Keith Hanks - Firefighter / EMT (Ret.)

Keith Hanks joins us on the podcast and shares openly about the purpose he found early on in his career in the fire service, the trauma(s) that shaped his life, & the impact that declining mental health had on his state of well-being. Keith discusses duty trauma, trauma in his personal life, substance abuse, loss, grief, suicidality, a diagnosis of complex PTSD, & how through it all he was able to find hope & begin to heal.Today, Keith advocates for first responder mental health, substance use recovery, and suicide awareness.