NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE YOUR FIRE

by Trevor Beaman

Trevor A. Beaman has experienced decades of brutal life lessons gained through the trauma of childhood abuse, the impacts of war, and the loss of friends. No One Else Can See Your Fire takes you on a gripping personal journey through his struggles of everyday life, achievements, and the rich humanity of family cruelty, active combat zones, and the darkness of mental illness and addiction. Follow Beaman as he bravely marches toward resilience and, ultimately, triumph. This book allows the reader to feel as if they are being guided to the roughest edges of life with a trusted wingman walking next to them. Being human is painful, and that pain is a necessary part of existence. Beaman’s deeply personal and vulnerable story will remind you that you are not alone in your suffering.


AUTHOR BIO
TREVOR A. BEAMAN is Retired US Army Special Forces Green Beret, father, and husband who married his university sweetheart, Shawn. He is a multi-combat tour veteran with over twenty-four years of service in the US Army. After over two decades of struggling with depression, substance abuse, and suicidal ideation, he found healing and has written a self-help memoir that everyone can use to gain knowledge and reflect in their everyday life. Trevor grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and now lives in the Florida Panhandle, where he enjoys dancing to live music and playing in the ocean with his two amazing kids.

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180 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 18, 2024

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was really interesting. Beaman tells about his childhood, including detailing the extensive sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his step father. Inspite of, or potentially because of, this trauma, Beaman later enters the army and does multiple deployments in Afghanistan which are extremely dangerous and traumatic. He copes with both his childhood and veteran-related trauma by using drugs and alcohol. His addictions lead to him being rejected from an important training course, which is just the wake up call he needs to make better choices and get clean.

I liked this book and thought it was well done, but it was a bit short. I felt there was a good amount of emphasis and detail related to the childhood trauma and less on the veteran-related trauma, as well as what life after becoming sober was like for the author. I think a little more detail there would have been nice. I wonder if this is because the author has worked through and been able to distance himself from the childhood trauma, at least more so than the more recent trauma he experienced, making it easier to write about and reflect on, but either way I think this book could use a bit more content especially in the second half.

[Gina Casazza · Rating 5 out of 5]

powerful, raw, emotional…. what a book!!

Wow this book was incredible. At times I did have to put it down because it’s was so raw and vulnerable it made so uncomfortable that someone could abuse a child in this way. Trevor is an incredible writer who poured his heart and souls into this book. I highly recommend reading this book. It is incredible.