Wednesdays. 7:30 Eastern.
A weekly mental-health stream for veterans, first responders, and the people who love them. Open chat on Twitch, peer conversation on Discord, replays on YouTube. Two hours, give or take. Going on two years.
What’s coming up.
Every Wednesday at 7:30 Eastern, live on Twitch and mirrored to Discord. Here’s what’s on the calendar. All times Eastern. Dates can shift, so the Discord has the final word.
Past streams live on YouTube and in the Discord #stream-replays channel. Want something added to the calendar? Say so in #codeblack.
Special events.
The big nights: charity streams, guest sit-downs, and one-off events. Mark these out from the weekly stream so you don’t miss them.
It’s a conversation, not a lecture.
Robert opens a webcam in Great Falls at 7:30 Eastern every Wednesday. The Twitch chat is open. The Discord voice room sometimes pipes the audio live. People come and go. We talk for about two hours, usually until the chat empties out.
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What we talk about
Whatever is on. Sleep that won’t come. The day in 2019. Spouses and the chair next to you. Sometimes a guest from a partner organization sits in. Sometimes it’s two of us until midnight.
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Who shows up
Veterans, active duty, reservists, first responders, family members, a few civilian friends, and on a good night a hundred or so who don’t introduce themselves. You don’t have to.
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House rules
Be a person. Don’t dox anyone. You don’t have to pretend you have it together if you don’t. Mods are real people who’ve had bad weeks.
If this is your first Wednesday.
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Step 01
Open twitch.tv/heavy_actual a few minutes before 7:30 Eastern. No Twitch account needed to watch. You will need one to chat.
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Step 02
Join the Discord if you want to hear the audio mirror or talk in the voice room. Free, name-your-handle, no real name required.
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Step 03
You do not have to say anything. Most people lurk the first time. The chat says hello whether you do or not.
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Step 04
If something gets heavy and you need a real person before the stream is over, the lines at the top of every page on this site are open. The Discord
#codeblackchannel gets read fast.
Between Wednesdays
The Discord is open every day of the week.
Two hours of stream a week is two hours. The Discord is the rest of the time. Replays land there, side conversations happen there, mods are around 24/7, and there’s a #codeblack channel that gets read fast.