20 Year Anniversary Jan 20, 2017 HadIt.com Veteran To Veteran

[Tbird]

I left the Navy Dec 17, 1990. The beginnings of HadIt.com Veteran to Veteran "By Feb 1991 I had moved to the San Francisco bay area and was staying at a friend’s apartment and pretty much I was just a puddle. In desperation one night I called suicide hotline, I had no job, no idea about going to the VA. They talked with me for a long time and explained to me that I could go to the local VA hospital even if I did not have insurance. Now, I know what you are thinking if I was 50% why didn’t I just go to the VA in the first place, two reasons 1, this was Feb 1991 and the 50% didn’t come till May and 2, even if it had come thru it is unlikely that I would have had the mental acuity at the time to put the two together. I relate this here because it is where so many of our brothers and sisters are coming from, perhaps where you started. Fuzzy and unsure, in pain and sometimes homeless they come to the VA hospital for help. And that is where I ended up. Up to the pysch ward I went, blah, blah, blah, a few days later I was released with a promise of a call from the out-patient program, which I would soon be entering. Blah, blah, blah, after many miscommunications, and no call backs I was at the Day Hospital everyday M-F. And this brothers and sisters is where I began to learn and formulate my plan for HadIt.com." Read More http://www.hadit.com/about-me/

[Carl the Engineer]

All,

I found this site when I first got out of the service and started working on my claims.  It did take me a little bit to figure out the name and when I typed in hadit into google it would take me somewhere else, then I started typing hadit. with a period and it would bring me here.  Now its an Icon on my home screen.  Honestly, it took a day to get "I had it", as in I had it with the VA, but I was probably thinking too much.  

I didn't post for a while, as is the norm, then after a while joined the conversation.  I enjoyed my posting with Carlie and miss her commentary (help) still today.  I enjoy most if not all whom I engage on this site.  I even enjoy a couple of the grumpy guys who's target is the same as all of us, however, their trajectory can be questioned from time to time, and the back and forth is always a good read.

Lastly, I rely on this site for a lot, and for that I am indebted to you,

Thanks Tbird,

Hamslice

Here's to another 20!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Edited January 18, 2017 by Hamslice

[Tbird]

thank you - it's been a wonderful journey - i always thought if i can help one veteran not go through the bs i did than i was a success. the site has helped so many because so many care about their brothers and sisters that our they dedicate their time to help one another it's a beautiful thing.