Anaststia: The Pain she never said out loud

Anaststia: The Pain she never said out loud

This episode of The Otherside dives into a life that never had a chance to be normal. Our guest took her first hit at six years old — weed and cigarettes before she even learned multiplication. By seventeen she was drinking daily, pulled into a generational storm of addiction, violence, and survival. Her family tree is soaked in trauma: drug use, prison sentences, and a brother serving time for murder.Her path crashed into meth, crime, and eventually prison. When she got out, she tried to outsmart the system by switching to bath salts — a way to stay “clean” on tests long enough to get off parole. It worked… until it didn’t. Relapse hit hard. New charges. Probation. And then the big one: a cathinone lab case, accused of manufacturing bath salts while still on paper. Now she’s fighting for her freedom again.But this isn’t just a downfall story — it’s a war story. She’s been in UHRC for a year, showing up every day, clawing her way toward a life she’s never seen modeled. She’s applying for peer support, taking classes, trying to turn her scars into something that saves someone else.This conversation is raw and unfiltered — childhood stolen by addiction, the reality of prison, the pull of relapse, and the brutal fight to break generational cycles that feel unbreakable. It’s messy. It’s honest. It’s survival in its most human form.Welcome to The Otherside — where we tell the stories of the lives we lived, the lives we lost, and the lives we’re still trying to build. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Where I'm at

A raw, unfiltered update from The Otherside — where healing, honesty, and real life collide. In this episode, we dive into treatment, work, and marriage, and what it looks like to rebuild a life after addiction, chaos, and crossing over. This is the truth behind recovery: the setbacks, the breakthroughs, the growth, and the love that refuses to quit.   If you’ve followed our journey, you’ll feel the shift. If you’re new here, this episode shows exactly what it means to fight your way to the otherside — together.   Keywords: addiction recovery, treatment update, marriage after addiction, healing journey, sobriety story, mental health, rebuilding trust, real life recovery, overcoming relapse, relationship healing, hope after addiction, recovery podcast, The Otherside, spiritual awakening, life after chaos, honesty and healing, raw storytelling, marriage growth, work and recovery, resilience, redemption ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

update on Annie

A raw and redemptive conversation between husband and wife about addiction, recovery, and crossing over. In this episode of The Otherside, Annie shares her journey through fentanyl and IV meth addiction, the fight to stay together through chaos, and the moment she saved her husband’s life after his overdose. He describes what he saw on the other side — a vision of his sister who passed away over twenty years ago — and how that experience reshaped their lives, marriage, and faith. A story of survival, love, and spiritual awakening. addiction recovery, fentanyl, meth addiction, overdose survival, marriage and recovery, spiritual awakening, near‑death experience, crossing over, redemption, healing, trauma, recovery podcast, The Otherside, Annie Are You OK, mental health, substance abuse, hope after addiction ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Alyssa's light

Episode Title: Alyssa’s Light   Podcast: The Other Side In this radiant tribute, we honor Alyssa — a soul whose light continues to guide those navigating grief, recovery, and rebirth. Through angelic symbolism and heartfelt storytelling, this episode explores the legacy of love, resilience, and the unseen ways we carry those we've lost. Whether you're healing from addiction, mourning a loved one, or simply searching for hope, Alyssa’s Light offers a moment of grace. Keywords: recovery, grief, resilience, tribute, healing, angelic, legacy, The Other Side, Acast, memoir, addiction, remembrance, hope, USARA ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

MAT Harm reduction

---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.