Dopey 265: Ivan Neville, New Orleans, funk, crack, booze, recovery, rock and roll

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! Rock and roll royalty, and legend of New Orleans, Ivan Neville calls into the Show! Dave and Ivan reflect on the magic of the keyboards role in funk and soul music. Then Ivan gets brutally honest on a charmed career that detours onto the dark end of the street. We hear all about his downward trajectory into full on crack addiction and the noble hustle that is required to keep it going. Then Ivan breaks down how he got clean and how he transformed his life. PLUS a super funny Dopey Voice Mail and much, much more on a bad check writing, Keith Richards scolding, crack rock smoking, hammond b-3 playing super funkified new episode of the Dopey Show.

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0:00.0	I was once a genius, but you're a time dope, you know.
0:04.0	Yeah, me, Pam.
0:06.0	The sweet mother's son.
0:08.0	I hope you find that sweet, sweet love, right?
0:12.0	It's just what you need.
0:14.0	Through the night, it's been a bit of a good lie.
0:18.0	And how you guys are kind, you gotta get this stupid,
0:22.0	forget in your life.
0:26.0	Why's this going?
0:28.0	This episode of Dopey is brought to you by our friends at Allo Recovery,
0:33.0	located in sunny Southern California, in Malibu, and Silver Lake.
0:38.0	Allo is created by our good friend Bob Forest, with his friends,
0:42.0	Evan Bob and Jared, to create a treatment center that treats addicts
0:48.0	with compassion and connection rather than control.
0:53.0	Their staff has literally decades of experience in treating addiction
0:58.0	and co-occurring mental health disorders, including SMI.
1:02.0	They offer the most comfortable detox that is possible,
1:06.0	which is what we all want when we're kicking heroin or benzos or alcohol or anything.
1:11.0	They have amenities you wouldn't believe.
1:13.0	Sound bath meditation, equine therapy,
1:17.0	the super spiritual sweat lodge, surfing, and much, much more.
1:22.0	If you're fucked and you're willing to go to Southern California to get help,
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