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Old Jan 20, 2023, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by lizardlady View Post
My dad did multiple stints in the psych ward of the local and VA hospitals for substance abuse treatment. He was diagnosed with major depression. I believe he also had undiagnosed PTSD. I suspect several of his siblings and his nephews were alcoholic, but they lived in a rural, redneck area where getting shyte faced falling down drunk regularly was considered "normal."
Sadly, a lot of war veterans came back from the war and suffered from ptsd. These men were so young that served, in many ways still just boys. I know my father saw things that affected him his entire life.
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