Rich Clune opens up about his alcoholism while with the LA Kings

[Telos]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...-174403218.html;_ylt=AwrBEiGlMrxTQXoACfFNbK5_

Clune took his first drink at 13. He was drunk the day he was drafted, at No. 71 overall by the Dallas Stars. His drinking while within the Los Angeles Kings organization cost him a chance to skate with the Stanley Cup champions, something Clune still regrets. It got so bad that his teammates shunned him; eventually, Clune had enough people in his life telling him that his drinking was ruining him. He went into treatment as an in-patient and then as a twice-a-week outpatient.

Then-Kings assistant GM Ron Hextall told Clune he’d find another shot in the NHL, and that opportunity came as an energy winger for the Nashville Predators.

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[Bandit]

Good for him, always nice to hear about someone being able to overcome.

 

[apadilla]

good to hear he is getting relief, it is a life long battle, good luck to him

 

[Reclamation Project]

Hopefully he can stay strong for the rest of his life and continue to fill a role in the NHL. Hoping for the best.

 

[kingsholygrail]

So that's what was going on.

 

[Nefarious]

Dry island?