วีดีโอ

That's amazing! John is a great example of what it means to be a Blue Angel.

@@CanadianCommando glad to have with us! It can be a frustrating process for sure, and transitioning to civilian life as well. We’re here for you!

We love talking with you!!!

Thanks so much! We are grateful for Darrell. Always could use a little more grit and determination

He was so fantastic to talk with!!!

We are so grateful that you said yes! It was such a great conversation and we are excited to continue to follow along on your journey!

Thank you so much, Amy, for sharing your journey. It was a pleasure having you on the podcast!

Thank you so much for watching! You are so supportive and encouraging. We really appreciate you!

Thanks for watching! We are so grateful to Tony & Sara for their openness and we are excited to follow along on their journey as well 🙂

I hear you. I remember when I was required to get sober. A lot of forced changes occurred-lost my job, house, and wife (things beyond my control). It hurt a lot. My mentor at the time told me to just focus on the most important-at the time it was to just focus on being sober-and everything else will progress the way it’s supposed to. When I try to manage everything in my life, especially in a dark time, I tend to lose the most and increase the difficulty much more. So it’s important that I use discernment to determine the most important necessary change and put everything else on autopilot, to free up my capacity to give my full attention to the biggest item.

I believe in a living God that does provide answers. It is also comforting for me to live by faith, and gives me hope that the way I treat others has a lasting impact in their lives. And I do agree that we need more than a therapist, not just the faithful.

@@1mile1veteran all of that is easily done without a god

@@joshbrown1397 I agree with you that that works for some people. That doesn’t work for me anymore. I need God and therapy. It’s not a discussion about what’s good for everyone (even though I would love to be on the same page with everyone, that’s not reality), it’s a personal experience of our guest’s and me as well 😀

@@1mile1veteran then in your case, god is a crutch. I truly hope that you will not need it in the future as therapy starts to work more.

@@joshbrown1397 see, but I did do life without God. I said things very similarly to you, and it was a poor decision for me not to surrender. I do appreciate your sentiment, and please know that what we do in our channel and through our podcast is share the tools that have worked for our guests. We all have progress to make throughout our lives, and wisdom to offer others (spiritual and otherwise). I hope you follow us and one day we get to have a more in-depth conversation beyond a comments section. And thanks for chatting with me here for the time 😀

It’s a process. Not everything needs to happen all at once.

She was such a wonderful person to talk to! Her whole story is absolutely amazing 😀

I remember having a lot of hate and discontent with God for over a decade (after learning about Him in church). So a good friend of mine told me 2 things… maybe God, who loves you, cares for you, and only wants what’s best for you isn’t who you think He is, and if you have that much resentment towards someone or something, investigate deeply and with an open mind, never shutting the door on the possibilities of what you’ll discover. Thank you for your honest comment.

Oh man, when were you in Iraq? Our guest, Danielle, was hit during her first tour in Baghdad where she lost half her dominant arm, and I was blessed enough to make it out when several friends did not. I’m glad you made it back home.

@@thisismayberry so inspiring!

Agreed, but what happens when someone is treated with disrespect out the gate? Generally, I think we get what we give. And for those that don’t, we can move on and not let them live rent free in our heads.

With that mentality, it can set people up to disrespect strangers or treat others disrespectfully. I prefer thinking that trust is earned, but everyone, at all times, deserves to be treated with respect, even if we don’t feel respect for them.

@@1mile1veteran you're missing the "more you give, the more you get aspect" of respect in this context I believe.

@@GSUS-fc6ss I think I understand what you’re saying. And I appreciate the response 😊

Another way I found interesting that a friend shared was, “treat others the way they want to be treated.” Either way, we often receive what we give 😀

If the conversation was about anything other than recovery from addictions, I might agree with your sentiment about the guest’s ideology. The full episode provides a much deeper context to the clip.

Could you clarify your comment? I don’t understand your point because I’m unfamiliar with unions.

Your emoji use is on point

So is it better to withhold the respect or maintain personal integrity? It’s up to us to be respectful regardless of the respect we receive.

@@1mile1veteran agreed. But my point is, respect isn’t a commodity, there is no trade standards when it comes to giving it and getting it in return.

@@buttonbasher6638 I can understand that, would you consider that this is mostly true? Perhaps the inverse is even more true? I know from experience that what our guest says here isn’t a universal rule, but maybe more of a rule of thumb.

Sorry you feel that way and I hope you still give respect to people, at least before they give you a reason to lose your respect.

I do believe them, or else I wouldn’t write them. This clip is taken from an 18-20 minute podcast episode my wife and I produce and host. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to memorize my writing because this is something we do with the margins of our time. We find it more important to get the information out to my fellow veterans than be perfect in our presentation. And thank you for watching and commenting 😀

Thank you Jesse!!! We will keep working on it, and love that you were here first!