‘I collapsed in excruciating pain & was hours from death’, says dad who drank 2L of energy drink every day for 2 YEARS [Video]

A DAD who gulped up to two litres of Monster energy drink a day feared for his life after collapsing and being rushed to hospital.

Andy Hammond has sworn off energy drinks for life since being rushed to hospital on Christmas Day after collapsing at home.

The 36-year-old began consuming the drinks as a teenager as he thought they were “cool” – but ended up guzzling them every day for the last two decades.

“It wasn’t that I liked their taste it was more of a habit,” he added.

The dad-of-two’s addiction started with just one can of the stuff per day before increasing, preferring Monster.

For the last two years – the peak of the social work student’s drink addiction – he was consuming four 500ml Monster energy cans (or …