Dave Mullen, once a heavy drinker and drug user, is now 15 months sober and sharing his terrifying story to help others. After a five-day cocaine binge in 2021, the former carpet fitter suffered a drug-induced psychosis that left him temporarily blind and with blood-red eyes for two months.

Dave began using cocaine at 17 and quickly spiraled into addiction, mixing it with alcohol during football trips and parties. By 19, he was drinking 15 pints a day and spending thousands on week-long binges. Despite a frightening episode that put him in a coma, he continued using for years.

It wasn’t until a hospital visit in 2024, where doctors warned him he could die, that Dave decided to get clean. “Every year it got worse,” he admitted, “and it affected so many people around me.”

Now sober, Dave is speaking out. “We’re not educated enough about the dangers,” he said. He hopes his shocking story—and photos—will stop others from seeing cocaine as normal or harmless.