“I Went Through a Dead Guy’s Pockets...And Then Went To Get High.” | Addict to 10 Years Sober

Nothing’s Off the Table with Louis Ruggiero · Apr 30, 2026 · 52m

“I just went through a dead guy’s pockets… and then went to get high.” That moment changed everything. In this episode of Nothing’s Off the Table, Dave Marcus shares his raw, unfiltered story of addiction — from living in his car, using heroin and fentanyl, running scams to survive, and witnessing death up close… to building a completely new life with nearly 10 years of sobriety. This is a brutally honest conversation about what addiction really looks like at its worst — and what it actually takes to come back from it. We talk about: * Living homeless in Kensington during active addiction *…