Dave drinks Ryze coffee; recording room freezing. Announces 5-episode-per-week December schedule. Community / Milestones Lorne 3 years sober! Matty: 5 years sober! Send your anniversaries/clean time to [email protected] Spotify Comments (Darrell Hammond Episode) Complaints about “This or That.” Defenses of the game. Possum jokes. Psychedelics-in-recovery debates. Questions about Darrell’s sobriety. Praise for interview. Random comments: Lime Drive, Mike’s Amazing Stuff. Sticker requests. Dave reacts to each comment. Voicemail: Henry (LSD Trip) Two hits of acid alone in college. House fumigation tent becomes “circus.” Panic about pesticides mutating him. Aztec gods in ceiling to Butthole Surfers music. Becomes “one with his bike.” Now 15 months sober. Email: Jerry PCP fights with cops. Overdoses, ventilators. Robbing heroin dealers. Discovered Dopey by searching “heroin.” Outraged Dave hasn’t seen Joe Dirt. Hairy Tongue Will: Early Chaos Running with Richie, Mike, Lenny Crack/heroin/coke everywhere House turning into a trap house Lenny passed out after multi-day run “Demons taking over” Work & Addiction Coexistence 16-hour days as electrician Co-workers cheering on his party life DUI → probation → manipulating house arrest Strange stabilizers (electrical job giving structure) Jail Episodes First jail stay → Montauk Lighthouse work crew Felt purpose, respect Ate egg sandwiches, smoked black-and-milds with guards Jail almost felt positive COVID Era + Workaholic Sobriety Heavy work travel Money piles, crypto, closet of cash Reads self-help, becomes rigid but dry Drinks only in Tennessee with new girlfriend Casino Crack Spiral Old fashioned → cocaine → crack in hotel Boss unaware of severity Crack obsession fully reignites Builds crack connections nationwide while traveling Hallucinations, panic, moving hotels Deaths & Trauma Mike dies; father selling sneakers from his dead son’s body Richie dies after 2 years sober Will spirals into resentment, jealousy, wanting to die Collapse at Home 26-day run Antihistamine psychosis cover story Girlfriend stays nine months Selling stories to dealers (“trust fund baby”) Getting shot at by a dealer Chase through Bayshore, wild escape Major Arrest Huge charges (“five decades worth”) Thinks life is over Bail reform → immediate release Uses again for 17 days St. Chris Suicidal Guard outside his room Breakthrough: “You put yourself here” Goes all-in on program Court gives favorable deal Goes home early Mother’s Day Relapse Runs into old acquaintance with pipe Uses, vanishes 3 days Bottom moment: wants to die again Real Recovery Begins Sponsor gives clear direction Sober house, daily groups, nightly meetings Fraudulent urine to enter sober house Works program aggressively 18 months sober (recent flirtation with distraction)