Coming Summer 2026

From River Bottoms
To Rock Bottom
And Back

"A Veteran’s Journey Through Addiction, Accountability, and Redemption."

Available on Kindle, Print & Audio

"The river bottoms of Idaho taught me silence long before the Army taught me noise. Collapse isn't the end. You can rise—not instantly, but one day at a time."

— Don Lineberry

The Journey

Forest and Military

Part I: Roots & The Roar

Raised in the quiet, patient embrace of Idaho's river bottoms, Don found a sanctuary from the unspoken pressures of being a preacher's kid. Seeking purpose, he answered the call of the U.S. Army. From Fort Knox to the shadow of the Iron Curtain in Germany, commanding an M60A1 tank provided structure and brotherhood. Yet, beneath the deafening noise of the treads, a quiet drift and unseen cracks began to form.

Darkness and Isolation

Part II: The Collapse

When the rigid structure of the military vanished, civilian life slowly unraveled. Decades of self-medication replaced the camaraderie of the crew. Marriages frayed, a farm dream was shattered by a DEA raid, and long-haul trucking devolved into a rolling blackout chamber. The descent ended brutally in a Walmart parking lot, leading to 197 days in a Twin Falls jail cell. Rock bottom had arrived.

Don on his Harley

Part III: The Rescue

In that cell, out of excuses and out of moves, grace found a crack to slip through. A Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Specialist extended a lifeline. Through the Boise Rescue Mission’s year-long, faith-based New Life Program, Don rebuilt his life from the foundation up. It was a grueling process of facing his demons, doing the hard mental work, and finding a spiritual renewal he thought he had lost forever.

Don and Janet

Part IV: The Legacy

Today, the rumble of the tank has been replaced by "Lucy," his Harley-Davidson. Riding two-up with his wife Janet, wind therapy clears the noise of the past. As Director of the American Legion Riders and a Case Manager for the very mission that saved him, Don stands as living proof that no veteran is too far gone.

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"A hand up, not a handout."

For every book sold, $1.00 goes directly to support the Boise Rescue Mission's Veterans Ministry Program, funding their continuing work with veterans from across the U.S.A. By purchasing this book, you are directly supporting the rehabilitation, sheltering, and counseling of brothers and sisters still fighting their battles in the shadows.

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Don Lineberry

Meet Don Lineberry

Veteran, Rider, Case Manager

Don Lineberry is a U.S. Army veteran who served as an M60A1 tank gunner in Germany during the Cold War, and later with the Idaho National Guard's 116th Armored Cavalry.

After surviving a harrowing battle with addiction that culminated in homelessness and incarceration, Don found redemption through the Boise Rescue Mission. Today, he lives in Idaho with his wife Janet. He serves as a Case Manager in the Mission's Veterans Ministry Program, advocates in Veterans Treatment Court, and rides as the Director of his local American Legion Riders chapter.

"I wrote this book for the broken, the drifting, the ashamed, the exhausted, and the ones who think they’ve gone too far to come back. The river keeps flowing. So can you."

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