In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, Chris Logan talks with Tom Crewse, Retired Battalion Chief, program alumnus, and now an employee at First Responder Wellness.

Tom shares what it looked like to grow up believing your value is tied to work, how that mindset shaped him in the fire service, and what it cost in life outside the job. He also opens up about the moment he finally had to be honest with himself, and the turning points that helped him rebuild from the inside out.

Today, Tom works with alumni and runs groups at FRW, using his story to help other first responders find a healthier path forward.

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If you are a first responder, or you love someone who is, this story will hit home. In today's episode we talk about:

• The culture of "suck it up, keep moving, give me the keys and I'll do it right
• Why alcohol + PTSD is such a dangerous combination
• Why the opposite of addiction is really connection
• How gratitude, humility, and facing the pain became his way out
• What culturally competent, first-responder-only treatment felt like, and why that community mattered.

For confidential support, or simply to learn more with no commitment, contact us:
https://www.firstresponder-wellness.com/
888-443-4898

In this episode of the First Responder Wellness Podcast, host Chris Logan (Director of Clinical Operations at First Responder Wellness) sits down with Whitney and Adam from Open Water, an organization that uses paddleboards, outriggers, and time on the water to help first responders break out of isolation and reconnect with life.

They talk about how the water is a “non-judgmental” space that doesn’t care about your rank or your past, and how that environment becomes the perfect place to rediscover fun, community, and purpose again.

If you’re a police officer, firefighter, dispatcher, EMS, any first responder struggling with trauma, burnout, addiction, or feeling emotionally numb, this conversation is for you, or for the person on your shift who needs it but won’t say it out loud.