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Renee W.
Renee W. is a recovery-storyteller who shared her journey from homelessness and addiction to long-term sobriety as a guest on The Cup of Joe Show recovery podcast.
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Oct 8, 2026
Diamond in the Rough: Renee W.’s Safe Landing Space
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20:05JoeHOST
What, was there a moment, um, even through all of this grief, that you realized you needed help or you wanted help?
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20:19Renee W.GUEST
I think what the turning point was for me is, uh, three months after I had, had lost m- you know, the second child, um, a- and I can tell you, I stood at her grave and, and I flipped God off and said, "I don't know what I ever did to deserve this," you know? And so my relationship with, at that point, with God was gone, and three months later I ended up pregnant again.
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20:45Renee W.GUEST
And, um, and, and I, that was just, um, it was really hard, you know? It's when I had done a geographic from California to Dallas, and um, and I wasn't gonna keep the child 'cause there, I just couldn't even imagine how to do that emotionally, right? And so I had, I had scheduled to, to, to, um, to have an abortion, flat out.
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21:09Renee W.GUEST
And that d- that morning, a, uh, a beautiful little blonde hair, blue-eyed little girl that was about three months old sat in my section, and I just couldn't do it.
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21:22Renee W.GUEST
And so, you know, I went, I went through that entire pregnancy and, and you know, life just still being crazy 'cause I was crazy.
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33:44JoeHOST
But, uh, so what are, what's w- like, what, share some of your experience over the last, you know, good, bad, ugly, you know? Um-