Journey to recovery: Charleroi man hopes memoir will help those struggling with addiction
From a life of drug addiction and crime to social worker and therapist, Joey Pagano is now living a life of recovery.
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From a life of drug addiction and crime to social worker and therapist, Joey Pagano is now living a life of recovery.
From a life of drug addiction and crime to social worker and therapist, Joey Pagano is now living a life of recovery.
Joey Pagano sat on the sidewalk across from the Charleroi police station. The year was 2011. He called his mother, Cindy Pagano, and told her he couldn’t take it anymore. He had just robbed a gas station. He needed drugs. His life was unravelling. “I wanted to die,” Pagano said.