Several mornings a week about three to ten guys meet for breakfast at various places, usually in Marin County, California. Most are vets. We have some amazing conversations for old guys: we have enormous experience. Our senior guy is 80 and our youngest, 44. We are WW ll and Vietnam. We talk about politics, women--no subject is off-limits. My wife calls them my "girlfriends." After our talks, I usually summarize our thoughts on the blog.
Monday, June 15, 2015
VET SUICIDE
22 Vets per day do themselves in. WHY? F..K if I know. Vets taking their lives is 50% higher than the population in general. Just some ideas as possibilities. Drugs/Alcohol often involved. Little or no support system, family estrangement. Finally, the intangible: the effect of war on a soldier's psyche leads him to despair.
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