28. Dave from the Dopey Podcast on addiction and transformation after tragedy

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dopey Dave is a recovering drug addict who spent his 20's using heroin on a daily basis despite a successful career in entertainment. After hitting bottom and entering a treatment center, he met Chris, and his life would never be the same. Chris and Dave became fast friends and started a podcast together - The Dopey podcast - where they shared wildly funny and absurd drug stories from their past. The podcast grew quickly, keeping countless addicts around the world company. Except that two years in - unbeknownst to Dave - Chris started using again, overdosed and died. In the wake of Chris's death, a devastated Dave had to find a way forward through his grief and in doing so, expanded the message of Dopey (drugs actually kill people) and found his own voice as a solo podcaster. He has never missed an episode.

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0:56.5	Welcome to All the Wiser. I'm Kimmy Kulfe. All the Wiser is a one-for-one podcast. For every
1:03.2	inspiring interview you hear, we donate $2,000 to charities around the world. I believe in the
1:10.0	power of storytelling to inspire us all to think differently about the world around us.
1:15.6	So I've combed the country for some of the most jaw-dropping stories you have ever heard.
1:22.1	People who have been to the brink and back, stories of survival against all odds,
1:26.8	and whose lives have been changed in unthinkable ways.
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1:45.5	discover the podcast and the stories we share. Thank you for considering and thank you for listening.
1:52.5	Today's interview is with Dave, David, or Dopey Dave. I can't tell you his last name because he
1:58.5	will not tell me the internet or any of his thousands of listeners.
2:03.6	Dave is a former hardcore drug addict and he's also a really successful podcaster.
2:09.9	In spite of a happy childhood and a solid shot at a career in entertainment, Dave started using heroin on a daily basis in his 20s.
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