from Fox25Boston,
A man who entered the darkness of opioid addiction is traveling around sharing his story with hopes of stopping others from following his path.
“If you're an opiate addict and stuck in addiction bad things are going to happen,” Kevin Stevens said.
And bad things did happen to Stevens, a former NHL all-star who went from winning the Stanley Cup twice, with the Pittsburgh Penguins to facing jail time in a federal court.
“I was at the bottom. I couldn't see no purpose in my life. There really was no purpose,” he said.
Stevens’ life had fully unraveled in May 2016 when federal agents busted down his door and arrested him for conspiring to sell oxycodone.
For more than twenty years, Stevens, who had a brief stint with the Bruins, struggled with addiction to opiate painkillers after incurring a devastating facial injury during a game.
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