![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dad-addicted-to-lucozade-says-he-cant-give-up/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_3e.jpg&description=Garry Johnson, a retired painter and decorator, swigs eight bottles of Lucozade Original every day and says it's tough to give up - while it was "a piece of cake" to ditch cocaine A grandfather is addicted to Lucozade despite having three heart attacks - and said it's harder to give up than class A drugs. Garry Johnson, 65, began drinking coffee aged 12 and loved the caffeine buzz. The retired painter and decorator took cocaine and amphetamines in his teens, and after 15 years of on-off drug use went "cold turkey" when his son Sam was born in 1992. Keen to stay energised, he took up drinking 380ml bottles of Lucozade Original - and now necks eight a day. He's had the habit for 29 years and it currently costs him around £150 a month. And at today's prices, his nearly three-decade habit would have cost him more than £42,800. He had three heart attacks between 2012 and 2014 because of a hereditary heart condition, and doctors encouraged him to ditch caffeinated drinks. He gave up dairy and every other form of caffeine - but he still necks more than three litres of Lucozade a day. He said Lucozade is proving harder to give up than class A drugs - because of the "after effect - like that lovely feeling in your mouth after you eat an expensive bit of chocolate." Garry, from Basildon, Essex, said: "I took cocaine every day but it was a piece of cake to give up - but I'd find it really hard to ever give up Lucozade. I love it - not just the taste but the effect on my body makes me feel great. If I do go two or three hours without one, I fancy one - God knows how I'd be after two days. Lucozade is the thing I won't give up. I'm still full of energy at 65 and people say I look 50." Single dad-of-three Garry was "obsessed" with David Bowie, who was known for his class A habits and started taking speed and cocaine aged 15. He said: "When I watched him play Starman as Ziggy Stardust on Top Of The Pops, my life changed overnight. I like to be up all the time, so I always liked st){kind=link}
Garry Johnson, a retired painter and decorator, swigs eight bottles of Lucozade Original every day and says it’s tough to give up – while it was “a piece of cake” to ditch cocaine
A grandfather is addicted to Lucozade despite having three heart attacks – and said it’s harder to give up than class A drugs.
Garry Johnson, 65, began drinking coffee aged 12 and loved the caffeine buzz. The retired painter and decorator took cocaine and amphetamines in his teens, and after 15 years of on-off drug use went “cold turkey” when his son Sam was born in 1992. Keen to stay energised, he took up drinking 380ml bottles of Lucozade Original – and now necks eight a day. He’s had the habit for 29 years and it currently costs him around £150 a month.
And at today’s prices, his nearly three-decade habit would have cost him more than £42,800. He had three heart attacks between 2012 and 2014 because of a hereditary heart condition, and doctors encouraged him to ditch caffeinated drinks. He gave up dairy and every other form of caffeine – but he still necks more than three litres of Lucozade a day. He said Lucozade is proving harder to give up than class A drugs – because of the “after effect – like that lovely feeling in your mouth after you eat an expensive bit of chocolate.”
Garry, from Basildon, Essex, said: “I took cocaine every day but it was a piece of cake to give up – but I’d find it really hard to ever give up Lucozade. I love it – not just the taste but the effect on my body makes me feel great. If I do go two or three hours without one, I fancy one – God knows how I’d be after two days. Lucozade is the thing I won’t give up. I’m still full of energy at 65 and people say I look 50.”