A dad says years of stress and addiction left him considering suicide after job pressure and family demands drove him to drink, and he would often go to the pub “just to drown the noise”, building to a 10-pint-a-day habit. 46-year-old Dean Cooper's body started to break down and he saw no way out , until a near-fatal collapse forced him to change his lifestyle – with his children begging him not to die. “From the outside, I looked fine – I had a high-level job, and was providing for my family,