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House of Pain's Danny Boy: Meth Addiction, Homelessness, Recovery & Jump Around

· 1 hr 33 min

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AI SUMMARY:

This week on the Dopey Replay, Dave revisits Episode 35—the first true celebrity interview in Dopey history—with House of Pain co-founder Danny Boy O’Connor. Before the interview, Dave shares the story of meeting Danny Boy at Katz’s Delicatessen, reads a voicemail from a listener who overdosed after sneaking back into work to retrieve heroin from his desk, and shares another unbelievable Dopey Nation story involving meth, a .357 revolver, and a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

**Then Danny Boy joins Dave and Chris for an epic conversation about the rise of House of Pain, recording “Jump Around,” getting kicked off tour with the Beastie Boys, watching Everlast’s solo career explode, and his own descent into alcoholism, cocaine, methamphetamine addiction, homelessness, and despair. Danny Boy explains how recovery transformed his life, leading him to restore the legendary Outsiders house in Tulsa and find purpose beyond fame. It’s one of the earliest—and still one of the most inspiring—celebrity recovery stories ever told on Dopey.

ALl that and MORE! on a super old yet simultaneous new episode of that old old old dopey show.

Original title: House of Pain's Danny Boy: Meth Addiction, Homelessness, Recovery & Jump Around| Dopey Replay #35

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