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Today’s episode is going to be special. I’m going to share my thoughts about being sober for 11 years. This episode might not be for everyone. And that’s ok. I think there are some things in here for everyone but I’m not a puritant. Everyone doesn’t have to be sober. For me, this is the best choice. 

I share something in today’s episode I have never talked about in previous episodes or on the blog. The beginning of my sobriety began with my arrest for DUI, which pointed out how off-track I had gotten. 

I was pretty mad and embarrassed at first, but I grew to see being arrested as a blessing. Without becoming sober I would have never got with my wife and never had my kids. Hell, I might not even be here. 

There are a lot of health benefits to becoming sober as well. Weight loss is a lot easier when you aren’t drinking a case of beer every day. I only briefly touch on the health issues today and focus on my journey. 

So in the end this isn’t for everyone but maybe it is for you. 

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Join me today as I discuss Survival Gatherings. I struggled with exactly what to call today’s episode. You can refer to these events by many names, but I like to call them survival gatherings. 

They are events that include camping for multiple days, lectures, demonstrations, and workshops. This week my family and I are going to the Self Reliance Festival for the first time. In the past, I have attended Zombie Con, The Pathfinder Gathering, and Rivercan Rendevous. I learned so much from these events 

On top of the knowledge you gain from Survival Gatherings, you will meet a lot of like-minded people. I talked about this a lot in my episode on Finding your tribe. If you want to meet people that are into a thing go do that thing. If you want to meet more survivalists go to a survival gathering. 

Do not try to say there is not one near you. I’m sure there is one near you no matter where you live. Even communist California has them. I could swear they had one called Dirt Time but I can’t find it anymore. In any case, look around and ask and I’m sure you can find one near you. 

Sleeping Bag

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Join me today as I discuss two drugs to store for SHTF. They are Modafinil and Kratom. One is by prescription only and massively over-regulated. You can find the other at just about every gas station now. 

For me, they both fit in similar niches. And That is wakefulness. My job has me getting up very early and coffee just isn’t enough. Modafinil is a anti narcalepy drug. It does a fantastic job of waking you up and making you alert. 

Kratom is a plant with opioid-like properties. I first found out about Kratom for its concentration and focus benefits. Later we learned about its ability to treat chronic pain. Only recently did I discover that it’s great for wakefulness and mental alertness. Taking it to wake up or staying up late in the morning does the trick. 

Both of these I feel do a better job at waking you up and keeping you up than caffeine alone. During the SHTF you’ll need to have a guard duty going all the time. Which means someone is going to get the late shift. Either of these two drugs will help out greatly. 

TopExtracts Kratom

Pill Filling Kit

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If you’ve been a prepper very long you have heard I’m coming to your house SHTF. If your friends and family find out that you are a prepper invariable their first response is to tell you that they are going to just come to your place if things go south. And generally telling coworkers that you will shoot them if they show up is frowned upon. 

In this episode, I talk about what I do when people say that. My responses over the years have varied and depend on the people saying it a lot. You can be both nicer and meaner to your family. I could tell my brother I’d shoot him. I wouldn’t of course do that, but he can’t call HR on me either. Also there might be a place in your preps for family. Maybe you plan to take in your parents. 

I also talk about what to do when people do show up. In a shtf what do you do?

Rice

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In today’s episode, I will talk about finding your tribe. I blatantly stole this topic from Nicole Sauce from the Living Free In Tennessee Podcast. However, it resonated with me. I see a lot of people complaining about not being able to find like-minded people in their areas. And I have to call Bull shit on that. Unless you live in the dead middle of a desert there are people around you that are like-minded. 

I talk a lot about the self reliance festival in Camden in this episode and If you are going say hi to my family and me. This year is going to be our first time going. It kept working out the last few years that we weren’t able to make it. And I’m definitely going to sign up to be speaking at the next one. 

In a later episode, I talk all about survival festivals that I have gone to. But there are a lot of ways of finding your tribe. Tune in today to learn about them. 

Self Reliance Festival

Tourniquet 

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Join me today as I discuss ways of Keeping Entertained During A SHTF. And you will definitely need some entertainment during a SHTF. I saw a Facebook post yesterday about this very topic. I had already recorded this episode so I chimed in. Many of the comments weren’t giving board game suggestions as the poster asked. They were saying there wouldn’t be any time for anything but work during the SHTF, which is stupid. 

The ideas I share today work just as well for being snowed in as they do for TEOTWAWKI. 

I talk a lot about owning physical media today if there is power. I have been trying to make a move away from streaming services to owning my own media again. Modern movies and TV shows are becoming woke garbage more often than not. So own physical media for a disaster. 

I then talk about board games. With kids around games are a fun way to keep them and yourself entertained. 

Monopoardy

Cards

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Join me today as I discuss the Top 5 Survival fiction books.  This list could get updated soon as I haven’t read one in years. Moreover, now that I’m back podcasting I need to see what’s new.  I’m sure there have been some great novels since my departure. 

There are lessons to learn from all the books listed today. Some are more overt than others. Patriots is a survival manual vaguely disguised as a novel. With that said I do have it as a guilty pleasure. 

299 Days is a fantastic book series with only a few flaws. I personally feel like the first book could be drastically shortened. Or eliminated.  The story really takes off in book 2 on. 

World War Z is an absolutely fantastic book, unlike the horrible movie.  They have little to do with each other. This one is better to read the audiobook. The narrator is not great. 

One Second After is the quintessential survival fiction book. If you go online and ask for a recommendation for survival novels you will get one second after for good reason. 

One Second After

299 Days

Patriots

World War Z

Brushfire Plague

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Join me today as I talk about prepping with kids. This episode is a long time coming. Before I never really felt like I could cover the topic properly. It’s hard to talk about something you don’t have any experience with. Now that I have children I can properly cover prepping with kids. 

This might end up being a part of a series. With the shorter episodes, I cover less material, which is a huge topic. 

I talk about including your children in your prepping activities. Kids want to emulate adults and love to be included. Recently I’ve been including my daughter in helping cook dinner every night. She loves to use her tiny kitchen knife to cut veggies. 

There is also a lot of fun activities to do. One of my daughter’s favorite things to do is to go hiking. She’s been going since she was old enough to walk. Often when I’m off the next day I ask her what she wants to do and hiking is chosen as much as going to the park. 

Kids Hiking Pack

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Join me today to talk about Power Options For Short Term Disasters. And I do mean short term. The scope of this podcast does not cover TEOTWAWKT.

Also, there is no intro on today’s episode. The audio stopped after 7 minutes and I had to resume on the drive home. The first 7 minutes had bad audio so I threw it out. 

Today we talk about power options for short term disasters. Think brownouts and power outages for a day or two at max. For this, we are mainly focused on phones, devices, the Internet, and refrigeration. 

Power banks form the main bulk of the work for this with whole house battery backups being the big hitter. In the past I did an article on how to build a battery backup The only difference now would be I might recommend using a lithium battery over the marine one. 

Lastly, as I said in the podcast your car is a generator. All you need is an inverter. 

2,000 watt inverter

Battery Bank

Lithium Battery

Battery Charger and Batteries

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Today we are talking about Spices For Your Long Term Storage.  This is the second part of my series of making your preps taste good. If you have just stored rice and beans without the means to prepare them you won’t be happy. I love rice and even I don’t want to eat a ton of plain white rice. 

In the countries where they eat a lot of rice, they all have ways to make it taste better. Japan has a topping called Furikake ( ふりかけ) to spice things up. 

The spices talked about today are Curry Powder, Cumin, Cinnamon, Chili Powder, Garlic Powder, Ginger, and Tumeric.  There are a lot more you can be storing and should be but you can do a lot with just those. 

You could eat the same meal every day and use different combinations of these spices to make the meal completely different. 

I cover the issue of flavor fatigue in this episode. I struggled with it badly on Canrivore and don’t want anyone to take it lightly. 

Curry Powder

Cumin Powder

Cinnamon Powder

Chili Powder

Garlic Powder

Ginger Powder

Tumeric Powder

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