Veterans Find Love During Addiction Treatment

Veterans Find Love During Addiction Treatment

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You're not feeling good about yourself, and you've not accomplished anything in years," the U.S. Army veteran said of her years-long addiction to crack cocaine. But today, with the help of Hamilton County's Veterans Court, she has stepped across all of …
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Viewpoint: Communities have a role in encouraging veterans to seek help for

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder manifests itself in so many ways, the most common are, sleep disorders, hyper-vigilance, drug and alcohol abuse, violent behavior and depression. Many veterans after returning from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq still …
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Veterans with PTSD can often become addicted to the very pain medications

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Below is an article from The Wall Street Journal about the impact of some treatments for Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The report talks of the addiction to the very medicines used to help the returning war veterans. It has now become an …
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