We Can Recover — Robert Greer on Brotherhood, Addiction, and the Fight to Come Home

Dispatched & Dysfunctional

Title: We Can Recover — Robert Greer on Brotherhood, Addiction, and the Fight to Come Home
Tagline: Because sometimes the hardest rescue is your own.

After seventeen years in law enforcement — from Corrections and Crimes Against Children to the FBI Task Force — Robert Greer hit rock bottom. Trauma, addiction, and silence nearly took everything.

Now, as an Admissions Advocate at Warriors Heart, he’s helping other first responders and veterans climb out of that same darkness.

In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Robert and host Chris Stockton dive into the realities behind the badge — the burnout, the bottle, and the breaking point — and the power of recovery that followed.

Hear how one night almost ended his story… and how choosing the phone instead of the gun changed everything.

Highlights:

• The hidden toll of Crimes Against Children investigations

• Isolation, burnout, and the myth of “brotherhood”

• Finding Warriors Heart and the road to recovery

• The first week of sobriety and learning to laugh again

• What hope sounds like on the other end of the line

If you’ve ever felt alone in this work — this episode is proof that you’re not.
You can recover.

Hear how one night almost ended his story… and how choosing the phone instead of the gun changed everything.

If you or someone you love is struggling, visit warriorsheart.com/connect — you’ll reach another warrior who’s been there and can help.

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You’re not alone — not in this job, not in this fight.

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