Dopey 539: Jeanine Coulter Kicked Heroin in a Doghouse, Squatted a Cell Phone Store, and Kidnapped an old man
Dave reads a Guitar World story about Kurt Cobain calling Sepultura for heroin tips in Brazil
Listener email: outrunning the cops in Michigan with a pocket full of coke and pills
Dave confesses he's losing interest in meetings and needs to triple down on spirituality
Voicemail from Rebecca in Humboldt County: 90s NYC, Skaw at Wetlands, and a summer of PCP
Dave’s memory of turning down PCP at SUNY Purchase
Shoutout to Mountainside and Recovery Unplugged
Janine interview begins (at Jeremy’s house in LA)
Early life: straight-A student, youth group leader, nerdy, argyle-wearing overachiever
Parents' divorce at 17 sent her into a total tailspin
First time doing coke at a redneck bar in Athens, Georgia (Bird Dog Tavern)
Moved to LA to become an actress, got certified to teach bar fitness
Pink meth from Armenian gangs in 2002 — Dave wants to know: WTF was it?
How she accidentally became a heroin addict at 30 after dating a Marine with a habit
Smuggling Suboxone into rehab, getting kicked out, getting arrested 4 times
Living in an abandoned cell phone store, eating stolen food, sleeping on cinder blocks
Her mom literally prays her way to the crackhouse to find her
Eventually gets clean, starts the Chasing Heroin podcast, and does a TED Talk
Explains “Post-Traumatic Growth” — and why addicts might actually get better than before
