I have personally helped two veterans out of a downward spiral. One I helped from homelessness all the way to being the foreman to a crew of dedicated home remodelers (he made $60k+ per year). I bailed them out, multiple times, and paid their legal costs because our system of “justice” is abusive and designed to prey on the poor. I NEVER thank a service member for their service and I never do any symbolic theatre like the dipshit on the photo who I guarantee you has never done a thing to help a vet in his life. People that really want to help, just do it. People like that asshole just talk and pretend.
PS: After years of drug abuse, the vet I helped got clean and got his life together (the foreman), because life is a sadistic fucker, got diagnosed with chronic heart disease. It was because of his past drug abuse (meth). His heart slowly failed, so he had time to ponder and he knew it was coming. Please don’t judge me too harshly but I’ve never been able to help anyone else like that since. That just sucked too much. Rest in peace Tyler. You deserved better.
Thanks for helping when you could. (Not that you need the thanks). A lot of time the people that need help don’t get it because they don’t know how to ask. I know veterans like to keep quiet about shit, so that must have been tough for you to get him on the right track.
His body might not have been able to recover for a longer life, but you helped him end his life on a more positive note. Addiction is rough and we all make dumb mistakes, but not everyone can get back on track. Any of his friends/family that talked to him after he got clean have more loving memories of him because of your help. That’s a good thing, but I understand the toll it takes on you as the helper.
I have personally helped two veterans out of a downward spiral. One I helped from homelessness all the way to being the foreman to a crew of dedicated home remodelers (he made $60k+ per year). I bailed them out, multiple times, and paid their legal costs because our system of “justice” is abusive and designed to prey on the poor. I NEVER thank a service member for their service and I never do any symbolic theatre like the dipshit on the photo who I guarantee you has never done a thing to help a vet in his life. People that really want to help, just do it. People like that asshole just talk and pretend.
PS: After years of drug abuse, the vet I helped got clean and got his life together (the foreman), because life is a sadistic fucker, got diagnosed with chronic heart disease. It was because of his past drug abuse (meth). His heart slowly failed, so he had time to ponder and he knew it was coming. Please don’t judge me too harshly but I’ve never been able to help anyone else like that since. That just sucked too much. Rest in peace Tyler. You deserved better.
Thanks for helping when you could. (Not that you need the thanks). A lot of time the people that need help don’t get it because they don’t know how to ask. I know veterans like to keep quiet about shit, so that must have been tough for you to get him on the right track.
His body might not have been able to recover for a longer life, but you helped him end his life on a more positive note. Addiction is rough and we all make dumb mistakes, but not everyone can get back on track. Any of his friends/family that talked to him after he got clean have more loving memories of him because of your help. That’s a good thing, but I understand the toll it takes on you as the helper.
You rock! 🪨
Thanks