Time to fill the vape.

You get a lot expected from you in the military.

You have to always be ready.

You have to trust who's around you.

They have to be able to trust you.

A lot of times after we completed missions,

whether it be searching buildings, running a convoy,

taking incoming rounds, it was almost expected.

Everybody was "smoke them if you got them,"

which was a common phrase.

2013, without me knowing, I had seven heart attacks.

And so the seven heart attacks, obviously, I

had to start changing my whole way of health, food I ate,

what I did, exercise, definitely had to quit smoking.

That was, obviously, most likely a big contributor to it.

I felt cold.

But I was sweating.

And I just knew something major was wrong.

But I didn't want to accept it.

I thought it was just my work injury.

I needed surgery, blah, blah, blah.

And finally, they were pretty persistence

and said we need to bring you to the hospital,

have you get checked out.

I'm like, fine.

They tied me up, you know, put me in the room.

And doctor came in, asked how I was doing.

I was like, you tell me, how am I doing.

And he says I got a lot of respect for you.

I was like why?

He was like you were 100% blocked.

If you waited another hour, you would have died.

You know projects like these, I think, are more needed.

They should have more of them like this.

It's not about how many circles you can blow

or how big you can blow.

It's more about people on my side, the vaper,

trying to establish a foothold on the benefits of vaping.

With me, I'm not smoking anymore.

Started out as the homeless guy, joined the military,

had an extravagant awesome career,

was a federal police officer, awesome career, again.

And now I'm a retired vaper.

I'm retired and I'm vaping.

Who'd thought being a homeless guy,

having two established careers, and now I just happily vape

and my health is better.