Makes me wonder if the precursor for this was OVER diagnosing Veterans with PTS”D”
Just a hunch
Makes me wonder if the precursor for this was OVER diagnosing Veterans with PTS”D”
Just a hunch
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Am sure it was in someones mind.
I have been ‘warning’ vets about letting them get you in that status as it is a perfect crutch for them (govt) to act against those supposedly afflicted.
I had attended a VA sponsored ‘group session for addicts’ (after I finished a state mandated ASAP program) and it seemed they were trying to push me towards PTSD....it was in 1990 and drugs and alcohol were put in the same category. Whenever they tried to get me to ‘request’ help I just told them I just liked to drink, it WASN’T because of my Mother, Father, Boss, Job, Navy etc I LIKED TO DRINK.
They don’t buy that answer and I got accused of having an attitude. (they were correct, I had an ATTITUDE and finally had to ‘beg’ them to release me from the program and give help to someone who needed it).
I had been a functioning ‘drunk’ for 20+ years and just put it down - and smoking at the same time.
The ONLY encouragemnt I got ‘officially’ was ...YOU or NO ONE can do that....
well, I am pushing 30 years of NOT doing either (NEVER did drugs (as WE know it)).
I attribute my ‘success’ to telling EVERYONE what I was doing then putting my hardheadedness to good use and vowing I would NEVER give anyone the chance(or satisfaction) to say I was wrong regarding this subject.....