Hope Ahead

Our new mini series "Unfiltered" with Ricki and Caleb.

In this episode Caleb and Amy sit down with one of The Virtue Center's therapists and discuss how meditation can help addiction and mental health. She also shares a bit on how she ended up in the mental health field.

Homeless advocate Rob Watkins shares on his personal experience of homelessness and how navigating the system can be a challenge. Rob's personal experience has shaped his passion for helping people find resources in times of need.

Caleb and Amy sit down with Emily and talk with her about the many different ways alcoholism has affected her her and her family from an alcoholic husband, to losing a child. Emily has a great story about self discovery and recovery.

In this episode Caleb and Amy sit down with Ashley Manges from Oxford House of Oklahoma and talk about her journey to recovery and what she is now doing within Oklahoma communities to support recovery.

In this episode Caleb and Amy sit down with Kris and talk about his Journey to Recovery and how Alcohol was his solution for many years before finding long term recovery. 

In this episode Caleb and Amy sit down with founder of Shred the Stigma, Drew Cooper and discuss his personal recovery and how that has driven him to start his own nonprofit. Drew shares insight about harm reduction and discusses some of the controversy surrounding needle exchange programs, and how those programs can benefit someone in active addiction and possibly lead them to recovery.

In this episode Caleb and new co-host Amy sit down with Charla Collins and talk about her daughters trauma that led to addiction and mental health struggles, as well as how that played into her passion helping others.

In this episode Caleb sits down with Charla who does outreach for the unhoused in the OKC Metro. She shares about what she is doing within the community.

In this episode Caleb sits down with Maddie to talk with her about her abusive past relationship and other trauma that she worked through. She also shines light on the passion she has working with with indigenous people. 

Carol and Caleb sit down with "Sassy Momma" Caryn Ross. She shares her story about being the "soccer mom" with the drinking problem. Caryn also shines light on the marketing of alcohol towards house wives and women. 

In this Episode we sit down with Ana where she shares her emotional journey to recovery and where her life is at now. 

In this episode Will shares his childhood struggles and how trauma may have played into his substance abuse. 

In this episode we sit down with Dustin Huckabe and talk with him about his journey to recovery. 

In this episode we sit down with Nicole Monroe and talk about her journey to recovery. She shares some of her traumas in effort to inspire hope in those who may have none. 

In this episode Carol and Caleb sit down with Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and talk about the changes she is making around the state as well as what brought her to this profession. 

In this final episode with Drew Laboon's powerful story he shares with us what life has been like in recovery and working for the place that helped him find recovery.

Part 2 of Andrew Laboon sharing his journey to recovery. In this episode Andrew shares more in depth about his military background.

In this Episode Drew Laboon talks to Hope Ahead about his early life and how he believes some of that set the tone for the future. 

In this episode Carol and Caleb speak with Alana Velasquez who is a nurse at a local substance abuse medical detox. Alana Shares how addiction has played a part in her family life as well as how her perception of the disease has changed after working in the treatment field. 

In this episode we sit down with our Treatment Court Specialist Sarah West. 

In this episode we sit down with Judge Tupper of Cleveland County Treatment Court. Judge Tupper talks about treatment courts as a whole and what their purpose is and his personal experience.

In this episode we sit down with two Norman PD officers about their crisis intervention trained officers and what that may look like on a call. 

The 3rd and final episode with Stephen Link. In this final episode Stephen shares his journey to finally obtaining long term sobriety.

in this episode we continue our conversation with our board member, Stephen Link about his recovery to journey and what led him to recovery.