Dopey 596: Fighting Cops, AA at 16 & Relapsing After 21 Years, Ketamine, Edibles - The Jimmy Cash Story

What this episode covers

Timestamps 00:00:00 – “I Wanna Be Good So Bad” 00:01:22 – Oro Recovery 00:02:49 – Welcome to Dopey and a secret California mission 00:03:28 – Recovery cliché of the week: “Time takes time” 00:04:10 – Vintage Dopey merchandise and DopeyCon 00:05:13 – Wesley’s message about Dopey, Chris and grief 00:07:33 – Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Last Day 00:08:05 – Mountainside 00:09:53 – Chucho Cabra steals a car and escapes through a pond 00:13:48 – Hiding naked in a construction trailer 00:14:10 – What is SR-17018? 00:14:40 – Claims about using SR-17018 to quit opioids and kratom 00:16:10 – DopeyCon tickets and financial help 00:17:03 – Patreon reactions to Roy Donk and the drugged dog 00:19:28 – Workit Health 00:20:43 – Fred’s experience coming off long-term Suboxone 00:22:20 – Methadone and precipitated withdrawal 00:25:15 – Listener reaction to Jay Landsman and The Wire 00:28:28 – The Wire, The Sopranos and Lanterns 00:29:06 – Recovery Unplugged 00:30:49 – Jimmy Cash joins Dopey 00:31:30 – Jimmy’s forgotten first meeting with Dave at Katz’s 00:34:08 – Danny Boy, Slaine and the recovery connection 00:35:40 – Growing up in Worcester and working as a janitor 00:38:04 – Jimmy’s mother exclusively dated janitors 00:39:16 – His father’s fatal overdose 00:39:45 – The Basketball Diaries inspires ten-year-old Jimmy 00:42:39 – Growing up surrounded by AA and addiction 00:44:51 – Seeing someone shoot heroin in his bathroom 00:46:47 – Smoking weed, holy water and planning to enter rehab 00:48:42 – Teenage drinking and the chaos at home 00:50:52 – Drinking before school and getting arrested 00:52:56 – His grandfather’s legendary alcoholic exploits 00:55:21 – Jimmy’s first arrest at Friendly’s 00:57:41 – Feeling like a criminal rock star 01:01:25 – Punching the cop who drove him home 01:03:30 – Waking up shaking in juvenile lockup 01:05:52 – Court-ordered AA at 16 01:07:53 – His sponsor starts dating—and marries—his mother 01:09:58 – Faking meeting cards and living a double life 01:11:57 – Relapsing on acid with a head full of AA 01:16:00 – Drugs, Catholic school and the “sin bin” 01:24:06 – His ex-con stepfather’s surprising restraint 01:25:08 – Punching a girl’s father at a block party 01:26:15 – Cocaine, an entire stash of ecstasy and nearly choking to death 01:27:30 – A horrific car crash 01:28:39 – Jimmy wonders whether his stories are “too Dopey” 01:30:49 – Ecstasy and bags of liquid ketamine 01:32:08 – The Sacred Heart University arrest 01:35:29 – Jail in Bridgeport and a connection to the Whitey Bulger investigators 01:37:52 – Getting released, immediately smoking weed and disappointing Grandma 01:39:57 – A coked-out morning at IHOP 01:42:14 – Breaking a police-car door handle 01:43:00 – Beaten by a police officer while handcuffed 01:44:20 – The jail-cell “jumping-off place” 01:45:10 – Grandpa arrives with bail money and takes Jimmy to AA 01:46:10 – Finally taking recovery seriously 01:48:18 – His mother relapses while raising Jimmy’s baby sister 01:49:56 – Twenty years sober—or one year sober? 01:52:04 – From AA speaker to stand-up comedian 01:53:50 – Two divorces and drifting away from recovery 01:55:35 – Career success while sleeping on his sister’s couch 01:56:05 – The edible relapse after more than 20 years 01:57:59 – Danny Boy tells Jimmy: “You’ve been getting high” 01:59:57 – The temptation to turn a small relapse into a major one 02:02:15 – Resentment toward AA and finally hearing the message again 02:04:39 – Picking up a new 24-hour chip 02:06:26 – Sponsoring another comedian 02:08:20 – The Kelly Clarkson Show and viral success 02:10:35 – How Danny Boy originally appeared on Dopey 02:11:43 – Safe Spot overdose-prevention hotline 02:12:59 – Polarizing Spotify reactions to Roy Donk 02:17:25 – Final recovery message 02:18:10 – Closing song

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