In another powerful episode of the Bare Knuckle Recovery Podcast, hosts Tommy Streeter and Nate Moellering welcome special guest Warren Gumpel, a leading voice and educator on ketamine and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Warren shares his deeply personal journey, including his struggle with depression, anxiety, and substance use issues which eventually led him to a life-saving discovery: ketamine treatment. Ten years ago, after a couple of treatments, his depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts were gone.

This is one of our most powerful and practical episodes yet. Hosts Tommy Streeter and Nate Moellering are joined again by Mike Sedjo for a raw, unfiltered conversation about relapse, recovery, and what it really takes to build a sustainable sober life. This episode is packed with hard truths, lived experience, and encouragement for anyone walking the recovery road—whether it’s your own journey or someone you love.

In this powerful two-part episode of the Bare Knuckle Recovery podcast, co-founders Tommy Streeter and Nate Moellering sit down with Scott Valentic and Bob to share their incredible journeys. Scott, with a background in the military and as a narcotics detective, and Bob, who experienced life through incarceration and addiction, highlight their vastly different pasts that have surprisingly led them to work together towards the same mission: recovery.

Is addiction tearing your family apart? In Episode 31 of the Bare Knuckle Recovery Podcast, Tommy Streeter, Nate Moellering, and guests Bob Springer and Emma Rosebrock confront the agonizing challenges of loving someone through active addiction. This powerful discussion unpacks the painful realities of lying and manipulation, revealing the science behind how addiction hijacks the brain and can change the person you love.

Scott Valentic joined the Army in 2002 and served time in Iraq. Following active duty, Scott became a police officer, and then ultimately a detective within the drug taskforce. On this episode of the Bare Knuckle Recovery Podcast, Scott shares his perspective on the trauma of working in those environments, how he turned to alcohol to numb that emotional pain, his denial about having a problem with alcohol, and then ultimately how he came to be sitting here today as an employee of Allendale Treatment and member of Bare Knuckle Recovery with 3.5 years of sobriety.

Anton Talamantes, MMA Coach & Personal Trainer in the Fort Wayne area, sits down with Nate & Tommy to talk about the parallels between exercise and sobriety.

Specifically, as a black belt in wrestling / MMA / grappling, Anton talks about the powers of mixed martial arts, especially in sobriety, and the wide range of spiritual, mental and physical benefits.

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 between Bare Knuckle, FW22 and Allendale Treatment. And Jarred talks about why we can’t just circle November 11 on the calendar to celebrate and support our Veterans. It’s estimated that 22 Veterans take their own lives every day due to unresolved mental health ailments.

You know how we often talk about the impacts that addiction can have on family members?

Tommy’s Aunt Michelle is here to talk about his time in active addiction, and she brought receipts.

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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 living productive lives in recovery, share some pieces of their story to explain why you can’t just sit around and wait on your loved one to be ready to get help.

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 accept the help being offered, what impact does that have on the addict, the addict’s family, the community and society in general? Watch now to find out!