A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story

A Journey Home: One Marine’s Story – Nearly one in five veterans suffer from substance abuse and PTSD. Veterans Healing Initiative, a nonprofit, is dedicated to providing veterans of all eras access to treatment for substance abuse and PTSD. The facts: 18 veterans commit suicide every day. On any given night, 300000 veterans are homeless and more than 76% of these vets suffer from substance abuse or a mental health disorder. As many as 35% of wounded troops are addicted to pain medication. Reserve and National Guard don’t have access to the full range of VA benefits. Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan face multiple deployments and shorter breaks between deployments–for these vets, the clock’s ticking. See one Marine’s journey home. Thousands more waiting for treatment. Help us help them at Veterans Healing Initiative, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. To learn more or to donate, click www.vetshealing.org. Thank you.

Homeless Veteran Christmas Fund Drive begins

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Homeless Veteran Christmas Fund Drive begins. Lena Blankenship, who was in the Air Force for four years, talks about turning her life around while living at The Steadfast House in Asheville after years of domestic abuse and drug addiction. MIKE DIRKS …
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Vietnam veteran finds redemption in special court program

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Brown, he thought, might be a good candidate for a newly created veterans court, an experimental model gaining popularity around the country for diverting combat veterans away from prison and into mental health and substance abuse treatment. The Travis …
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