“I’m a Lucozade Addict and I Get Through Eight Bottles a Day - It’s Harder to Give Up Than Class A Drugs” - video Dailymotion

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Credit: SWNS  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 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.

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00:00 (soft music)

00:02 - Hi, my name's Gary.

00:08 This is a story about how I became the Lucas Aid man.

00:11 As a kid, I always needed a stimulant.

00:13 So up until about the age of 12, I would drink coffee.

00:17 Then as I become a teenager,

00:18 with all my friends, we used to take amphetamine.

00:22 And then as I got into my early twenties,

00:23 I moved on to cocaine.

00:25 And then when I was 30, my eldest son was born.

00:28 And after 15 years of taking fast drugs,

00:30 I just stopped overnight.

00:32 I wanted something else to give me a stimulant,

00:34 which was legal.

00:35 I then tried Red Bull, which was very nice to drink,

00:38 but you had a terrible headache and a migraine.

00:41 So I moved on from Red Bull onto Lucas Aid.

00:44 Back in the day, the National Health

00:48 used to give original Lucas Aid to patients

00:50 when they was ill to make them feel more full of energy

00:53 after an operation or when they were convalescing.

00:55 So I moved on to the original Lucas Aid.

00:59 And I've been having Lucas Aid every day since about 1994.

01:03 And it gradually went from five bottles to six bottles.

01:06 I'm now currently on eight bottles a day.

01:08 I love being full of energy all the time.

01:11 It makes me feel healthy.

01:13 And I don't feel tired when I'm drinking it.

01:16 First thing I'll do when I wake up in the morning,

01:18 before I clean my teeth or anything,

01:20 is have two or three sips of Lucas Aid.

01:22 And then I just drink during the day.

01:24 And if I haven't had one for an hour or an hour and a half,

01:26 whatever, that's when I'll start craving one.

01:27 So I'll have another one.

01:28 Unlike a lot of people my own age,

01:30 I haven't got a beer belly.

01:31 It's not made me fat.

01:32 And the other thing is, I don't get a hangover the next day.

01:35 Like those who drink so much beer,

01:37 I'll drink so much Lucas Aid, but there's no side effects,

01:39 no dodgy side effects, not that I've encountered.

01:42 I can honestly say that drinking eight bottles a day

01:44 not only makes me full of energy,

01:46 but I honestly believe it's given me the Alexia of youth.

01:48 And I'm going to have one now.

01:51 (beer sloshing)

01:54 Oh, lovely.

01:58 (upbeat music)

02:00 (upbeat music)

02:03 [BLANK_AUDIO]

“I’m a Lucozade Addict and I Get Through Eight Bottles a Day - It’s Harder to Give Up Than Class A Drugs”

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