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This is a huge point I was hoping the article would address, but failed to. The war wasn't just a matter of location, it was a matter of stress (in a huge way)

This is a huge point I was hoping the article would address, but failed to. The war wasn't just a matter of location, it was a matter of stress (in a huge way) and a whole way of living (as a GI vs. civilian). If you're an alcoholic and you move from one town to another, that other town is going to have bars and liquor stores just like the one you left. Your location may have changed, but there are so many things that are effectively the same, I can't see it having quite the same impact when compared to returning from 'nam.

click170 12y ago
This is more true for alcohol than it is for black market drugs. While still generally easy to find, its a bit harder to go up to a random sketchy looking person and ask them for drugs in a new city that you don't have a network of friends and contacts in. This makes me wonder if "pulling a geographic" is more successful for people with substance abuse problems that do not stem from alcohol.