Chris's story: Struggling in private, dying in public, a 'minute-by-minute' battle with addiction
Chris Robertson, 52, kept his struggle with addiction private for a long time; in the end, it took him to a public place.
![Chris's story: Struggling in private, dying in public, a 'minute-by-minute' battle with addiction](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7092396.1709156791!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/chris-collage.jpg)
![Chris Robertson had a knack for making people laugh from a young age, excelled in sports as a teenager and struggled with addiction as an adult. A triptych showing a brown-haired young child grinning at the camera, an older child holding a baseball bat, and a adult man smiling broadly.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7092396.1709156791!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/chris-collage.jpg)
Chris Robertson, 52, kept his struggle with addiction private for a long time; in the end, it took him to a public place.