The Bucket's Full

The bucket's full is a true story of a Police Officer who has worked for 37 years in a number of Policing jurisdictions and capacity development missions in Timor Leste, Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea. The author, David J Gleeson, was a high ranked station manager and detective in Victoria before joining the Australian Federal Police to work overseas. Following a series of incidents whilst deployed in Papua New Guinea in 2014, Federal Agent David J Gleeson is diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His bucket was filled. During treatment, Gleeson recounted his various adventures and episodes that led to his diagnosis of PTSD, which resulted in the compilation of his story. The bucket's full covers a wide variety of the events and traumatic circumstances that lead to an eventual serious mental health injury that almost resulted in his death. This book is a worth reading collection of a man's insightful experiences who learnt to live again.