From Dealing Cocaine and Living on the Streets of New York to a Punk Rocker Changing Lives

Grow the Good · Jun 28, 2019 · 1h 35m

It's a miracle that John Joseph McGowan isn't dead or in prison. He's escaped AR-15 gun shots from cocaine dealers, managed to just miss being arrested while AWOL, and instigated many fights himself while he was a crackhead with a violent streak. It's hard to imagine that a human could have endured so much adversity in his life and even more inspiring, come out the other side helping change peoples' lives for the better. JJ's early days began with being sexually and physically abused in foster homes as a young child. He ended up homeless living in burnt out buildings in the streets of New…