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Before I got out and I went
back to my duty station
in Germany, I had a very
high level of aggression
and I had no clue where
it was coming from.
I didn't know, but I found
the perfect combination
that soothed my aggression,
cocaine and alcohol became
my coping mechanism.
This aggression finally boiled over.
My stepson came in the
house and he came in crying
with one of his friends and
he had a knot on his head
and he told me that a man had hit him
for spray-painting his name
on the basketball court.
And I went outside and the guy
basically told me he did it.
And I remember when my son
was crying, something in me,
I snapped and it said,
defend, defend, defend.
And I got into the, not the flight mode,
but I got into the fight mode
and before I knew it I had a
real good run in with the guy
and I hurt him.
So I beat him up pretty good.
And that landed me in
being court martialed
because the guy was actually a captain.