Paul Alex

I was just like, this is surreal.

Like I cannot believe I'm doing this shit.

Right.

But it was like one of the best jobs I ever had because I learned so much about myself.

Never thought I was an introvert until I was going ahead and running cases with like, you know, the FBI, the DEA, HSI and all that jazz taking down like these big organizations and

And then transitioning in 2019 to Special Victims Unit, I got the opportunity to work for the FBI Task Force for Human Trafficking.

And that was pretty cool because at that time, I had written hundreds of search warrants successfully.

I was awarded Detective of the Year.

I had a bunch of accommodations.

Basically, if a first responder is listening to this, I was a cop's cop.

And they know what that means.

That means that, dude, I did it because I genuinely cared.

I had fulfillment.

I was very passionate about it, right?

And that was my thing.

That was my addiction.

That's what defined me at that time, dude, being a cop.

And I think for a lot of law enforcement, it's the exact same thing, but it's sort of unhealthy because you got to be able to detach from the chaos.

I wasn't able to.

That was my identity, dude.