Personal Life
John Callahan was adopted as an infant, and had five siblings. At age 8, he was molested by a female teacher. He began drinking at the age of fourteen. “I used the alcohol to hide the pain of the abuse,” Callahan has said. After the car accident that caused his spinal cord injury, he went through extensive rehabilitation. At the age of 27, he gave up drinking alcohol. He made his home in Portland, Oregon.
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