I Spent £70K A Year On Drugs | Minutes With
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- 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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Nobody looks more like a police officer and a bank robber at the same time than this man.
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😂😂😂
I'm suspicious still 😂
They are all dodgy as they come.
He arrested himself stealing his own drugs 😂
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
Hey good luck man, you got this!
Good luck Paul
Best of luck Rock.
Don’t be anxious mate, you’re going to get your life back if you work for it 🙏
Smash it paul 💪
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.
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
Have you exchanged any numbers? If you have, give him a call one day to chat.
How did you not notice his collapsed nose...
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.
Yeah, a nice touch, not so much this 1, but certain accents/dialects are even difficult for someone like me born in the 🇬🇧 2 understand, so I can see that as a *"God-Send"* 4 ppl not native to the British Isles!
Yous lot 4rm the Americans should try having a go with the scouse or Brummie accents, mad difficult 2 understand, how lads 4rm [up north] Liverpool or[bang on Central England] Birmingham talk😂😂crazy tingz is I'm 4rm Birmingham[Born n 🍞 Breed]😂🏴😂& even I struggle to make out fully, especially particularly these 2 accents & I can guarantee you if you ask the other 150 odd town n cities around the United kingdom, they'd all say the same!!!
It’s difficult enough for non UK people to understand dialects then you decide to write slang words such as 4rm, ‘n’, ppl.. ‘4’ instead of ‘for’
How old are you?! This is what idiots write in year 7!
He was referring to the back story not the subtitle options or anything related to accents
Thank you to Gary for taking part in this episode.
If this story was a movie it would be too unbelievable.
We needed this to be the length of a movie, he skipped over so much detail.
The honesty of people who have been to rock bottom and back is complete.
He's a top bloke ,we have the pleasure of calling him a friend and yes a movie would be amazing!
Wow! Now that’s honesty. Despite your past life, I have massive respect for you. Upwards and onwards, lad!
The honesty of people who have been to the bottom and back is complete.
‘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.
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.
The most honest interview I’ve heard. Fair play to him getting his life back together.
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.
Seems like a really genuine bloke .... Good luck to ya
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
Gary is stronger and wiser than he realises.
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
Drug addict and armed robber… awesome!!!!….
Pobably controlled by , gang bikers mobsters. No fun environment...they spot new people in each cities and do the recon. People should go with the flow and encourage disobedience to this bearded bikers . Me and Ramones will think about it soon. #blue_excellence 🟦🤘#say_no_tobikersmobsters
@@tazsidney6910you think they hire genius engineer there ? They hire pro bikers groups who sympathize with bikers.
Really enjoyed this one, good storyteller
What a genuine fella
just shows you how the best laid plans can turn upside down, great inspiration and shows you can always come back, nice one Gary
Very inspiring, any addiction will defenitely ruin your capability to think straight. And some of us here watching this vid is going through the same...
I really love these documentaries. Hearing how people can change their lives around is incredible. Never stop making these!!
People don’t understand drugs at first are fun and you have the best times but when you abuse them psychosis and paranoia are very real and it will make you do the craziest things. Not to mention the hallucinations they can feel so real and again you do crazy things because you 100% believe something is happening when it’s not! I’m glad I stopped will never touch drugs again
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Brilliant interview with compelling, open honesty.
You're a natural on camera, keep shining!
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For sure, he could be in movies, strong screen presence
There is a big difference between bad people doing bad things and good people doing bad things, for me Gary is the latter by a long way. I like Gary
Gary, thank you for your honesty! Great story and account of life. Go forward with your qualifications to help others in the same situation. Well done!
Well done Gary. Thanks for the interview. Fantastic stuff.
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...
Please can we get more stories like this 🙏🏼
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.
Thank you for sharing Gary, positive outcome in the end
A great interview. Thanks so much to Gary for his honesty, strength and bravery. Thanks also to Molly 👍
We appreciate your insights. Keep working hard.
thanks for sharing all this
The man looks like he came straight out of a Guy Ritchie film
I thought the same!😂
Well done Gary ,me and Andy will watch this 😊 . You are a great bloke and we think you are amazing .
Hopefully catch you soon 😊
Great interview Gary and yep and i can relate to what happened there to some degree.
Takes a lot to get up and do an interview like this.
appreciate the honesty brother
i love these
Good luck dude 🙌
What a life. Be interesting to listen to the whole story. Love the honesty.
Brilliant 🤩 interview Gary
Some story gary, the psychos bit can relate too very well! Honest at it best that interview was 🙏
What a great guy, addiction is a horrible thing
Respect, dude.
Really interesting story. Which you the best sir
Its easy to be zoomed in and caught up in the moment but when you pan out, everything becomes clear.
Sometimes you kinda doubt these tales… But this guys septum instantly confirms that this guys not BS’ing.
Welldone Gary, you had a difficult journey mate. Not many people survive and you did.
That's some going. I have no problem admitting to a few lines on a Saturday night but I can't imagine getting to his level of consumption. All the best pal. Hope everything works out well.
Important to understand the drugs become the meaning of your life because all people need a bigger meaning of life than themselves cheers from Australia
This has a book/film written all over it, directed by Guy Richie
Well done Gary good to see you managed to turn your life around👍cymru am byth 🏴
Excellent interview. Strong Welsh accent (no subtitles), English question (in subtitles).
Ufff!! That’s a ton of cash!!
Addiction is a Horrible Disease that Hurts more than just the user!
It’s common for users to have a $100 a day Addiction, which comes out to $36,500 a Year..And they have to get that money from somewhere !
Very interesting episode. I’m not assuming but I do wonder what the tipping point for him taking drugs in the first place was. Doing his job seeing horrible stuff, high stress and pressure. Cambridge university reckon 1/5 serving police officers either have or have symptoms of PTSD but it’s not really reported or assumed that emergency services have issues like normal people. I wonder what the last few years or months of his career prior to starting down the drugs path involved. Glad he’s doing better now and FairPlay for being so honest. Sad to hear those so called mates and Rugby team didn’t stop him or try and get him out of it to begin with before virtually throwing the stuff at him.
Michael Dowd, a NYC cop, was said by the Dominic cartel leader, Adam Diaz, to walk like a gangster. I'll bet this guy fits that bill perfectly.
Had a uncle like this ex met as well things got to much and he even done a runner to Australia at one point,how i miss Don beach
I've been through addiction and crime myself, different scale than this madlad, but the progression and end results were about the same. Drugs and crime go hand in hand, and I don't see a way to separate them other than decriminalisation and mental health programs, because harsher punishment and more surveillance has been tried and tested and failed every time. If this guy had gotten help when he got addicted in the beginning, he could have been a police officer today without all the madness he eventually went through. That's my 2 cents anyway
Basically my step father in a video interview
It takes all sorts. Standard bloke, talks well.
Very very sad to see this video. Hope this guy is better now
Gary boy 👊💪 ps it’s Campbell
FairPlay to you all the best
It’s always from the roofer 😂
Called Gary or Jason ( jay )
If this was a cartoon from the 1980’s… this gentleman would be the lead bad guy’s right hand man. The Toy version of him was sold with a Cosh that fits in his hand that has Kung-fu action. The cartoon was only out for 32 episodes, one season.
But was syndicated for the time slot when kids home from school.
That feeling you had the first time means you are prone to addiction.
Like the bloke, hope he’s all ok now
Mad story
should make a movie about this guy
You can tell how much he's abused coke, by how collapsed his nose is compared to the picture of when he was younger.. Same thing happened to someone I used to know.
Looks like a nose that's been hit a few times to me
@@Happy_Spatula Well, that's probably because his septum has collapsed.. Much like a broken nose. My friend was female and looked the same, like shed gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson. Never had a fight in her life.
More likely rugby
If he was here saying he was an ex thug who used to fight all the time you could say it was from a broken nose but he’s here saying he was a cocaine addict. Of course it’s from the coke use your heads😂😂😂
Wow, very observant of you ! You should get into some sort of detective work 😂
This Welshman was a soldier for The Kray brothers, hees “seen things, you can’t unsee” that Ronnie Kray did.
Tottenham was an eye opener?? The shootings/stabbings are in Cardiff these days.. although it's most cities.
Tottenham different league to Cardiff
@@Rhino11111 Less sheep shaggers, more goat shaggers 😜
You can't compare Cardiff to Tottenham bro
I'm welsh and addicted to cocaine and alcohol, it's so hard...
Fantastic man after my own heart look like x con
🎉yes! Everybody that does drugs has a friend that is a roofer😂
Been there. Was minding few boxes of flake and giving few ozs for doing it. Quickly went to bits. Hell of a drug. All fun and games at the start.......
I would love to share my story. I’m going to be a documentary about my friend Sophie Anderson passed away. She was in the adult industry and was very famous for a while. I transgender woman I have my sexual reassignment surgery when I was 17. I’m now 31. I lived a double life meaning I had the money I wanted, I looked and felt amazing. No one knew I was trans because I am a woman but no one. Clocked but I became a heroin addict prostitute that was making thousand and thousands but it all as away even though I had a beautiful place I was OCD clean my skincare make up hair no one knew I was taking drugs but eventually no matter if you have millions, it will show, I am 10 years and I was on methadone which was even worse so I completely understand what is going through. I hope his nose is okay because his septum looks very thin. Like I say I’m going to be in a documentary so it’ll probably be on BBC or Channel 4. It’s in the work doing an interviews and all of that stuff so I hope to tell Sophie story from her best friend and some of my story and how the adult work industry is broken and it breaks already broken people.
Seems like he had to live both sides to find peace !
I always wonder with this type of horrible addiction what the lasting health problems are? He seems ok, but surely taking that much cocaine for such a long period of time can't be good for you. I'd be worried about dying all the time if it was me, and i was that bad.
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Still waiting for an all female odd one out. Thank you
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No judgment will watch later. Just had to say. Homie looking cool as fck
Danny Murphys dopple
He has the facial structure of a cop from dishonored 2
I went through a very similar sutuation during covid for almost 2 years, and just like he said , i was like a hermit day in and day out ay home sniffing trying to block all life's stress ect, but thank god one day the face of my baby boy made something click in my head, no rehab just willpower I've locked myself in for 3 months blocked my acess to any money well that was easy got I debt with everybody that I can and turned my phone off 😂 BTW I've since payed everyone back and apologise explaining that i had to hit rock-bottom at the time, so for 3 months I sat at home watching movies and smoking weed which i used to subdice the coke, then started to go out made sure I stayed away from anyone that got it, this year I've cut smoking weed and now i can't be happy everyday breathing fresh air
To anyone's reading this and going there is a way
He must of done a lot of boxing
he looks like Jack Kirby drew him
Looks like Lenny Mcleans welsh son 😂
Looks like dom littlewood
I would like to go on lad bible and tell my story. A lot of people would be able to relate
I spent over £700k on bricks of it. Never got over it..🏠😂
Well off to the police force I go 😂
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He was lucky, his nose is still attached to his face - in a funny kind of way! But seriously...well done for getting clean I hope you can stick with it.
Roofers man
70g/ year on dope that just be a long weekend at the love shack lol
Nobody is perfect
Yeah but there’s a difference between dons who nick a pack of sweets as a kid and dons who destroy their own and the lives of their family, committing armed robberies and other violent destructive crimes because they have no discipline
I assumed they did routine drug testing in the police. Obviously not.
Even if they did they would tip off who was gonna be tested. It's corrupt to the core
It’s gorgeous George out of snatch 🤣
That's the Welsh for ya
Only one thing worse than a copper. And that’s a bent copper.
4 years for all that? What a joke.
'nice one gary! you're a top bloke!'
what a bunch of muppets, sandbagged in by his charisma.
Why don't they go interview the people he robbed off? See how they felt about the experience?