A Listener $h!ts himself on a Carnival Ride After Doing Fake Cocaine. PLUS Hasnie the EMT/Belly Dancing Alcoholic, Pills, Recovery
Update: 2026-04-09
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 – Dopey intro + setting up Greatest Hits episode
01:19 – Dave introduces Hasi episode + Dopey Wood talk
02:00 – Listener email: “King” dealer story begins
03:43 – King moves to new hotel + gets sloppy
05:00 – Police raid + King jumps out window → brutal injuries
06:09 – King crashes car doing whippets into someone’s living room
07:00 – Spotify comments on Diddy episode
10:36 – Listener comments + recovery shoutouts
12:02 – Ray + Matt on show, Matt wants to relapse
14:16 – Matt talks money stress, toys, relationship tension
16:29 – Matt admits urge to use out of anger
18:41 – Matt calms down, decides not to use
21:03 – Credit card + meth talk + consequences
23:26 – Matt origin story with Dopey
26:13 – Matt buys Ray Taco Bell gift card
27:00 – Talking Matt off the ledge recap
28:34 – NyQuil talk + getting “high” from it
30:58 – Transition to Hasi interview
🎤 HASI INTERVIEW
33:24 – Hasi intro (belly dancer, Albania, Muslim background)
35:45 – Identity, recovery, and representing immigrants
37:57 – Early drinking + chaotic teenage years
40:15 – Cousin dies from heroin + spiritual moment with coin
44:42 – Family background (Albania, Islam, communism)
47:08 – First drunk + dangerous situations with older men
49:34 – Alcohol progression + trauma + first responder work
51:48 – Addiction escalates (pills, alcohol, sex, chaos)
54:09 – Knee surgery → pills → wanting to stay high forever
56:24 – Rock bottom: sends kids away, alone using
58:51 – Decides to go to rehab (moment of clarity)
01:00:57 – Detox + first AA meeting (“jar of awesome sauce”)
01:03:21 – Early sobriety + Gay AA saving her life
01:07:49 – SLAA + using people as substances
01:12:31 – Learning parenting + emotional connection
01:17:15 – Marriage in AA + codependency + divorce
01:21:43 – Getting daughter back from Ukraine during war
01:24:00 – Parenting in sobriety + talking about drugs with kids
01:28:38 – Fear of kids inheriting addiction
01:31:00 – Letting kids have their own experience
01:33:25 – Sobriety allows her to function as first responder
01:35:35 – COVID trauma + staying sober through chaos
01:38:03 – Finding purpose in helping people
01:40:22 – Sobriety, spirituality, and gratitude
01:42:48 – Back to Dave + Ray wrap-up
01:43:30 – Listener email: carnival ride diarrhea disaster
00:00 – Dopey intro + setting up Greatest Hits episode
01:19 – Dave introduces Hasi episode + Dopey Wood talk
02:00 – Listener email: “King” dealer story begins
03:43 – King moves to new hotel + gets sloppy
05:00 – Police raid + King jumps out window → brutal injuries
06:09 – King crashes car doing whippets into someone’s living room
07:00 – Spotify comments on Diddy episode
10:36 – Listener comments + recovery shoutouts
12:02 – Ray + Matt on show, Matt wants to relapse
14:16 – Matt talks money stress, toys, relationship tension
16:29 – Matt admits urge to use out of anger
18:41 – Matt calms down, decides not to use
21:03 – Credit card + meth talk + consequences
23:26 – Matt origin story with Dopey
26:13 – Matt buys Ray Taco Bell gift card
27:00 – Talking Matt off the ledge recap
28:34 – NyQuil talk + getting “high” from it
30:58 – Transition to Hasi interview
🎤 HASI INTERVIEW
33:24 – Hasi intro (belly dancer, Albania, Muslim background)
35:45 – Identity, recovery, and representing immigrants
37:57 – Early drinking + chaotic teenage years
40:15 – Cousin dies from heroin + spiritual moment with coin
44:42 – Family background (Albania, Islam, communism)
47:08 – First drunk + dangerous situations with older men
49:34 – Alcohol progression + trauma + first responder work
51:48 – Addiction escalates (pills, alcohol, sex, chaos)
54:09 – Knee surgery → pills → wanting to stay high forever
56:24 – Rock bottom: sends kids away, alone using
58:51 – Decides to go to rehab (moment of clarity)
01:00:57 – Detox + first AA meeting (“jar of awesome sauce”)
01:03:21 – Early sobriety + Gay AA saving her life
01:07:49 – SLAA + using people as substances
01:12:31 – Learning parenting + emotional connection
01:17:15 – Marriage in AA + codependency + divorce
01:21:43 – Getting daughter back from Ukraine during war
01:24:00 – Parenting in sobriety + talking about drugs with kids
01:28:38 – Fear of kids inheriting addiction
01:31:00 – Letting kids have their own experience
01:33:25 – Sobriety allows her to function as first responder
01:35:35 – COVID trauma + staying sober through chaos
01:38:03 – Finding purpose in helping people
01:40:22 – Sobriety, spirituality, and gratitude
01:42:48 – Back to Dave + Ray wrap-up
01:43:30 – Listener email: carnival ride diarrhea disaster
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