Sharing Your Story with David Mike {Podcast Episode #89}
David Mike (aka Dilemmamike) joins me on the podcast today. David is a cosmetology instructor and a writer. He shares his real life story of being from a long time military family to spending time in Ft. Leavenworth and beyond. He has an incredible story of grace and renewal.
On this episode, we talk about:
- David’s dream to be a solider and his military background
- His first experience with ecstasy and how it led to an addiction
- How he started dealing drugs
- He was arrested and went AWOL
- How he was medicating himself to escape from reality
- He survived an overdose
- His court marshall and sentence in prison
- How he found grace and forgiveness
- How he learned that other people didn’t define him
- His feelings of being alone and isolated
- How getting out of your own head is so important
- Fear of not having done something before
- Starting to share his story with others
- How he manages to fit writing in the margins
- The difficult parts of writing his story and how painful it was for his family
- His support from veterans has been instrumental
- Being isolated is probably the worse thing you can do
- Seek guidance and assistance from others
- Waiting for the future or conditions to be perfect means you’ll never do it
- Someone somewhere needs you to do your hustle now
- You might surprise yourself
You can follow Mike on his website, Twitter, and Facebook.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Share in the comments below!
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