Mental health

I have heard some peoples psyche can be damaged for life when confined, although I do not think I would have reacted in that manner, but who really knows. I am very glad I did not have to test of my survival skills at the time. I spent a couple of days in the hospital, and then called my parents and the VA hospital to try to get in a program. I was told I could go to a detox program in Menlo Park VA, which would help me get into a long-term recovery program in two weeks. I had spent 14 months in this long term program three years earlier and It had really helped me with a problem I had involving drugs and alcohol. After graduating from the program in September of 1986, I was feeling and doing great. I had six months of life that had vastly improved, with a great woman friend. I had experienced improvement from what it had been like for me prior to my spending time in this program, and after experiencing this success, I had my life, as I knew it, taken away from me. This was the peak of irony for me, I really do not know what to compare with the turn around I experienced, and although I am sure there are many such experiences by others even more insane. So tell me about yours.