TIMESTAMP NOTES 00:00 – Dopey intro song + Oro Recovery ad 03:08 – Dave returns from Dopeywood + meeting reflection 05:25 – Listener email: prison, relapse, and recovery 07:52 – Dave at Howard Stern vinyl party (Baba Booey, Chuck D) 10:03 – Neil Young “After the Gold Rush” + memory lapses 12:20 – Relentlessness in recovery and Dopey 13:27 – Mountainside ad 14:20 – Axel voicemail: weed dealing, fire, and burnt dick 18:22 – Braeburn ad (Reframe & Reclaim) 19:05 – Spotify comments (LJ Ruggiero episode reactions) 23:07 – More comments + DopeyCon music talk 24:10 – Orchard on the Brazos ad 25:28 – More comments + Dopey Nation shoutouts 29:00 – Recovery Unplugged ad 30:00 – Dopey Film Festival + DopeyCon update 31:00 – Guest intro: Sarah Clark Sarah Clark Interview 32:00 – Sober Girls group chat origin story 39:48 – Childhood: drug-addicted father + unstable upbringing 42:04 – Early addiction exposure + father’s drug use 44:06 – First drug use: alcohol → Xanax 48:45 – Arrests + first rehab attempt (runs away) 57:48 – Relapse → pills → heroin introduction 01:09:00 – First time shooting heroin (no effect → more) 01:11:35 – IV use escalates: neck, forehead, desperation 01:18:25 – Hustling, robberies, and chaos 01:27:54 – Abscess story → loses part of butt 01:30:07 – Hospital stay + immediate relapse 01:34:40 – Cycle of rehabs + running away 01:39:15 – Final decision to go to treatment 01:41:36 – Actually working steps for first time 01:46:25 – Sober living + first job 01:48:50 – Law school journey begins 01:53:28 – Getting accepted → charges dismissed 01:55:47 – Becoming a lawyer 01:55:47 – Adopting stepdaughter + breaking family cycle 02:00:20 – Life today: marriage, kids, recovery 02:02:27 – Outro + Safe Spot info + Dopey wrap-up 02:05:00 – Outro song (“Good So Bad”) 🎯 SEO KEYWORDS (cut & paste) Dopey podcast, Sarah Clark Dopey, heroin addiction story, IV drug use, shooting heroin neck, addiction recovery story, female addiction recovery, lawyer in recovery, sober success story, drug addiction podcast, abscess heroin story, opioid addiction, Xanax addiction, relapse and recovery, AA recovery, NA recovery, sober living story, addiction trauma childhood, junkie stories podcast, Dopey Nation, recovery podcast, fentanyl awareness, addiction and law career, heroin abscess surgery, addiction transformation story, sober influencer story