What if addiction, depression, or repeated rehab stays are not willpower failures but signs of an undiagnosed brain injury no one screened for? Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) Marc McNeice explains how early screening reframes behavior, reduces shame, and opens a clearer path toward healing and stability. This conversation is for veterans, caregivers, first responders, and families supporting someone cycling through addiction, trauma, or mental health systems.

Marc brings lived experience and frontline data from more than 300 screens in detox, reentry, and housing programs with a 97 percent positive history rate. He breaks down the difference between traumatic and acquired injury, why childhood impacts echo for decades, and what the NASHIA OBISSS screen surfaces that standard intake misses.

Host Antoinette Berrafato, New Normal Big Life podcast host who used nature therapy (archery and kayaking) to recover from physical limitations, finding passion, purpose, and people as a recipe for mental health, adds her own TBI recovery perspective plus the gut brain link that shapes mood and cognition.

Stay through the end for a preview of Part 2, a solo walk through vitamins that support mood after injury.

New Normal Big Life streams free in audio and video on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome MarcMcNeice

01:31 TBI Versus ABI

02:30 Justice Data Point

04:16 Why Injury Hides

09:59 Marc Injury Story

16:03 Screening Gap

20:50 Injury Plus Trauma

22:38 Gut Brain axis

26:33 Acacia Fiber

34:43 Inside OBISSS Screen

41:28 Cost Of Missing It

44:45 Stop The Bleed

48:40 Part 2 Preview

51:29 Hope And Healing

Guest: Marc McNeice, CBIS, brain injury specialist and survivor supporting recovery, housing, and reentry programs in Massachusetts. Connect:

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