Veteran Spotlight: Matt Porter

On this episode, Izzy and Mike are joined by a dear close friend,
an Air Force veteran, a person whose passion is photography, but
most importantly, a person that faced his demons and was able to
overcome and is now living a life of sobriety from drugs and
alcohol, Matthew Porter. Matthew shares his story from life of
adversity to bouncing back and changed his life to a positive
one. Matthew discusses his downfall in the Air Force after
failing a urinalysis, the hardship he felt when having to return
home and feeling like an embarrassment and letting those
important in his life down. Matthew talks about how when you go
looking for the devil, the devil will show up, and how the devil
led him to succumb to alcohol and drugs as his vices to cope with
the negativity that was occurring in his life. After being told
numerous times of being an alcoholic, a drug addict, basically
has been overcome with addiction, Matt knew it was time for a
change or face death. It took one phone call and a prayer to God
for Matt to find his path to Alcoholics Anonymous and face his
fear of admitting that he had a problem. From there Matt has
turned his negative into a positive and lives a life of sobriety
for 18 years and still going strong. Matt truly epitomizes that
as a veteran you may feel isolated with no one to help, but it is
up to you to make that decision between life or death, for with
life there is so much more to live for, and his testimony is
proof to that revelation. #addiction #addictionrecovery
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