Selling Sunset's Sandra Vergara's Wild Psychedelic Journey from Booze to Mushrooms to Virtual Reality Ketamine Madness to Kabbalah Healing and Recovery! Miles Davis Coke Paranoia Madness on Dopey!
00:00 – 00:45: Opening fan rap/song snippet ("I want a lot of love for recovery Dave... Dopey in my ears and on my screen... I love Dopey and I especially love Sanjay Nojay"). 00:45 – 01:15: Wednesday Dose intro ("Hello and welcome to the Wednesday dose of Dopey...") + explanation of Sandra Vergara episode takedown/relaunch ("Sandra said some things... we made the changes"). 01:15 – 02:40: Dave's personal update ("I'm going to Houston... ton of snow... sledding... might be getting sick") + gratitude/fridge rant ("weird shit in my dad's fridge... Little Debbie oatmeal cream sandwich... black and white cookies"). 02:40 – 03:48: Spotify comments plug + last week's Erin Carr episode comments read ("Sean... Jules... Gino tapering kratom... Koli Shell... MaryAnth... James Dehart... Tank3313... Tyler Garner"). 03:48 – 06:08: Miles Davis autobiography excerpt ("When I didn't have coke, my temper was real short... prowling the streets like a werewolf... four different people... hallucinating... Ferrari parked in the street... slapped a woman..."). 06:08 – 08:35: Miles praise ("Kind of Blue... Miles Davis in a Silent Way... the greatest") + Patreon plug ("listen without ads... join Patreon") + transition to Sandra Vergara interview. 08:35 – end (~1:42+): Brief Sandra intro ("glamorous... Selling Sunset... recovery counseling") + start of interview ("How did we cross paths?... followed you for years... dark humor... sobriety not boring").
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
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This Week on The Wednesday Dose of Dopey!
Dave kicks off this Wednesday Dose solo from his dad's house, riffing on nostalgic broke-addict snacks (Little Debbie oatmeal pies as cheap highs) and weird fridge finds, before diving into fan Spotify comments praising last week's emotional Erin Khar episode. He shares wild Miles Davis coke-paranoia excerpts from the autobiography (Ferrari abandonment, trash-room hiding, dealer tricks), and recommending Kind of Blue and In a Silent Way as sick sick records!
Then we welcome Sandra Vergara (Selling Sunset star, Sofia Vergara's cousin/sister-figure). Sandra opens up about a traumatic Colombian childhood: brother's murder at age 9, raised by an aunt after her bio-mom's brain damage left her mentally stuck at 12, feeling like a "burden," early glue-sniffing experiment, near-fatal ruptured appendix/septic shock at 16, and constant walking-on-eggshells survival via art, empathy, and never taking abuse personally.
In LA from 18, she dabbled in makeup/acting (Fright Night), when she began drinking heavy. Blackouts, self-harm (throwing herself through glass), and suicide ideation. followed. First rehab in Medellín (befriended staff for special treatment → false security). Post-rehab: mushrooms sparked a "psychedelic love" fling, ayahuasca faced childhood trauma head-on, but led to half-assed AA and relapses.
COVID alone-time in NYC brought painting growth, but cat Stewie's death (worse than losing family) plunged her into deep depression. Enter ketamine: started therapeutic (Mindbloom) but escalated to daily K-holes with Oculus VR for near-death/grief escapes, addictive Journey Circle weekends (MDMA/ayahuasca/mushrooms group catharsis without integration), erratic calls to mom, club blackouts, and cousin finding her passed out. Family intervention (Sophia pays, nephew packs her) lands her in trauma-focused Breathe Life rehab.
She firmly rejects "California sober" as a trap—psychedelics delayed real surrender for her; true addicts can't substitute one mind-alter for another. Full AA commitment (no more a la carte) + Kabbalah (post-breakup desperation) changed everything: tikkun (soul correction via tough life choices), turning reactive impulses (anger/gossip) into proactive restriction, daily study/meditation for frequency shifts. Ties Kabbalah to quantum physics (observer effect = perception shapes reality, entanglement = we're all connected, certainty in the unknown = surrender).
Sandra discusses Selling Sunset challenges (producer manipulation, ego, glamour vs. spiritual presence) and her new neuroscience/IFS/Kabbalah coaching for holistic recovery (mind stories, body regulation, spirit alignment). All that and much more on the brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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