The longest road : to hell and back again from addiction to advocacy
Calendino, Joe2024
Book
Recovery is the longest road toward a better future. So says Joe Calendino, former full-patch Hells Angel and now youth community leader. In The Longest Road, Calendino remembers his journey to rock bottom, when he spiralled out of control, consumed by drugs and alcohol, ending up strung out and desperate in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Now, as executive director of Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative, it's his mission to protect at-risk youth from that same fate. In The Longest Road, Calendino keeps it raw and real -- he's the first to admit that his path to advocacy has been anything but straight. From the Hells Angels clubhouse to the darkest crack dens to the scene of a recent life-changing accident, Calendino reveals all his remarkable moments of struggle, intervention, recovery and redemption. Written with Calendino's trusted confidant and former high school counsellor Gary Little, and building on their first book together, To Hell and Back, this memoir shares not just Calendino's story but also the stories of the hidden angels who saved his life and those of the young people he now strives to help.
Main title:
The longest road : to hell and back again from addiction to advocacy / Joe Calendino & Gary Little.
Author:
Calendino, Joe, authorLittle, Gary, author
Imprint:
[Vancouver, B.C.] : Page Two, [2024]©2024.
Collation:
247 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The influencersDeath of a mentorA tortured existenceLa famiglia-getting it right. Hidden angelsGetting a hand upFrom foe to friendCome hell or high water. The influencedFrom tragedy to triumphBy any means necessaryChoicesCarrying the message.
ISBN:
9781774583340 (paperback)9781774583357 (ebook)
Dewey class:
362.29092B/CAL
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2287365