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For Kevin Stevens, every day is a fight to stay clean and tell his story

The ex-Penguin pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drugs. He sold his Stanley Cup rings. Now, sober, he’s giving back.

QUINCY, Mass. — At the end of every month, Kelli Wilson counts the time her brother, former Penguin Kevin Stevens, has spent sharing his story — 24 years of drug abuse, followed by 21 months of sobriety — and fires an email to his probation officer.

After pleading guilty in December 2016 to conspiring to sell oxycodone, Stevens was ordered as part of his May 2017 sentencing to give motivational speeches and raise awareness about the perils of prescription-drug abuse.