Spiritual Minded Military New Hampshire Army National Guard: Why Do I Feel Like Freedom Means Suffering Alone — The Live Free Recovery Protocol
"Live Free or Die." It is visible on your license plate. It is on your flag. It's on your heart. You've been taught that freedom is independence—that you don't need anyone, do you? Liberty is taking care of your own troubles. Freedom is being silent in pain.
The motto is not from a therapist. The motto was inspired by a Revolutionary War general. This motto was created for the purpose of war. This motto wasn't invented for the purpose of healing.
You've been using a motto on the battlefield for your mental health. This is why you have to suffer alone.
You believe it is very weak to request help. You believe that you must be strong and never struggle. You believe the idea of freedom is to carry weight.
You are loved by the enemy for your motto. The enemy loves that you will not ask for help because you will die first. Your freedom has become your prison to the enemy's delight.
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." — Galatians 6:2
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WHAT "LIVE FREE OR DIE" REALLY MEANS TO A STRUGGLING SOLDIER
The motto is read differently now. Live free: No one commands me to do anything. No one suggests I attend therapy! No one has ever said to me, "Don't drink." Not one person has ever told me, "Don't drink." No one asks me to ask for help.
There is now a possibility of "or die." Not a battle cry. A quiet resignation.
We have not broken your motto. The motto gave you a falsehood. Freedom is not being helped. But freedom is the presence of connection.
If someone is drowning in the Piscataqua River and declines a life preserver, he or she is NOT free. If a person, man or woman, is cold outside in the White Mountains and he or she refuses shelter, then the man or woman is not free, for he or she is a prisoner. A man drowning in depression, who will not take the initiative to reach out, is not free.
The Live Free Recovery Protocol isn't a cession of freedom. The Life Preserver is the Live Free Recovery Protocol. The shelter. Hand that is extended downward.
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THE CONCORD FORMATION
It has Concord as its capital. The State House is topped with a golden dome. Veteran's memorials guard. You have been in formation there. You've marched in parades there. There you have been, standing alone.
The formation is the reverse of being alone. The proof that it takes others to be free is the formation.
No battle is won by one man. No soldier goes on a mission alone. Neither does a single soldier heal from trauma.
The Live Free Recovery Protocol regenerates your formation. One soldier, one soldier at a time. Answering phones one call at a time. Take one cup of coffee at a time.
Yours is not a "support group." Your formation is NOT a therapy session! Your formation is that soldier whom you text daily. Three words. "You good?" That's how it's set up.
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THE WHITE MOUNTAINS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND DEADLY
The majestic white mountains are here. The mountain tops are stunning. The possibilities are endless. The isolation is so real.
The enemy has his training ground in the White Mountains. He teaches you to be independent. He teaches you to bear them all on your back. He trains you to trust no one but yourself.
At home, what works in the White Mountains kills you.
You don't have to have it all with you in your living room. You don't have to be the dinner host yourself! Your husband or wife should not be the only person you have to trust in your marriage.
The gear shift is the Live Free Recovery Protocol. Survival mode to connection mode. Isolated to be formed. Live Free or Die to Live Free Together.
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THE THREE GRANITE STATES LIE
Your enemy has told you 3 lies. He keeps them behind your state motto.
1. It is a weakness to ask for help
The enemy says, "Granite Staters solve their own problems. Real soldiers don't need assistance. Real men don't cry.
The Enemy: He's lying. It's not a sign of weakness when you ask for help. You have never asked for help before. Struggles are more demanding than boot camp. Harder than deployment. Harder than anything. Not weakness. That is courage.
2. No one will understand
The enemy is telling you that your struggle is special. No one has been through what you've been through. No one will get it.
Counter: The enemy is lying. Thousands of New Hampshire soldiers have been feeling the same way. Manchester's National Guard armory is packed with soldiers who have felt alone. The Veterans Administration clinic in Portsmouth is overflowing with veterans who are disheartened. You are not unique. You are not alone. No one's suffering is unique to you. That is good news.
3. It's too late to seek assistance
The enemy says that you have been waiting too long. It's too late for you. You're on your own at the moment.
The enemy is lying: It's never too late. There is no cut-off date for the VA to accept applications. Your family does not have a cutoff date. There is no "cutoff date" for God. The Live Free Recovery Protocol is for now. Not for yesterday. Not for tomorrow. Now.
"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either falls down, one can help the other up." — Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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THE PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONNECTION
Pease Air National Guard Base sits near Portsmouth. The 157th Air Refueling Wing refuels aircraft in midair. The mission requires connection. The tanker cannot refuel itself. The tanker must connect to another aircraft to complete the mission.
You are the tanker. You cannot refuel yourself.
The Live Free Recovery Protocol is your connection to the other aircraft. You do not need to be the fuel. You just need to connect to the fuel.
One phone call. One text. One coffee with another veteran. That is the connection. That is the refueling.
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THE LIVE FREE RECOVERY PROTOCOL
You have been trying to "live free" alone. The protocol shows you how to "Live Free" together.
Step One: Name the Isolation
You know when you are suffering alone. The silence. The heaviness. The feeling that no one would notice if you disappeared. Name it. Say it out loud. "I am suffering alone right now."
Step Two: Break the Silence
Send one text. Three words. "You good?" Not to ask for help. To break the silence. The enemy cannot speak in the space between two soldiers. The enemy needs silence. Break it.
Step Three: Accept the Life Preserver
Someone will reach out. Someone will ask. Someone will offer help. Take it. That is not weakness. That is the tanker connecting to the refueling aircraft.
Step Four: Wear Your Colors
Your Spiritual Minded Military shirt is not a brand. It is a signal. "I am a soldier. I am struggling. I am not hiding. I am looking for my formation."
The uniform invites connection. The uniform breaks the silence. The uniform is the first step of the Live Free Recovery Protocol.
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THE PORTSMOUTH VETERAN
Portsmouth has a VA clinic. Portsmouth has veterans. Portsmouth has soldiers who feel like freedom means suffering alone.
You are not the first. You are not the last. You are the one who can break the cycle.
The soldier next to you is waiting for someone to go first. Go first. Send the text. Wear the uniform. Say the words. "I am struggling. I need help. That is not weakness. That is courage."
The Live Free Recovery Protocol is not a program. The Live Free Recovery Protocol is a decision. The decision to stop suffering alone.
"Praise be to the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." — 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
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Conclusion
New Hampshire Army National Guard: "Live Free or Die" was written for battle. You are not in battle anymore. You are at home. The rules have changed.
Freedom does not mean suffering alone. Freedom means having people who will suffer with you.
The Live Free Recovery Protocol is not a surrender. The Live Free Recovery Protocol is a different kind of freedom. The freedom to ask for help. The freedom to be vulnerable. The freedom to heal.
Send the text. Wear the uniform. Take the life preserver. Break the silence.
This is the Spiritual Minded Military Live Free Recovery Protocol for the New Hampshire Army National Guard. Freedom does not mean suffering alone. Freedom means the formation. Fall in.
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