He Spent £1 Million on Drugs, What Next? | Richard Chapman

The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the highs and the lows which ultimately define them. Richard Chapman was an area director at HSBC. He had five sons, a beautiful house, and by his own admission, a perfect life. Then one evening after a round of golf, a stranger in a pub offered him a line of cocaine and he said yes. That yes cost him seventeen years, a million pounds, and very nearly his life. In this episode, Richard takes us through the full arc of his addiction with staggering honesty - from recreational weekends to using 26 grams a day, sitting in a supermarket car park for 36 hours straight, and reaching the point where he'd planned to end his life in a hotel room. It was a WhatsApp message from his 11-year-old son that changed everything. Today, Richard is six years clean and runs Ark House - the very rehab centre he walked into as a broken man in 2020. He now dedicates his life to helping others find the way out he found. Support the show Check out my website: toms-talks.co.uk Follow me on Instagram: toms.talks__ Follow me on TikTok: tomstalks Subscribe on YouTube: TomsTalks