Almost relapsed on 🥃 when passed over by the Columbus, OH @DeptVetAffairs along with other protected #Veterans. A Civilian Social Work Director bypassed all Veteran Interns serving there for 12 months for another Civilian hire. Medical Marijuana saved my life @lastprisonerprj 
This was after surviving 2 deployments in Iraq, an RPG blast, being shot at through a door I was breaching and using Veteran benefits to put myself through school receiving my MSW. The VA still let a qualified and disabled veteran social worker fall through the cracks.
I decided to join National Youth Advocate Program and provided thousands of hours of assessment, therapy, resources and aftercare services impacted by sexual, physical, emotional and verbal trauma. This triggered my PTSD bad, but I fought through it to be there with my clients.
I worked full time in a rural clinic during the entire pandemic while studying full time in school to be labeled by @USC “Military Mike”, further being exposed to Veterans being disenfranchised in my own profession and field. I felt that experience after losing multiple clients
A Vietnam Veteran #peersupport took me to the Vet Center in Columbus and to a group of all Vietnam Vets, but myself. An Iraq War Veteran. I didn’t know a place for only Combat Vets, like myself existed till this day. That day changed my life Mr. Charles 🇺🇸🫡 #Recovery
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