Dopey 544: ChrisMiss - Dopey Day - Annie Remembers! Chris ties a rubber duck around his penis to beat. a drug test! Addiction Recovery

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📋 Show Notes

Teaser/Intro:

Dave’s septic tank explodes into the shower; plumber drama and Beach Club day.

Announces Park City Song Summit panel on “Writing Under the Influence” with Anders Osborne, Anders Beck & Matt Warren.

DopeyCon VI lineup: Ian Fidance, Sam Miller, Jake from WV, Aaron Carr, Ray Brown, Dave’s dad, Linda, Brandon Novak, Hank Azaria, maybe Jason Biggs; tickets via Patreon.

Notes that August 16th (“Dopey Day”) marks Chris’s birthday; urges listeners to put the Dopey logo over their eyes and send photos.

Dopey Day & Listener Messages:

Dave celebrates his own upcoming 10‑year recovery milestone.

Reads emails from Madeline (new listener noticing a story about Chris comforting a driver), Rick from Baltimore (finding out about Chris’s death while in rehab), and congratulates those anniversaries.

Plays voicemails from Jake (63 days sober), Aaron Carr, Ishmael (tongue‑in‑cheek), Ray (suggesting listeners vote for Dave), and more.

Conversation with Annie (Chris’s partner):

Now in California, married with a son and pregnant with her second child; reflects on seven years since Chris’s death.

Describes Chris’s kindness, humor and availability; acknowledges he loved drugs and struggled with sensitivity.

Emphasizes relapse as part of recovery and the dangers of fentanyl; recounts the night he relapsed before a Taylor Swift concert, their fight over driving his sister, and how he died alone.

Urges listeners to care for themselves and others; shares her own experience of losing crippling anxiety after surviving her worst fear.

They laugh about Sammy’s anal glands and joke about Halloween babies versus Christmas birthdays.

Listener Story & Updates:

Kelly tells a story about buying Molly, meth & heroin, shooting up in a motel with toilet water, passing out, and getting arrested on multiple charges.

Dave updates listeners on Fentanyl Jay (alive and in detox), thanks Justin Cambria for helping him, and plugs Mountainside Rehab & Recovery Unplugged.

Kimber calls to remind everyone about SafeSpot (1‑800‑972‑0590); Dave mentions customstickers.com for Dopey merch.

Classic Clip (Dopey 104):

Dave and Chris read emails about Troy’s passing and discuss the dangers of relapse and fentanyl.

Share stories of cheating drug tests: bleach drops in urine, Tide with Bleach Alternative, hiding urine in a rubber duck strapped to one’s groin, etc.

Talk about shooting coke in feet, hitting veins in the neck, life at a brain‑injury clinic.

Dave and Chris banter about ginger beer, advertisers, and their silly battles over “toodles.”

Dave recites a Dumbledore quote: “Help will always be given to those who ask for it,” reminding listeners that recovery works if you do it and nobody has to die.

Honors those who’ve died: Troy, Dave Marshall, Andrew, Colleen, Todd, Chris, Brian Hot Wheels Connolly, Annie Eley, Don, Ryan Leone, and others.