432 A Navy Seal's Story of Sobriety After Shame, Secrets, and Addiction


What happens when the thing that was supposed to save you - the mission, the badge, the identity - becomes the very thing addiction destroys? And what do you do when you are a trained Navy SEAL, built to be a hero, and you cannot even save your own son from a pandemic scare because you are too deep in a three-day meth binge to pick up the phone?

Today I sit down with Dr. Tony Dice - Navy SEAL, PhD, and author of After the Trident: A Navy SEAL's Battle with Secrets, Shame, and Addiction. Dr. Dice spent years serving alongside legends like Jocko Willink, then gave up his SEAL career to protect his drug use - until a moment of devastating clarity brought him to his knees and into treatment.

In this episode you will learn:

  • How growing up in extreme isolation with an alcoholic father shaped his addiction before it even started
  • Why high performers are especially vulnerable to addiction - and how the same obsessive drive that builds careers can quietly destroy everything they love
  • How Tony sold his car to fund his own rehab stay, and what that moment of willingness meant for his recovery
  • The holistic change model Dr. Dice discovered in 12-step recovery - and why it maps directly onto proven therapeutic frameworks
  • Why gratitude is not just a feeling - it is an action word, and why Tony has it tattooed on his leg next to a handcuff key

So without further delay, please enjoy this episode, and let me know what you think!

 


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