Epic True Story Thread

[franchise24]

I know all about trying to fill a void. Used to fill it with heroin, now I fill it with pushing my body to the limits with the iron.

That's a great change. I love to hear people breaking bad habits and doing better. I know it was tough.

The saying will always be true "Only the Strong Survive". You survived and can tell your testimony. I bet someone reading this thread will get inspiration from hearing this and start on their way to recovery.

Great thread for sure.

 

[franchise24]

I've had your post in reply the last 10 minutes and have deleted a few responses. Terrible situation to have to go through. As someone that's asked for forgiveness and beat myself up I can relate. There's always redemption to be had Brother.

I agree. We are our worst critics. And I always said if I ever felt threatened while at war. It was shoot first ask questions later.

 

[franchise24]

I'm glad you're able to let it out. We sent you into the mess, it would be just as wrong for us to act like we are not all just as guilt..

Mrhat

Thanks brother I appreciate that. I see a Dr and talk about these things. And if I'm struggling with something we find a solution. I'm blessed to be alive, body is beat up some but I'm alive. I can't complain about anything. Just deal with it one day at a time. This year has been one of toughest years with my PTSD since 2013.

The last few years I was able to get out of it fast. This it's lingered around some. But the last three weeks have been good.

 

[Mrhat39]

Thanks brother I appreciate that. I see a Dr and talk about these things. And if I'm struggling with something we find a solution. I'm blessed to be alive, body is beat up some but I'm alive. I can't complain about anything. Just deal with it one day at a time. This year has been one of toughest years with my PTSD since 2013.

The last few years I was able to get out of it fast. This it's lingered around some. But the last three weeks have been good.

We will always be here to listen. We can't take it away, but we can bare are part of the responsibility....

 

[franchise24]

We will always be here to listen. We can't take it away, but we can bare are part of the responsibility....

[emoji106] [emoji106] much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

@franchise24 I know all about living with guilt, too. Did a ton of awful shit in my addiction. Stole from, lied to, cheated and hurt people I loved the most. Part of me feels like that's why my life is like it is, karma coming back around. I don't know, I get it though. I try every single day to be the best person I can be no matter what happens. It's all you can do. Live with the shit and hope you can do enough good to tilt the scales back the other way a little.

 

[Ripped]

Lifting heavy keeps me sane. As get older I will have to find something else to fill that void, when I can no longer push heavy weights.

My old boss Was in Vietnam me and him talked alot but by his temperament nobody would have ever known without him saying anything that he was in Vietnam. He had bad dreams of stuff also.


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[Kakarot]

When i was about 19 This one chick had me fuck her in the ass from behind, choke her with a scarf while simultaneously punching her in the side with my free hand all with the lights on....Id been chugging jagger and redbull all night and talking up way too much shit she was a 9 or 10 and at the time I was probably a solid scrawny 6...maybe I sobered up about an hour into it and realized that the ass was where poop comes from couldn't stop thinking that when I pulled out shit was going to spew out of that chocolate starfish I nutted 3 times with no pause before I decided it didn't matter if it looked like exorcist pea soup or KFC gravy.

 

[franchise24]

My old boss Was in Vietnam me and him talked alot but by his temperament nobody would have ever known without him saying anything that he was in Vietnam. He had bad dreams of stuff also.


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My dad is a Vietnam Vet. He still a crazy angry mofo, at 70. My mom used to tell me he had some wicked bad dreams. You couldn't wake him up either. He'd get up trying to fight anyone that woke him. Mom is crazy too, I guess. She would wake him with no fear. lol. One day she told me to go wake him up for dinner. I looked at her like she was crazy. She was cooking, so I grabbed the broom stick and went and woke him up. Kept a few feet between us. LOL

 

[Ripped]

My dad is a Vietnam Vet. He still a crazy angry mofo, at 70. My mom used to tell me he had some wicked bad dreams. You couldn't wake him up either. He'd get up trying to fight anyone that woke him. Mom is crazy too, I guess. She would wake him with no fear. lol. One day she told me to go wake him up for dinner. I looked at her like she was crazy. She was cooking, so I grabbed the broom stick and went and woke him up. Kept a few feet between us. LOL

He always keeps a 45 Springfield close by lol. Like a wallet to him.

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[franchise24]

He always keeps a 45 Springfield close by lol. Like a wallet to him.

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LoL. I carry everyday everywhere. I accidentally was open carrying in the mall and got kicked out. LOL. I didn't realize my shirt didn't go over the firearm. I know many here carry everyday as well. I won't go anywhere with out it. Even keep one in my gym bag.

 

[ickyrica]

Epic story time huh? I have a bunch of them; most don't make me proud.

I went to a pretty epic concert a little while back. Well, the epic part was what happened at the concert and not so much the show itself.

The wife and I went on an impromptu date night to an Eric Church concert at the Garden. We were literally 10 rows from the back wall in the upper deck and ended up being gifted passes to the pit. We went from the back of the room to literally the best seats in the house. That's epic in my book.

First seat

Second seat

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Shit not sure if this qualifies as an epic story. But it's a fucked up one for sure that haunts me every day and I ask forgiveness for it often.

First deployment they were using children to cross in front of our convoys to stop us so that they can ambush us. I was driving the lead humvee this mission. And there was little girl in the middle of the road. I made the decision to run her over. She was no older than 10 maybe.

I was a PFC it was never reported, I believe because as soon as I ran her over we took direct fire from small arms light machine guns and of course their favorite RPG's. An RPG went right past the front of our vehicle. It was surreal just looked like a fireball.

No judgement here.
Not that i condone it but i understand...totally understand.
These are not normal thought processes that enter the minds of civilians in there perfect little worlds. We are designed different and have far different experiences. That is precisely why IDGAF about what any civy has to say about anything done during war. Theyd crawl up in a ball and die or get their whole platoon killed.
Its long been understood they are cowards and they fight a cowards war. They are not the same men as we are. Less-er
The enemy that is

 

[Mrhat39]

LoL. I carry everyday everywhere. I accidentally was open carrying in the mall and got kicked out. LOL. I didn't realize my shirt didn't go over the firearm. I know many here carry everyday as well. I won't go anywhere with out it. Even keep one in my gym bag.

I'm not so worried about me. That's not the reason I carry. But I don't want to be in Walmart , and hear gunshots, and feel like I need to get away. I want to be able to stop some dirt bag, that decided to go on a rampage and kill innocent people. If I'm in the mall and hear gunshots, I'm getting my kids out and heading right back to where I heard the shots coming from.

 

[Johnny442]

We will always be here to listen. We can't take it away, but we can bare are part of the responsibility....

I agree man, I may not personally know any of you, but I'm willing to talk, hear or try to help any of you brothers out if need be! I feel even though there's some bullshit people on this board, there seems to be some good peeps as well!

 

[Johnny442]

@franchise24 I know all about living with guilt, too. Did a ton of awful shit in my addiction. Stole from, lied to, cheated and hurt people I loved the most. Part of me feels like that's why my life is like it is, karma coming back around. I don't know, I get it though. I try every single day to be the best person I can be no matter what happens. It's all you can do. Live with the shit and hope you can do enough good to tilt the scales back the other way a little.

I agree man! I was a terrible person for most of my life. When my first born was a month old, I was laying there on meth jacked out of my mind, thinking what the fuck are you doing! So the last 12 years I've tried to make up for the shit I did! Karma still slaps me around as well, but try my hardest to do right and treat people that deserve it well.

 

[franchise24]

No judgement here.
Not that i condone it but i understand...totally understand.
These are not normal thought processes that enter the minds of civilians in there perfect little worlds. We are designed different and have far different experiences. That is precisely why IDGAF about what any civy has to say about anything done during war. Theyd crawl up in a ball and die or get their whole platoon killed.
Its long been understood they are cowards and they fight a cowards war. They are not the same men as we are. Less-er
The enemy that is

I'm just like you I could give two shits what any civy has to say, when they haven't served or walked a mile in our shoes.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

I'm just like you I could give two shits what any civy has to say, when they haven't served or walked a mile in our shoes.

They couldnt fill our shoes
Period

 

[franchise24]

They couldnt fill our shoes
Period

Very true.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I agree man! I was a terrible person for most of my life. When my first born was a month old, I was laying there on meth jacked out of my mind, thinking what the fuck are you doing! So the last 12 years I've tried to make up for the shit I did! Karma still slaps me around as well, but try my hardest to do right and treat people that deserve it well.

I don't really believe in anything, but the irony of the things I go through now compared to things I've done in the past isn't lost on me.