Food Stamp Warrior

A Memoir

By: John Deaton

Narrated by: John Deaton

From brass knuckle beatdowns on the schoolyard to showdowns with the SEC on the national news, every second of Deaton’s life has been a fight for survival. This book is the raw, wild John Deaton story, straight from the source. Born in one of the worst neighborhoods in Detroit--the kind of place the city cordoned off with warning signs--and growing up surrounded by hustlers, addicts, abusers, gang bangers, and the downtrodden, Deaton became a fighter, with violence becoming second nature.

Deep down, however, all he wanted was to escape. Deaton’s escape would take him to law school, where he starved and battled cancer while his peers lived off privilege. He became a marine, an attorney, a millionaire, and a father--but the unexamined trauma from his past haunted and nearly broke him. This memoir is Deaton’s confession, his exorcism, and his proclamation to fellow survivors: Don’t give up. Our birth is not our fate. We make our own fate.

Food Stamp Warrior is written with the depth of setting found in Hillbilly Elegy and the razor-sharp, unpretentious voice of Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential. In a time of uncertainty and economic instability, Deaton's story is one of perseverance, resilience, and empowerment.

©2023 John Deaton (P)2023 John Deaton

Perspective

I like that it gave perspective to a white boy, who grew up in Gilbert, Arizona! Makes me have more compassion more love for people when I have not gone through what they have gone through. We all have our own battles in life but some have a lot more to go through than others. Thank you! 

Fantastic

This book is hands down one of the greatest books I’ve come across in many years. Very inspiring!

What doesn't kill you...

This book is amazing! Great story of perseverance & doing what you believe is right to make the world a better place.

Awesome

Great honest story of rags to riches, overcoming insurmountable life challenges, success strategies and blockchain.

Impactful

What a great read, thanks for sharing your story it touched me in so many ways.

Wow

Once this story started i could not put it down. Absolutely hooked from beginning to end.

Told two other people about this since and they have gotten this book and said the same!

Semper Fi

John, this was a great book and I liked it even more than you actually read it. I can relate to a lot of what you went through. From one marine to another Semper Fidelis

Overcoming Adversity

Pure grit, heart and determination!
Non stop and riviting story of overcoming obstacles! John Deaton’s story is compelling

How real an heart felt he was a true genuine human he was with

A true American dream I am truly blessed and thankful to hear this man’s words. He is a true hero and all of his sacrifices he made for his country. This is true American grit to overcome all the setbacks as a child and an adult and not everyone is built like him, but should be able to take a little bit from each one of his experiences and try to add a little bit of wisdom to theirs to be able to over difficult moments horrific situations also be wise when you do achieve your dreams to not forget about the people who helped you get there and all the loved ones that sacrificed to help you achieve your dreams. This book brought me to tears so many times because of self reflection brought me to tears because of a very similar situations happened to me and today I live a very amazing life and still continuing to chase my dreams each and every day so I thank him for sharing the most deepest darkest secrets of his life with the world that people know that they’re not alone when tragedy strikes that they need to share these ungodly moments with people to heal and to know that it’s not their fault him sharing himself this way, and exposing his most vulnerable moments of his childhood and adult life will continue to give other men and women courage to stand up and believe that they must move forward and continue to live their lives being the best human being they can be
thank you for sharing John Deaton. I greatly appreciate your life on this earth. I’ve met you in person. I’ve shaken your hand and I root for you each and every day as you run for US Senate and I couldn’t be more proud to be an American knowing that we still have human beings on this earth, trying to make it difference for the lesser man and women of this world who work and sacrifice to make this American dream continue to make America great

Raw and Inspiring

John is amazing at telling his story, he held no punches and put it all on the line. From start to finish I couldn’t stop listening to this book. I will definitely listen to it again in the future. Thanks John, from one of the 75k XRP Army!