REBOOT Combat/First Responder Recovery Mission #3 to begin in Merrill
TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR
REBOOT Combat/First Responder Recovery Mission #3 will begin in Merrill on Sunday, March 6, 2022, at the Northwoods Veterans Post, 601 Johnson St., Merrill. The program will run once a week on Sunday evenings through June 5, 2022, beginning with a meal at 5:00 p.m. and then class from 6:00-7:00 p.m. There is no cost to participate, and childcare can be provided if requested in advance.
REBOOT Recovery is a faith-based trauma healing program. Veterans, First Responders, corrections staff, and spouses are invited to overcome trauma together.
Where other therapies and medications have failed to help, REBOOT offers a 12-week, faith-based, peer-led course to help people overcome service-related trauma through healing courses, practical teaching/training, and supportive community so they can find hope and healing to move forward with their lives.
“Each week, you’ll progress through our trauma healing curriculum with a lesson guided by your local leader. It’s not a lecture. It’s a conversation,” the program emphasizes. “Every participant plays a part in helping one another.”
The program is safe, private, and outcomes-driven, utilizing a “unique blend of clinical insight and Christian faith-based support.”
Trauma experienced in the line of duty as a combat Veteran, First Responder, or corrections officer can leave scars, cause nightmares, affect relationships, and result in post traumatic stress disorders, leading to feelings of brokenness, loss of control, and hopelessness.
“Trauma is the root cause of suicide,” the REBOOT website cites, “and the existing solutions aren’t working. REBOOT delivers healing from trauma that actually works.”
“A suicide attempt happens every 22 seconds in the U.S. One life is lost to suicide every 11 minutes. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among ages 18-39.”
REBOOT is making a difference with their Combat Recovery program which launched in 2011, followed in 2018 with a First Responders program, and has helped more than 10,000 people “overcome the trials, tragedies, and traumas of their past.” Nearly 300 course locations span 34 states and 7 countries, making REBOOT Recovery the largest peer-led trauma healing program in the world.
REBOOT can help participants experience hope, healing, and a brighter future.
Here in Merrill, the program began in 2019 with Mission #1 with 12 participants. Mission #2 was postponed in 2020 due to COVID and ran in 2021. Now Mission #3 is set to begin, and Veterans, First Responders, corrections staff, and spouses are invited to join. Register at REBOOTRecovery.com.
Contacts for the Merrill program are Corey Dornbrack 715.218.3537 and Tracy Jopek 715.302.8896. Questions can also be emailed to: [email protected].