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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dopey 413: Steve Earle on Dopey! The Trauma of losing his Son to Fentanyl Overdose and Death, LSD, Heroin, Music, Jail, Recovery

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

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

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

This Week on Dopey! After many many years of trying we finally are joined by Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, author, actor, activist, advocate and more - Steve Earle! Steve comes on the show and tells us how he stumbled into his rock and roll life, and how he found drugs, addiction and ultimately recovery. Many years into his recovery the worst happened - Steve's super talented son, Justin Townes Earle died from a fentanyl overdose. Steve tells the tragic story and how he has remained sober living with such pain. PLUS we have a special guest who hates to be named, my Dad, and emails and voicemails and reviews on a heartbreaking new episode of Dopey. More on 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

This stupid dopey podcast has come in your ear

0:08.0

The heroin can't be sobriety and beer

0:16.0

Dave and I are the guy you know the hot one everybody wants to fuck

0:23.0

Just thought I'd throw an invisible for the lessons

0:28.0

Now you know, good luck

0:32.0

So pop your chair and start the car

0:35.0

Let's get on the road and let's go

0:39.0

A dopey podcast is starting up

0:43.0

Welcome to the show

0:53.0

Hey hey hey, it's time for a joke

1:04.0

And I wanna sing a song for you

1:08.0

And Chris can show you a thing or two

1:13.0

You have some fun now with me and all the gang

1:18.0

Learning from each other while we do our thing

1:23.0

TO Brown sari

1:34.0

THE ARMY nightmares

1:36.0

They make this warned

1:40.0

This episode of the show

1:41.0

Now go to the show

1:51.0

This episode of Dopey is brought to you by Auro Recovery

1:56.0

What is Auro Auro is treatment that implements compassion and connection rather than control

2:03.0

They were started by our old friend Bob Forest and his old friends Evan, Jared and Bob

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