Spiritual Minded Military Oklahoma Army National Guard: Why Do Oil Rig Soldiers Struggle with Alcohol—The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol
You live two lives. One on the rig. One in the Guard. Both demand everything. Both give nothing back.
On the rig, you work twelve to fourteen hours. The noise never stops. The danger never sleeps. The man next to you could die today. You could die today. The crew drinks after shifts because drinking is the only way to prove you are still human.
At drill, you stand in formation. You run ranges. You take orders. You give orders. You are a soldier. The Guard expects you to be ready. The Guard does not care that you worked seventy hours before you drove to the armory.
The rig and the guard do not talk to each other. The rig does not know you are a soldier. The Guard does not know what the rig does to your body.
The enemy lives in the space between your two lives. He attacks when you are too tired to fight back.
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free." — Galatians 5:1
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THE SLEEP MATH THAT DOES NOT WORK
Oil rig shifts rotate. Two weeks on. One week off. Twelve hours on. Twelve hours off. Nights one week. Days next. Your body never knows what time it is.
Drill weekends do not rotate. A drill is a drill. You report at 0600 regardless of what shift you worked the night before.
The math does not work. You drive four hours from the rig to the armory. You sleep four hours before formation. You stand on the range with eyes that have been open for twenty hours.
Alcohol is not the enemy of sleep on the rig. Alcohol is the only way your body knows how to turn off. The rig destroyed your sleep cycle. The bottle became your sleep button.
Cellular Hydrate – Electrolyte Formula before bed. One scoop. Sixteen ounces of water. Electrolytes tell your nervous system to calm down. The rig made your nervous system forget how to calm down. The electrolytes teach it again.
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THE CREW THAT DRINKS TOGETHER
Your crew is your tribe. On the rig, you trust them with your life. Off the rig, you drink with them until you cannot remember your own name. The drinking is not recreation. The drinking is the ritual that proves you belong.
If you stop drinking, you stop belonging. The crew will not say it. The crew will not kick you out. But you will feel it. The distance will grow. The silence will come.
The enemy uses your crew as his weapon. He does not need you to keep drinking. He just needs you to believe that you cannot stop without losing your tribe.
The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol does not ask you to leave your crew. The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol asks you to change the ritual.
Your crew will mock you at first. Roughnecks mock everything. Then they will watch you. Then one of them will ask for a cup. That is how the culture changes.
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THE BODY THAT FORGOT HOW TO STOP
The rig demands everything. Your body learned to keep going. Adrenaline during the shift. Cortisol during the drive home. Your body forgot how to stop.
Alcohol is the emergency brake. You drink, and your body finally slows down. The problem is not that you drink. The problem is that your emergency brake is the only brake you have.
The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol installs a new braking system.
Cellular Hydrate is the anti-lock brake. One scoop. Sixteen ounces of water. Electrolytes regulate your nervous system. Your nervous system does not need alcohol to slow down. Your nervous system needs minerals.
The rig stole your minerals. The bottle stole more. Cellular Hydrate gives them back.
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THE OKLAHOMA DISTANCE
Oklahoma is the land of opportunity. The rigs are in the western part of the state. Armories are located in the cities. Work and duty are separated by hours, not minutes.
It takes you 3 hours to get to Oklahoma City from the rig. You drill. You travel 3 hours back. The highway is empty, too. There is static on the radio. The words echo in the mind.
The enemy attacks on the highway. The foe strikes when you are by yourself in the truck and have nothing to do but think.
The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol is a set of tools to arm you for the highway. Drink Mushroom Coffee before driving. One cup. Caffeine is to keep you alert. The mushrooms make you relaxed. The highway doesn't have to be a battle ground.
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THE GUARD THAT DOES NOT KNOW
The Oklahoma Army National Guard is aware that you work on rigs. The Guard just doesn't know what it means. The Guard is not aware of the shift rotations. The Guard is unaware of the sleep debt. Guard has no idea of the crew's drinking culture.
The Guard is not their enemy. The guard is simply not the one that you're supposed to wear.
The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol is the link between the rig and the guard. The protocol does not require any guard change. The protocol provides you with the means to live in both worlds.
Drink Cellular Hydrate prior to Drill Weekend. Drink mushroom coffee during drill weekend. Put on the uniform at the armory. Make sure you wear armor on the rig.
The Guard doesn't have to comprehend. It's simply a matter of doing it.
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ONE ROUGHNECK IS A TARGET. TWO ROUGHNECKS ARE A FORMATION.
The rig is in formation. It's not as guarded. The rig formation is the team of roughnecks in your formation. They're your battle buddies aboard the rig. They are unaware that they are battle buddies. They know that they trust you.
The Roughneck Formation is in need of an officer. Not a boss. A leader who demonstrates to them how to do things differently.
You are that leader. Not because you're perfect. You are trying because you are trying. The roughneck that attempts to stop drinking is the roughneck that changes the culture.
Find one other roughneck. Say, "I'm going through the Roughneck Sobriety Protocol, and it is tough." I need your support with me.
THE RIG DEMANDS. THE GUARD DEMANDS. THE PROTOCOL GIVES BACK.
It is not a problem with the rig, Oklahoma Army National Guard. The bottle doesn't belong in the enemy column. The enemy is the difference between your two lives. The rig requires all of a performer's effort. The Guard expects nothing less than the best. There's nothing more for you.
The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol comes in with a helping hand.
Cellular Hydrate is the remedy for the robbed cell. Mushroom coffee is what the guard needs. Your uniform tells in both worlds who you are.
You are not weak. You are tired. You were weary from the rig. The bottle was exhausting. The Roughneck Sobriety Protocol makes you strong.
One scoop. One cup. One uniform. One text. One roughneck at a time.
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This is the Spiritual Minded Military Roughneck Sobriety Protocol for the Oklahoma Army National Guard. The rig and the guard demand everything. The protocol gives you something back. Fall in.
The Remnant does not transition. The Remnant re-enlists.
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