Ex-ketamine addict who spent £5,000 on drugs in a weekend reveals lowest point of his addiction

A man who was addicted to ketamine for more than a decade opened up about how he blew thousands on his habit before hitting his rock bottom moment.

Thomas Delaney, 38, explained he was left suffering with a string of 'dreadful effects' that come along with drug dependency after becoming hooked on the Class B substance.

Detailing the dire impact it had on him, he told LADbible Stories last year: "Towards the end of my addiction, I lost so much weight, I was so ill, I was so depressed and just physically, spiritually, and mentally f**ked.

"And I was quite happy to die as well, which is the frightening thing in it all. I actually thought that death would be the final thing that would release the pain and suffering.

"But thankfully, you know, that didn't happen. I managed to sort it out."

Thomas admitted that the months before he checked into rehab in November 2018 were the 'closest he came to death', as at the height of his addiction, he sniffed a whopping 36 grams of ketamine in one single day.

'Ironically', as he put it, this took place in the 24 hours before he finally sought help at a recovery centre in Glasgow.

Thomas Delaney hit his lowest point just before he checked into rehab (Facebook/The Addict's Diary)

"There's probably people watching that would think, 'He's chatting absolute bulls**t'," Thomas said in regards to the amount he consumed in such a short space of time.

"But that is the God's honest truth. That was at the height of my addiction.

"I was snorting anything upwards of an ounce a day, from morning till night until I passed out...which is also why I weighed six stone and was nearly dead."

The public speaker and activist wasn't immune to the allure of other substances either, as he admitted he once spent around £5,000 on cocaine in just one weekend in his early 20s.

A friend came to visit him for a boozy night out, but this soon turned into a three day bender instead - and Thomas said they spent 'nearly £10,000 between them' on the Class A drug.

Ketamine quickly overtook and became his drug of choice though, as the lad explained he became a fan of it as it 'made his brain go numb' and it 'shut out all the negative voices' in his head.

"It just helped me get through the day, which I know sounds quite cheesy, but it did," Thomas continued. "I instantly fell in love with that feeling of just not caring about anything or arguing with myself in my head constantly."

Although ketamine helped him escape the painful memories of his 'very traumatic childhood' for brief periods, it was wreaking havoc on his body elsewhere.

He bravely discussed the horrifying impact his ketamine addiction had on his health (LADbible)

He went on: "I was a ketamine addict for probably around about 11 years, and for me, that had dreadful effects. I nearly lost my bladder. My kidneys and my liver almost packed in.

"I lost half my body weight at the time, I went down to around about six stone."

Discussing the 'profound effects' his addiction had on his health - which he warned were 'quite embarrassing' - Thomas said: "When I would go to the toilet, I would pass chunks of what I later found out was the lining of my bladder, which sounds absolutely disgusting. I used to p**s blood, chunks, I used to pass out.

"The thing with ketamine is your bladder naturally expands and contracts to control the flow of urine when you go to the toilet from your bladder. But what ketamine does is it actually sticks to the lining of your bladder. It scars it."

He said that a lot of ketamine addicts have 'severe, severe problems going to the toilet'.

"Passing urine is unbelievably painful, and you don't pee like how you should pee," Thomas said. "You pee little drops and that might take you an hour and you are screaming on the floor, p**sing all over yourself. It is disgusting.

"I've got friends that are my age, in their 30s, even maybe 40s, that even need to wear a bag. Or, more embarrassingly, wear nappies.

"You can imagine being 36-years-old, p**sing into a nappy. And I'm not saying that to, you know, to make a joke of people that do that, but that's how serious it is.

"If you continue to use ketamine, it will destroy your body. And that's not to mention the mental effects, you know?"

Thankfully, after his stint in rehab seven years ago which helped him kick his ketamine addiction, Thomas said he has 'never looked back'.

Although it was 'incredibly challenging, difficult' and not a 'holiday resort', the lad credits it with saving his life.

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