A man nearly killed by his eight-bottle-a-day Lucozade habit has finally kicked his 30 year addiction - and lost two stone.<br /><br />Garry Johnson, 66, suffered a stroke, had to have an electrical heart device and went temporarily blind in one eye.<br /><br />Doctors told him he'd need to quit his £150 a month habit, to save his heart from further damage - but Garry said that was harder than ditching class A drugs.<br /><br />The retired decorator from Basildon, Essex, finally managed it through sheer determination.<br /><br />And since December he has lost more than two stone - and feels healthier and happier.
