OPERATION: BRAIN HEALTH | THE OVERVIEW

A MISSION FOR EVERY MIND BEHIND THE BADGE OR PATCH We spend our careers learning how to survive. Now it is time to learn how to live. Operation: Brain Health was built to reframe the conversation around mental wellness in all first responder and service professions: law enforcement, corrections, dispatch, fire, EMS, and the military.…

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WOW. SIX MONTHS SOBER!

180 days. 4,320 hours. 259,200 minutes. Every single second counts. This is bigger than most people will ever realize. I come from a family of alcoholics on my dad’s side—it’s in my genes. I didn’t drink much until I was 24, but in recent years my drinking reached epic levels. Honestly, the amount I consumed…

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REFLECTION: 100 DAYS SOBER

Today I celebrate 100 days of sobriety. I never thought I’d get here. I didn’t grow up drinking. In fact the impact alcohol & addiction had on people I loved—especially my father, who often disappeared from my life in cycles of benders, jail, and treatment—I steered clear. I lost my grandmother to alcoholism & addiction…

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