Dopey 586: NEW DOPEY CLASSIC! Robbing Drug Dealers! Federal Indictment! Lesbian Prison Romance! Heroin! Crack! & Single Motherhood in Recovery with Kelly P

About this episode

Kelly Petro Simone shares her journey through addiction, recovery, and the challenges of life in prison.

Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro music 00:03:28 Welcome to Dopey, Knicks playoff fever and Bob Dylan jokes 00:05:31 Dopey Short Film Festival announcements 00:07:10 Listener email: dating another addict in early recovery 00:09:45 Dave's advice on recovery relationships 00:11:25 Mountainside sponsorship 00:12:45 BetterHelp sponsorship 00:13:35 Zach from North Dakota's 2C-B story 00:17:32 Brayburn sponsorship 00:18:20 Patreon comments and discussion of last week's episode 00:24:40 More listener comments and Lyme disease discussion 00:26:00 Workit Health sponsorship 00:27:05 Spotify comments 00:31:45 Maddie Boons' heartfelt letter to Dave 00:33:50 Recovery Unplugged sponsorship Kelly Petro Simone Interview 00:34:30 Kelly joins the show; memories of Mountainside in 2011 00:38:30 The rumor Dave got kicked out of treatment 00:40:30 Growing up in New Haven 00:48:00 Childhood trauma and difficult family dynamics 00:52:00 First getting high at age 12 00:54:40 Marijuana, cocaine and early addiction 00:59:15 Cocaine takes over at 17 01:03:40 High school sports, drugs and abusive relationships 01:08:30 Physical abuse, trauma and addiction 01:13:20 Discovering Percocets and oxycodone 01:18:00…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Chris

Guest: Kelly Petro Simone

Topics covered

• drug addiction
• recovery
• personal stories
• prison experiences
• relationships
• mental health

Keywords

• drug dealers
• federal indictment
• heroin
• crack
• single motherhood
• recovery relationships
• childhood trauma
• prison romance

Sponsors

BetterHelp, Brayburn, Workit Health, Recovery Unplugged

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mountainside

Products: 2C-B, Percocets, oxycodone, cocaine, marijuana

Places: New Haven

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