Joining via zoom is Matt and Shavonne in beautiful Southern California at Throttle & Thrive's Facility, which is a Men's Substance Misuse Facility Exclusively For First Responders and Veterans.

Matt was born in Florida and served as a Fire Fighter for 18 years. Furthermore, Matt was married and has three children and unfortunately his substance misuse was a contributing factor to him becoming divorced in 2018. Matt has attended SIX different treatment centers and was not seeing improvement in himself.

Matt got connected with Shavonne in early 2024 and attended Throttle & Thrive, which is exactly what he needed as the facility is geared towards our first responder and military community. Matt shares his experiences being a Fire Fighter, diagnosis of PTSD, relationship challenges, substance misuse, and shares the need for our community to learn about the great work Shavonne is doing at Throttle & Thrive.

Thank you to Matt for being willing to be vulnerable and share your story for our community!

If you would like to learn more about Shavonne and Throttle & Thrive, we encourage you to listen to SZN 6 EP 5 and SZN 6 EP 10. Throttle & Thrive was a proud sponsor at T.O.C.'s "Be Here Tomorrow" symposium in February of 2024. You can also find Throttle & Thrive's website at Throttleandthrive.com.

Thank you all and don't forget to download The Overwatch Collective App to listen to T.O.C.'s Podcast in addition to others for our community.