Shannon Book spent 17 years as a Fleet Marine Force corpsman, including two tours in Iraq. He survived Fallujah running on coffee grounds and sheer grit. What nearly broke him came after.
When he was medically retired in 2010, the brothers he counted on had moved on, his marriage dissolved, and a years-long battle with alcohol and drugs nearly cost him everything. What kept him going — then and now — is music.
In episode 305 of The American Legion Tango Alpha Lima podcast, Book opens up about his work as a musician, hitting rock bottom, and the Veterans Court system that helped him recover one step at a time.
He's now sober, back in the studio, and sharing the message he once gave others from a stage — this time from a place of hard-earned experience.
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