Huffington Magazine Issue 17 | Page 64

HUFFINGTON 10.07.12 FEATURE_TITLE “I SAW THINGS THAT WERE INHUMANE THAT STILL STICK WITH ME TO THIS DAY.” alarmed and tracked him down. “What often happens in these cases is they get into trouble and stress and go back on drugs,” Gormley said. “I’m worried.” But Beavers was okay. He’d stayed off drugs, and was just returning from the methadone clinic at the VA. “I haven’t seen my girls for weeks and that’s been really hard,” he said. “But no, I didn’t go back to the drugs, I’m done with that.” In Veterans Court, Garant and Beaver’s public defender, Melissa Stango, are working to have Beavers’ do