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Don't Try This At Home

  • Birth

    Birth
    David Michael Navarro was born in Santa Monica, California to James and Constance Navarro.
  • Guitar

    Guitar
    Dave's father buys him an acoustic guitar at a garage sale. He started learning after hearing a Jimi Hendrix song.
  • Dave's mother's murder

    Dave's mother's murder
    Constance Colleen Hopkins, mother of Dave Navarro was murdered by her boyfriend, John Riccardi, along with one of her close friends. Dave believes that it was "divine intervention" that he was not there that night to become the third victim.
  • Jane's Addiction

    Jane's Addiction
    In 1986, Dave joined Jane's Addiction as the lead guitarist.
  • Marriage

    Marriage
    In 1990, no one is really sure when exactly, Dave unofficially marries his first wife, makeup artist Tania Goddard in a traditional Pagan ceremony.
  • Breakup

    Breakup
    Jane's Addiction breaks up in 1991 due to personal tensions.
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Dave joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers as guitarist.
  • Marriage Again

    Dave marries his second wife, Rhian Gittins in a civil ceremony on a whim.
  • Anullment

    Rhian and Dave's marriage is anulled just five days later.
  • Fired

    Fired
    Dave is fired from the Red Hot Chili Peppers due to his drug issues and other internal band problems.
  • Book

    Book
    It's in June on 1998 that Dave and Neil start to write and record "Don't Try This at Home."
  • Angelynne

    Angelynne
    For years Dave has dreamed of meeting Miss Angelyne, a woman of legend with billboards all over LA. She embodies the perfect woman to him. Finally she agrees to meet him and comes to his house. He finds out at thsi time that the woman is completely batty, albeit beautiful.
  • Record deal and new dreams

    Record deal and new dreams
    Dave has become a very heavy drug addict by now. Despite this, he manages to get a solo record deal and decides that now is the time to get clean so that his record can be the best it can be.
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    Adria

    Its in October that Dave meets Adria, an exotic beauty that he falls for almost immediately. They date on and off for a while, and spend time together constantly. She brings pot back into his life, and he falls in love with her. Dave is getting very paranoid about his home and Adria. The cops are called to his house after he scares off some workmen with a shotgun, but he gets off without any charges. There are peopel over at Dave's less and less these days.
  • Scared

    Dave overdoses. It's not fatal but he's seriously shaken. He starts to think that his house has too much negative energy and that he should go live with Adria.
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    Downhill

    The excessive drugs are ruining Dave's life. He's starting to collect cuckoo clocks, and spends hours a day on his computer. He's becoming very sick and his relationship with Adria is falling apart. He is almost arrested again as well.
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    February

    Dave has lessened his drug intake but his liver is failing as a result of his previous excessivity. He has broken up with Adria.
  • Rehab

    Rehab
    After being removed as a producer for the Jane's Addiction documentary, Dave checks himself into rehab and intends to follow it through this time.
  • Done

    Dave has completed rehab, but he starts using again as soon as he gets home. It only goes downhill from there. He steadily gets worse, lying to everyone in his life. By the end of the month he checks himself into rehab yet again, and successfully completes it.
  • Reflection

    Reflection
    Dave reflects on everythign that happened and admits that he regrets most of it. He thinks that his life is happy now.
  • The End

    The End
    Dave has moved out of his old home, and has married Carmen Electra. He has completed his solo album and the Jane's Addiction documentary. He's completely clean now, and is addicted to the gym, eating well, being sober, being a husband, and his bands. He is head over heels for his wife, Carmen, and his life is completely changed.
  • Divorce

    Carmen files for divorce from Dave.