https://proudstars.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-son-took-cocaine-at-party-now-i-have.html
'My son took cocaine at a party - now I have to wipe his bottom': Mother issues stark warning after 28-year-old suffers a stroke and is left mute and in a wheelchair
Ex-marine Carl Ayres, 28, took cocaine at a local pub in Farnborough, Hampshire, last December 31. Then, on January 4, the ex-marine went for a five-mile run, which is believed to have triggered high blood pressure and caused a slow-moving clot to develop. The next morning, Mr Ayres collapsed and was rushed to hospital, where he suffered a life-changing stroke (left). He survived, but has been left unable to speak or walk - and his mother Julie says she now has to wipe his bottom. He currently needs a wheelchair to get around (inset) but is having physiotherapy. Mrs Ayres said she released the photograph of him in hospital to warn others of the dangers of cocaine. She said: It's so heartbreaking. He was so active and full of life. Now I wipe his bum...If I can get one other person to realise how it's affected my family and Carl than going public has to be worth it. People think it won't happen to them. Carl is proof it can.'
