The burly man with graying red hair introduced himself as John Whitaker, a certified counselor at the Tarzana Treatment Centers and a leader in other San Fernando Valley-based anti-substance-abuse organizations.
And Johnny Whitaker fell into drug and alcohol abuse for nine years before an intervention led him to a 12-step program. He said he has been clean and sober for 13 years. “It’s not coming from the stage of the Oscars. It’s coming from real life, and that’s very valuable.” In a 1987 Daily News interview, he described how Jones’ death had scared him, and he asked his agent to ease up on entertainment work so he could enjoy “regular” teenage life at Sylmar High School. A former teacher told the newspaper: “He didn’t drink, he didn’t smoke and he didn’t do drugs.”
His family pushed him to get help and he was one of the lucky ones, he said. “I got it on the first try .”Whitaker spoke of his father, John Orson Whitaker Sr., who taught at Pacoima High School for 32 years.
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