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Over the next seven months, my now ex-wife visited me once while I was stationed at Fort Huachuca. I found out that she had us evicted from our home while I was still in Afghanistan. All of my things that I had even before we were married were lost in the eviction. She moved in with her drug dealer. I filed for divorce in February 2008. We were divorced in April 2008.
At the end of April 2008, after many thoughts of suicide, I made the attempt. It was a Sunday night. I drank a bottle of Jack Daniels and took a bunch of my medication. The next morning, I missed an appointment and was found on the floor of my room. The paramedic report indicated that I was non-responsive and my heart had stopped. I was transported to the local hospital in Sierra Vista, Arizona where I spent the next three days in a coma. I spent the next two days in and out of consciousness. On the sixth day, I was released into the custody of an Army detail that transported me to the VA Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. For the next seven days I was monitored for my “health risk”.
On May 7, 2008, I was released into the custody of an Army detail. Upon returning to Fort Huachuca, I was informed that I was being medically discharged from the Army. On May 8, 2008, I drove away from the Army for the last time. I was medically discharged as Honorable. I was officially Retired. I went from station to station turning all the Army equipment in to where it was assigned from. It was another “muscle memory” experience I had completed multiple times with assignments to new units and deployments. I drove away with all my personal possessions in the world in a car that my father allowed me to borrow. I drove back to Scottsdale, Arizona and stayed the night in my car at a truck stop. For the next three days I
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