It should be noted by my readers here that I am older than many who will come here and that my opinions, take them or leave them, are based on my mistakes, errors in judgement, combat, marriage and kids, three. The marriage has lasted through thick and thin for forty-eight years. Did I make sound judgements? No, I drank a ton and ended up mostly dead. That was over eleven years ago and no “meetings” did I need once I made up my thick skull to knock that garbage off.
With that crap out of the way let me begin by saying that my judgement, other than the above, has always been sound. Of course, I made so many mistakes as a young man that I shouldn’t be here now. I am here though, and this is part of that result. I am college educated but not graduated, but, I believe that three and one half years of science with straight “A’s” should tell you something. I went into business, which was the reason I didn’t graduate, always meaning to go back and finish 18 units. Never did. That was not a screw up on my part but that propelled me to a modicum success.
The drinking got started because I had no idea that I suffered from PTSD after Vietnam. It was the V.A. that diagnosed me, decades later, but by then I was pretty well trapped in the habit. I grew to hate the habit and, in turn, myself so I have been through the wringer yet preserved my marriage and have the love of my wife and children. Hard fought, hell yes, but I got it all back. Prayer to God is what I used, as psychiatry is a pallid replacement for God when it comes down to life and death. I will speak a lot about the Bible here.
OK, I think you are apprised of what this website is and what it will generally be about. You have a general idea of who the author is and now you can make your choice whether to bookmark Thorn Ink or cast it away. Choice is what we have by way of freedom in our nation. A nation that I fought for and lived to speak of here.
Thank you for coming here. I hope I meet your expectations.
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