMART resonates with people
The proudest moment of her life was becoming a Certified Addiction Peer Recovery Coach
The obstacles and dangers of being an LGBTQIA+ activist