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🗓️ 8 April 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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On this podcast, Rad interviews Zachary Armstrong, a Navy officer turned motivational speaker and advocate for military members suffering from substance abuse disorder, and Michael Peyton, a former Navy SEAL who is now a leader of top-performing teams, developer, and trainer of elite human performance, and change agent solving complex challenges. Both guests had a long battle with addiction and today share how they overcame this challenge with the help of the community and healthy alternatives.
Zach is a coach for The Phoenix—a community focused on providing support to those recovering from substance abuse through sober activities and events. He gets vulnerable with his struggle with alcohol and, as a high-functioning alcoholic, was able to hide his substance abuse struggle for years. Based on his experiences in both military and civilian rehab communities, he is driven to ensure the military re-thinks how their substance abuse programs are run.
Zach and Mike hope to create an effective rehab program catered to the needs of the military community that focuses on providing alternative methods to recovery.
Check out the National Sober Active Community | The Phoenix: https://thephoenix.org/
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0:00.0 | You're listening to software, radio, special operations, military meals, and straight talk with the guys in the community. |
0:30.0 | Hey, what's up? This is Rad with software, radio. I just want to talk to you a little bit about checking in on your mental health, your neighbor, your friends, maybe even the local stranger, okay? |
0:50.0 | Maybe you're struggling. Maybe you're fighting some personal battles. That's okay. I want to let you know about the team at Stop Soldier Suicide who was built to serve veterans and service members just like you, founded by veterans, led by veterans, and serving veterans nationwide. |
1:06.0 | Whatever battles you face, alcohol, addiction, relationship conflicts, Stop Soldier Suicide has your back with free one-on-one support. |
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1:35.0 | No stigma, no insurance, no government, DOD, or VA affiliation, no fees, red tape, or long waits, just 100% confidential care by real people who know what you've experienced. You don't have to go it alone. |
1:52.0 | Visit stopsoldierssuicide.org-get-help or call 844-272-8522-24 hours a day. Let me tell you that number one more time. 844-272-8522-24 hours a day. Stop suicide. |
2:15.0 | Hey, what's going on? This is Rad with another episode of Soft Rep Radio, and today I have my special guest, Zachary Armstrong and Mike Peyton. Zach currently works with the Navy, and if you see him right now on the video, he's wearing his Navy fatigues or his... |
2:32.0 | What would you call those exactly that you're wearing right there? There's fatigues and then there's... |
2:36.0 | You're khakis. Very cool, very cool. Then you have like dress whites, right? |
2:41.0 | Yeah, I would call those the ice cream park. Can I ask you something? Have you ever seen them on accident in a place? Oh no, I just spilled on my dress whites. |
2:49.0 | So obviously somebody who's going to be talking about abuse issues out of all and whites do not mix. I come back and they're just tattered and just black everywhere. |
3:01.0 | I don't replace them. |
3:03.0 | Yeah, that's about it. I've seen that. We've all seen top gun and in the singing area. They're all wearing their dress whites and everything. |
3:10.0 | And you're like, what happens if they spill that punch? You know, someone bumps into him, sir. Sorry, you didn't mean to spill. |
3:17.0 | Okay, and so Zach, thanks for breaking down uniforms real quick for the Navy. Zach's our guest today. |
3:23.0 | We're going to talk about substance abuse, how to try to curve that habit. He's a keynote speaker and comes across very eloquently and just straightforward. |
3:32.0 | So we're going to get him a time to talk about that. And I'm just going to introduce Mike right now who is also his friend who we've brought on the show. |
3:39.0 | Who's going to be, I believe opening something back east in Virginia with the substance abuse in mind for veterans. Mike, is that right? |
3:48.0 | Yeah, that's correct. It's a program that's going to be tailored to when we backtrack. It's an infrastructure that's going to be developed in the future. |
3:55.0 | Taylor to commandos active or retired as well as first responders. |
4:00.0 | Very cool. And there's going to be able to come there and just say, hey, you know what? |
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