Sometimes, asking for help can be one of the hardest things a person will do. It requires a certain level of vulnerability, surrender and trust. However, that’s just what Marine Corps veteran and retired law enforcement officer, Brian Gillespie did. Brian, born and raised in Jersey City, came to terms with his own struggles with substance abuse more than eight years ago and hasn't looked back.
Brian has been involved in the first responder world since 1982, when he joined the US Marine Corps from 1982-1986. Until today, he has been active in that first responder community. He left the Marines in 86 and began his career a few years later in law enforcement. Even though he's retired, he is still active in drums and pipes groups, and very active with a Police Benevolent Association. That's just Social Civic. Then you throw in the professional aspect. Now he has become a treatment advocate for first responders seeking recovery for Addiction and Mental health issues. He currently is a treatment advocate (RESCU: Recovering Emergency Service Community United), at a treatment facility as that treatment advocate is called Recovery Centers of America and Raritan Bay, New Jersey, and he helps first responders and their families find recovery daily.
Learn more about our guest by visiting some of the links below:
https://recoverycentersofamerica.com/blogs/helps-vets-overcome-drug-alcohol-abuse/
https://www.vets4warriors.com/about/our-leadership/brian_gillespie/
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/11/former-marine-and-jersey-city-native-helps-other-vets-overcome-drug-and-alcohol-abuse.html
https://dnjmcl.org/department-staff/
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