Tensions erupt inside the group, as guilt, grief, and redemption collide. Peter, exhausted and questioning his own failures, tries to guide Alex—haunted by a hit-and-run and convinced of his own destructive power—back from the brink. As old wounds resurface and members prepare to say goodbye, the group confronts their shared pain, the limits of responsibility, and the possibility of grace. With raw honesty, confessions, and a startling closing revelation, this episode delves into what it means to carry your own cross before trying to save the world.

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Ray sits alone with a bottle and a record spinning when Angel bursts in — luminous, dangerous, and impossibly alive. What begins as a tender, almost holy reunion becomes a razor-edged pledge: love, lust, and self-destruction braided together over slow kisses, hard truths, and a shared needle. As Angel sings about promises and moonlit deliverance, the pair trade confessions, fantasies of escape, and the Icarus-sized urge to fly higher even as the wax melts. This episode lays bare the intoxicating, tender, and terrifying chemistry between two people who want to save each other — and who might instead destroy one another. Expect aching intimacy, crackling dialogue, and a score that moves from lullaby to roar.

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Ray calls time on a meeting that has stripped everyone to their bones. As the group sings a quiet spiritual, a fragile moment of grace appears — but Ray can’t accept the consolation he dispenses. Torn between the language that heals and the cynicism that haunts him, he confesses his exhaustion: he has run out of scripts, half-beliefs and “miracles.” The clinic reels as staff and patients make sudden choices; Angel disappears, Peter scrambles, and Ray’s private unraveling becomes a public crisis.

This episode moves from the hush of a communal prayer to the chaotic fallout of a leader who can no longer carry the weight he once vowed to bear. It’s an exploration of spiritual fatigue, the ambiguous solace of stories, and the brutal arithmetic of recovery: some survive, some don’t — and sometimes the ones who show the way are the least able to follow it themselves.

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In this gripping episode of Dewdrops, Paula’s long-buried trauma erupts into the open. With Ray pushing her to confront the shame she carries from her father, the group witnesses a harrowing session that shatters boundaries between healing and collapse. The batacca becomes Paula’s weapon against the ghosts of her past, but as her truth pours out, Duke is shaken to his core—revealing a devastating secret of his own.

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In this gripping episode of Dewdrops, tensions rise as a new face joins Ray’s group. Joey—part streetwise clown, part broken child—arrives with a mask of jokes, shades, and a purple Mohawk, but his story is anything but light. As he reveals the chaos of his childhood and survival on the streets, the group is forced to confront his bravado and pain.

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In this episode, Ray bares his soul before an uneasy audience, unraveling the brutal truths of addiction—its seductive beginnings, its hollow promises, and its merciless destruction. From the first drink that melted his fears to the cocaine that made him feel invincible, Ray traces a path of false freedom that led to betrayal, prison, and scars that still mark his body and soul.

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In this episode, tensions rise as Ray and Peter confront the blurred lines between healing and destruction inside the walls of their treatment center. When Angel, a new patient, arrives with beauty and danger in equal measure, the counselors must wrestle with temptation, burnout, and the haunting shadows of their own pasts.

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In the heart of a treatment center, a group of shattered souls gather in a room lined with books, paintings, and a battered "batacca" anger bat—each artifact a silent witness to the battles fought here. At the center sits Ray, a counselor whose own scars run as deep as those he tries to heal. His office is a sanctuary and a battleground, where the war against addiction plays out in raw, unfiltered moments.

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Ray steps forward not just to lecture: In a blend of clinical insight and raw confession, he delivers a sweeping, soul-baring exploration of what addiction really is: not a failure of character, but a disease of body, mind, and spirit. He recounts his own descent into darkness and his ongoing fight to stay in the light.

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Welcome to Dewdrops, a fictional podcast by Dan Flanigan that dives into the raw, human stories inside a treatment center. Meet Ray, Angel, Duke, Maggie, and others—each battling addiction, searching for meaning, and telling their truth before it destroys them. A story of pain, grace, dark humor, and redemption. Listener discretion advised. Learn more at DanFlaniganBooks.com. Audiobook available at AMPlifyaudiobooks.com.

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