Dopey 306: Kathy Valentine, The Go-Go’s, Alcohol, Cocaine, Rock and Roll, Recovery, SEX, trauma

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and member of the Go Go's Kathy Valentine calls into the show. Kathy shares her history around her humble beginnings in rock and roll as well as her start as an addict and alcoholic! We hear all about her rise in the biggest all female rock and roll group the Go Go's! We even get to hear about one time when she dropped acid just before her first super major record store signing! Plus her journey to sobriety and recovery! Plus! Dave tells a nice story! ALSO a Dopey email AND Alan in person back on the show reading a review and being critical! All that and more on a brand new edition of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

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0:00.0	iero
0:18.8	Don't be lonely, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't be lonely, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come, don't come,
0:48.8	don't do me, don't don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, don't do me, just one more day. I know the cure for all to be.
1:10.4	This episode of Dopey is brought to you by our friends at Allo Recovery located in
1:18.4	sunny Southern California in Malibu and Silver Lake. Allo was created by our good friend
1:24.7	Bob Forest and his friends Evan, Jared and Bob. They're a mission to create a rehab that
1:31.2	treats alcoholics and addicts with compassion rather than control, which is a great mission
1:36.1	if you think about it. They have decades and decades and decades of experience in treating
1:41.5	alcoholism and co-occurring mental health disorders, including drug addiction and severe
1:47.2	mental illness or SMI as we like to say on the show. They have amenities you wouldn't
1:51.6	believe, sound bath meditation, surfing, equine therapy and the potentially transformative
1:57.8	spiritual sweat lodge. They also make sure that your detox is as comfortable as you could
2:02.7	hope it could be. If you're fucked and you're willing to go to sunny Southern California
2:06.7	to get some help, I highly recommend going to Allo. This episode of Dopey is also brought
2:13.3	to you by our good friends at sober buddy app. Want to talk to you guys about them.
2:18.6	Sober buddy, it's super available to you if you need some help with your sobriety. It's
2:22.9	the little blue fluffy guy that you may have seen in sober memes on Instagram or Facebook.
2:27.7	You can either use their free service called sober buddy mail, which is a daily email
2:32.7	with bite size sober challenges, plus motivation and tips that are super helpful, or you can
2:38.4	download the your sober buddy app, which is an interactive version that shifts your challenges
2:43.6	and motivations based on how you respond to it. The app also has a sober tracker that's
2:49.6	down to the second and daily check-ins from buddy where he asks you how you're feeling
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