S5 Ep44: Talking to Rhys Rutledge who went from drugs dealer to trooping the colour.

The Dave Thomas Podcasts.

The life of Rhys Rutledge, you would think, was a fictional story, such is the unbelievable circumstances and events contained within in. Yet it is all true.
From a young boy witnessing domestic violence to becoming a drug dealer and ultimately addict, succumbing to his own product causing him to contemplate taking his own life.
He was in the last chance saloon and joined the army to escape his demons. He excelled and achieved the rank of platoon sergeant, serving across the world including Afghanistan. But his biggest pinnacle would be to troop the colour in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second.
Rhys now devotes his time to an organisation he set up called Defeat Don’t Repeat, educating those on the dangers of drug addiction.