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Bankruptcy. Divorce. A bottle that became my best friend. I didn't think I'd see 35. But something in me refused to stay down. This is the story of the hardest three years of my life and why I'd live them again.
Read Full Story →The blinds were always closed. I told people I was fine. I wasn't fine. Severe depression had me locked in a room that felt like a coffin. The first run was 200 meters. I cried the whole way.
AddictionStanding on a bridge at 2am isn't a low point people talk about much. But that night something cracked open in me — not defeat, but clarity. I walked off that bridge and into a shelter. Best decision of my life.
GriefThere is no pain like the pain of burying your child. I functioned — barely. Went through motions. One day I picked up a paintbrush I hadn't touched in 20 years. Now my son lives in every canvas I make.
TraumaI came back from three deployments a different person — and not in the ways I expected. My wife didn't recognize me. I didn't recognize myself. Asking for help felt like surrender. It was actually victory.
AnxietyI couldn't drive. Couldn't eat in restaurants. Couldn't breathe in meetings. Anxiety stole years from me. What brought me back wasn't a cure — it was learning to move forward scared.
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