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Hello and welcome to Dopey, the bonus episode of Dopey, the bonus episode of the

podcast on drugs addiction and dumb shit. And I'm Dave and welcome to the show.

And I'm alone again in the attic on a very snowy wintery night. Last night was

the first snow storm we've had in New York and like I want to say three years

or something. And it made me think of snow storms in the past. And it made me

think of a specific snow storm many years ago. And it was many years ago when I

was living on the lower east side alone. And I was using heroin. And I was working

at cazes. And there was a blizzard coming to town. And I remember I called up my

dealer who was this disgusting scumbag named Guy who looked kind of like Mickey

Rourke and he would wear one of those leather jackets like it was like a blazer.

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