Nick Rucker is a veteran of two combat deployments - one to Iraq and one to Afghanistan. Those deployments didn't come without a price. After returning home, Nick struggled with Post Traumatic Stress and alcoholism - two powerful adversaries that required the will to fight, even after the wars for him were over. Nick is now a touring country songwriter and singer, an author, and most important of all: sober. Hear about his struggle returning from one battlefield to a war on the homefront that nearly destroyed him, on this latest edition of HAZARD GROUND!"Time Cap" | www.guitars4vets.org | www.killcliff.comSupport the podcast by supporting our sponsors at www.hazardground.com/sponsors!Shop Amazon! As an Amazon Associate We Earn From Qualifying Purchases...You Know The Deal! (Paid Link)Help grow the show! Spread the word, tell a friend!! Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts!Episode Intro Music: "Prelude" by "Silence & Light" (www.silenceandlightmusic.com)

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