In 2014, I tried to take my own life. I took a bottle of pills with a six-pack of beer and laid down expecting not to wake up. But I did.

It's the reason CONCORE exists today.

Before that night, I grew up surviving in a home that wasn't comfortable, parents who couldn't be well, physical fights I didn't ask to be in, money that was never enough, and a family that brutally fell apart. I spent most of my young life absorbing things kids shouldn't have to.

I woke up on the other side of that night in 2014 and realized something no one could tell me: I was the only person who would ever save me. Nobody was coming. No savior, no shortcut, no one with the right words.

The years following weren't a delightful montage. They were slow, quiet, occasionally reminiscent of the days that passed. I got stronger in tediously small increments. I learned how to heal. I got married. I became a father - one kid parkouring off the couch, another on the way.

In 2024, I declared I would do anything for my family, like live for them. I set out on the all-but-easy journey to lose 60+ pounds. Now, I'm ready for the next challenge: pursuing my most ambitious dream.

CONCORE is what the past 12 years have built.

I'm not selling you rock bottom. I'm telling you I know what it looks like, and I know how to brawl my way out. If you're in the middle of something heavy right now, whatever it is, whatever nobody else knows about, I'm telling you from the other side of it:

You can conquer this. I believe in you. I believed in myself when nobody else did.

With love,

Zach
Founder, CONCORE