November 13, 2020
Dopey 265: Ivan Neville, New Orleans, funk, crack, booze, recovery, rock and roll, Trauma, DETOX
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug AddictionAbout this episode
This week on Dopey! Rock and roll royalty, and legend of New Orleans, Ivan Neville calls into the Show! Dave and Ivan reflect on the magic of the keyboards role in funk and soul music. Then Ivan gets brutally honest on a charmed career that detours onto the dark end of the street. We hear all about his downward trajectory into full on crack addiction and the noble hustle that is required to keep it going. Then Ivan breaks down how he got clean and how he transformed his life. PLUS a super funny Dopey Voice Mail and much, much more on a bad check writing, Keith Richards scolding, crack rock smoking, hammond b-3 playing super funkified new episode of the Dopey Show. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit . Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery . We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism . We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery . We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment . We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy ! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.