Profiles of Recovery Advocacy in ActionA Life of Service and Advocacy:
An interview with Johnny Allem by Bill White
Too often, someone of importance passes in the world of addiction treatment and recovery, and we realize that we never took the opportunity personally or as a community to acknowledge our respect and affection to them. One of my personal goals in this “Profiles of Recovery Advocacy in Action” series is to eulogize the living. That affords an opportunity to honor people for whom I have such respect and affection. I have a particular affinity for people whose lives stand as a living testimony of sustained service to others and to movements aimed at elevating the quality of human life. There are few people in the recovery advocacy movement whose lives more vividly exemplify the power of healing and hope than my friend Johnny Allem. Johnny has recently announced his retirement from the Johnson Institute. We wish him Godspeed on this important milestone in his life and offer him our deepest thanks for his sacrifices and his contributions. We also thank him for being one of the groundbreaking faces and voices of recovery before there was a Faces & Voices of Recovery.
In this February 26, 2008 interview and a follow-up conversation in early May 2008, Johnny reflects on his life and the movement that has touched so many of our lives.
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