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Person of the Week: Joe Considine

STICK WITH THE WINNERS!  –

Nov. 19, 2024 – Joe Considine is a father of three healthy adult children who are all living their best lives. He is a practicing attorney specializing in helping families get loved into treatment using Florida’s Marchman Act. Joe has been clean and sober for 36 years. He loves swimming, biking and painting and is a lifelong resident of West Palm Beach where he has been in long term loving life partnership with Dr. Alicia Haywood. Joe is a thirty-year member of The Board of Directors of Fern House, men’s recovery place. 

Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?

A. Alcohol and Cocaine.

Q. What do you like most about 12-step meetings? 

A. Loving community focused on recovery. 

Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?

A. Significant neuronal disorder. 

CONTINUE@AddictionRecoveryeBulletin

C Luke

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