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toad · 10-05-2008, 04:55 PM

I returned home this evening from three days at Ft. Campbell Kentucky. What an experience. I went through the 101st Airborne Division museum and visited my old barracks where I spent my last night before going to Nam which changed my life forever. I think that going back to where I was stationed and most of my training took place has been a positive experience in my emotional healing from the delayed stress of combat. As long as I was drinking and using I could have never made the trip without having an emotional breakdown and the resulting binge full of self-pity and remorse. I am truly grateful for the grace of God and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous that has given me the power to overcome more than just drinking, but has given power to my life to overcome things that I cannot change.

"Having had a spiritual awakening as THE result of these steps."

Tet Vet over and out......................amen.

10-05-2008, 04:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
toad Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mountain grove, missouri Posts: 1,439	I returned home this evening from three days at Ft. Campbell Kentucky. What an experience. I went through the 101st Airborne Division museum and visited my old barracks where I spent my last night before going to Nam which changed my life forever. I think that going back to where I was stationed and most of my training took place has been a positive experience in my emotional healing from the delayed stress of combat. As long as I was drinking and using I could have never made the trip without having an emotional breakdown and the resulting binge full of self-pity and remorse. I am truly grateful for the grace of God and the program of Alcoholics Anonymous that has given me the power to overcome more than just drinking, but has given power to my life to overcome things that I cannot change. "Having had a spiritual awakening as THE result of these steps." Tet Vet over and out......................amen. __________________ "Tet Vet" Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Patriot Guard Riders 2007 Road King Classic 96 C.I. Six-speed Vivid black "God is doing for me what I could not do for myself"