The Sopranos, Heroin, Punk Rock, Family Intervention & Recovery with Dominic Cianese Jr. | Dopey Wednesday
About this episode
Dominic Cianese Jr. discusses his experiences with addiction, recovery, and his connection to The Sopranos.
Time Stamp Notes: 00:00 Ben Croxton’s DopeyCon song 01:36 DopeyCon 7 planning, music, art, stories, and helping Dopey grow 03:05 Dylan’s “Ghost Rider” acid trip at Jungle Love festival 07:55 Psychedelic therapy, patience, tolerance, and keeping your mouth shut 09:08 The insane prison revenge story 14:08 Nicole’s drunk newspaper delivery story with her sister 17:33 Dominic Cianese Jr. joins the show 22:00 “Once a junkie, always a junkie?” Recovery, identity, and shame 28:30 Almost playing young Junior Soprano on The Sopranos 33:40 Michael Imperioli, Robert Iler, Modi, and Dopey’s Sopranos history 35:00 Growing up in Brooklyn, punk rock, poverty, TV, nuclear fear, and drugs 43:20 Mescaline, acid, mushrooms, cocaine, and early addiction 59:55 Finding recovery at 28, then relapsing after five years 1:09:20 Family intervention, Florida treatment, and the spiritual experience that changed everything 1:19:45 Comfort shows, trauma, Junior Soprano, and the scenes Dominic can’t rewatch 1:22:00 James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, and behind-the-scenes Sopranos stories 1:25:10 Becoming an interventionist and helping other addicts 1:29:40 The overdose across the street and why New York is…
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