Nuuk, Greenland: As the flame of the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) was extinguished to mark the ending of the largest sports event ever held in Greenland and in it's 17,000 inhabitants capital of Nuuk, there was a gasp of relief to be heard from the event organizers of the high profile circumpolar sport competition for northern and Arctic youth athletes.
From 1995 to 2009, Martin was heavily dependent on drugs. When the abuse was at its peak, he took a toxic mixture of 40-60 pills, marijuana, alcohol, amphetamines and cocaine every day. He was completely consumed by the drugs. He lied to and stole from his family. He stole from his employer and was fired on multiple occasions. He was arrested, lost everything and almost died several times.