John D. Haines

John D. Haines (July 6, 1964; born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian ex-professional football athlete as a Linebacker in the CFL and executive director and founder of Addiction Canada with four locations throughout Canada successfully having helped over 5,000 families recover from addiction.
Early career
Haines grew up in a Catholic military family on Downsview air force base in Toronto, Canada. As a much loved athlete Haines excelled in football. His football career extended to University in Canada further winning a football scholarship to UCLA. Haines became a professional athlete going pro in Canada as a linebacker playing three seasons in the Canadian football league. Injuries ended his professional athlete career. Later after graduating with a degree in psychology Haines became one of Canada's premier interventionists. Realizing he wanted to do more he sold all of his worldly possessions, mortgaged his home in 2006 and launched Canada’s largest fully private addiction treatment organization.
Education
Graduating with honors from high school Haines was then accepted into University in Canada - York University. A year later he won a full four year football scholarship to the University of California Los Angeles, USA graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in physical education. Upon reflection and life experience Haines then decided to make a career change by earning diplomas in addiction studies and counseling and later graduating Ryerson University’s Mcgraw Hill with a full-fledged degree in psychology.
In the media
As a professional athlete for the Canadian football league Haines was featured on CBC, TSN and CTV. As an addiction specialist Haines is regularly sought out by the media for CTV Toronto, etalk Canada, CBC, 1010 radio, a regular monthly guest on the television show CTS and addiction expert for live call in show "Living Clean"
Non-profits
As an active member of the community where each treatment centre is located every year Haines and his family are dedicated generous supporters providing Christmas and Easter food-band drives along with discount and treatment funding for less fortunate families. Haines once took a dying man's wish who was in recovery but succumbed to cancer to take his little boy to Disney world and Haines sent the little boy with the man’s widow and her sister's entire family all to Florida for a week long stay at the Disney World resort and Hotel. As a lifelong Catholic Haines is a 4th degree and honor guard with the Knights of Columbus - a fraternal benefits organization.

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