Wounded Warrior Joey Jones' bares all and honors his fallen brothers in thread explaining why 'I can't drink anymore'

We told you about CNN anchor and military wife Brianna Keilar’s powerful Memorial Day thread. Please read that if you haven’t yet done so.

And then read this one from Wounded Warrior Joey Jones:

Thread: I can’t drink anymore. When I do, the ghosts show up. They put their arm on my shoulder, look at me, body parts missing, faces half blown off. They smile with what is left of their smile. They look at me with wisdom I can’t fathom and hold me with love I can’t understand.

— Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) May 30, 2021

I just can’t face them. How do I look upon a man with honest eyes, knowing I’m here breathing, laughing, complaining and he’s lying dead beneath my… us. I can’t have that tough conversation with any of them. The one where I tell them I miss them. Where I say I’m sorry and they

— Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) May 30, 2021

reply “for what?” The conversation where they ask me about their kids-toddlers then, adults now-their widows.. some remarried and happy, some drowning in sorrow and regret. I can’t look upon their faces and keep a dry eye. So when I drink, and my brothers come, I cry. I get angry

— Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) May 30, 2021

I see visions of hell and feel resentment for heaven. I see spoiled children laughing around me, the lucky ones who haven’t seen behind those curtains, the many. I hate them for their ignorance, I hate I didn’t die when I should’ve to keep them that way. So I don’t drink.

— Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) May 30, 2021

Wounded Warrior Joey Jones' bares all and honors his fallen brothers in thread explaining why 'I can't drink anymore'

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