Finding A Pathway To Recovery
When terrorists blew up Marine Corps barracks in Beruit and killed 241 troops, Kieth Hariston was among the sailors who volunteered to help recover bodies.
The damage was severe after the Hezbollah truck bombings in the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters during 1983; he recalled, ” I’m talking about body bagging arms, body bagging legs, heads,” Hariston Said
While Hariston had used substances before the bombing, when he got back to the States, the trauma from the event hit hard, and he started using hard drugs so he wouldn’t have to feel anything. When he got caught using drugs on a screening, Hariston went to a 30-day rehabilitation program, but he just couldn’t stop using. So he opted not to reenlist—in part so he could preserve his honorable discharge.
