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Doing Blow at 13 and the Pizzeria That Sold Cocaine
from 154 - The 3 AM Episode · #154
5 min
Tim defends himself against accusations that he fabricated his teenage drug use for edginess, describing it as unremarkable where he grew up, and recounts a local pizzeria in his town that got busted for selling cocaine alongside pizza.
- Tim recalls doing blow at 13 in his friend's backyard and defends the story against accusations of fabrication.
- Doing lots of cocaine at thirteen wasn't typical behavior but wasn't unheard of where Tim grew up.
- Tim clarifies he's not proud of his drug use and wouldn't have invented it for credibility—he would have made up attending college instead.
- Ben's laugh generates two complaints from listeners while tens of thousands watch the show.
- Tim points to his voice as evidence he actually used drugs, dismissing the idea that he fabricated the story.
- Being a drug addict who foreclosed on a house in Long Island doesn't make Tim special or uncommon.
- A pizzeria in Tim's town got busted for selling cocaine—verifiable in news archives, not an invention for credibility.