INDIANAPOLIS — When 38-year-old Steven Bramer Jr. came back house from a combat trip into the Iraq War in 2005, he carried the scars of a enemy assault and mental traumatization.

Bramer’s challenges began during their almost year-long solution in Mosul, on the north part of Iraq, whenever Indiana nationwide Guardsman found an improvised explosive unit (IED).

A steel cable that sprung call at the explosion slashed Bramer over the throat. Though he survived and managed to get house to get a Purple Heart, the consequences of this injury established him in to a cycle of addiction. Continue reading →