When anxiety, depression, trauma, or addiction breach your perimeter—run a protocol.
The Coping Cartel gives you the strategy, the intel, and the backup to neutralize the threat. No fluff. No platitudes. Just moves you can execute on your worst days.
If you’re in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, jump to The Red Phone.
Don’t “power through.” Don’t isolate. Don’t negotiate with The Rat. Choose the enemy, run the steps, and buy yourself time.
1) Identify
Name what’s in your territory right now.
2) Deploy
Run a tool in under 5 minutes.
3) Stabilize
Follow a playbook—no guessing.
Stop winging it on your worst days.
Three assets. One mission: keep you alive, steady, and moving forward.
The Wire
Tactical briefings, case files, and real-world strategies. No fluff. Just intel.
Get the intelThe Armory
Worksheets, guides, and coping mechanisms to secure the perimeter and keep the enemy out.
Enter the ArmoryThe Safe House
Private network of men who have your back. Share your story, get advice, hold the line.
Check inPick what’s hitting you hardest right now. We’ll route you to the right tactics.
When the pressure hits, you don’t rise to the occasion—
you fall to the level of your training.
Stop improvising in high-threat moments. Download the 24-Hour Protocol—the operational checklist the Family uses to secure the perimeter and survive the worst days.
Get the Tactical Field Manual
Secure dispatch. No spam. Omertà.
Survivors. Not gurus.
We aren’t doctors. We’re men with scars and receipts. These strategies weren’t learned in a classroom— they were forged in the fire.
The Capo
Bipolar & PTSD. Strategy. Structure. Survival.
The Cleaner
Addiction Recovery. Cutting the line. Staying clean.
The Enforcer
Depression & suicide prevention. Holding the perimeter.
Proof of life.
Short receipts of progress. Anonymous. Always.
“I didn’t feel hopeful. I felt dangerous again. That was enough to keep going.”
— Anonymous
“The tools were simple. That’s why I actually used them when it mattered.”
— Anonymous
“I stopped negotiating with the enemy. I started running protocols. My life changed.”
— Anonymous
If it’s 3AM and you’re not okay.
If you are in immediate danger or have a plan to hurt yourself, call emergency services now.
US: Dial 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).
Outside the US, use your local emergency number or crisis line.
Step 1: Don’t be alone
Call or text someone. Move near people if you can. Buy time.
Step 2: Reduce the threat
Put distance between you and anything you could use to hurt yourself.
Step 3: Call the pros
This site is not a substitute for professional care. Get real help now.