{"id":20073,"date":"2022-08-10T08:41:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2022-08-10T08:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:41:15","slug":"va-can-help-veterans-manage-their-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=20073","title":{"rendered":"VA can help Veterans manage their drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Life can be stressful and it\u2019s not surprising that a service member or Veteran might use alcohol in an attempt to unwind. When consistent with your doctor\u2019s advice, drinking alcohol can be safe in moderation, but relying on any substance can be unhealthy and even life-threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If alcohol use is affecting your life or that of a Veteran you care about, know that VA has a variety of proven therapies that can help.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/106943\/va-can-help-veterans-manage-their-drinking\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/106943\/va-can-help-veterans-manage-their-drinking\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"48\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Life can be stressful and it\u2019s not surprising that a service member or Veteran might use alcohol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20074,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions\/20074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}