New York Islanders goalie Robin Lehner said he was "extremely close multiple times" to killing himself last season while with the Buffalo Sabres before receiving treatment for alcohol and drug addiction.
Lehner was later diagnosed with bipolar 1 with manic phases, and he wrote about his experience in a first-person essay for The Athletic with hope his story can "help make a difference and help others the way I have been helped."
"Since the new year began I had been feeling severely depressed and my drinking increased," he explained.