Lucozade addict gets through eight bottles a day - and says the drink is harder to give up than Class A drugs

A grandad is addicted to Lucozade despite having three heart attacks - and says the bright orange drink is harder to give up than class A drugs. Garry Johnson began drinking coffee aged 12 and loved the caffeine buzz.
The now-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 bottle 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. At today’s prices, his nearly three decade habit would have cost him more than £42,800.