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I think all [alcohol] did is exacerbate my actual symptoms.

Chris Swift (US Army, 1999-2018) shares how he realized that drinking actually made his PTSD symptoms worse.

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I think the alcohol

was the fuel on the fire.

I think all it did

is exacerbate

my actual symptoms.

You know, I would have issues

I would think about things

and then I would drink

and then they would get worse.

But then they would,

I would be able

to compartmentalize them again

and push them back

and then keep drinking.

So I wouldn't have to think

about them.

Going away from the alcohol was

probably the best thing ever

because I had clarity,

and for the longest time,

my mind was just foggy,

you know,

and then the alcohol

just keeps it foggy

and then you don't have to-

you don't have to think directly

on different issues,

episodes, you know, you can just

kind of-

I think it was

almost like revitalizing to be

able to think clearly again.

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