A heroin addict from Portland. Levine was a customer of the Xalisco Boys. He lost his legs to frostbite in his forties, so he especially valued the convenience of the Xalisco Boys’ delivery system. Levine eventually got sober and joined the Recovery Association Project (RAP), an advocacy group for recovering addicts. When opiate painkillers became more prevalent, however, he began abusing again.
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Alan Levine Character Timeline in Dreamland
The timeline below shows where the character Alan Levine appears in Dreamland. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Just a Phone Call Away
Alan Levine , a longtime heroin addict, lost his legs to frostbite when he passed out during...
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Back at Alan Levine ’s motel room in Portland, there is a knock on the door: a young Mexican...
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Part 1: We Realized This Is Corporate
Alan Levine is one of these recruits. By 1998, after five years of being a Xalisco customer,...
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Part 2: Pentecostal Piety, Fierce Scratches
...increase in overdoses amidst a medical culture that continued to espouse the benefits of opiates. Alan Levine , who’d been sober for so many years, started taking OxyContin before returning to heroin.
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