Beyond the Bar

10/29/2025

UPDATE on Sydrena: she has been accepted to the Master’s Program in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Houston Christian University!!

10/24/2025

10/22/2025

EPISODE 8 is on the way! Listen to Traci McMurtry describe her unique method of raising funds for her habit and bask in her gratitude for the wonders of a sober life.

10/07/2025

Episode 7: Mississippi is OUT! Defense Attorney Sally Ring speaks out about representing Drug Court clients and shares her family's difficult experience with substance abuse disorder.

09/12/2025

Just in time for the weekend-Episode 6 is out, featuring James White. And this time we started off with a surprise!

08/23/2025

Episode 5 is out! This is a no-holds-barred conversation with Sydrena Tufts, recovery superstar. She survived family dysfunction, a deadly medical diagnosis, and prison to become one of the loveliest people I know.

08/22/2025

Taking up a notch. 🙌

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08/04/2025

Episode 4 is OUT! In a sincere and inspiring interview, Precious Simon shares her struggles with bipolar disorder and substance use disorder, and how she lost everything as a result. But this story has the happiest ending!
Listen on Spotify and Apple. Watch on YouTube.

07/25/2025

We recorded Episodes 4 and 5 today, and they are powerful!
Stay tuned.

07/15/2025

This is exactly what we want y’all to know: help is available, even in the criminal justice system. Hopefully your lawyer will advocate for you, but sometimes you gotta do it yourself!

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07/14/2025

Episode 3: One Mom's Story is out! Jessica Yeager shares her story with unflinching honesty, recounting the harrowing years of her struggle with substance abuse, which ultimately led to the profound heartbreak of losing her only child.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0el34rGDzTgR9FYqF2Lzir
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrxZ85veLU

06/26/2025

Episode 2 is OUT!
Listen to it on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Q6wZsF5KiQNkpIlyIIPrC?si=0ejfUUElRjCtYUqhBf-4Qg

Watch it on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/iHYkWZcNWLs?si=SIuRmPbXT0_ZvSmT