From Weekend Boost to £80,000 Addiction: Alex Powell’s Eight-Year Battle with Cocaine Tuesday, May 26, 2026 addiction cocaine bipolar recovery prison mentalhealth overdose methadone rehabilitation Alex Powell, a 32-year-old engineer from Gloucester, began using cocaine as a weekend pick-me-up to manage gruelling 16-hour workdays. What started as occasional use quickly escalated into an eight-year addiction that cost … Read More