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There was one night where I got really

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intoxicated and I was just at a very

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dark place in my head , very low . I

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feel like that I didn't really need to

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be here anymore . Um , because I feel

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like I lost everything . I went through

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a divorce and before that , she left

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with my son . And so I would just sit

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in the house and just drink every day ,

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every night . I was angry at everybody .

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It was everybody else's fault except

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for my own . That's how I viewed it . I

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was depressed and everything like that .

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And my ex wife , she used to have a

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handgun next to her drawer in the bed

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and there was one night where I was

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drinking , I was in the shower . I got

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out and in my head already made up in

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my mind like this is it . I'm gonna

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take my life . So , uh , when I got out

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of the shower , I went to the room and

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I open that drawer . Luckily she took

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that gun because I wouldn't be here

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right now if that happened . A lot of

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people forget that , you know , it hits

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everybody in different ways . But the

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resources are out there and you're not

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alone . We have military life co

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counselors flick . They were there for

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your family too . A lot of people don't

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know that my spirituality really

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changed everything for me . And when I

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did that , uh I woke up into 2022

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and it was just the snap of a finger .

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My whole mindset changed . My heart ,

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changed , my physical appearance

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changed . And then ever since then I

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just , I've been sober for over two

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years now . At the end of the day , uh

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the , the message across is you're not

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alone . There's a lot of people that

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are going to the same situation as you

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and the resources are out there . The

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investments have been done by the Air

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Force and you're not alone . There's ,

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there's help out there for you .