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Bare Knuckle Recovery
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Bare Knuckle Recovery is a personal vlog dedicated to education around drug and alcohol abuse. Your hosts are Nate & Tommy, both recovery addicts who now work at Fort Wayne Recovery, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in Fort Wayne, IN. Nate & Tommy started this vlog to provide free educational content from their experiences as both addicts as well as working with addicts. The information we share is designed to help those struggling with alcohol and/or drug addiction, as well as the families of addicts. Follow us on Facebook at bareknucklerecovery
Breaking Free & Building Back: Rebuilding Trust in Sobriety
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 BKR crew, to talk from his perspective what that has been like for him as he started getting his life back together and worked to rebuild those relationships with family and friends.
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 BKR crew, to talk from his perspective what that has been like for him as he started getting his life back together and worked to rebuild those relationships with family and friends.
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Wellness in the Workplace: Addressing Addiction & Mental Health in a Professional Environment
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www.bareknucklerecovery.com/ 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. Durin...
Underage & Under the Influence: Mike's Story of Early Substance Use, Addiction, and Recovery
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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, a...
Substance Abuse & the Family Members They Leave Behind
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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 challeng...
Stories & Insights on Drug Court (with Zach Dawson & Dick Boggess)
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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 UA-cam, catc...
Breaking the Chains: Living A Life of Purpose After Addiction, Crime & Incarceration
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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 addiction to now not only live a full life in recovery, but to also help others who are battling the...
Drug Addiction, the Fentanyl Crisis, and the Power of Choices with 'Cody & John Speak'
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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 o...
THE SAMDREW | Introducing Sam Helser & Andrew Norris | Bare Knuckle Recovery
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BKR Team Members, Sam & Andrew, join Nate and Tommy to share their stories of addiction to recovery. bareknucklerecovery.com
Marine Combat Vet & Founder of FW22, Jarred White, Talks About Suicide Awareness and Mental Health
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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 spe...
The Differences Between Detoxing from Alcohol, Opioids, Benzodiazepines
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On this episode of the Bare Knuckle Recovery Podcast, Tommy and Nate answer a question from a viewer: What are the differences in detoxing from alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, etc? The short answer is - there are varying effects depending on the substance you withdraw from. Some come with more serious and dangerous side effects than others. The better answer is - listen to this episode for a...
Overcoming Adversity with Returning Guest, Fort Wayne Police Sergeant Mark Gerardot
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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 situat...
Setting Boundaries with Loved Ones in Active Addiction
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Nate and Tommy are back in the studio talking gas station hotdogs and the importance of setting boundaries with loved ones who are in active recovery. www.bareknucklerecovery.com/
Parental Substance Abuse & How it Affects Younger Generations
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bareknucklerecovery.com Director of Admissions for Fort Wayne Recovery & Allendale Treatment, Kelby Thiebaut, joins Tommy & Nate to talk about the effects of parental substance abuse, and more specifically, her own personal experience.
Common Fears in Early Recovery
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No guest, no topic...no problem. Tommy and Nate dive into the common fears people face in early recovery, based on both their experience and of those going through treatment around them.
Using Technology to Start Meaningful Conversations
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As you may have noticed in the background of our previous episodes, the Bare Knuckle Recovery Podcast is recorded in the RemedyLIVE studio here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Today, we’ve brought Clinton Faupel, Executive Director & Co-Founder of RemedyLIVE, from behind the scenes and into the hot seat. Clinton, Tommy & Nate discuss RemedyLIVE, using technology to start meaningful conversations, and s...
(Article Reaction) Why Children Ages 1-5 Are Testing Positive to Fentanyl
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(Article Reaction) Why Children Ages 1-5 Are Testing Positive to Fentanyl
The Mom of an Addict Sits Down with BKR to Share Her Story
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The Mom of an Addict Sits Down with BKR to Share Her Story
No, Your Addiction Isn't Cured After Treatment: The Importance of an Aftercare Program
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No, Your Addiction Isn't Cured After Treatment: The Importance of an Aftercare Program
Fort Wayne Police Sergeant, Mark Gerardot, visits Bare Knuckle Recovery
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Fort Wayne Police Sergeant, Mark Gerardot, visits Bare Knuckle Recovery
How Do I Help Someone (in Addiction) Who Doesn't Want Help?
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How Do I Help Someone (in Addiction) Who Doesn't Want Help?
Asking for - and Getting Help - During the Holidays
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Asking for - and Getting Help - During the Holidays
Surviving the Holidays in Early Recovery
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Surviving the Holidays in Early Recovery
Nate Moellering (Bare Knuckle Recovery) Joins Fox News to Discuss Drug Addiction
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Nate Moellering (Bare Knuckle Recovery) Joins Fox News to Discuss Drug Addiction
Nate & Tommy Make Their TikTok Debut with Song for Charlie
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Nate & Tommy Make Their TikTok Debut with Song for Charlie
Wish you would’ve expanded on the sugar and junk food thing. I was just talking to my partner the other day about how he was all irritable and came home from a shopping trip with a twelve pack and donuts and cookies along with the groceries he actually went for. It just seemed like an excessive amount from what he normally gets. Usually it’s like a six pack if he’s gonna buy alcohol unless we’re going camping or something, and either the cookies or the donuts but not both. I’ve been checking USPS every morning to see if there’s a package coming….
Where can I find information on the program that they called Smart recovery which is more intellectually based self regulated recovery program?
Thank you for sharing your experience, it really really helps
Incredible information!!!! The epidemic of not dealt with soon, will exterminate generations upon generations, if it hasn’t already. My only complaint with you guys is I wish you were in Florida!!!
I did not realize until it was too late, and I felt obligated and was in love with him. Nothing has changed but that I've become bitter, don't care if he does or not. The manipulation, the lies, the gaslighting, the making me feel like I am the worse person in the world, my reality was all a lie. The only help he keep telling me that if I just not argue with him, he will stop. This has not happened. Am I wrong for not caring anymore. I wish I had the strength to put him out or make him hit bottom to change, instead I hit bottom.
What if a alcoholic is drinking and driving?? Call the police? He is working and needs to drive to work, but it’s unsafe for everyone to let him drive around. Sometimes he drives with his 13 year old daughter. Help?
GREAT episode. It truly resonated with my experience.
another fantastic episode and thank you all for sharing your lived experiences. I too would like to see the marital side of this topic. Thank you!
Great episode! I have a daughter who has been on drugs for so many years. I need help!
This was a fantastic episode. Thank you for sharing. It would be awesome if at a future date you could get the marital side of this topic as well. How do you forgive and move forward with a spouse that uses (The wife or the husband)?
Thank you
I've been in recovery 4 years now and I'm about to start my podcasts on recovery I like your content thanks
If someone doesn't want to get help don't fight, criticise, or pontificate. Let them know you love them, stay positive and hopeful and most importantly lay down your boundaries and do not enable.
Thank you so much for helping people. Your podcasts are as much for the person suffering from substance abuse as it is for the family members. I am a Mom of a drug user here in Florida and we have been struggling with her drug problem for over 16 years, with her having a clean spell for about 6 years after she successfully completed drug court. Back then there were no podcasts. Now it's been about 7 years of her on again off again drug use, mainly on again, and your messages have helped me so very much to understand her struggle more. After she recently successfully completed another program I always play your podcasts for her as we are driving in the car and it has helped her and jeeps me settled. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! 💚💜
It seems like the times during which they get increasingly more addicted, should be some of the most productive times in ones life
How do i help my mum who’s had an alcohol addiction for some time.
I’ve enjoyed listening to this, my heart breaks for them, that has the addiction, I’m like the rest of the moms. I don’t want my children or grandchildren living on the street, I don’t want them or cold. Us moms try’s to fix everything, but we can’t, it takes a long time for us to realize it. My daughter and my son , and two grandsons, and there’s many more, I’ve watched them, sometimes I get so sick seeing this young children, and dying so young, middle age, my God what’s go on In this live. God please HELP us, to hold on to your hand. That we put our faith in you, and you alone.
Do you have places in Asheville, Hendersonville NC That can help the Moms addiction. Children Addiction.? And Grandchildren Addiction.?
Great video!
The very best video yet!!!the way he told how old he was how l didn’t know what to do?? Great work!!
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I’m so glad you guys never stopped!!! So helpful.
Great video and has been helping me. This is my third time watching this video and its helped me each and every time!
I love these podcasts. I work with folks in recovery and sometimes their loved ones too. I also have a 35 year old son who is an addict and alcoholic, currently living on the street or in a hotel from time to time. It's certainly easier for me to be a counsellor for others struggling than it is to deal with my own son. Thank you for the great practical insights. I'm trying to follow the great advice with my own child.
I appreciate all the things you talked about. So helpful with the hard conversation I am going to have this evening.
My son is homeless, right now and threatening suicide. I called the police and they talked to him on the phone. Because he said he wasn’t suicidal so they aren’t doing anything else. This is happening right now and I don’t know if I should go look for him now . He has also blocked me on his phone. We need someone to talk to!
My brother has an addiction. & It's devastating. He doesn't want the help. And I can't just sit by and let him die...
I'm in the same situation, addiction to alcohol developed from coping with mental illness. What do we do next? I can't let him die but he has pushed me away. I'm looking up videos because I'm desperate for help. I want to save him, my heart is broken. I hope you are doing well given the circumstances 😢❤
I found you recently and I am very thankful for your program tonight. You mentioned how the families of addicts can go through some terrible times because they're worried about their relative who is addicted. When you mentioned how your mother would put her hand on your back at night to see as if you were still breathing, that struck a chord with me. I 've been trying to find a way to not get sick when my daughter calls up, homeless, begging for food, finagling for all sorts of things, sleeping in a car with another addict......It's awful.I have been sending food to her via Instacart but I am thinking , after everyone I've listened to and/or spoken with about enabling, that I need to stop sending money and food. And this is something I hope you guys could address at one time: I haven't found anyone who has mentioned what young women go through on the streets...my girl has been assaulted and mugged and I can barely do anything at all after I hear from her or get a text on someone's cell......I am horrified and overwhelmed, So, if there's a chance you could discuss the serious problems female addicts go through, and if you can find any way to suggest how to protect them, oh, I'd be so grateful. Congratulations on your own recoveries....I wish you both all the best.
Still having trouble about enabling, the addict has no money. Does that mean leave the addict in the garage with no bathroom and no food? We have already replaced all the window when the temp got cold. We have rent dupkex, and the garage is not heated. I get angry when the addict has 10 people at 3:00 in the morning, l see people leave at 5:30 am. I lose my cool then. The addict has no place to go.as a human being what help is there. Is having a cell phone enabling. In Canada , the doc in ER will not treat with drug issues, not even the mental health problem. The addict almost died in the med field.l am so fed up with back and forth crap. My family all have trauma issues, l am not happy, how can l love myself. The addict does not care of the other family members.again what is enabling.?sorry , misspelt words, l have a rented duplex. I am in physical pain now emotional and mental, cause of drug use. I pretty much stilled my life and extreme anxiety. I can’t cope!
Still having trouble about enabling, the addict has no money. Does that mean leave the addict in the garage with no bathroom and no food? We have already replaced all the window when the temp got cold. We have rent dupkex, and the garage is not heated. I get angry when the addict has 10 people at 3:00 in the morning, l see people leave at 5:30 am. I lose my cool then. The addict has no place to go.as a human being what help is there. Is having a cell phone enabling. In Canada , the doc in ER will not treat with drug issues, not even the mental health problem. The addict almost died in the med field.l am so fed up with back and forth crap. My family all have trauma issues, l am not happy, how can l love myself. The addict does not care of the other family members.again what is enabling.?
This was very helpful. You answered alot of my questions
does anyone have any examples on how i can express setting my boundaries with my fiance? i go straight to anger and i want to word it differently so i don’t make this worse. please 🙏🏼
i hope someone can help me. my fiance doesn’t think he has a problem because he is functioning. he works and makes money and can afford to not be homeless. but he is a truck driver and the cocaine is at work. i feel helpless and fear my only choice is leaving 😢 it’s been 5 years of this, i feel like a shell of myself. you’d think id know what to do by this point because my brother passed away from addiction. 😢
You guys are awesome. Thanks for discussing these topics, especially as men you are role models! I wish my boyfriend would be more like you.
I am in recovery now 40 days clean🎉 but my son still addict and homeless in street he said he doesn't need help do not know what do. I scared he will OD he has 3 time on now not there for him I am 3 hour away from him. Case relapse when I was near were he was😢
Please stay on your new clean path. You can't help your son if you don't set an example. Be strong, you can do this 🙏🏾
Needed to hear this , thank you for this .
Thank you so much for your helpful podcasts as a mum of an addict
Thank you for this information
You had me at toupe. Love you guys.
Thank you so much for this message. I really needed to hear this. I’ve kicked my son out 4-times. He has been smoking fentanyl in my home and now I have developed respiratory issues and am very sick. He constantly steals from me. He tries to manipulate me and begs to come home. He tells me he is in dangerous situations and being sexually assaulted in order for me to allow him back in the house. I almost died this last time in the hospital from whatever is ruining my lungs (the second hand fentanyl) so I cannot allow him back in. My heart is broken and I cry continually. I’ve almost lost my job, my health, my life. This is hell. He won’t get help. Broken hearted 💔 mom. 😢😢😢
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Do you do private counseling ? Everything your talking about is exactly what Im going through with my 32 year old son who is addicted to alcohol, meth and weed. In 2019 he jumped off the Coronado Bridge in San Diego CA. He survived but ended up with a severe spinal cord injury and a crushed hand. After 4 months in the trauma unit he was released. I brought him home. And my life has been a living hell ever since. Countless rehabs where he just walks away. Numerous apartments left in shambles or calls from management not wanting him there anymore. We have sent him on so many fresh starts out of state out of pure desperation of wanting peace. Every single time within a couple weeks or maybe a month and then the cycle begins again. He uses my fear of him killing himself as a weapon to manipulate me. That part you said about when your phone rings is a trigger is so true for me too, but you gave me a few ideas about how to handle those situations that Im going to try. You gave me a different way to think about it like Im not giving him the opportunity to experience the consequences of his actions and grow. I like that. Any other advice I will surely appreciate. Thanks for giving me a place to vent. Best regards Janice
I just lost my sister last week. She nearly died at the start of the year but survived. I sorted her flat out and offered my help. I really thought id got my sister back. Not long after getting out of hospital she started pushing me away. She said i was like the police. The last month befire she passed i didnt talk to her so now i feel really guilty i didnt do more. I cant wrap my head around how nearly dying in January wasnt her rock bottom. She was in a coma for a week and then a further 3 weeks in hospital. I dont understand how this horrible drug took over her will to survive.
Thanks guys....often sugar, eating, prescription, work, money
You guys are amazing. I’ve been binging your content since experiencing something traumatic and it’s helped tremendously. Just listening has allowed me to rest, eat and even just focus on myself as the spouse of an addict. Please don’t stop. Even if it’s just you two talking about the same topics. It helps so so much.
Today is July 4, 2024. I am a wife with an addict husband, who has been an addict for 15 years. He was sober for 2.7 years before he relapsed this past November. He went to rehab, got clean and relapsed again 6 months later. We have 3 children and because of his drinking, he’s pushed our to older children away. He has been verbally abusive since his relapse and now we are separated. I’ll spare you with the details, but this has devastated me. 4:58 really resonated with the situation in my life currently with my partner. Long story short…I needed to hear this. New subbie. Thank you.
I just love you guys, i love the information because i relate to everything you discussed, you guys are such awesome role models and i would love to meet you guys one day thank you for caring and your stories, I am in recovery 34 years. God Bless you both and your awesome work. I would love to hear you talk about (why they keep going back) apart from the addiction and why some addicts just dont get it. I live my life helping others to get well and have what i have. I am a mum of an addict.
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Is it okay to use cigarettes and/or vapes when recovering from addiction?
I'm a parent with an addicted adult child living with me. After screaming and threats of violence, I told her get help or I will evict you. Now she is talking to strange foreign men to take her in and wants me to pay for the plane ticket. This is crazy. Because I said no, she screams at me.
Can't the law in your country help you to get her to forced rehab because she might be a danger