<p>www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast</p><p>📋 Show Notes</p><p>Teaser/Intro:</p><p>Dave’s septic tank explodes into the shower; plumber drama and Beach Club day.</p><p>Announces Park City Song Summit panel on “Writing Under the Influence” with Anders Osborne, Anders Beck & Matt Warren.</p><p>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.</p><p>Notes that August 16th (“Dopey Day”) marks Chris’s birthday; urges listeners to put the Dopey logo over their eyes and send photos.</p><p>Dopey Day & Listener Messages:</p><p>Dave celebrates his own upcoming 10‑year recovery milestone.</p><p>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.</p><p>Plays voicemails from Jake (63 days sober), Aaron Carr, Ishmael (tongue‑in‑cheek), Ray (suggesting listeners vote for Dave), and more.</p><p>Conversation with Annie (Chris’s partner):</p><p>Now in California, married with a son and pregnant with her second child; reflects on seven years since Chris’s death.</p><p>Describes Chris’s kindness, humor and availability; acknowledges he loved drugs and struggled with sensitivity.</p><p>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.</p><p>Urges listeners to care for themselves and others; shares her own experience of losing crippling anxiety after surviving her worst fear.</p><p>They laugh about Sammy’s anal glands and joke about Halloween babies versus Christmas birthdays.</p><p>Listener Story & Updates:</p><p>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.</p><p>Dave updates listeners on Fentanyl Jay (alive and in detox), thanks Justin Cambria for helping him, and plugs Mountainside Rehab & Recovery Unplugged.</p><p>Kimber calls to remind everyone about SafeSpot (1‑800‑972‑0590); Dave mentions customstickers.com for Dopey merch.</p><p>Classic Clip (Dopey 104):</p><p>Dave and Chris read emails about Troy’s passing and discuss the dangers of relapse and fentanyl.</p><p>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.</p><p>Talk about shooting coke in feet, hitting veins in the neck, life at a brain‑injury clinic.</p><p>Dave and Chris banter about ginger beer, advertisers, and their silly battles over “toodles.”</p><p>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.</p><p>Honors those who’ve died: Troy, Dave Marshall, Andrew, Colleen, Todd, Chris, Brian Hot Wheels Connolly, Annie Eley, Don, Ryan Leone, and others.</p>