The Healing Place Loses a Friend with the Passing of Joe McQ
Memorial Service
A memorial service was held on Thursday November 8th
from 5:00 to 6:00 pm at The Healing Place.
Statement from Dennis Parnell, Executive Director, The Healing Place
of Wake County
Clients
and staff of The Healing Place of Wake County are deeply
saddened by the passing on October 25, 2007 of Joe McQuany.
Joe McQ was a true friend and inspiration to all of us at
The Healing Place and to everyone who had the opportunity to
work with him, hear him speak or experience Recovery
Dynamics. He was the primary author of the Recovery
Dynamics curriculum that is foundation of the recovery
program at The Healing Place. Our deepest condolences go out
to his family and colleagues. Joe taught us all that we
should strive to help our fellow man and he truly lived by
his personal philosophy that “we are born to help one
another. Joe will be deeply missed by all of us.
Joe McQ and the
Kelly Foundation
(Excerpt from
http://www.kellyfdn.com/about.htm )
The Kelly Foundation is a non-profit corporation committed
exclusively to the service of substance abuse education and
treatment. Foundation funds are used for development, production,
and distribution of educational materials and training aids for
counselors as well as for individuals in recovery; supporting
treatment centers; and informing the public about the treatment of
alcoholism and substance abuse.
JOE
McQ is the executive director of the Serenity Park, Inc. in Little
Rock, Arkansas. For over 40 years, he has helped others recover from
alcoholism and substance abuse. His service to treatment centers,
government, industry, penal systems, higher education and self-help
groups expresses his personal philosophy that "we are born to help
one another."
He's an alcoholic and
considers' himself blessed to be one. Because his alcoholism has
given him a unique and well -defined Purpose in life.
For over 40 years, Joe
has devoted himself to helping others discover the joy of recovery
from alcoholism and drug addiction. As a speaker and author, he has
always practiced and taught the fundamentals found solely in
Alcoholics Anonymous, the "Big Book." Joe's commitment to the Big
Book is deep-rooted. He believes it to be the only known method of
real recovery. Yet the Big Book is a plan of action for the
individual. And until recently, its potential has been limited in
contemporary counseling. In 1989, Joe developed
RECOVERY DYNAMICS so that
the full force and power of the Big Book can be unleashed for
effective use in clinical settings.
RECOVERY DYNAMICS bridges
the gap of understanding between the individual and the demands of
formal treatment.
