Inside a Brooklyn Addict’s Struggles with Drugs & Alcohol in the ’70s & ’80s | Joseph Fahey

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Joseph Fahey reflects on his struggles with drugs and alcohol in Brooklyn during the 70s and 80s and the impact it had on him. #BrooklynAddiction #DrugAbuse #LifeStruggles #TrueCrime #MentalHealth #RecoveryJourney #70sAnd80s #StreetLife Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ Presented by Tyson 2.0 & Wooooo Energy: https://tyson20.com/ https://woooooenergy.com/ Buy Merch: https://convictclothing.net/collections/convict-clothing-x-ian-bick Timestamps: 00:00:00 Brooklyn Roots and Family Legacy 00:06:08 Coping with Tragic Loss 00:10:43 Tragic Accident and its Impact on Family 00:16:02 Life in the Drug Trade: A Personal Story 00:21:09 Life of a Troubled Genius 00:26:28 Growing Up Amidst Cultural Diversity and Street Life 00:31:24 Growing Up in the Streets: Childhood Memories 00:36:18 A Night Under the Bridge: Escapes and Hiding 00:41:02 Struggles with High School and Addiction 00:46:13 The Bar Scene and Cocaine Culture in Brooklyn 00:51:17 A Night of Chaos and Addiction 00:56:28 Journey to Sobriety: First Detox Experience 01:01:22 From Addiction to Recovery: A Journey Through Struggle and Hope 01:06:32 Overcoming Addiction and Personal Growth 01:11:44 Overcoming Alcohol Addiction 01:18:10 Reflections on Marriage and Friendship Powered by: Just Media House : https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Creative direction, design, assets, support by FWRD: https://www.fwrd.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	Well, Joe, welcome to Locked In, man.
0:32.2	Thanks to my dad for connecting us.
0:34.5	And, you know, thanks for willing to come on today.
0:37.1	I know this is probably
0:37.8	outside your comfort zone, but it's different. It's all right. And you've never done a podcast
0:43.1	before? No, Holly ever watched me either. What inspired you to come on today? Your dad, that fucking guy,
0:50.8	you know, he's, uh, he, he told me about what you do here and stuff and i was like okay he's like
0:58.3	your story would be great you know because he knows i've been sober a long time and uh
1:03.7	31 years almost and uh he's like it's it's a good story you know he knows bits and pieces
1:10.7	of it i told him some some some things we used to do and, you know, things we got away with and whatever.
1:18.0	But, you know, the good old days growing up in Brooklyn.
1:21.5	So you were born in Brooklyn?
1:23.1	I grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, yes.
1:26.9	Born and raised, baby. You know, we
1:29.1	had the Duchess of Bay Ridge on here, Jordan Belfort's ex-wife. That's, she knew no,
1:34.3	Duchess of Bay Ridge. She's the Duchess of Bay Ridge. My, my grandfather was the Prince of
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