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dot UK slash podcast to learn more. My guest today was a DC police officer working some of the

most violent streets in America, then was deployed to Afghanistan where he responded to terrorist

attacks, and when he came home, the PTSD and addiction took everything he had built.

His name is Rob Vesek, and this is his story of survival.

Where'd you grow up, Rob? South Plainfield, New Jersey.

What was your upbringing like?

Upbring was good. I had a strict. My mother's Puerto Rican.

So I'm like a gringo-rican, man.

So my mother, she was very strict. A lot of Puerto Ricans were very strict. My mother's Puerto Rican. So I'm like a gringo-rican, man. So my mother, she was very, you know,

strict. A lot of Puerto Ricans were very strict, Catholic type. So it was good. I had to go church

every Sunday. I had to go Catholic school. It had to be her way by the book. So, for example,

I got a lot of tattoos. If she told me, go get tattoos, I would have none. But she was so strict. My hair had to be her way. The school had to be her way. Church had to be her way. So then again, I became an adult. It became my way. So. What about your dad? Was he a great guy? He was in the Army. He worked for Colgate. He, uh, he, uh, he, uh, create, I think he was part of a team that created, uh, he has a patent on Pan Genius as a team for creating lighter fluid. So he was in Colgate like 1984, lighter fluid and clear antidepressure. Uh, yeah. So he was a very smart guy you good in math i don't know my math skills are horrendous man i mean i really it's really embarrassing but he knew math like it was nothing you know were you guys close oh yeah he was a good guy he died of a heart attack in 2005 so yeah that was rough because i was close to my dad but yeah yeah was he earned inspiration to go into the military? Yeah, because he got, he was rough because I was close to my dad. But yeah. Was he your inspiration to go into the military?

Yeah, because he got, he was like a specialist, E4, and he was stationed to Puerto Rico.

That's when he went and met my mother.

So he told me, you know, going as an officer.

So when I was in high school, I did it.

I was an officer material.

I had a Marine sergeant come in,

a recruiting sergeant. He got mad. My dad got mad at him because he wanted to become an officer because he got an article 15 for walking on the grass on a golf course. So he said, listen, go be an officer. He goes, I got an article 15 just for walking on the grass. I said, I'll treat you better.

You have better accommodation.

So eventually that's what I did.

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