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For some, the journey from top sport to the edge of the abyss can happen very quickly. Marko Jantunen is a former Finnish ice hockey player who got to try his skills even in the NHL, won the Swedish championship and several points kings in his career. Cited as the party king of Helsinki, Lahti, Karlstad & Götebor, Marko eventually drifted into a vicious cycle of drugs, which led to drug debts of several tens of thousands, and in the end almost to his death. In the episode, he tells his story about drug addiction, his hockey career, and how he got a new grip on his life after getting off the bottom. He works at Avominne clinics as a customer service manager, a support person for drug addicts, lectures, trains, and educates people about what drug addiction really is, and how wrong it is treated in Finland. https://www.avominne.fi Follow us also elsewhere on social media. Instagram: / podcastilmio Facebook: / podcastilmio Audiovisual production: Mikko Suikkari & Henrik Leppänen