Chris ”knuckles” Nilan struggled with addiction after retiring from the NHL. This is his story of making it to the NHL and sobriety.

Chris knuckles Nilan won the Stanley cup with the Montreal Canadians in 1986 and was a tough hockey player with more than 3,000 career penalty minutes. After hockey, Chris began having some surgeries to make some repairs to his body and found himself addicted to the pain medication and when the supply dried up he began using heroin. During his NHL career, Chris also enjoyed alcohol as the boys worked hard and played hard. Chris has had several setbacks in his sober journey and on a December night, in 2015 he had a slip that almost cost him his life, This is Chris’s story on the sober motivation podcast. Follow Chris Nilan on Instagram Download Your SoberBuddy app Follow Sobermotivation on Instagram