The Journey to Midnight
The souls that have seen the darkest days can shine the brightest lights.
On March 17, 2017, Matthew Griffin sat in his SUV with a gun in his hand and $1.13 in his bank account — convinced his four sons would be better off without him. What happened next changed thousands of lives.
The Journey to Midnight is the true story of a Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer and undercover narcotics detective who went to war against the thing that kills more law enforcement officers than bullets — and won.
If you wear a badge, love someone who does, or are simply running out of tomorrows — this book was written for you.
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The Journey to Midnight
A Memoir of PTSD,
Despair, and Redemption
A raw and unfiltered memoir that takes you
inside the darkest chapters—and the turning point that changed everything.
The Journeyto Midnight
More police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty.
Matthew Griffin almost became one of them.
On March 17, 2017, Griffin—a former Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer, fifteen-year law enforcement veteran, and undercover narcotics detective—had a plan. He’d timed it carefully. He’d chosen midnight so his four sons wouldn’t find him. He had $1.13 in the bank and a gun in his hand, and he was certain the world would be better off without him.
The Journey to Midnight is more than a memoir. It is a roadmap through the invisible war being fought inside the men and women who protect everyone else. Griffin takes readers from the inner-city streets of his childhood and a lacrosse scholarship at one of New Jersey’s most prestigious prep schools, to the U.S. Navy, the dark underbelly of undercover drug investigations, a devastating divorce, single fatherhood—and the edge of no return.
With raw honesty and hard-won wisdom, Griffin confronts the culture of silence that kills more first responders than the job itself—and shows exactly how he found his way back. Not to a perfect life, but to a purposeful one.
For every officer, veteran, firefighter, paramedic, and family member who is carrying more than anyone can see—your story isn’t over.