Bare Knuckle Recovery

Jarred White, Marine Combat Veteran and Founder of FW22, is back on the show and he's talking in circles.

- Jarred talks about being shaped like a circle and making positive life changes

- He talks about the importance of the people you surround yourself with and keep in your circle

- He shares how these relationships have come full-circle with Nate's involvement in FW22 and the partnerships bet...

Nate & Tommy sit down with Ciara and Emma to talk about the greatest lie ever told in recovery:

🤥 "For someone to get help with their addiction, they have to want it."

🤥 "It needs to be their idea, or else it won't work"

The truth is - recovery is not for those who want it or those that need it.

It's just for those who do it.

These 4 people, all now li...

Tommy Streeter and Nate Moellering host returning guest, Bob Springer, to talk about reaching out for help when struggling with addiction.

Drawing on their own experiences, the three discuss how addicts often don't necessarily know what they are asking for when they reach out for help, and how some who ask for help are not fully accepting of the help that is offered.

When you don't fully surrender and ac...

Anthony Ponds faced capital murder charges at age 19. 

Today, he is a featured speaker for Remedy Live's 'Get Schooled Tour' and board member at Inspiration Ministry.

So how did he get to where he was at age 19? And then how did he get to where he is now, speaking inspiration and knowledge into the kids within our community?

Hear Anthony's incredible powerful story, hosted by Tommy Str...

Ciara grew up in a pretty violent household as a child. By 11-years-old, on a search to find something in her life that she could control, Ciara had developed a serious eating disorder. 

If we fast-forward the next parts of her story through the drug and alcohol abuse, more trauma, stints in jail, stints in various treatment facilities, and time on probation, Ciara now lives a full and productive life in long-term recovery...

As an addict, you cause a lot of damage to your life and to the loved ones around you. When you get sober, mending those relationships and rebuilding trust isn't always easy.

It's not just the stuff you stole - like money, clothes, jewelry, etc. It's the time, the joy, the peace... stuff that you can't pay back.

Bob Springer is back in the studio with us, this time as an official member of the ...

One of the most common questions we are asked, and maybe one of the most common excuses to avoid getting treatment, is centered around how to balance taking time off of work to seek treatment for addiction and/or mental health.

Two of our Bare Knuckle Recovery team members join Tommy and Nate to share their thoughts and experiences from different perspectives.

During the first half of this episode, Jaime Murphy sh...

Mike Sedjo, one of the Bare Knuckle Recovery team members, sits down with Nate & Tommy to share his story of addiction and recovery.

Mike, like a lot of families who are affected by addiction, thought that hard drugs and serious drug addiction was just something that you hear about in other areas of the country. "Certainly this doesn't happen in my small town or in my family..."

The truth is, ad...

In this difficult but important episode, we explore the often-unseen impact of substance abuse – the toll it takes on families who lose loved ones to addiction. 

Nate & Tommy are joined by two special guests, Theresa Juillerat and Alice Jordan, who have both experienced the devastating loss of a child to substance abuse.

They'll share their powerful stories of grief, resilience, and the challenges of navigating a w...

ttps://www.bareknucklerecovery.com/episode-18-drug-court/ Tommy and Nate welcome BKR team member, Zach, back to the show along with longtime friend of the show, Dick Boggess.

Now working together in the community to help those battling addiction, Zach & Dick's history together started inside of drug court under very different circumstances.

Remember, you can watch all of our episodes on YouTube, catch the...

(Watch this episode here: https://www.bareknucklerecovery.com/episode-17-felonies-to-recovery/) Bob Springer from 'Felonies to Recovery' joined Nate and Tommy of Bare Knuckle Recovery to tell his very personal story of addiction.

Bob's struggle with drug use began at an early age and led him to crime and imprisonment on several occasions.

He shares how he finally overcame the lifestyle and addicti...

Cody Knuckles and John Humphries make up the duo, Cody & John Speak. Both living in recovery, Cody & John lean on their firsthand experiences to speak to young people at schools about the true dangers of drug and alcohol abuse, to encourage them to understand that they have purpose, and to help them understand the power of their choices and decisions.

Cody and John joined Nate and Tommy today on the Bare Knuckle Recovery Pod...

Jarred White, Founder of FW22 in Fort Wayne, IN, sits down with Tommy and Nate to discuss his time serving in the Marines, and what he experienced after returning home.

Every single day in the United States, 22 Veterans take their own lives.

Give the episode a watch to learn about what FW22 is doing to help bring that number down, support families affected by suicide and encourage people to speak up about mental health.

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Fort Wayne Police Sergeant Mark Gerardot joins Bare Knuckle Recovery's Nate & Tommy to talk about overcoming adversity.

From Sergeant Gerardot's perspective working in the field, as well as Nate & Tommy's perspective of using their own pain and struggles as they navigated through addiction and ultimately recovery, they are sharing their stories to try to help people going through similar situations ...