Green Jacket Volunteers Help Veterans Succeed in Drug Treatment Courts

Greg Pryer was used to experiencing on-the-job trauma. 

Pryer had followed a stint in the Marine Corps with a career as a New York City police officer. On the beat in the nation’s largest city was grueling enough. Then came the horrors of Sept. 11, 2001.

Pryer turned to the bottle to cope with PTSD from military service and the terrorist attacks. Following retirement from the NYPD in 2015, he started drinking heavily. He missed the camaraderie and sense of purpose that four years in the Marine Corps and a lengthy law enforcement career provided. He dove deeper into alcohol to fill the void. 

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