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My ego. That's what kept me from getting treatment earlier.

Chris Swift (US Army, 1999-2018) says his ego kept him from seeking out treatment when his substance use became a problem.

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My ego. That’s what-

That's what kept me from

getting treatment earlier.

100% like I was invincible.

There was nothing,

nothing, nobody and,

nobody could tell me,

like God himself

could come down and be like,

you got issues.

I'd be like, whatever.

You know, it was,

it’s unfortunate

because it happens

to a lot of people.

We go

and we do stuff over there,

and then we come back with this

artificial feeling

of invincibility when

nobody has this invincibility

and we have this false

sense of it

because we came back,

you know, just because

we came back doesn't mean

there's cracks in our armor.

There's not cracks in our armor,

and there's not things that

can hurt us.

And admitting that

to other people

that there's, that I needed help

was completely off the table,

like, I couldn't do that.

I went to combat, you know,

I was stronger

than the average bear.

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