Families in Recovery

From The Sun Sentinel

Dallas Adkins Jr., the Kings Point resident whom deputies shot last week after he pointed a rifle at them, is an Air Force veteran who struggled since he returned from Vietnam, his mother said Friday.

...He struggled with post-traumatic stress and alcoholism, and moved to Florida to get his life together, they said.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism go together all too frequently. Today, with soldiers coming home from two wars, these problems threaten to be worse than ever. Help is out there for families. In Rochester, we are lucky enough to have the Veterans Outreach Center (VOC).

But resources are never sufficient and more and more soldiers are returning from the war to fight their own battles.

Families in Recovery is dedicated to working with veterans in the Rochester region on their family alcoholism issues. We will be partnering with the VOC, hopefully in the coming year, to start offering services both for veterans and for their families.

We send soldiers off to fight our wars, to keep us safe. It is time we all returned the favor.