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Ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv Player Viktor Belkin Reveals Past Drug Use and Spiritual Journey
Former Maccabi Tel Aviv player Viktor Belkin revealed he smoked marijuana during the team's 1995 championship season and later struggled with addiction. After his football career, he worked as a hotel porter in Israel, experiencing a period of excess without happiness.
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- 01Former Maccabi Tel Aviv player Viktor Belkin admitted to smoking marijuana during the team's 1995 championship season.
- 02Belkin later struggled with marijuana addiction for a decade after his playing career ended.
- 03He worked as a hotel porter in Israel, experiencing money, drugs, and alcohol but no happiness.
- 04Belkin has since become a holistic health workshop facilitator in Ukraine.
- 05He discovered he has Jewish roots on his mother's side.
- 06Belkin spent seven years in isolation as part of his spiritual transformation.
Belkin has since become a holistic health workshop facilitator in Ukraine, finding peace through yoga and meditation after a profound spiritual journey that included years of isolation.
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