Today on Feral But Sober, we sit down with Keisha and Ronnie — a couple who walked through fire separately, together, and sometimes against each other, yet somehow found their way back to healing, recovery, and each other. Their story spans childhood trauma, addiction, loss, violence, relapse, jail time, and the kind of love that almost didn’t survive… but did.

Today on Feral But Sober, we sit down with Mr. AJ—one of the most seasoned, multidimensional voices to ever come out of our TikTok recovery community. This episode takes a different turn as we step into the world of a man who has spent decades on the front lines of human struggle, accountability, and change.

Tonight on Feral But Sober, Tracy steps into the light and tells a story that almost no one survives — but she did, and she turned it into purpose.

Tracy grew up in a home where nothing was safe and nothing made sense. Her mother struggled with severe mental illness and Munchausen by proxy, keeping the kids sick for sympathy. Her father was never home. Violence, chaos, and addiction were the air she breathed. By the time she was a teenager, Tracy was smoking just to feel pretty, accepted, and comfortable in her own skin.

She fell into her first abusive relationship in high school — a drug‑dealing boyfriend who became her first husband. At 17, pregnant and terrified, she was sent away to give her baby up for adoption. When the baby’s father’s family offered her a home and a chance to keep her child, her own mother threatened to disown her. Tracy chose her baby and didn’t speak to her parents for over two years.

But that home came with its own dangers. Pain pills were handed out like candy, domestic violence was constant, and Tracy had no language for what was happening to her. She had three kids with him before he went to jail, leaving her 19 years old, addicted, and running for her life.

Her second husband brought more meth, more violence, and even a DEA raid. Her third husband was someone she met in treatment — and for a while, she rebuilt. She got her kids back. She stayed off meth and Xanax. She went to church. She tried to hold everything together.

But untreated pain, shame, and a broken medical system pulled her back into

doctor‑shopping and pills. A devastating car wreck, multiple surgeries, and 11 rounds of electric shock therapy only deepened the spiral. She was arrested for prescription fraud. She attempted suicide multiple times. Her own daughter had to resuscitate her — twice. Doctors said she should be brain‑dead. She had to relearn how to walk and talk. And still, addiction pulled her back.

Her clean date is March 12, 2012 — the day her daughter saved her life for the last time.

Today, Tracy has 13 years in recovery. She lives with lupus, but she lives with purpose. She did a meeting a day for almost five years. She worked the steps. She sponsors women across the state and online. She divorced the husband who wouldn’t stop drinking and married a man she met in AA — a man with 22 years in recovery who stands beside her in the life they rebuilt together. They own a body shop. She’s a CCAR‑certified interventionist. And she wrote a book called No More Shame: From Victim to Victorious.

Tracy says, “When shame said stay down, grace said get up.”

Today’s episode features Keith — a man who survived childhood cruelty, addiction, shame, and a near-suicide attempt, and somehow turned all of it into a life of service. With 14 years in recovery, Keith is now a certified peer recovery coach at a regional hub in Indiana, endorsed in mental health, gambling, MRT, and forensic support. He also facilitates “Alternatives to Suicide,” a harm‑reduction‑based support group offering space for people who feel unseen and unheard.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing the story of someone I respect deeply — my friend Shiloh. He’s part of my TikTok community, and he’s one of those people you can always count on to show up with steady, level‑headed advice and a whole lot of heart. But the life he came from… most people wouldn’t have survived it.

Shiloh’s story starts with abandonment. His mother left when he was a baby, and he was handed off to a father who was deep in addiction. By the time Shiloh was 12, his dad was letting him shoot meth. At 15 or 16, he was cooking it, selling it at school, and hustling money out of the concession stand with a friend. His behavior spiraled so far out of control that his aunt used her connections to get him into a youth ranch. It went okay for a while — until a fight ended with Shiloh stabbing another boy. The wound was superficial, but it was enough to send him to prison for the first time.

When he got out, nothing had changed. Same dad. Same drugs. Same chaos. Jail became a pattern. Even when he tried to settle down with the mother of his first child, the stealing and using never stopped. He missed his first child’s birth, and that moment hit him hard. He swore he’d never go back to jail again — and he kept that promise — but sobriety was still a long way off.

Things got even messier when Shiloh, an ex, her new partner, and all the kids ended up living under one roof. Jealousy, chaos, and crime took over. They were running a whole operation together until the cops showed up. They didn’t have a warrant the first time, but Shiloh knew they’d be back. He got out of there, but the damage was done. His kids went into the system, and that was the moment that broke him open. That was the moment he said, “Enough.”

Shiloh went into treatment and did something most people don’t — he completed every requirement and then went beyond it. He fought for his kids, and he got them back. Today, he’s raising all five children on his own. Both mothers are mostly out of the picture, but Shiloh shows up every single day. He’s active in church, grounded in recovery, and determined to break the cycle that nobody broke for him.

He tells his kids the truth: “You lived my addiction. You’re part of my recovery.”

Shiloh is one of the most open, vulnerable, emotionally honest men I’ve ever met. He reaches out to people who are struggling, he doesn’t hide his past, and he uses his story to lift others up. I’m proud to know him, and I’m honored to share his journey with you

In this episode of Feral But Sober, Joseph steps into the light to tell a story most people wouldn’t survive, let alone speak out loud. His earliest memory is rolling weed for his parents at just four years old. By the time he was a child, he had already endured sexual abuse, neglect, and a home where violence was the language spoken daily. When he moved in with his father—an explosive alcoholic—Joseph was treated less like a son and more like an animal, sleeping in a cage with dogs, eating dog food, and bracing himself for the nightly beatings.

Today on Feral But Sober, I sat down with my girl Kizzy from The New Foundation Recovery Speaks — and she opened up in a way that was raw, honest, and unbelievably powerful.

In this episode of Feral But Sober, I sit down with Ember—a new friend I met on TikTok Live just a few weeks ago—who showed up ready to tell the truth about motherhood, addiction, relapse, and rebuilding.

In Part 2 of Tyler’s story, we dive into the complicated and emotional battle surrounding his beloved service animal. After the dog bit his mother—requiring medical care—the large breed was detained by animal control. Though they agreed to release the animal after the mandatory hold, Tyler’s parole officer declared it a “vicious dog” and insisted he could not have it back. Tyler shares the raw details of reclaiming his companion anyway, and the looming threat of parole violation that hangs over him. Despite the risk, he believes the judge will see his side and not send him back to jail.

In this inspiring episode, I sit down with Still Here 91324, the founder of a grassroots recovery foundation that’s already changing lives across his state. His mission is simple but ambitious: to create a network of support that eventually expands into every state, with a partner in each location running their own branch of the foundation. It’s a vision of nationwide solidarity, built from the ground up by someone who knows firsthand what service means.