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Life Aftere: A Veteran’s Journey from Addiction to Healing

by Chris B.

It’sdifficult to imagine life without an addiction. That may sound dramatic tosome, but for me, it’s reality. The normal reaction when I tell people isusually something like, “Oh, it’s just nicotine.” Sure. Except I started when Iwas four years old.

I’d be outfeeding calves with my grandfather, and that’s when it started—two dips a day,every day. By third grade, I was buying it on my own. I’d collect soda popbottles, five at a time, and walk three miles to the nearest store. That wouldearn me fifty cents. A can of snuff…

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