EXCLUSIVE: I lived Liverpool dream but addiction hell ended my career - I thought I was going to die

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Chris Kirkland lived the dream, but the latter stages of his football career and initial years of retirement were a living nightmare. A boyhood Liverpool supporter, the one-time England international was just 20 years old when he joined his beloved Reds and became the most expensive goalkeeper in British history in August 2001. He would spend five seasons at Anfield, making 45 appearances and playing his part in the club’s road to Istanbul as they famously won the Champions League in 2005,