RogerSparks

If someone is drinking and getting deep, really you need to get at them before they are sloshed. Some of the best advice I got was to go out into the mountains and sweat hard --- and then get at stuff. That was from Mick McManus, legedary Vietnam Pararescueman -- because when you experienced that military based trauma you were at max heart rate and engaged with what you are doing -- so to recreate that in a safe environment is more healthy. You're doing self-initiated cognitive therapy.

That's a heavy question --- that's tough --- no easy way to answer that one. Connect as sincerely and clearly as possible. Involve yourself with doing productive and healthy things with him and in the midst of that, delve into the issues. Connecting in a sincere way, one on one, is what is important -- outside of superficial gabbing/social drinking.

Face the music --- get outside and get your heart pumping! (And it really isn't dark here all day --- not like in Utqiagvik on the North Slope).

We flew out for a rescue -- to make a long story short, it was frigid weather, dead of winter, and two young women overdue a day. The snow was sugar and they had run their snowmachine off the trail and got stuck. They froze their clothing trying to get the machine out of the snow and when we got to them they were partially declothed and frozen, still alive ---- and they were so frozen and hard to get into the helicopter because their clothing, Carharts, was frozen and so stiff we could barely move them through the snow to the helo. They lived, but lost both lost lower limbs --- and turns out they had been involved in a robbery of some sort!

Good morning! (Way too early in AK to be answering life and death questions! Haha) If it is a life threatening situation where someone is projecting violence, you have to first project violence back --- once you've stopped the capacity to project violence, collect the wounded, stop the bleeding, treat for shock... Before you enter any situation like that you always want to have your "go to hell plan," even if it's loose. For wilderness survival -- I would say knowing where you are at and what your capabilities are and knowing what you can do. Can you create shelter, walk out -- go into the matrix of what are the threats and what are your abilities. Knowing yourself is key. Can you walk a hundred miles with a broken leg, or do you need to sit there and try to build a fire. Knowing yourself is vital.