Knot Today: From Honor, Character & Integrity to Hell. And Back.

Undiagnosed PTSD. Does Death Follow me? It’s a damn good thing I joined the Air Force and not the Navy. In the Navy they teach you proper knots. The knot I tied around my neck didn’t hold when I stepped off the ladder. Suicide? Knot Today. For the first time in years, as I lay on the cold concrete of that garage, I was glad to be alive. My twenty-one years of military service included horrific, devastating events. I lost friends, one decapitated, his flesh covering my uniform, my face. I had seen soldiers burn to death before my eyes; the aroma stays with you forever. So many lives lost before their time. No one realized how these incidents, combined with years of childhood sexual abuse, affected me. Deeply, thoroughly. For decades I never said a word. I’m good, I told everyone, but I was not.I saw my predator in our small town two decades later, I knew it was time to come forward and tell the truth, the whole truth. I simply had to start using my voice, telling my story, for the good of others. It’s a story of the prevailing human spirit, and I hope it will help others speak out. Because needing help is not a weakness, it makes you human. Everybody has a story. Air Force Veteran Scott W.F. Aubin has seen things that most of us never will. His story is compelling, his spirit unconquerable. PTSD made life impossible, he has prevailed. Now a suicide prevention speaker nationwide, he serves our country by sharing his story, traveling with his Service Dog, Dash. He tried to take his life, those who know him are grateful that it was Knot Today. www.ScottAubin.com * ‘"Scott's story is a must read. It’s a story that educates while altering preconceived notions and breaking hearts. My only regret afterwards is that Scott had to live through it. May his story help heal and protect others so they will not have to endure what he did. Kudos to Janice for getting it on the page. " ---Angela Shelton, filmmaker and author’ ‘It was incredible how he is so real and able to tell his story…what an amazing person…’ ‘Powerful. Inspiring...An amazing message...riveting, compelling, informative’ --New York State Children’s Alliance*These raves describe this Veteran’s role as an inspirational speaker on suicide awareness. You can now read his entire story, Knot Today. From Honor, Character & Integrity to Hell. And Back.