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Originally Posted by lizardlady
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."
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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.