A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story
A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story – Nearly one in five veterans suffer from substance abuse and PTSD. Veterans Healing Initiative, a nonprofit, is dedicated to providing veterans of all eras access to treatment for substance abuse and PTSD. The facts: 18 veterans commit suicide every day. On any given night, 300000 veterans are homeless and more than 76% of these vets suffer from substance abuse or a mental health disorder. As many as 35% of wounded troops are addicted to pain medication. Reserve and National Guard don’t have access to the full range of VA benefits. Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan face multiple deployments and shorter breaks between deployments–for these vets, the clock’s ticking. See one Marine’s journey home. Thousands more waiting for treatment. Help us help them at Veterans Healing Initiative, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. To learn more or to donate, click www.vetshealing.org. Thank you.
When drug, alcohol and legal problems converge, Veterans Treatment Court …
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Veterans Treatment Court specifically addresses the issues of former military personnel caught up in substance abuse and mental health problems that have brought them in contact with the legal system. It does so by working in partnership with the U.S …
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At VA, peer counselors connect with struggling veterans
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A decade ago, gripped by alcoholism and drug addiction, Navy veteran Albert Krull contemplated jumping off the Tobin Bridge spanning the Mystic River in Boston. Instead, Krull decided to seek treatment at the nearby Veterans Affairs Medical Center in …
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US military's alcohol-soaked culture taking toll on servicemembers
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Pamela Moment, drug demand reduction coordinator at the Consolidated Substance Abuse Counseling Center, explains to Brandon Harrisel, an administration specialist at Training and Education Command, the risk of drinking a considerable amount of alcohol …
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