Addicted to Meth, an Iraq Vet Homeless on the Streets of LA: Staff Sergeant Michael Hall - Listen to the audio clip (or download)
Friday, October 3, 2008
Homeless iraqi war veteran addicted to meth to dull pain
After returning home from Iraq alive but injured Staff Sergeant Michael Hall had to find a way to deal with the horrors of war that he had witnessed first hand. Hall watched many friends and members of his troops massacred while only suffering from a back injury. Instead of seeking help in many of the services offered to him through the military such as free counseling Hall decided to start using and eventually dealing methamphetamines. Do we offer the people who put their own life on the line to serve for our country every possible asset at the governments disposal or are we simply saying "thanks for your time, and good luck to you" ? In
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This is a great clip. It's something that you don't usually hear about, and i love hearing people talk, just by listening to this man, you can tell he's been a lot, not because of what he is saying, but how he is saying it. You can hear the sadness and emptiness in his voice. Things like this get to me, so i couldn't listen to the whole thing. But it was a good find.
its really sad when that kinda shit happens to people when they try to help out our country like, it could happen to anyone that is just trying to numb the pain.
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