A company boss started dealing cocaine and heroin when his own addiction 'took control of him'.
Jordan Goodman, 33, was using cocaine every day and spending all his money to feed his habit.
Now Goodman, who has a plastering business, has been locked up for 32 months after police caught him with the class A drugs.
At first Goodman, from Bury, claimed a drug debtors list was 'legitimate' and connected to his work.
Police also found an axe and a knife in his car.
"People who deal in drugs peddle misery to others," a judge told him.
Officers with a warrant went to his home on January 24 last year, Manchester Crown Court heard.
They found a small amount of cannabis as well as 21 snap bags of heroin, and a snap bag of 'high purity' cocaine.
A debtors list was also found, as well as messages on his phone about drug dealing.
In an interview with police, Goodman accepted having cocaine and cannabis but 'denied all knowledge' of the heroin.
He denied dealing drugs and said the debtors list was 'legitimate' and was 'connected with his work', prosecutor Lisa Boocock said.
Goodman later pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply cocaine and heroin, and possession of cannabis.
Defending, Adam Brown said he accepted a prison sentence was 'inevitable'.
He said Goodman became involved due to his 'heavy' drug addiction, which 'took control of him'.
"The defendant was working, but spent all he had on funding his addiction," Mr Brown said.
"He foolishly decided to embroil himself in the supply of class A drugs to meet his financial needs."
He said Goodman was not making 'vast amounts' from his dealing, which took place from August 2019 to January last year, and said he didn't have any 'luxury assets'.
Since being arrested, Goodman has 'turned his life around' and got clean from drugs, Mr Brown said.
"His arrest made him realise the important things that matter in life," the lawyer said.
Judge Timothy Smith said he accepted Goodman had made a 'determined effort' to make positive changes.
Goodman, of Dawson Street, Bury, was told he will have to serve half of his sentence in jail, before being released on licence.
