He called in airstrikes. Survived a four-hour firefight. Earned two Bronze Stars. But the war that almost killed him came after.

Eric Lionheart is a former Air Force Combat Controller who went from elite missions in Afghanistan with ODA's… to a dark spiral of guilt, pills, and suicidal depression. In this raw, soul-baring episode, Eric opens up about the ceremony that cracked him wide open — and why plant medicine wasn’t an escape, but a rescue.

He didn’t want a vacation. He wanted to stop wanting to die.

This Reloaded episode is for the ones who missed it the first time — and for anyone ready to go deeper than surface-level healing.

Still Here 🤙🏻

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