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Addiction and Trauma: SSgt Sam Hargrove
Manage episode 460180869 series 2099101
Staff Sergeant Sam Hargrove served in the Air Force for 11 years, working in combat communications. During her deployment in Iraq, Hargrove survived a base bombing. The attack left her with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD, but both went untreated.
When she returned home, Hargrove self-medicated with alcohol. Trauma and anger consumed her life until a drunken outburst caused her to punch a hole in a wall in front of her godson:
“He was scared. He was standing there to the side shaking and crying.”
Hargrove contemplated suicide after that incident, but decided to get help instead. Thanks to peer support groups at the VA, and multiple programs through the Wounded Warrior Project, she was able to find the help and support she needed to get better.
Learn how the VA can help you.
Learn how the Wounded Warrior Project can help you.
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Manage episode 460180869 series 2099101
Staff Sergeant Sam Hargrove served in the Air Force for 11 years, working in combat communications. During her deployment in Iraq, Hargrove survived a base bombing. The attack left her with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and PTSD, but both went untreated.
When she returned home, Hargrove self-medicated with alcohol. Trauma and anger consumed her life until a drunken outburst caused her to punch a hole in a wall in front of her godson:
“He was scared. He was standing there to the side shaking and crying.”
Hargrove contemplated suicide after that incident, but decided to get help instead. Thanks to peer support groups at the VA, and multiple programs through the Wounded Warrior Project, she was able to find the help and support she needed to get better.
Learn how the VA can help you.
Learn how the Wounded Warrior Project can help you.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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