[at-l] Barefoot guy

[Ozzie]

There are probably a lot more people on this list that has, or has had, 
problems with alcohol. I did twenty-two years active duty in the AF 
enlisting in 1954. I also had problems with alcohol and now have fifteen 
years sobriety gained thru AA. Some people see alcoholism as an attempt at 
self-medication. Glad your brother found a solution in AA. If I get down 
that way again I will look up the AA meetings and make some of them.  Ozzie 
(MSgt., USAF, Ret)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Donaldson" <carol1944 at brmemc.net>
To: <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Barefoot guy


> The only way I could get my brother to talk about Vietnam after he got 
> back was to get him drunk.  Unfortunately, he also used alcohol as a way 
> to escape the nightmares -- and he was in supply and not on the front 
> line.  (He witnessed a lot of death and destruction.)  I can't imagine the 
> horrors that those (of you) who were in the swamps and the heat fighting 
> in Vietnam or any other place, for that matter.
>
> The AT is a place of healing for some.   I just don't like the "I'm a 
> walking advertisement" part of his hike.   But I hope he finds what it is 
> he so desperately needs while hiking barefoot.
>
> My brother is now in AA every night of the week and leads one group.  He 
> doesn't drink and he occasionally compares some current experience to his 
> experiences in Vietnam.
>
> To those who've served:  Welcome Home!
>
> Coosa
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Martin Fors
>    The VA offers through the
>  National Center for PTSD extensive long term help in the forms of
>  counseling, medication, and active work to help the vet deal with his/her
>  combat trauma.  But no one can stop you if you want to burn or trash your
>  DD-214 and refuse needed help.
>
>  Give the guy a break.  Enough, already.
>  rusty
>
>
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