I Spent £70K A Year On Drugs | Minutes With

In this episode of Minutes With we sat down with Gary, whose cocaine addiction led to him spending £200 a day on drugs whilst working as a police officer. After losing his job in the force, Gary turned to crime to feed his addiction and stole thousands from bookies and supermarkets. Gary tells us about his battle with addiction, his road to recovery and how he's turned his life around.

00:00 - 00:28 - Intro
00:28 - 01:29 - Growing Up In Wales
01:29 - 04:48 - Tackling Crime
04:48 - 05:57 - Stabbed In The Leg
05:57 - 07:00 - My First Line of Cocaine
07:00 - 08:56 - Addiction Takes Hold
08:56 - 10:39 - Paranoia & Psychosis
10:39 - 11:58 - Taking Drugs At Work
11:58 - 13:57 - Losing Everything
13:57 - 14:58 - Armed Robbery
14:58 - 16:51 - Prison Life
16:51 - 18:57 - Stealing £50K
18:57 - 20:14 - Arrested By My Own Team
20:14 - 22:27 - Rebuilding My Life

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[Mikuzan]

Nobody looks more like a police officer and a bank robber at the same time than this man.

[paulkennedy]

Thanks for being brave enough to do this, it's really helped me out today, I spent 15 years in the RAF Regiment No2sqn, at 47 I'm a recovering heroin addict and a benzoes addict and alcoholic, I'm going to rehab on Friday morning and I'm bricking it, but to know anyone can have this happen is, well I feel I bit less anxious, so thank you

[Simonjthomas]

Something very relatable with this guy. Might be my favourite interview so far. Good luck Gary and congrats on choosing a family over addiction. Amazing.

[jamiekennard]

I worked with this guy for a few weeks on a building site, and he never mentioned any of this… was just a gentle giant. wish I had spent more time getting to know his story! what a guy

[lisaboban]

I love this interview style.
Thanks for putting the on-screen notes for those of us not in the UK. Helps provide some context to the story.

[love]

He seems like all the trouble, pain, trauma, mistakes ect have made this man truely carved out of stone. You have my respect sir, thank you for sharing, I do not doubt this will save lives. God bless.

[nimmichagger]

Wow! Now that’s honesty. Despite your past life, I have massive respect for you. Upwards and onwards, lad!

[wardybasher]

‘Ladbible’ You’ve pulled it out the bag - metaphorically speaking, with this one.
Cocaine is truly awful stuff. Well done Gary for sharing, and for the changes you’ve made in your life.

[LADbible]

Thank you to Gary for taking part in this episode.

[rsturbo]

The most honest interview I’ve heard. Fair play to him getting his life back together.

[sophieemilylouise]

I really love these documentaries. Hearing how people can change their lives around is incredible. Never stop making these!!

[imvfrzg]

Brother ur awesome im a police officer in large southern city in USA. I had opioid addiction for 3 years after broken back in line of duty. Clean since sept. 24 2017. Hardest thing ive ever done and withdraws are hellious. Thanks for the transparency

[mellel]

This man is indeed blessed! To go through all that he has and to end up in a happy and stable life is incredible! I can see that he is very grateful.

[louiethomas]

Really enjoyed this one, good storyteller

[BrumGeezer]

Seems like a really genuine bloke .... Good luck to ya

[edwardmartin]

I'm so happy he's deep into recovery, bless his soul... Nearly 11 years myself, infact I've 8 days to go.. didn't mean for this comment to be about myself 😮 .. anyway good for him

[BigDome]

This channel somehow gets the absolute best out of people in terms of storytelling. Amazing work.

This one was quite shocking, how deranged he became in pursuit of a high. Of course this is part and parcel of hard drugs, but still it's surprising how far he took it.

One thing I'd like to have heard a bit more about is the victims of the robberies though. I felt like maybe he hasn't really come to terms with that yet. I've heard stories of people having guns pointed at them during robberies who've needed therapy for years after. For a normal, law-abiding civilian, something like that can be extremely traumatic.

[criollitoification]

Com'on Ladbible how are you not getting tens of thousands of views with quality content like this?!

Such a great interview, the guy is clearly very intelligent and remorseful and i'm very glad he's doing well now and helping others too!

[dgf]

It's important what he said about his childhood being good and him having a good life and a good job overall, that's how bad addiction is. It can take you and ruin your life and you don't even see it. The amount of people I've met who were chill about drugs and later had scares...

[kitharrison]

A great interview. Thanks so much to Gary for his honesty, strength and bravery. Thanks also to Molly 👍