Addiction and Alcoholism in Vietnam War Veterans

Serving in the Armed Forces is a stressful life. Unfortunately, this increases the risk of substance abuse disorder among both current and former service members. The rates of alcoholism and drug addiction in Vietnam War veterans, though, show an even bigger problem. Soldiers who served [...]

By |2022-05-24T13:28:41+00:00May 24th, 2022|Military|Comments Off on Addiction and Alcoholism in Vietnam War Veterans

First Responder Addiction Treatment Rehab

First responders are a collective group of community servers who help victims of trauma, violence, and other abuse. They include firefighters, law enforcement officers such as FBI agents and police officers, paramedics, military personnel, lifeguards, security guards, federal agents, U.S. marshals, rescuers, and Red Cross [...]

By |2022-03-21T13:11:49+00:00January 18th, 2022|First Responders|Comments Off on First Responder Addiction Treatment Rehab

Life Is More Than A Mission

By: John Schrey, Help For Our Heroes Alumnus, Veteran Liaison/Group Facilitator  I sat on the cigarette burned, dirty ass mattress of the abandoned house we had made a home for the last few days and watched as the life slowly left the dude next to [...]

By |2021-06-02T17:55:23+00:00June 2nd, 2021|Words From Our Heroes|Comments Off on Life Is More Than A Mission

Recovery and Our Inner Voices

By: Andrew McKenna; Transformations Client Services Rep., Veteran Marine Night Land-Navigation Test, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia “Get your stinkin’ ass up Marine and go navigate!” My barracks roommate Martin, a wise-guy from New Jersey, was standing over me, totally messing with me—a big grin [...]

By |2020-10-05T13:33:55+00:00October 5th, 2020|Words From Our Heroes|Comments Off on Recovery and Our Inner Voices

Understanding Overdose Awareness

By: John Schrey, Help For Our Heroes Alumnus As  I was about to sit down and write today, I was told that my recovery family out in Texas lost another young man to the insidious disease of addiction.  About an hour earlier, I had finalized [...]

By |2020-09-08T14:00:09+00:00September 8th, 2020|Words From Our Heroes|Comments Off on Understanding Overdose Awareness
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