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We pick up with Mike Keevil after Afghanistan and follow the long, messy timeline of coming home, staying wired, and finally learning what it takes to heal. The thread running through combat, competitive shooting, jujitsu, and Warhammer 40K is decision-making under pressure and the courage to be a beginner again. 

• the delayed crash after deployment and why it often hits in your 30s 
• learning to spot high-strung behavior and stop calling it “fine” 
• meeting an elite shooter and letting ego die in real time 
• USPSA as a controlled adrenaline lab for performance and self-awareness 
• handloading ammo as discipline and a barrier against drinking 
• failing chrono and turning loss into process and preparation 
• retirement realities and the cost of being away from family 
• workups, overtraining, and using intensity as a coping tool 
• marriage strain, divorce, and not knowing how to be home 
• nonprofit veteran support, crisis fatigue, and resentment you do not expect 
• building a life with mentors, peers, and younger men you mentor 
• chasing approval, reservist stigma, and the drive to prove worth 
• Warhammer 40K as community, identity repair, and leaving the bubble 
• delayed consequences as a life framework and the backbone of a new book 
• faith, forgiveness, and learning to be present 
• therapy, trauma as trauma, and what “grounded” actually looks like 
• Dunning-Kruger, fear of failure, and putting ego in check 
• a father’s message to his sons: say yes and take risks 

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