Bob Forrest's Don't Die Podcast
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 240 ratingsDon't Die! Kids are dying and it needs to stop, that's the simple message addiction counselor Bob Forrest is trying to get out. Listen as Bob and Chuk talk honestly about music, drug addiction, treatment, the recovery industry and the lies that politicians and big pharma are telling the American public
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Episodes
Episode One Hundred Seventy Seven
September 24, 2021 20:07 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBBob, Chuk and Mike. Do some people use to many AA cliches, soccer dad Bob, no reward mentality, living out in the real world, Ohana fest this weekend.
Episode One Hundred Seventy Six
September 20, 2021 03:19 - 58 minutes - 58.1 MBCasual drug use vs online dealers and jail time, decriminalizing drugs, Bob was a bad weed dealer, Disneyland adventure, Pearl Jam, Plural One, The Grateful Dead and Don’t Die at Ohana fest is coming up!
Episode One Hundred Seventy Five
August 27, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBBob gets retested, Bobs special fast, Mexico, FDR, Dylan, Charlie Watts, Tom Petty, addicts avoid sober friends like the plague, bragging about time, living in MacArthur Park, the bridge back to the real world and living in it.
Episode One Hundred Seventy Four
August 24, 2021 06:05 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBBob gets the Covid booster shot and oh boy, The Dodger game, in the sun with Wiley Dailey, The Wiley, Karen Black, Woody Allen story, Freedom!,what freedom!
Episode One Hundred Seventy Three
August 16, 2021 18:50 - 53 minutes - 53.4 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk overdoses, people dying, Thelonious Monster Mike stories, 30% increase in drug deaths, people are angry and who’s fault is it, education is suffering, a desert rehab story of breaking the law and getting someone to rehab, do feelings matter?, kids, lock downs and upcoming Ohana Festival
Episode One Hundred Seventy Two
August 07, 2021 18:37 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBBob and Mike Talk about the legendary Chuck E. Weiss and lots of Hollywood characters of the 80s and 90s and our upcoming Live Dont Die podcast from Ohana Fest.
Episode One Hundred Seventy One
July 21, 2021 03:49 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBBob, Chuk and Mike, Fentanyl in everything, Bobs new campaign to just outlaw it, Bob pees sitting down? Masks, Vaccines and Ohana Fest
Episode One Hundred Seventy
July 12, 2021 03:57 - 59 minutes - 54 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk about acronyms in treatment professionals, swallowing crack in jail, hiding heroin balloons and getting arrested before computers
Episode One Hundred Sixty Nine
July 02, 2021 21:05 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBBob, Chuk, Mike and guest Wiley Dailey, part two with Wiley because we had so many rock star stories, Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson, Julio Iglesias, Jerry Lee Lewis, Priscilla Presley, Bob Dylan uses the Elvis Presley death toilet, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, treating addicts like babies and recovery
Episode One Hundred Sixty Eight
June 18, 2021 15:28 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBThe wonderful Wiley Dailey comes on and talks about our history in LA with Bands such as The Chili Peppers, The Circle Jerks, the concerts we’ve been to, working the stages, Coachella, being sober, The Kings, The Lakers, The Dodgers Bobs ability to get free drugs and of course his dog Kobe
Episode One Hundred Sixty Seven
June 12, 2021 13:55 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBBob, Chuk and Mike are back after a few weeks of downtime and an all new sponsor talking about music festivals coming back, Bobs new sober living house that employs Social Model Detox without drugs and its working! therapy works but sobriety has to be number one or you won’t achieve it, the unlikely transition from conspiracy predisposition to Studio 54 and of course “where will Bob poop during Ohana fest?
Episode One Hundred Sixty Six
May 31, 2021 19:17 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBHistory of Alo, soon to be Oro , Kids, Rehab done right, getting licensed as a preschool, Music stories, Dogs Psychologists and drugs, Crack smoking in the 90s, Huntington beach
Episode One Hundred Sixty Five
May 21, 2021 15:50 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBBob, Chuk and Mike get the band back together, Bob goes out to his first concert maskless! bands from the 70s, Bob gets reported for his pre school and deals with the state of California and you won’t believe the outcome, mask futures, kids and vaccines
Episode One Hundred Sixty Four
April 28, 2021 23:11 - 1 hour - 57 MBBob, Chuk and Mike review Bobs disco days in Huntington beach, Chuk records with Jim Kaa, and talks about his brothers death, Bob is alone at home with the kids, music and how it touches everyone in different ways, where do all the angry people on the internet go, optimistic outlook on what’s to come, LSD stories, Bobs first orgasm story you won’t believe
Episode One Hundred Sixty Three
April 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBBob, Chuk and Mike. Pee for profit, Insurance paper work, CDC study, nursing homes in Florida, rent prices in la, where to live cheap, homeless, affordable housing and mental health, internet is Satan, Music and how to spend your last 7000 days on earth.
Episode One Hundred Sixty Two
April 14, 2021 08:28 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBBob, Chuk and Mike Just stay alive and don’t die kids, Insurance companies vs actual recovery, pee testing ethics, lock down and opening up, Bob sneaks into Dodger stadium opening day, jails and cop beatings
Episode One Hundred Sixty One
April 07, 2021 06:30 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBBob talks with Mike about his delivery day and the unsettling moments of the last few days, crowded hospitals, homeless everywhere, older dads and golfing with Flea
Episode One Hundred Sixty
March 25, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBGoing back to school and work, Bob in the desert with his family, Elvis plays the piano, overdoses, concussions, car wrecks and California sober.
Episode One Hundred Fifty Nine
March 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBBob listens to the podcast for the first time, changing AA dogma to save lives, the Bakery that sold Diazepam story, Brazil, Child tax credit, taking meds in sobriety, the world of cars and RV’s according to Bob, the Don't Die retreat idea.
Episode One Hundred Fifty Eight
March 11, 2021 05:27 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBBob, Chuk and Mike, If you can shut down society, why can’t you fix the drug problem in America, get the car packed, the baby is coming! The Q are not informed people, lack opportunity creates hopelessness, the hope is in the children, Phone culture, let there be rock
Episode One Hundred Fifty Seven
March 02, 2021 23:31 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk dad stuff and raising kids, what is normal?,Bob has a problem finding a bathroom to use in LA, there’s no place to poop in the city, homeless problem needs a solution, parents need to find a middle road raising children, sobriety entitlement issues.
Episode One Hundred Fifty Six
February 25, 2021 21:22 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBBob and Chuk and Mike, Reducing the Covid death rate, Bob and Chuk get they’re second vaccination, Bob gets into Disneyland, Syrup and Tizzle, Kids in rehab and how to break the cycle, History of treatment in LA, Drug stories, Beverly Hills, Girlfriends and co-dependency especially Mikes, party stories and other gory junk , Flea bites off the end of his tongue, parenting and funny stuff about where we went wrong.
EpisodeOne Hundred Fifty Five
February 16, 2021 00:13 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBBob, Chuk and Mike, professional clients for rehabs gets explained, Bob gets vaccinated, Anti-vaxxers, concerts need to come back, teachers, Bobs dad and self examination, the work that it takes to remain sober, nobody wants to hear an artist new songs.
Episode One Hundred Fifty Four
February 08, 2021 22:44 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBBobs starting a school class for his kid, teachers need to step up and go back to work, addicts and people with personality disorders think about killing themselves and acceptance, along with discussing it openly is essential, lockdowns and the dangerous effects.
Episode One Hundred Fifty Three
February 02, 2021 22:26 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBBob Chuk and Mike talk staying alive despite your family history, sidetracked to RV adventures, Oregon legalizes drugs, Antifa history, Qanon nonsense, Drug deaths should unify us, Suicide deaths should unify us, how Perry Farrell inadvertently got Bob sober
Episode One Hundred Fifty Two
January 27, 2021 14:49 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk about being less cynical in AA, getting the vaccine, not getting the vaccine, letters, paying forward, getting rid of the bad actors in recovery.
Episode One Hundred Fifty One
January 19, 2021 12:48 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBBob, Chuk and Mike and this week is aimed at drug treatment professionals and working in the Covid environment, solutions and how to leave work at work, meth making a comeback, clubs coming back, songs we wrote, Morrisey, some using stories.
Episode One Hundred Fifty
January 13, 2021 00:43 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBBob, Mike and Patrick from “Don’t Die Wisconsin” on this one, get to congratulate Patrick on the birth of his son, talk and joke about fatherhood as only dads in recovery can, catholic dads, Rv adventures, ice fishing, drinking and addiction
Episode One Hundred Forty Nine
December 25, 2020 07:47 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBBob, Chuk and Mike in a Christmas WTF episode. Why can’t some people wear a mask, more overdose death than covid, getting involved, caring about people, what’s up 2021, Bobs worst Christmas, Mikes anniversary, Texas Terri, Hillel The future is Narcan, Merry Christmas and goodnight John boy
Episode One Hundred Forty Eight
December 22, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBBob, Mike and guest Gil T. from Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs deliver stories from the early days of 80's Hollywood music scene.
Episode One Hundred Forty Seven
December 09, 2020 03:45 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBBob, Chuk and Mike on this one talk about homelessness, Bobs big announcement, Long Beach, Rik L Rik, The Simpletones, gunfights, punks that died and the ones that lived, John Lydon, Elvis Costello, Gexa X, Don Bolles, L.A the music capitol of the world?, bands from Canada and L.A. Nightclubs
Episode One Hundred Forty Six
November 30, 2020 16:16 - 59 minutes - 54 MBBob, Chuk and Mike, Covid cases, testing, where’s the political support for drug addicts, America celebrates killing, societies ills, unsolicited advise
Episode One Hundred Forty Five
November 25, 2020 23:17 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBBob Chuk and Mike Talk taking responsibility, Hunter S. Thompson, Bank robbery, Las Vegas, Bob leaves his apartment to Top Jimmy, Methadone stories, Weed, Doom scrolling, dog culture, Gloria Scottisms, Making amends and ending that might surprise some
Episode One Hundred Forty Four
November 18, 2020 04:37 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk about protecting the Affordable Care Act rising suicide rate, friends relapsing, Clancy and Bob, are we teaching fear to our kids and the art of honesty
Episode One Hundred Forty Three
November 03, 2020 23:45 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBBob, Chuk and Mike, Bobs ok with the isolation, why Trump trucks are stupid, tax policy,health care, the fall of Purdue, overdose and death rate up, RIP Eddie Jennings, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States……
Episode One Hundred Forty Two
October 30, 2020 19:08 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBBob,Patrick O'Neill and Mike talk drug treatment in Wisconsin, failure to launch in kids, methadone Suboxone treatment Buddy Arnold wisdom, kids and Covid, fires and more RV stories
Special Edition Purdue News
October 21, 2020 22:57 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB***NEWS FLASH*** Bobs reaction to Purdue Pharma settlement
Episode One Hundred Forty One
October 21, 2020 02:58 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBHuell Howser, drive in concerts, the Elvis and Trump Addiction connection, the election, a nationwide12 step program, Lakers, Dodgers, Bobs diet, Hope
Episode One Hundred Forty
October 13, 2020 04:49 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBBob Chuk and Mike back together! Chuk comes back from Petaluma, Covid times, Chip implants and who cares, update on Bobs RV, Music happenings, The Homeless problem, The drug epidemic, The mental illness epidemic.
Episode One Hundred Thirty Nine
October 09, 2020 19:11 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBBreakfast with Bob and Mike, Bob buys a RV and works on it himself, the new book, Isolation and depression numbers and Eddie Van Halen
Bob Talks Two
September 30, 2020 00:02 - 26 minutes - 52.1 MBThe first drink Bob took, Intimate secrets, who we are, planing for nothing, living in the moment, Bob unwittingly becomes a drug counselor, why we seek approval, trauma is the ongoing journey, don’t read the internet, “it easier to be mean than it is helpful”, be who you are, “If you are not being authentic you are bound to be disillusioned”
Bob Talks One
September 28, 2020 15:29 - 22 minutes - 45.3 MBBob Talks series one, what to expect in rehab, medications, sociology, living life on life’s term, staying sober until the journey of insight to the palace of wisdom is complete.
Episode One Hundred Thirty Eight
September 01, 2020 01:06 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBThe violence in Kenosha, the dark days we are in. Bob gives a message of hope and strength, Social distancing and family gatherings, back to the beach, Bob only surfing story, Angel, Rush, Foghat and Puca shell necklaces, our common history of Bolsa Chica beach.
Episode One Hundred Thirty Seven
August 26, 2020 15:59 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBChuk gets 23, Fentanyl deaths in young people are up, meetings on line, to the wives chapter needs to be taken out, aa and where its going, Gene Autry’s 10 step program
Episode One Hundred Thirty Six
August 18, 2020 22:03 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBBob, Chuk and Mike talk about summertime at the Forrest house, changes in the concert industry, social media, into the music obscurity crevasse of the 70s and 80s and Bobs love of Angel and babies aren’t really that cute.
Episode One Hundred Thirty Five
August 10, 2020 20:15 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBRecovery bloggers, Huntington beach, whats with the walls, pooping, flying with the Peppers, sober companion Bob, Don’t Die Wisconsin and songs
Episode One Hundred Thirty Four
July 31, 2020 11:57 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBMasks, Isolation, zoom meetings, HIV, getting loaded because of being in isolation is a cop out, Drinking! we go old school and talk about alcohol, more Gloria Scott wisdom, homeless bob stories, poop of course, The Lingerie night club scene in Hollywood back in the day and Karens
Episode One Hundred Thirty Three
July 24, 2020 09:57 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBSpecial episode on the second anniversary of the overdose death of Chris from Dopey, Dave from Dopey and Don’t Die guys kick off Chrismiss in July and remember Chris, talk about Drugs, Death and dumb other stuff. Dave comes up with the slogan to end all slogans Sh*ts tough, do your best, f**king carry on.
Episode One Hundred Thirty Two
July 21, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBBobs history and update about The Bicycle Thief 20th anniversary re-release of “You come and go like a pop song”, recovery songs, songs that romanticize drug use, moral responsibility of sobriety
Episode One Hundred Thirty One
July 15, 2020 00:04 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBPeople are committing suicide, People are being lied too, Virus life and changes, Predictions for November, Time to get rid of the old brigade, favorite all time concerts debate and none of us agreed