Joe mcquany biography

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Joseph McQuany was the founder of Serenity House in Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as the Kelly Foundation, Inc.—organizations both dedicated to helping people work through drug and alcohol addiction.

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He was also the author of books on recovery. His work has been influential in local, state, national, and international communities relating to the problems of addiction.

Joseph Daniel McQuany was born on November 16, , to Kelly McQuany and Ada Beaty McQuany in Louisville, Kentucky.

He had a brother and a sister. He eventually moved to Little Rock, where he made the decision to become sober after suffering from alcoholism. At the time, African Americans suffering from alcoholism were admitted as mental patients to the Arkansas State Hospital because programs for addiction treatment were segregated.

After leaving the Arkansas State Hospital and despite resistance from some white members of the group, he started attending loc