They Call Heroin Dog Food! Crack in Gordon Heights! Celebrating 6 Years Sober with Handsome Evan

About this episode

Dave and Handsome Evan discuss recovery, personal struggles with addiction, and celebrate Evan's six years of sobriety.

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREONL www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Zoom: dopeyzoom.com This Week on the Wednesday Dose! The episode opens with Dave feeling sick but super inspired by the Knicks, community in general, and the way Dopey Nation sticks together. He talks about Dopey Zoom, putting up Dopey stickers carefully, and the psychedelic idea that listeners are all connected through the show. Dave also pays tribute to Rob Base and Sonny Rollins, then reads a brutal listener email from Sarah about broken ankles, losing housing, 7OH/Kratom struggles, and leaning on Dopey Nation. He reads Patreon and Spotify comments, talks about Skinny Vinny, drug dreams, Canadian bacon, Patreon tiers, Tom Shoes backlash, and then promotes the Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival. The main conversation is with Handsome Evan, who is celebrating six years sober and just had his second son on his sobriety anniversary. Sitting in the car by the Great South Bay, Dave and Evan talk AA politics, Jewishness in meetings, Anthony Spaghetti, recovery community, and Evan’s story. Evan tells stories about smoking crack, driving dealers around Gordon Heights, trading…

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Guest: Handsome Evan

Topics covered

• drug addiction
• recovery
• sober living
• community support
• personal stories

Keywords

• heroin
• crack
• sober
• addiction
• recovery
• Dopey Nation
• AA politics
• drug counselor
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dopey Nation, Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, Patreon, Spotify

Products: Kratom, Tom Shoes, coke, booze, Xanax, Ritalin

Places: Gordon Heights

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