Stand Up!

His book focuses on the compelling and heartwrenching story of Canadian Soldier Allen Szabon and his battle with PTSD. Full of excitement, courage, and eager to serve his country, Master Warrant Officer (MWO) (Ret), Allen joined the Canadian Forces at seventeen. As a combat engineer, he deployed to the former Yugoslavia, recovering unexploded ordinances, then as a medic, he witnessed the horrors of Genocide, in Rwanda and the gruesome effects of IEDs while on tour in Afghanistan. He returned from the faraway place to his young family expecting to pick up where they left off, but a part of him remained stuck thousands of miles away in Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Afghanistan. He discovered the savage, dehumanizing effects warfare has on both the body and the mind. Over time, Allen became a different person, drank too much, overmedicated, with unspeakable nightmares.

Diagnosed with PTSD in 2011, he fought a new enemy- himself- in order to exorcise the ghosts of his past. His book "Stand Up!" describes his journey through the devastating impact PTSD can have on veterans, frontline workers and their families. Follow him through his military deployments, and his course of treatment. Explore modern recommendations for talk therapy, pharmaceutical and conjunctive therapies and get a fresh perspective of what support services are offered in the community to veterans and frontline workers. These stories are powerful, and the imagery is shocking and poignant. Allen holds nothing back. Brutally honest and beautifully written, this book brings home the harsh reality of Allen's fight with PTSD, and the courage of the troops who risk their lives for their country.

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