methadone on Gloucestershire Dailyhttps://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/tags/methadone/Recent content in methadone on Gloucestershire DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 26 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000From Weekend Boost to £80,000 Addiction: Alex Powell’s Eight-Year Battle with Cocainehttps://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/from-weekend-boost-to-80000-addiction-alex-powells-eight-year-battle-with-cocaine/Tue, 26 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://gloucestershiredaily.co.uk/from-weekend-boost-to-80000-addiction-alex-powells-eight-year-battle-with-cocaine/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 him £80,000 and derailed his life. Following a separation from his fiancé in 2016, Alex turned to cocaine to lift his spirits. His work schedule was relentless; juggling a £45,000 annual salary, extensive travel, and apprenticeship studies meant he was working or studying from 6 a.