From prodigious young hockey talent to the highest rung on the pro ladder, Jim still found more excitement in booze and blow than he did the game itself. While drinking and drugging shortened his career he wasn’t ruined. Fame, money and family disguised the growing anguish and anxiety his addictions imposed on him. But, when he finally settled into the program, relief was realized when he recognized that helping others, paradoxically, helped him in ways he couldn’t have imagined.

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