516 - My Brief Tragic Affair with Kolonopin with Writer/Comedian Dennis Hensley

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Dennis Hensley, writer/host of the podcast Dennis Anyone? and co-creator of the party game You Don't Know My Life! wasn't addicted to alcohol or drugs-he'd virtually never done them-but somehow he ended up in rehab. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:07.2	Today on the show, writer Dennis Hensley talks about going to rehab.
0:11.3	But did you really need to be there?
0:14.3	I went to rehab.
0:16.1	There I was sitting in these rooms with people who had been lifelong alcoholics, people who had opioid
0:23.6	addictions, cocaine. I ended up here and I didn't have their problems necessarily in terms
0:31.6	of chemical dependency or history of addiction. But my life fell apart and this seems like a pretty good place to reckon with it.
0:42.4	Today on the show, writer-director Dennis Hensley talks about going to rehab.
0:47.3	For reasons, he didn't even realize.
0:50.2	Stick around.
0:56.9	Hey, this is Dennis Hensley. You're listening to Storyworthy.
1:09.9	Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:15.5	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storywardy. Now, I hope you guys
1:21.6	enjoyed the story last week with actor, filmmaker, Andre Highland. Do you know Andre Highland, Dennis? I do not. You will know him.
1:29.4	Okay, good. He's so talented and so funny. He has out a movie right now on Showtime called The Fourth,
1:35.5	which is about one day in the life of the Fourth of July. Oh, cool. Here in Los Angeles. Right.
1:40.5	And then he has a short that was in Sundance a couple of years ago called Funnel.
1:48.6	And that's really, it's only eight minutes long, but it's really good.
1:50.5	You guys should go to YouTube and look up Funnel.
1:59.4	Anyway, he told a great story about being at the dentist as a child, and then an unfortunate incident happens.
2:01.6	But I'm not going to tell you what it is.
2:05.2	What could possibly, so many unfortunate episodes going to happen at a dentist.
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