Dopey 573: Dave Marquess stabbed a Kid in 8th Grade, Turned Purple OD’ing on Fentanyl in Jail, Boofed His Cell Phone During Raid, Dopesick & Snowed In at a Klan Rally, Drove Hookers While Shooting Speedballs, RECOVERY!
00:00 – 00:25 — Defective book chat, recovery friend reconnection 00:25 – 01:14 — Friend/graffiti backstory (sober abandoned building adventures) 01:14 – 03:37 — Welcome & intro (Philly, 10 years sober 6/9/16) 03:37 – 06:02 — How Dave found Dopey (early emails, no replies, Janine tease) 06:02 – 08:27 — Early stealing & family addiction (kindergarten theft, mom prison/coke/heroin) 08:27 – 10:46 — Dad backstory & custody (chemist PCP/meth/LSD, Moonies kidnapping) 10:46 – 13:10 — Dad custody shift (grandma rehab, dad alcoholic) 13:10 – 15:38 — Raising themselves / mom return (custody hearings, safer with dad) 15:38 – 17:55 — Early drug use & neighborhood (pot middle school, Kensington fights) 17:55 – 20:13 — PCP / graffiti start (love boat, rainy days, tagging 97–98) 20:13 – 22:39 — Juvenile detention (stabbing 8th grade, house arrest, AA at 13) 22:39 – 24:59 — Probation / high school (pot/skateboarding, ankle bracelet, vice principal fight) 24:59 – 27:50 — Resentencing / juvie (18 months Pittsburgh, heroin stigma) 27:50 – 30:09 — Juvie details (school + D&A program, "yes them" to get out) 30:09 – 32:29 — Out juvie / high school (Catholic school, umpiring job, purpose) 32:29 – 34:54 — High school fall apart (expulsions, $80k graffiti damage) 34:54 – 37:22 — Disciplinary school / job (Shallcross, got job, graffiti cop war) 37:22 – 39:40 — Oxy intro / daughter (moved in, daughter born 2004, Oxy Kensington) 39:40 – 42:03 — Heroin switch / escorts (snorting → shooting, driving escorts) 42:03 – 44:18 — Escorts / heroin life (pinching bags, waking on roadside, chaos) 44:18 – 46:40 — Scams / daughter birth (Dave & Buster’s, copper theft, mom left) 46:40 – 48:58 — Inheritance / escort loss (stole brother's share, lost car/job) 48:58 – 51:23 — Scams / mom return (steak scam, fake bills, mom sober) 51:23 – 53:42 — DUI / jail cycles (sleeping car DUI, boosting roommates) 53:42 – 56:07 — Red Bull hustle / arrest (50k cans, Wawa bust, county warrants) 56:07 – 58:20 — Fentanyl detox horror (worst detox, puking/shitting bunk, Ativan) 58:20 – 1:00:38 — Hole / decision (3 weeks hole, turned down free bag) 1:00:38 – 1:02:50 — Release / mom help (parole home, rehab ordered, attic stay) 1:02:50 – 1:05:12 — Recovery start / daughter (reconnect at 16–18, graffiti sober) 1:02:50 — Recovery start / reconnecting with daughter (phone convos at 16, full reconnection at 18, mom still hates Dave, good relationship now, sober graffiti adventures with Ray) 1:05:12 — Art career & game creation (art skills, no job skills, sober clothing line → adult coloring book idea from middle school friend, rushed alcoholics coloring book, sold copies) 1:07:30 — First sober jail stint (George W Hill Delaware County, artwork for commissary, paid guy to shit in shower joke, finished probation/parole ~2019–2020) 1:10:00 — Car painting job (Ray offered car wash → paint training, 7 months washing before prepping, murals for barber/body shops) 1:12:30 — Relapse vs Recovery game origin (New Year's Eve card games inspiration, shelved idea for years, switched to simple card game, hand-drawing Sharpie cards, recovery/12-step jargon humor) 1:15:00 — Game details & burnout (10–12 hour painting days + 2–3 hour card work, stressful job burnout, purpose/creativity in sobriety, 3 months coloring book = 3 months not shooting up) 1:17:00 — Where to get the game (gamecrafter.com "relapse first recovery", TikTok/Facebook/Instagram @relapse first recovery, Amazon nightmare due drug content, Meta shutting down) 1:18:30 — Dave feelings & close (grateful for telling story, fun episode, teases Patreon video game play with buddy/girlfriend, thanks Dave & Mike) 1:19:00 — Dave outro (send feedback to [email protected], Safe Spot overdose line 1-800-972-0590, customstickers.com DOPI20 for sticker contest, stay strong Dopey Nation) 1:20:00 – end — "Good So Bad" listener cover playout (full song fade out)
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
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This week on DOPEY! We welcome Philly Junky, Artist, Book and Game Designer Dave Marques! We start reading the Jenni Spotify comments.
Played Allison voicemail (paramedic blowjob in ambulance post-Christian rehab relapse), Miles voicemail (veins wrecked by crack run, imaging lab vein scan horror, switched to sniffing/smoking/femoral).
Reads Dana email (using while listening to dopey, Philly trank/xylazine hell, 10-year heroin/PCP run, funny bad gas station robbery story). Dave connects deeply, offers help (Dopey Nation socials/Zoom, 25 meetings/week), we stress that recovery is doable.
Dave Marquessinterview highlights (starts ~27:52):
- Early life/family addiction — Kindergarten stealing at Nativity school, mom prison check fraud/coke/heroin, dad PCP/meth/LSD chemist (horse dewormer contract, biker gang supplier), Moonies kidnapping half-brother Jesse, parents split kids no custody, dad took Dave after mom prison/grandma rehab/aunt binge, dad sober then full alcoholic (nice sloppy drunk, Eagles yelling).
- Teen years/drugs — Pot/PCP 7th grade (~12), "love boat" blunts, rainy days romance, graffiti start 97–98 (SEV/Shiva tag), stabbed kid 8th grade (utility cutter), juvie Pittsburgh 18 months (school + D&A program, "yes them" to get out).
- High school fall — Ankle bracelet 9th grade, friend OD heroin, vice principal fight on PCP, multiple expulsions ($80k graffiti damage), umpiring/job purpose lost to girl/drugs.
- Adult spiral — Daughter born 2004, dad death 2007 heart attack (no 911 to save ambulance cost), inherited $30k → oxy dealer → heroin, escort driving (pinching bags, chaos), scams (Dave & Buster’s tickets, college copper theft, steak return scam with mom, fake bills), lost everything, daughter’s mom left after needles found.
- Jail/fentanyl era — Multiple arrests (shoplifting, attempted carjacking hiding in dryer), fentanyl OD in jail (snorted 2 bags, turned purple, lawyer visit saved him, pre-Narcan), worst detox Montgomery County (puking bile, shitting bunk, Ativan shower), 3 weeks hole (disoriented, makeshift chess/solitaire).
- Bottom & recovery — Turned down free bag in Gen Pop (first "no" in 20 years), parole home, 3 months clean no detox spot, self-made meeting papers judge accepted, mom helped (attic, toiletries), reconnected daughter at 16–18, good relationship now.
- Sober life/art — Car painting job via Ray (wash → prep), murals/barber shops, enamel pins/coloring books, Relapse vs Recovery game (card game from New Year’s inspiration, recovery/12-step jargon humor, Instagram @relapsevsrecoverygame, gamecrafter.com, Amazon/Meta struggles drug content). Ends grateful for purpose/creativity in sobriety, teases Patreon video game play.
Safe Spot overdose line (1-800-972-0590), customstickers.com
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