The Time Kimber Shot Fentanyl in Her Neck and Died and Stephen Saved Her Life| Dopey's Greatest Hits
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Timestamps:
00:23 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits
01:05 – Introducing “The Call”
01:45 – DopeyCon lineup and ticket information
03:15 – Josh’s armed crack-dealer story
07:34 – Kratom, 7-OH and Sublocade
08:30 – Patreon and Spotify comments
12:16 – “The Call” begins
14:46 – Kimber calls Never Use Alone
15:30 – “I just left rehab yesterday”
17:32 – Kimber’s tolerance is dangerously low
19:14 – Injecting heroin into her neck
20:20 – Kimber stops responding
20:50 – Jessie prepares to call an ambulance
23:07 – Paramedics enter Kimber’s apartment
24:52 – Ryan Leone and the origins of Never Use Alone
27:10 – Stephen’s addiction and recovery
31:48 – Building three overdose hotlines
34:07 – Meeting Jessie and responding to Kimber’s call
36:34 – Stephen hears his own voice on This American Life
38:41 – Stephen’s early drug use
43:29 – Drinking as a child in Europe
45:54 – Weed, college and depression
48:23 – Stimulant addiction and a friend’s suicide
50:35 – Treatment for stimulants disguised as opioid addiction
55:15 – OxyContin, acid and the downward spiral
57:32 – Arrested while paranoid on stimulants
59:48 – Family intervention and treatment
01:02:12 – Silver Hill and the attraction of recovery
01:06:57 – Finding drugs while cleaning out houses
01:11:40 – Hiding a relapse from his family
01:14:00 – Recovery, autonomy and making space for people
01:18:38 – Why overdose risk has fundamentally changed
01:20:55 – Relapse, survivor’s guilt and respecting autonomy
01:23:16 – Did recovery expectations prevent honesty?
01:25:38 – Jessie’s daughter uses the hotline
01:27:53 – “I don’t care what she does—as long as she doesn’t die”
01:29:04 – Jessie watches her daughter inject at the kitchen table
01:30:24 – Stephen becomes a volunteer firefighter
01:35:12 – His first Narcan reversal
01:37:34 – America’s first government-funded overdose hotline
01:42:08 – Anonymous, judgment-free help throughout North America
01:44:21 – Nine emergencies out of more than 1,300 calls
01:46:55 – Kimber joins the episode
01:49:17 – Life immediately after leaving rehab
01:51:39 – Why she decided to call Never Use Alone
01:53:59 – Shooting cocaine before seeking heroin
01:56:17 – Forty days without opioids and no tolerance
02:03:22 – Jessie attempts to slow Kimber down
02:05:42 – The injection and overdose
02:08:05 – Waking up with Stephen beside her
02:10:28 – Anger, humiliation and wanting to use again
02:15:16 – Returning to the trap house
02:19:50 – Getting back into rehab
02:22:13 – Another relapse—and eventually recovery
02:24:38 – How Kimber and Stephen reconnected
02:29:22 – Kimber begins working for the hotline
02:31:42 – Answering calls without being triggered
02:33:57 – Connection as the opposite of addiction
02:36:22 – How to contact the hotline
02:38:40 – Closing thoughts
02:40:40 – Banjo cover of “Good So Bad”
Five ad-break spots
12:16 – Before the main Greatest Hits episode
36:34 – Before Stephen’s personal story
01:02:12 – Before treatment and recovery
01:46:55 – Between Stephen’s interview and Kimber’s interview
02:22:13 – After Kimber returns to treatment
00:23 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits
01:05 – Introducing “The Call”
01:45 – DopeyCon lineup and ticket information
03:15 – Josh’s armed crack-dealer story
07:34 – Kratom, 7-OH and Sublocade
08:30 – Patreon and Spotify comments
12:16 – “The Call” begins
14:46 – Kimber calls Never Use Alone
15:30 – “I just left rehab yesterday”
17:32 – Kimber’s tolerance is dangerously low
19:14 – Injecting heroin into her neck
20:20 – Kimber stops responding
20:50 – Jessie prepares to call an ambulance
23:07 – Paramedics enter Kimber’s apartment
24:52 – Ryan Leone and the origins of Never Use Alone
27:10 – Stephen’s addiction and recovery
31:48 – Building three overdose hotlines
34:07 – Meeting Jessie and responding to Kimber’s call
36:34 – Stephen hears his own voice on This American Life
38:41 – Stephen’s early drug use
43:29 – Drinking as a child in Europe
45:54 – Weed, college and depression
48:23 – Stimulant addiction and a friend’s suicide
50:35 – Treatment for stimulants disguised as opioid addiction
55:15 – OxyContin, acid and the downward spiral
57:32 – Arrested while paranoid on stimulants
59:48 – Family intervention and treatment
01:02:12 – Silver Hill and the attraction of recovery
01:06:57 – Finding drugs while cleaning out houses
01:11:40 – Hiding a relapse from his family
01:14:00 – Recovery, autonomy and making space for people
01:18:38 – Why overdose risk has fundamentally changed
01:20:55 – Relapse, survivor’s guilt and respecting autonomy
01:23:16 – Did recovery expectations prevent honesty?
01:25:38 – Jessie’s daughter uses the hotline
01:27:53 – “I don’t care what she does—as long as she doesn’t die”
01:29:04 – Jessie watches her daughter inject at the kitchen table
01:30:24 – Stephen becomes a volunteer firefighter
01:35:12 – His first Narcan reversal
01:37:34 – America’s first government-funded overdose hotline
01:42:08 – Anonymous, judgment-free help throughout North America
01:44:21 – Nine emergencies out of more than 1,300 calls
01:46:55 – Kimber joins the episode
01:49:17 – Life immediately after leaving rehab
01:51:39 – Why she decided to call Never Use Alone
01:53:59 – Shooting cocaine before seeking heroin
01:56:17 – Forty days without opioids and no tolerance
02:03:22 – Jessie attempts to slow Kimber down
02:05:42 – The injection and overdose
02:08:05 – Waking up with Stephen beside her
02:10:28 – Anger, humiliation and wanting to use again
02:15:16 – Returning to the trap house
02:19:50 – Getting back into rehab
02:22:13 – Another relapse—and eventually recovery
02:24:38 – How Kimber and Stephen reconnected
02:29:22 – Kimber begins working for the hotline
02:31:42 – Answering calls without being triggered
02:33:57 – Connection as the opposite of addiction
02:36:22 – How to contact the hotline
02:38:40 – Closing thoughts
02:40:40 – Banjo cover of “Good So Bad”
Five ad-break spots
12:16 – Before the main Greatest Hits episode
36:34 – Before Stephen’s personal story
01:02:12 – Before treatment and recovery
01:46:55 – Between Stephen’s interview and Kimber’s interview
02:22:13 – After Kimber returns to treatment