Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Credit for Crack, Duster Debackle! Endless Ecstasy! & (some) Recovery Truths Tuesday Teasee!

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FULL EPISODE ONLY ON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast STRAIGHT AI SUMMARY: This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave checks in fresh from another brutally sweaty workout with his new trainer, who thankfully traded emo music for N.W.A. and Biggie. Dave talks about embracing the Dopey fitness challenge, surviving leg day, walking miles in the summer heat, and learning a little humility while trying to get back into shape. Since he's banking episodes before heading out on vacation, Dave changes things up by reading the Just For Today meditation on humility and reflects on what it means to accept getting older, staying teachable, and laughing at himself. Then come the classic Dopey stories. James D. Hart sends in an unforgettable tale from his crack-smoking days in Cleveland, where his favorite dealer—nicknamed "400"—fronted him more and more drugs until James eventually disappeared owing him exactly $400, making for one of the funniest addict coincidences imaginable. Dave follows with a voicemail from longtime Dopey Nation member Amy, who recalls taking what she thought was cocaine after a night of ecstasy at a Lower East Side club, waking up alone after closing time, and walking across Manhattan as the sun rose—one of those strange, lonely New York mornings only addiction can produce. Finally, Dave teases an exclusive Patreon interview with Workit Health's Max, diving into medication-assisted recovery, recovery stigma, and why the conversation around Suboxone and recovery still needs to evolve.
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Chris at the Anguilla Brothel, Huffing Disaster, Mark's Prank Phone Call, Howard Stern Show Story - Dopey Total Replay 36

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this week's Dopey Total Replay! I recorded before sunrise while his family is on vacation and reflects on how strange it feels to revisit an episode recorded 10 years ago with Chris. He talks about why he still prefers making Dopey close to its release date, the lightning outside our window, early morning workouts, and how stress has him waking up at 4:30 a.m. Dave celebrates the thriving Wednesday Patreon Recovery Zoom, thanks the Dopey Nation for supporting the show, and reads a remarkable email from listener Taylor inspired by Early Brunner's appearance on Dopey. Taylor shares how Recovery Demystified helped shape a recovery program built from multiple pathways before launching into one of the wildest inhalant stories ever read on the show—a multi-day duster binge involving crashes, hotels, jail, NASCAR weekend, and repeated arrests across Alabama. The replay itself returns to Dopey Episode 36, where Dave and Chris are still finding their rhythm. Chris recounts an unbelievable teenage trip to St. Martin that turns into a drunken blackjack winning streak and an unexpected visit to a legal brothel in Anguilla. Dave tells the infamous story of sneaking onto The Howard Stern Show while high by inventing the "Shuffle Entertainer of the Millennium Award," only to have Robin Quivers immediately call him out for being loaded. PLUS MORE!
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Dopey 591: Shooting Coke! Pierced Penis! Getting Shot! Heroin & Redemption with Dopey OG Ben Croxton

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:17:29 +0000

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We kick things off catching up with Dopey Nation, talking recovery, life, and the strange little community that's grown around this dumb podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. We dive into a listener voicemail about loving an addict, codependency, and the painful reality that sometimes helping someone means stepping back. As always, there's plenty of laughter, honesty, and reminders that none of us have to do this alone. Then Ben Croxton sits down and tells one of the wildest stories we've ever featured. Ben grew up homeschooled in rural Alabama before drugs completely hijacked his life. What started with weed turned into pills, OxyContin, cocaine, meth, and eventually heroin. He talks about getting kicked out of homeschool for smoking weed, discovering drug culture while working at Outback Steakhouse, stealing anything that wasn't nailed down, shooting cocaine at eighteen years old, smoking meth out of homemade light bulbs, surviving overdoses, watching friends get murdered over meth deals, and somehow waking up every day to do it all again. Somehow, it doesn't end there. Ben eventually finds recovery, rebuilds his life one day at a time, and becomes one of the people behind the scenes helping Dopey grow into the community it is today. It's funny, heartbreaking, completely unfiltered, and a reminder that no matter how far things go, recovery is still possible. PLUS MORE!
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Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria — Robbing Pharmacies, Heroin, Oxy's, Kicked out of band, Suicide, Shame & Radical Acceptance - Dopey Repl

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

NO ADS on PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave opens in a reflective mood before vacation, trying to practice gratitude while also admitting how ridiculous and uncomfortable it feels. He gives thanks to the Dopey team, Dopey Nation, the people who helped with the film festival, and talks about being sober, scrambling to get shows done, House of the Dragon, and crying on the Long Island Railroad while watching the Knicks finals mini movie. Then Dave gets into revenge, resentment, recovery, redemption, and the dangerous romance of “getting back.” He plays a wild voicemail from a Scottish Dopey listener coming off opiates, who tells a story about buying a house, snorting heroin before move-in day, doing coke, champagne, and Ritalin while moving furniture, crashing a van, watching his friend get arrested, and then finishing the move on a days-long stimulant binge. Then it’s a classic Dopey replay with Michael Todd, former bassist of Coheed and Cambria. Michael tells the story of going from prescription painkillers on tour to OxyContin, heroin, shooting coke and dope, leaving the band, rejoining clean, relapsing, smuggling heroin across the country in Gobstopper boxes, robbing a pharmacy in Massachusetts, getting arrested, losing the band for good, dealing with cancer, shame, probation, relapse, Suboxone, and surviving a suicide attempt. It’s one of the rawest Dopey conversations ever: rock stardom, addiction, shame, survival, recovery, and Dave’s newly coined phrase — radical gratitude. PLUS MORE!!!! MORE! MORE!
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The Sopranos, Heroin, Punk Rock, Family Intervention & Recovery with Dominic Cianese Jr. | Dopey Wednesday

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyCon looks like 10/2 This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey! Dave opens the show with Ben Croxton's classic DopeyCon song before sharing updates on planning DopeyCon 7 and asking the Dopey Nation to help make this year's event the biggest one yet. Along the way, he plays a listener voicemail about an unforgettable acid trip at Minnesota's Jungle Love festival, talks about psychedelic-assisted recovery, patience, tolerance, and the importance of keeping your mouth shut in sobriety, reads one of the darkest emails ever sent to the show, and follows it up with a hilarious listener story about drunken newspaper deliveries and sibling chaos. Then actor, interventionist, and recovery advocate Dominic Cianese Jr.—the son of Sopranos legend Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior)—joins Dave for an honest conversation about growing up in Brooklyn, discovering drugs through the punk rock scene, heroin addiction, relapse, recovery, and the intervention that ultimately changed his life. They dive into behind-the-scenes stories from The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, acting, stand-up comedy, and why helping other addicts has become Dominic's life's work. It's a funny, emotional, and deeply hopeful conversation about addiction, family, redemption, and building a life beyond your wildest dreams. All that and more or less another summer hiatus dopey show! Thoughts? write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com
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Christmas in July, Heroin Poppies & the Dopey Film Festival | Dopey Tuesday Teaser

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

whole episode only on patreon : www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave and special guest are back for another gloriously ridiculous Dopey Tuesday. This week they celebrate Christmas in July with a twisted holiday song before diving into heroin poppies, opium tea, Bob Dylan rumors, Andy Warhol, Basquiat, and Dave's latest Hollywood masterpiece: Christmas at Katz's. They also kick off a conversation about the first-ever Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival before the paywall comes crashing down. To hear Ray's full review of the film festival, the birth of "The Dopeys," listener emails, Zoe's voicemail, Elvis, and a whole lot more dumb shit, head over to Patreon and join the Dopey Nation
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House of Pain's Danny Boy: Meth Addiction, Homelessness, Recovery & Jump Around| Dopey Replay #35

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

PATREON WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast AI SUMMARY: This week on the Dopey Replay, Dave revisits Episode 35—the first true celebrity interview in Dopey history—with House of Pain co-founder Danny Boy O'Connor. Before the interview, Dave shares the story of meeting Danny Boy at Katz's Delicatessen, reads a voicemail from a listener who overdosed after sneaking back into work to retrieve heroin from his desk, and shares another unbelievable Dopey Nation story involving meth, a .357 revolver, and a self-inflicted gunshot wound. **Then Danny Boy joins Dave and Chris for an epic conversation about the rise of House of Pain, recording "Jump Around," getting kicked off tour with the Beastie Boys, watching Everlast's solo career explode, and his own descent into alcoholism, cocaine, methamphetamine addiction, homelessness, and despair. Danny Boy explains how recovery transformed his life, leading him to restore the legendary Outsiders house in Tulsa and find purpose beyond fame. It's one of the earliest—and still one of the most inspiring—celebrity recovery stories ever told on Dopey. ALl that and MORE! on a super old yet simultaneous new episode of that old old old dopey show.
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Dopey 590: Can Psychedelics Cure Addiction? Ayahuasca Hell, Demons, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Dr. Reef Karim

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

PATREON IS HERE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We kick things off with the aftermath of the first-ever Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival—Dave’s post-event crash, gratitude, Knicks withdrawal, listener emails, Dean Moda Patreon comments, meth-sex insanity, Monkey Man research, and a wild voicemail about shooting someone up for the first time. Then Dr. Reef Karim comes on! They explore why Dopey works as an underdog podcast, creativity in recovery, building an addiction treatment center that blended psychiatry with spirituality, and why storytelling may be one of the most powerful recovery tools available. Reef opens up about walking away from a successful career in medicine after severe burnout, chronic pain, and anxiety led him to question everything. That journey eventually took him into the Amazon with Gabor Maté for an unforgettable ayahuasca retreat, where he experienced terrifying visions, confronted years of accumulated trauma, and ultimately found a new direction for his life. Dave and Reef also dive into ketamine, ibogaine, psychedelics in addiction treatment, authenticity versus attachment, cognitive flexibility, recovery as a lifelong process, and whether there's ever such a thing as being "fully recovered." Plus Dave closes the show with updates on the family road trip, DopeyCon planning, Safe Spot overdose prevention, and more. ALL THAT AND MORE! On this less than completely dopey new episode of the good old dopey show! Excelsior!
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The Cocaine Episode with Ingrid Casares, freebase, making Sex with Madonna, Miami, Club Life, Addiction, Rehab, Recovery - Dopey's Greatest

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits, Dave looks back on one of the most unforgettable interviews in the show's history with Miami nightlife legend Ingrid Casares. Before the classic conversation begins, Dave recaps the incredible success of the inaugural Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, from a nearly sold-out crowd and appearances by James Frey, Kevin McEnroe, Aaron Carr, Ray Brown, Pete the Plumber, and more, to his early morning appearance on Good Day New York. He thanks everyone who attended, promises an even bigger festival next year, hints at a future DopeyCon in the same theater, reads listener emails and Patreon comments, debates Tesla versus ska music, and shares plans to keep releasing daily episodes while his family heads out on vacation. Then comes one of Dopey's all-time greatest recovery stories. Ingrid Casares tells the unbelievable story of growing up in Miami, discovering cocaine in the early 1980s, repeatedly trying rehab before she was ready, stealing an ounce and a half of cocaine from a college dealer, becoming a drug mule between Miami and North Carolina, freebasing across the Southeast, surviving terrifying cocaine paranoia, and eventually finding recovery. She explains how sobriety led her into the music business, introduced her to Sandra Bernhard and Madonna, and eventually helped launch the legendary Miami clubs Liquid, Bar Room, and Joy, helping transform South Beach into an international nightlife destination. Along the way she shares stories involving Sean Penn, Whitney Houston, Donald Trump, the Versace era of Miami, celebrity excess, relapse, prescription opioids, alcohol, and ultimately finding lasting recovery after decades of chaos. It's one of the wildest cocaine stories ever told on Dopey—and one of the most honest conversations about relapse, reinvention, fame, and recovery.
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DJ Fat Tony Returns: Sex Addiction, Trauma Therapy, Recovery Addiction & Cunts

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000

JOIN PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on The Wednesday Dose of Dopey! We talk the spiritual axiom, stress, anger, and trying to stay connected when recovery feels stale. He reads an intense email from Justin about quitting 7-OH, including brutal withdrawals, relapse cycles, and the strange misery of coming off something marketed as harmless. Then DJ Fat Tony returns to Dopey to talk about his new book, Recover Me, and the deeper recovery work he found after nearly 20 years sober. Tony opens up about trauma therapy, childhood sexual abuse, sex addiction, toxic relationships, Grindr, shame, ego, meetings becoming “The Tony Show,” and how he had to step back from meetings to actually work the program again. Dave and Tony dig into sex addiction, apps, cruising, recovery addiction, resentment, prayer, honesty, father wounds, and why real recovery has to keep evolving. They also celebrate Tony’s global campaign to reclaim the word cunt, because of course they do. All that and much more on this Wednesday Episode of Dopey!
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The Gayest Raytreon Teaser in Years - addiction, alcohol, trauma, eating disorders, loneliness, and recovery

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Full Episode at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This week on the free Tuesday teaser of Dopey, Dave and Ray welcome editor Britta before reading Patreon comments from last week's Doug episode and laughing about everything from personal trainers to Doug's famously "accentuated shaft." Then the mood shifts as Dave reads an incredibly honest email from Carson, a young trans man struggling with addiction, alcohol, trauma, eating disorders, loneliness, and recovery. Ray responds with compassion, encouraging Carson to seek help and reminding listeners that no one has to do this alone. After that... the conversation heads behind the Patreon paywall, where Dave promises to spill the rest of the story. Join us at Patreon.com/DopeyPodcast for the full episode. PLUS MORE!
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Dopey Replay #34: Dave Smuggles Ibogaine from Canada, Big Bird on Heroin, Coke Before Court & OG Dopey with Chris

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Dopey Replay goes back to Episode 34, a classic early Dave-and-Chris-only episode packed with old-school Dopey chaos. Dave opens by reflecting on the early days of the show, Chris’s role in shaping it, and how tiny the original Dopey Nation was back then. Before the replay, Dave plays a voicemail from Eric about doing huge lines of coke in the courthouse bathroom before a DUI hearing, then reads comments from Patreon and Spotify about the previous replay. The original episode is pure OG Dopey: Dave and Chris talk about wanting listeners to email them so they’ll do Facebook Live in disguises, read old listener names, and dig into stories from active addiction. Chris shares stories about drinking and driving, puking into his shirt so a state trooper wouldn’t see, shooting coke paranoia, translating his Japanese girlfriend’s emails, and burning his arm in boiling water while drunk. Dave tells some of his all-time early Dopey stories: working children’s parties while completely loaded, including showing up as a Power Ranger and then as a disastrous Big Bird with bare hairy legs; getting high while trying to host music TV interviews; insulting Bob Weir by only asking about Jerry Garcia; and finally the infamous Ibogaine story, where he arranged for Ibogaine to be shipped from Europe to Canada, smuggled it back across the border taped to his leg, tripped at home, met a “loser alien,” and still got high the next day. You'v e heard me tell these stories hundreds of times - but this is the first time...
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Dopey 588: Crystal Meth, Chemsex, Poop for Pay, Sexual Assault, Psychosis & Recovery with Dean Moda

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:36:49 +0000

Lst chance for Film Fest tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey, Dave opens the show with a meditation on the Rolling Stones’ “Monkey Man,” junkie music, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and the impossibility of legally buying an MP3 in 2026. He also gets hyped for the first Dopey Short Recovery Film Festival, talks about bringing big ideas into reality through recovery, and reminds listeners to reach out for Narcan, fentanyl test strips, treatment help, stories, and voicemails. Then Dopey Nation delivers some truly insane listener stories: Danny B writes in about smoking crack and accidentally pulling a red-hot cherry through his stem into the back of his throat; JD D. Hart tells an all-time bath salts story involving paranoia, hiding drugs in his ass, a stuck vial, friends rescuing it with surgical gloves, and somehow winding up with hepatitis A, E, and C; and another listener shares a meth-fueled poop-in-a-bowl story that ends with shattered glass and hard poop in the basement. Dave also reads Patreon and Spotify comments on the Mishka Shubaly episode, including reactions to resentment, God, Trump, Mark Lanegan, liquid meth, the Bailey Dopey theme song, and whether Mishka came off as brilliant, annoying, or both. Then Dave sits down with beauty creator, recovery advocate, and Moda Smile founder Dean Moda for one of the most powerful and intense interviews in Dopey history. Dean talks about growing up in Brooklyn with Trinidadian and Panamanian parents, being gay, getting bullied, discovering weed, FIT, early sex work, squatting in Bushwick, and eventually being unknowingly introduced to crystal meth during a traumatic hookup that ended in sexual assault. Dean shares how that night opened the door to years inside New York’s chemsex scene, where crystal meth, sex, shame, danger, and trauma became impossible to separate. He talks about meth psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, PCP-laced joints, treatment attempts, relapse, Greenhouse Treatment Center in Texas, Crystal Meth Anonymous, and the moment he finally understood that one hit would always lead to more. It is a brutal, funny, honest, deeply vulnerable story of trauma, addiction, identity, survival, and recovery — plus somehow, teeth whitening. PLUS MORE MORE MORE!
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Danny Trejo on Heroin at 12, Prison, Recovery, Robbery, God & Tacos - Dopey's Greatest Hits

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:21:40 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey Greatest Hits! My dad is back and we catch up on all things dopey and life including Alan’s deeply specific breakfast routine. Dave also reads listener emails and comments about grief, recovery, Motley Crue, Safe Spot, Steve Poltz, Dopey socks, and whether celebrities actually bring the Dopey. Then the episode replays Dave’s interview with the legendary Danny Trejo. Danny talks about growing up in Pacoima, smoking weed at eight, using heroin at twelve, idolizing his Uncle Gilbert, surviving violence, robberies, prison, Soledad, heroin withdrawal in the hole, and finally finding recovery through 12-step programs and a higher power. He also talks about his kids, helping addicts get treatment instead of prison, staying clean for decades, why he can’t smoke weed, acting as a way to revisit—but not live in—the darkness, and why food, tacos, and pancakes can sometimes reach people better than lectures. All that and much more on this week's Dopey Greatest Hits!
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Tales From the Psych Ward with Amy Dresner - Epilepsy, Grief, Recovery & Staying Alive When Sobriety Still Sucks

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:33:23 +0000

FILM FEST TIX: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast workithealth.com/dopey This week on Dopey Wednesday,! We begin with a Father’s Day rant about dads texting each other, calls his father Alan live on the show, argues about masculinity, the Knicks championship, post-Knicks withdrawal, the Dopey Film Festival, and whether Seymour is allowed to come. Dave also reads Patreon and Spotify comments about Todd’s sister Allie, Todd’s apartment, Dopey socks, and listener reactions. Then the episode shifts into a live Workit Health/Dopey event with the great Amy “Dopey Dres” Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie. Amy talks brutally and hilariously about long-term recovery when life does not magically become beautiful: losing her father, mother, and cat in a short period of time, checking herself into a psych ward with ten years sober, surviving suicidal ideation, epilepsy, seizures, brain meds, isolation, grief, and the nightmare comedy of American healthcare. Dave and Amy get into harm reduction, MAT, 12-step recovery, writing through trauma, being funny in the middle of misery, shame, forgiveness, isolation, suicidal thoughts, and why connection is still the only real way out. It’s classic Dopey: funny, dark, honest, messy, sad, useful, and somehow hopeful. All that and more on a weird new dopey!
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White Supremacy Rally, Injured at the Gym, Fighting with Everybody & Missing Dopey Zoom with H.A.D

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 FULL EPISODE ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave welcomes back his old friend Doug for another session. Dave admits he's stressed out trying to bank ten episodes before vacation while also preparing for the upcoming Dopey Film Festival. The pressure, combined with everyday disasters, has turned him into a basket case. Dave tells the story of joining a local gym and getting evaluated by the massively muscular trainer Joe. Everything goes smoothly until a set of lunges leaves Dave convinced he tore his hamstring during the assessment itself. Despite his injuries and insecurities, he signs up for personal training and dreams of eventually turning his basement into his own home gym. The guys revisit Dave's infamous barber story and discuss how comments made on the podcast always seem to find their way back to the people involved. Dave also vents about his mounting list of problems, including blowing out Linda's bicycle tire, Winnie destroying the screen door, and his general inability to keep up with life. Doug takes heat for missing meetings and for potentially skipping the Dopey Film Festival, while Dave complains that Doug is supposed to be helping recruit attendees. All that and more on the teaser - liste n to the full show on patreon!
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Amsterdam LSD Disaster, Whips, Jail & Classic Chris plus Vinnie - Dopey Replay 33:

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This week on the Dopey replay, Dave opens the show melting in a ninety-degree attic after removing his ugly window air conditioners and battling his third malfunctioning Rodecaster. He spirals through equipment frustration, a failed attempt to recruit an actress from The Pitt, and his anxiety about banking ten episodes before vacation, before reminding himself that gratitude and acceptance are the answer. Dave promotes the June 26th Dopey Film Festival and reads heartfelt emails from listeners who discovered Dopey after Chris's death and have been listening from the beginning. He reflects on the murder of Dopey legend DJ Don, discussing the tragic circumstances surrounding his death and how loss remains an unavoidable part of making a podcast about addiction. The replay itself features classic chemistry between Dave and Chris with special guest "Vinny," an old friend and longtime stoner. The episode wanders hilariously through stand-up comedy, Leonardo DiCaprio encounters, Perrier pronunciation debates, and Chris's legendary stories before landing on the centerpiece: Vinny's unbelievable Amsterdam LSD tale. While studying abroad, Vinny and a group of fellow Americans drop acid in Amsterdam. One of them, "Tok," completely loses his mind, strips naked in a coffee shop, searches for his dog "Java," swings at strangers, gets whipped by two random guys carrying sex whips, and ultimately ends up handcuffed and sleeping it off in a Dutch jail. By morning, Tok remembers absolutely nothing. The replay closes with stories about Dave bombing at open mic comedy, Chris reliving disgusting drunk escapades, and the timeless chemistry that made early Dopey such a cult classic.
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Dopey 588: Drinking Pee, Classic Alcoholic, Opanas, Shipwrecked, Mark Lanegan, School Shootings & Sobriety — Musician and Author Mishka Shub

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We continue to celebrate the Knicks championship, we prepare for the ticker tape parade, and share a pair of horrifying junkie stories involving blue toilet water and fabric softener injections. We promotes the upcoming Dopey Recovery Film Festival and we read comments from the Brandon Novak episode before sitting down with acclaimed musician and author Mishka Shubaly. Mishka opens up about growing up with a distant father, surviving a school shooting, discovering alcohol at 14, leaving home at 15, and falling into a life of heavy drinking and self-destruction. He talks about moving to New York, shipwrecking in the Bahamas, surviving by drinking his own urine from a hard hat, and eventually quitting alcohol without rehab or AA. The conversation explores writing, music, Bukowski, Mark Lanegan, Pink Floyd, resentment, running, dogs, hunting, atheism, and recovery. Mishka explains how ultra-distance running became his own recovery program and why community remains the missing piece in his sobriety. All that and somehow a ton more - on the brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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Nikki Sixx on Heroin, Sobriety, Mötley Crüe, The Heroin Diaries & Recovery | Dopey Greatest Hits

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey Greatest Hits,! Dave dusts off one of the biggest episodes in the show's history as the Dopey Patreon votes Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe to the top of the poll. Before the interview, Dave celebrates Ray Brown’s legendary “Home Sweet Heroine,” reflects on working Step Eight with a sponsee, and shares another gratitude story involving his father. Then Jules the Cocaine Bear delivers a classic disaster tale involving cocaine, drunken party crashing, a switchblade, British police, and a miraculous escape from drug charges. Kimber King joins the show to react to comments from her replay episode, discuss Wednesday Zoom antics, laugh about bizarre drug combinations, promote Safe Spot, and celebrate the Knicks' championship run. The two revisit old stories and joke about everything from meth vapes to foot fetishes and Suboxone flavors. The centerpiece of the episode is Dave’s epic conversation with Nikki Sixx. Nikki discusses twenty-plus years of sobriety, fatherhood, moving to Wyoming, writing The First 21, and how creativity replaced addiction. He opens up about childhood trauma, being introduced to drugs at an early age, selling “chocolate mescaline,” discovering heroin, and surviving the darkest years chronicled in The Heroin Diaries. Nikki reflects on Mötley Crüe’s forty-year journey, his friendships with Aerosmith and the Rolling Stones, the monster of addiction that never dies, and why he continues to share his story in hopes of helping others. The interview finishes with a rapid-fire rock and roll quiz before Dave signs off after his dog nearly attacks an Amazon delivery guy. PLUS MORE!!!!!

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My Brother died from a Fentanyl Overdose pt. 2, The Todd Shot Vol. 8 - Todd's sister Aly comes back.

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary:
This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave marks eight years since the death of his close friend Todd Curry, who died from a fentanyl overdose. To honor Todd’s memory, Dave brings on Todd’s sister, Allie Curry, for a deeply personal conversation about grief, family, addiction, denial, and what it feels like to lose someone so loved, complicated, funny, and unforgettable. Before the conversation, Dave shares updates about the Knicks championship, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, Patreon Zooms, Narcan and fentanyl test strips, and reads a classic Dopey story about winning free Detroit Tigers tickets, scamming free t-shirts, smoking crack behind a dumpster, trying to go to Canada, and getting banned from the country. Then Dave and Allie talk about Todd’s life, his Dopey appearances, his humor, his family role, his addiction, and the strange pain of remembering someone eight years later. Allie reflects on how Todd’s birthday can feel harder than the anniversary of his death, how her kids remember him, how her parents handled his addiction and death, and how family denial and shame shaped so much of the experience. Dave remembers Todd as one of the foundational characters in Dopey history: the friend who called into the show without knowing he was being recorded, the hilarious storyteller, the hustler, the lost soul, and the person whose pain and charm became part of the show’s DNA. Together, Dave and Allie explore the impossible questions around enabling, tough love, interventions, family secrets, and the strange ways grief stays alive. It’s a bittersweet episode about keeping people alive by remembering them, telling the truth, laughing when possible, and honoring the people we lost to addiction. All that and more on the new Dopey!
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Fake Sober Time, DXM, Recovery & Fixing Dopey YouTube with Trinity on the Tuesday Teaser

Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Full Episode on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Summary: This week on Dopey Tuesday, Dave sits down with Dopey Nation favorite Trinity for a hilarious, awkward, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation that serves as the setup to her deeper recovery story on Patreon. Trinity explains how she first came to the beach meeting while secretly addicted to dextromethorphan (DXM), carrying fake sober time, and trying to figure out how to get clean. She talks about discovering Dopey after seeing Dave and Handsome Evan recording at the beach and eventually becoming a fixture in Dopey Zoom and the larger Dopey community. The conversation quickly turns into a brutally honest critique of Dopey's YouTube channel, with Trinity explaining why the audio version works so well and why the video version needs help. Along the way they discuss eye contact, recovery awkwardness, Heart Attack Doug, Dopey Zoom, listener comments, the Knicks, softball, college, selling weed in Huntington, rolling blunts, and whether Tuesdays with Doug are significantly gayer than Tuesdays with Ray. A reading from Just For Today about resistance to change sparks a genuine conversation about fear, complacency, recovery, and the challenges of building a new life in sobriety. Dave reflects on Trinity's growth and reminds her that despite her fears she's built 227 days sober by continuing to take action and ask for help. The episode closes with Trinity performing an emotional cover of Good So Bad, the song that first connected her to Dopey and inspired her recovery journey.
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Dopey Replay 32:The Time DJ Stole 1,000 Vicodin from a Pharmacy, The 9/11 Story, Remembering Todd - Total Dopey Replay 32

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary This week on the Dopey Replay, Dave reflects on the bittersweet anniversary of Todd Curry's fentanyl overdose death, celebrates the Knicks' first NBA Championship in 53 years, and remembers beloved Dopey contributor DJ Don Jr. Rentz, who was tragically murdered last summer. Then the replay rolls back to one of the most legendary episodes in Dopey history. DJ tells the unbelievable story of becoming addicted to prescription opioids as a teenager, forging prescriptions, stealing 1,000 Vicodin from a pharmacy where he worked, and getting caught on his 18th birthday. Along the way, Dave shares his classic 9/11 methadone clinic story, Chris talks crack and recovery, and the guys dive deep into addiction, recovery, friendship, and the madness that made early Dopey so unforgettable. A true Dopey classic featuring Chris, Dave, and the unforgettable DJ Dopey Don
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Dopey 587: The Greatest Brandon Novak Episode Ever? with Joe Frantz! On Heroin, Recovery, Bam and the Missing $1,500

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:51:44 +0000

Dopey Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave battles Long Island summer heat, conquers a dead rat under his porch, rescues Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle, and prepares for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival. Along the way he shares a wild voicemail involving fake liquid LSD, sweaty molly, and a hard-earned lesson in not ripping people off. Did we read this cat shit one before????? Dave reads listener comments from the beloved Kelly P episode before welcoming recovery legend Brandon Novak back to Dopey. Novak celebrates 11 years sober and dives deep into his journey from heroin addiction and Viva La Bam chaos to running treatment centers and helping others recover. The conversation gets even better when Novak calls his Dreamseller co-author Joe Frantz, who tells unbelievable stories about Novak stealing his own books from a bookstore signing to buy drugs, disappearing with advances, losing his phone, and the reality of filming during the darkest years of addiction. Together they reflect on Bam Margera, recovery, friendship, forgiveness, and the long road from self-destruction to redemption. Plus: Grateful Dead stories, funeral plots, methadone and Xanax, treatment philosophy, Joe Biden sightings, and why this might be the greatest Brandon Novak appearance in Dopey history. AND MORE!!!!!! on a super fun new installment of that good old dopey show! https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905
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Getting High with Nazi Skinheads! Certified Classic Dopey! Kimber King Returns: Fentanyl, Family Trauma & Recovery - DOPEY'S GREATEST HITS

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:30:58 +0000

Film Festival: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This week on Thursday's Greatest Hits! We open with a Knicks comeback story and ties it to recovery ("you can't quit"), then announces the Dopey Film Festival and shouts out the Baldini family. After reading listener comments and a wild listener email from "Stan the Man" in London (a multi-day cocaine/orgy/LSD bender), Dave plays a Greatest Hits episode featuring Kimber King — a returning guest and harm reduction hotline worker who became known for shooting fentanyl into her neck and calling for help. Kimber's interview traces her full addiction arc: drinking at 12, Adderall at 14, cocaine with her mom and brother, her brother's brutal murder at 24 (she was 17), heroin at 22, meth in rural Georgia, an Aryan Brotherhood compound, a "magical nasal spray cocktail" of fentanyl/coke/ketamine/Xanax, multiple overdoses, evictions, a blind boyfriend who stole her car, and finally — surrender at a detox intake desk, sobbing and telling the truth. Now two years sober with a baby daughter and her mom living with her, Kimber works in harm reduction and crisis intervention. ALL THAT AND MOREEEEEEEEEE!
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Dopey Wednesday: Heroin, Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe, Recovery & the Knicks with Kevin McEnroe

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 DOPEY PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Kevin's Substack: https://kevinjackmcenroe.substack.com/ This week on Dopey Wednesday,!Dave is joined once again by Kevin McEnroe for a powerful, funny, and honest conversation about addiction, recovery, family, tennis, writing, prayer, ego, and the New York Knicks. Dave opens the episode with listener emails about quitting cigarettes, accidental heroin use, childhood Valium, Dopey Zoom chaos, stickers, socks, and Knicks obsession. Then Kevin McEnroe joins the show to talk about his morning routine, sobriety, teaching tennis, being John McEnroe’s son, and finding peace with his name and his life in recovery. Kevin opens up about pills, heroin, pancreatitis, isolation, treatment, relapse, his mother Tatum O’Neal’s addiction and stroke, and how service has changed their relationship. Dave shares his own stories about heroin, custody, Klonopin, the Amy Winehouse documentary, AA, and finally surrendering. Plus: Hells Angels bars, Roxy 30s, fentanyl, Joakim Noah, 21 yogurts, meth recovery advice, and why sometimes you have to try every path until something sticks. ALL THAT AND MORE! MORE! MORE!
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KnickHeartbreak, Knicks, Lost Dreams & Recovery, Tuesday Teaser with Heart Attack Doug,

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:29:06 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 FULL EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Heart Attack Doug returns for another Dopey Tuesday as he and Dave revisit the origins of their friendship, the rise and fall of Good Morning Dopey, and the eternal struggle of growing the Dopey YouTube channel. Plus: Knicks playoff agony, NBA conspiracy theories, June on Long Island, the upcoming Dopey Recovery Film Festival, and a powerful reading of the June 9th Just For Today meditation, "Old Dreams Needn't Die." Doug talks about selling weed to buy guitars, Dave reflects on addiction and recovery, and together they explore how sobriety can bring old dreams back to life. And of course: Patreon plugs, listener comments, birthday wishes, and a beautiful listener cover of "Good So Bad." PLUS MORE MORE MORE!
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DopeSick, Arrests, Jail, Prison & Touring — with Mystery Guest: JayTotal Replay:

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast SUMMARY This week on Total Replay! Dave opens with a heartfelt intro about the Total Replay series — replaying all early episodes with Chris O'Connor, Dave's co-creator who died of a fentanyl overdose in July 2018. Dave explains why these replays matter: listeners who came later are getting to know Chris for the first time, and can trace his recovery, his relapse, and his death in real time across 130 episodes. Dave promotes the Dopey Film Festival (June 26, SVA Theatre, NYC), reads Patreon and Spotify comments — including a standout from a listener now 1.5 years sober who used to listen while walking to cop — and recaps the Knicks NBA Finals run. The replayed episode is #30 — a two-hour classic with Dave, Chris, and a special guest called only "Jay," a musician from a prominent 90s band who remains anonymous. Jay gave Dave his first bag of weed in 1994. The episode covers: Jay's origin story (karate → weed → crack senior year of high school → speedballing → 20+ years of heroin); kicking dope in Jerusalem while on tour; copping in Austin at South by Southwest while sick on fake methadone; Dave's multiple arrest stories including being arrested twice in one day on the Lower East Side, getting jumped and pistol-whipped, buying drugs at Barnes & Noble, and getting arrested sober for putting up a sticker and giving his hoodie to a teenager in jail. Closes with Jay's 16 years of sobriety and how getting clean made him a better performer, plus a deep discussion of Syd Barrett, AA traditions, Under Earners Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts, and a listener email from Scott — a truck driver 7 weeks clean.
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Dopey 586: CLASSIC DOPEY! Robbing Drug Dealers! Federal Indictment! Lesbian Prison Romance! Heroin! Crack! & Single Motherhood in Recovery w

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:00:57 +0000

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We check in from deep inside Knicks playoff mania, tackles a listener email about dating in early recovery, and shares some hard-earned thoughts on relapse, relationships, and protecting your sobriety at all costs. Then we reconnect with fellow Mountainside alum Kelly P, who was in treatment alongside Dave and Chris back in 2011. What follows is a truly classic Dopey story: childhood trauma, smoking weed at 12, cocaine by 17, dealing pills, getting hooked on oxy and heroin, robbing her own supplier, catching a federal indictment, getting arrested by the DEA, doing time in federal prison, finding love behind bars, and eventually surviving years of heroin, fentanyl, crack, and total chaos. Kelly takes us through decades of addiction, crime, incarceration, heartbreak, motherhood, and redemption with brutal honesty and surprising humor. From federal prison relationships to fentanyl addiction and near-total self-destruction, Kelly's story is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible even after the darkest chapters. Now approaching three years sober, Kelly reflects on forgiveness, family, recovery, and the gratitude that comes from building a life she never thought she'd get to live. PLUS: Knicks obsession, 2C-B puke stories, listener mail, Patreon drama, Narcan, recovery resources, cocaine relapse talk, and plenty of classic Dopey nonsense on a brand new episode of the podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit.
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Dopey Greatest Hits: Jakob Nowell; Son of Sublime, Bradley Nowell, Heroin, Alcoholism, Getting Sober & Carrying the Sword

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:40:44 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey’s Greatest Hits Dave opens the show emotionally wrecked after listening to Sublime’s “Pool Shark,” reflecting on Bradley Nowell’s addiction, the pain embedded in the song, and memories of his late friend Todd, who loved Sublime as much as he did. He talks Knicks euphoria, recovery gratitude, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, and reads listener emails, Patreon comments, and Spotify reactions about the late Ryan Leone—sparking a conversation about storytelling, addiction, truth, exaggeration, and loss. The heart of the episode is a powerful interview with Jakob Nowell, son of Bradley Nowell and current frontman of Sublime. Jakob tells the story of growing up without his father, who died from a heroin overdose when Jakob was just one year old. He describes a chaotic childhood surrounded by drugs, violence, sex work, addiction, and instability, while also carrying the impossible weight of being “Bradley Nowell’s son.” He talks about feeling like an outsider, escaping into fantasy, music, books, video games, and eventually drugs. Jakob shares how he started smoking weed at 12, escalated into pills, meth, alcohol, and speed, got kicked out of high school, moved to Long Beach, started playing music, and spiraled into severe addiction. He recounts suicide attempts, waking up in detox after a blackout, struggling through early sobriety, and ultimately finding recovery through AA and service. Dave and Jakob have an unusually honest conversation about identity, legacy, addiction, and recovery. Jakob discusses the burden of being compared to a father he never knew, the strange expectations people placed on him growing up, and what it feels like to now stand onstage singing Sublime songs with Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson. The interview also explores Bradley’s own attempts at recovery, the impact his death had on the family, the mythology surrounding rock-and-roll addiction, and the difference between glorifying substance abuse and surviving it. Jakob reflects on how sobriety gave him opportunities he never thought possible, including leading Sublime into a new chapter while continuing to build his own project, Jakob’s Castle. Along the way they talk about Coachella, Gwen Stefani, punk rock, recovery culture, resentment, storytelling, mythology, and why “Pool Shark” remains one of the most accurate songs ever written about heroin addiction. The episode closes with Jakob Nowell performing “Pool Shark,” ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE MORE!
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ADDICTED TO THE KNICKS - EMERGENCY KNICKS PODCAST WITH KEVIN MCENROE

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:48:04 +0000

FIlm Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast COULDNT RESIST AN EMERGENCY KNICKS EP! Here are AI notes: This emergency Dopey episode is Dave and Kevin McEnroe going full Knicks sicko mode on the day of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. They talk about Addicted to the Knicks, the idea of “KA,” Knicks fandom as church, childhood obsession, superstition, dads, recovery, and why caring about the Knicks feels weirdly connected to getting sober. Kevin talks about being hooked on the Knicks before drugs, his first brutal Knicks memory — leaving the Garden early and hearing Reggie Miller’s eight points in nine seconds from a cab — and how addiction made him lose interest in everything, including basketball. Dave tells his legendary story of sneaking into Madison Square Garden during a Knicks/Bulls playoff game through a Calypso festival and a stoner kid in concessions. They hit Anthony Mason, John Starks, Patrick Ewing, Knicks Tape, David Lee, Nate Robinson, Brunson, KAT, Wemby, Mitchell Robinson, Tibbs, Mike Brown, and the insane feeling of New York City actually coming together around the Knicks.
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Serious Crack Smoking! Sleeping on the Subway! Rikers Island! Brownsville, Brooklyn! & 36 Years of Recovery - The Wednesday Dose of Dopey wi

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Listen Without ads on patreon: www.pareon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Wednesday Dose! The episode kicks off with a classic hippie Dopey email from listener MB, who recounts a spectacular Phish tour nitrous disaster. After days of ketamine, booze, overpriced cocaine, and lot balloons at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Colorado, MB face-plants into the dirt while clutching multiple nitrous balloons, destroys his glasses, spends a miserable flight home dry-heaving and hallucinating, and somehow survives a concussion-level experience. The story ends on a positive note with nearly ten months clean and sober and a request for dream guests Gibby Haynes and Jason Isbell. Dave then dives into Patreon and Spotify comments, including continuing fallout from the Dopey Sticker Contest. Selby files an official election challenge, claiming the contest was stolen and accusing Dave of failing to refresh Patreon before announcing a winner. Dave doubles down, insisting Felix Heads remains the champion despite accusations of voter suppression, corruption, and sticker fraud. Along the way listeners discuss ADHD, religion, Knicks fandom, kratom recovery, Long Island stories, and the eternal mystery of white crack dealers. The heart of the episode is an incredible interview with Michael Muniz, a 69-year-old Brooklyn native with 36 years sober. Michael tells a quintessential New York story that stretches from Brownsville gangs, schoolyard fights, and witnessing the neighborhood transformation of Brooklyn in the 1960s and 70s to marijuana, acid, cocaine, crack addiction, homelessness, Rikers Island, and ultimately recovery through Phoenix House. Michael shares stories about seeing his deceased father’s face in the clouds during an LSD trip, discovering crack in the Cypress Projects and instantly becoming obsessed, losing everything while sleeping on subway trains and wandering New York’s tunnels, robbing his mother, surviving violent encounters, and eventually finding his way into Phoenix House. What began as a plan to simply get clean long enough to save money and return to crack eventually became a lifelong recovery journey. The conversation explores therapeutic communities, recovery philosophy, family loyalty, homelessness during the crack epidemic, the culture of Brooklyn neighborhoods, Rikers Island in the 1980s, and the power of second chances. Michael also describes a dramatic courtroom moment where, facing serious federal charges, he convinced a judge to give him probation instead of prison after speaking honestly about recovery and wanting a different life. By the end, Michael reflects on his 36 years of sobriety, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, acting career, and belief that recovery is a lifelong process. Dave and Michael bond over drug dreams, gratitude, family, and the reality that while the desire to get high may never fully disappear, a meaningful life in recovery is infinitely better. The episode closes with Michael from the band Good Kid performing a live version of “Good So Bad,” All that and MORE MORE MORE on the Wednesday dose of that good old Dopey Show!
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Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Heart Attack Doug — Birthday, Euphoria, Prison, and Stickers

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FILM FEST TIX: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 FULL EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Long Summary Dave welcomes Heart Attack Doug back to Dopey Tuesday on his birthday, though he's not exactly feeling celebratory after waking up groggy from NyQuil and discovering that his daughter forgot it was his birthday. Doug immediately notices Dave's low energy, launching a conversation about birthday expectations and disappointments. The bulk of the opening centers around a heated debate about the season finale of Euphoria. Dave argues that the show abandoned its core characters and became an entirely different series, while Doug enthusiastically defends it and praises the acting. The two argue over Nate's storyline, Rue's fate, Ali's character arc, and whether the show has any future after its finale. The conversation shifts into prison talk when Montana's latest letter arrives from a Texas prison. Montana shares updates about college classes, Toastmasters, prison job training officers, losing his dog, and staying sober. This leads Doug to speculate about how Dave would survive prison, suggesting he'd either join a gang or become part of a strange collection of intellectuals, misfits, and recovery people. Dave insists he'd survive through entertainment value and his connection to recovery. Dave also reflects on a recent doctor's appointment and how grateful he is not to be regularly drug tested anymore. The conversation spirals into stories about fake urine, the Wizinator, and the absurd lengths addicts go to avoid failing drug tests. The guys read Patreon and Spotify comments, discuss the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, promote Patreon, and eventually prepare to reveal the results of the Dopey Sticker Contest. JOIN PATREON FOR THE CONTEST!
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Dopey 30: Fake LSD Flashbacks, Tinder Karen & the Giant Pig

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Dopey Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Long Summary This week's Total Replay features Dopey Episode 30, originally recorded in the Lower East Side apartment when Chris and Dave were still figuring out what the show would become. Dave opens by explaining why Episode 29 won't be replayed. It was Ray Brown's first appearance on Dopey, but Ray has repeatedly requested that his early appearances remain offline. Dave pays tribute to Ray and plugs the upcoming Dopey Recovery Film Festival before reflecting on how strange it is to revisit these early episodes. The episode begins with Chris bringing his then-girlfriend Karen onto the show. Karen and Chris discuss meeting on Tinder, their awkward early dates, Chris almost ghosting her, and the bizarre process of figuring out whether they were actually boyfriend and girlfriend. Dave relentlessly interrogates both of them about their relationship while Karen patiently tolerates the nonsense. Karen reveals she had already listened to Dopey before Chris realized it and shares what it was like hearing some of Chris's wilder stories for the first time. The conversation includes a hilarious story about Karen drunkenly inviting Chris over, only for him to arrive and find her passed out on the toilet. The show then veers into classic early Dopey territory: recovery debates, methadone arguments, active addicts, prison stories, and discussions about whether people on maintenance medications should qualify at meetings. The centerpiece of the episode is Chris's legendary LSD story: After relapsing while working at a sober living house, Chris begins ordering drugs from the Silk Road. He buys heroin, cocaine, and some incredibly strong LSD. While attempting to maintain the appearance of sobriety, he takes acid during a screening of The Wolf of Wall Street with his girlfriend Tina. By the time they return home, Chris is tripping hard and realizes his girlfriend is going to notice. His solution? Convince her he's experiencing HPPD (Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder) brought on by meditation. Chris leads a meditation session, then pretends he's suddenly having an LSD flashback. Initially Tina believes him. Eventually guilt gets the better of him and he confesses. Then he immediately tries to convince her he didn't actually take acid after all, causing her to question her own reality before finally admitting the truth again. The story ends with Tina kicking him out while Chris, deep into the trip, worries less about the relationship and more about whether she'll make him carry home a gigantic cast-iron piggy bank he had previously given her as a gift. The episode closes with a discussion about recovery, why addicts laugh at horrifying things they've done, and how the absurdity of addiction becomes funny only after enough distance and healing. A bonafide dopey classic!
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Dopey 486: PCP at 12, Selling Crack, Violence, Life in Prison, Freedom, The Unlikey Inspiring story of Haneef Perry

Sat, 30 May 2026 02:57:44 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Lots of stuff in this one: my ridiculous dog emergency room experience plus three tick bites in one day!Then we get into listener love — a great email from Sean O about early recovery and live music, Taylor’s wild meth/booze/Grinder voicemail, and Minnesota Matt’s heavy story about losing friends to heroin overdoses. Then we get into a much different kind of Dopey with activist and person in recovery, Haneef Perry. Haneef grew up in Palmer Park, Maryland, during the crack era. He started smoking PCP (“Love Boat”) at 12, sold crack as a teenager, lost his best friend Earl to street violence, started carrying guns, and at 18 got caught up in a shooting that resulted in a first-degree murder conviction and a life + 15 year sentence. In prison he taught himself to read, converted to Islam, became a leader trying to stop the violence, and after 20 brutal years had his conviction overturned. Now he’s out, married, working in peer recovery, and deeply involved in community work in Baltimore. This one is raw, spiritual, full of systemic reality, trauma, and real redemption. Serious, heavy Dopey business. All that and much much more on a totally brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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Remembering the Super Dopey Bombastic Life of Ryan Leone From Ritalin Kid to Heroin Cartel, Federal Prison & Writing "Wasting Talent" | Dope

Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Fest Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Thursday Greatest Hits episode, we replayed Ryan Leone’s first appearance on Dopey — one of the wildest, most bombastic interviews we’ve ever done. Ryan was a ridiculously talented, handsome, funny writer who lived one of the most extreme addict lives imaginable: early Ritalin addiction, wilderness programs, stabbing a skinhead, running with cartels, moving kilos of Molly and heroin, multiple federal prisons, writing his cult-classic novel Wasting Talent while locked up, getting close with Johnny Depp, and battling brutal relapses after periods of success. We also had a wild voicemail from Dade about a naked, coke-fueled brawl that ended with her putting her feet through multiple walls, plus listener comments and updates. Ryan passed away in 2022 from fentanyl, which makes this replay especially heavy and important. His story is pure Dopey — chaotic, violent, hilarious, tragic, and full of hard-earned wisdom. Rest in Peace Ryan Leone! We Love You!
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They Call Heroin Dog Food! Crack in Gordon Heights! Celebrating 6 Years Sober with Handsome Evan

Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREONL www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Zoom: dopeyzoom.com This Week on the Wednesday Dose! The episode opens with Dave feeling sick but super inspired by the Knicks, community in general, and the way Dopey Nation sticks together. He talks about Dopey Zoom, putting up Dopey stickers carefully, and the psychedelic idea that listeners are all connected through the show. Dave also pays tribute to Rob Base and Sonny Rollins, then reads a brutal listener email from Sarah about broken ankles, losing housing, 7OH/Kratom struggles, and leaning on Dopey Nation. He reads Patreon and Spotify comments, talks about Skinny Vinny, drug dreams, Canadian bacon, Patreon tiers, Tom Shoes backlash, and then promotes the Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival. The main conversation is with Handsome Evan, who is celebrating six years sober and just had his second son on his sobriety anniversary. Sitting in the car by the Great South Bay, Dave and Evan talk AA politics, Jewishness in meetings, Anthony Spaghetti, recovery community, and Evan’s story. Evan tells stories about smoking crack, driving dealers around Gordon Heights, trading belongings for drugs, stealing from his family, and eventually becoming a drug and alcohol counselor while still smoking weed and later using coke, booze, Xanax, and Ritalin. He talks about the shame of claiming recovery while secretly using, finally going back to rehab after his wife caught him, and how AA, structure, OCD, and fatherhood helped him build a real life. The episode closes with Evan opening up about anxiety around parenting, obsessive fears about his kids, family resentments, and the strange normal problems of sober life. Anthony Spaghetti makes a guest appearance to explain Prince Spaghetti Day. All that and MORE! MORE! MORE! on a new wednesday dose of that good ol' dopey show.
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Tuesday Teaser: 'Diabolical' Seymour Bought his kids Knicks Tickets and My Dad wants to clone meat in upstate NY

Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave and Alan Manheim return for another classic Dopey Tuesday conversation, this time recorded outside the Dopey studio because of ongoing production issues. Alan immediately launches into a breakdown of his “mutual redevelopment” Manhattan apartment and reminisces about living there for over 50 years while Dave complains about the transformation of his childhood bedroom into the Dopey studio. The conversation drifts into Blake Mycoskie from TOMS Shoes and the Dopey Nation’s reaction to a less drug-heavy episode before Alan unveils his newest entrepreneurial fantasy: buying 30 acres upstate to create a solar-powered greenhouse capable of producing meat without animals. This naturally leads into stories about Alan’s previous failed business ideas, including indoor lobster farming, eclipse merchandise, imported Chinese knives, underwear futures, cryptocurrency disasters, and the legendary JJ and the Jelly Bean children’s books. Dave and Alan then pivot hard into Knicks playoff mania, gambling talk, and the absurdity of spending $1,000 for nosebleed seats at Madison Square Garden. Alan shares a story about his cardiologist’s son cashing out a massive preseason Spurs futures bet while Dave reflects on how his father never really took him anywhere growing up besides zoos, museums, and nursing homes. Dave jokes that this emotional neglect may explain how he became a heroin addict in the first place. The episode also dives into Spotify and Patreon comments, listener criticism of Heart Attack Doug, vape addiction rituals, Kratom recovery, and the strange comfort of hearing from the same diehard Dopey listeners every week. The teaser cuts off right before the controversial Patreon comments section, ending with Dave shamelessly trying to convert listeners into Patreon subscribers. FULL SHOW ONLY ON PATREON!
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Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, Guns, Heroin Rats, Chris, Ryan & Weird Fucking Foreshadowing on the Total Dopey Replay show episode 28

Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary On this Dopey Monday Total Replay, Dave looks back at Dopey Episode 28, one of the strangest and creepiest early episodes of the show. It features Dave, Chris, and graphic-design Ryan — the guy who made the original Dopey logo — talking through old Lower East Side drug energy, the first major Dopey fan emails, weird ego stuff, drug stories, recovery, Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, and a whole lot of eerie foreshadowing. Dave reflects on how painful it is to hear Chris again, knowing he died in 2018, and uses the episode to make a simple but brutal point: if Chris had stayed in recovery, he probably wouldn’t have died. The replay itself is classic early Dopey: messy, funny, dark, uncomfortable, and weirdly prophetic. Ryan tells a story about refusing to leave a drug pickup even after a guy puts a gun to his head. Chris talks about addiction, genetics, rats drinking heroin water, and recovery. Dylan randomly calls in right as Dave is talking about Dylan from 90210, which feels like Dopey synchronicity. The episode also includes the first big fan email from Tina in Philadelphia, Dave getting wounded by being called “Dan,” and a long, now-haunting conversation about Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner before Nick ever appeared on Dopey. It’s funny, painful, and very Dopey. PLUS Drugs, addiction and dumb shit on the new/old 10 year anniversary of this episode!(of Dopey)
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Dopey 584: Natanya Ross on Heroin! Betrayal! Trauma! The 90's! Brad Renfro’s Death! & Recovery

Fri, 22 May 2026 20:06:10 +0000

DOPEY FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 JOIN PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast NOTES: This week on Dopey! We have it all! Emails! Blood Shot Voice mails! Comments! Mysogny and Sisterhood! Then we bring dopey with Natanya Ross — the iconic 90s child star from The Secret Life of Alex Mack. I sat down with her in LA and she absolutely opened up her soul. We covered everything from her crazy early fame (she was doing Gerber commercials at six months old), discovering she was adopted at 19, her adoptive mother’s horrific betrayal and financial abuse, to descending into heavy opioid and heroin addiction. Natanya got real about living in a car and at the notorious American Hotel on Skid Row with other child stars, her relationship with Brad Renfro (who tragically overdosed and died right next to her), the later death of her fiancé Blake, and how she fought her way into long-term recovery. She’s now deep in the treatment world — Executive Director of Business Development at Valiant Behavioral Health, President of the Women’s Association of Addiction Treatment, and founder of San Fernando Valley Feed the Homeless. This one is serious Dopey business — raw child star trauma, Hollywood darkness, and triumphant recovery all in one. ALL THAT AND WAY MORE on this weeks new episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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Robbing Crack Dealers and Surviving Hell on Long Island - Motorcycle Gang Gary from the Beach - Dopey's Greatest Hits

Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Film Festival Tickets are here! https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Listen without ads www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary Dave opens this Dopey Greatest Hits episode with a full Long Island transportation saga after the LIRR strike, the Knicks comeback, Australian Dopey Nation messages, a dentist/implant update, and a voicemail from Ben about 7OH being so strong it blocked the effects of oxy and Dilaudid. Dave then reads Patreon and Spotify comments from the Gabor Maté replay, talks about AI, Katz’s, the Dopey Film Festival, and why Motorcycle Gang Gary won the “Long Island fucko” replay poll. The main replay is Gary from the beach — a classic Long Island Dopey story. Gary talks about growing up on Long Island, early drinking, weed, the Beatles, Zeppelin, handball, woods parties, coke, fighting crews, Teamster money, selling weed, motorcycles, 1% biker culture, strip clubs, ego, crack, destroying his marriage, losing his house, Gordon Heights crack runs, robbing a dealer, getting stabbed and beaten nearly to death, 250 stitches, rehabs, relapse, spiritual darkness, and eventually finding recovery. It’s funny, brutal, very Long Island, and one of the great beach-meeting Dopey stories.
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Shooting Liquid LSD, Living in a Porta Potty, Smuggling Heroin in Jail & Steve-O’s Wild Ride, Divorce, losing 200 pounds Skinny Vinny

Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Dopey Film Festival: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Listen without ads www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave opens the show with Brer Brian’s Dopey Wednesday anthem and immediately starts hustling tickets for the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival in New York City. Dave explains that only nine tickets have sold so far and promises cheap tickets, food, fellowship, desserts, filmmakers, and recovery community vibes. He begs the Dopey Nation to come out and support the event while Winnie the dog barks in the background. Before getting to the main interview, Dave plays an absolutely insane voicemail from longtime Dopey contributor JD DeHart about surviving a cocaine overdose during a three-day binge in a trailer in Mississippi when he was 20 years old. JD describes an old-school coke and crack marathon involving an entire ounce of cocaine, nonstop shooting coke, smoking crack, drinking beer, no sleep, no food, and no water. He vividly recounts doing a gigantic shot of cocaine and suddenly entering a terrifying paralysis where he could hear and see everything but couldn’t move a single part of his body. JD compares the experience to the Metallica “One” video and explains how his paranoid dealer friend may have saved his life by slapping him awake, giving him water and food, and slowly bringing him out of the overdose. Naturally, once he recovered, the first thing he did was smoke an enormous crack hit. Dave praises the voicemail and thanks JD for consistently contributing incredible stories to the show. Dave then dives into Patreon and Spotify comments responding to last week’s controversial Blake Mycoskie episode. Listeners debate rich-guy recovery, psychedelic therapy, AI therapy, polo, founder culture, and whether wealthy people talking about depression is relatable to the average Dopey listener. Some commenters defend the episode and appreciate hearing about mental health and self-worth, while others say they turned it off the moment Blake started discussing AI therapy or learning polo in Argentina. Dave jokes that people should blame John Bukaty for bringing in “woo-woo guests,” but still says he genuinely liked Blake and appreciated trying something different. The comment section also leads to discussions about recovery, privilege, treatment access, government responsibility for addiction, and Dave’s ongoing balancing act between growing Dopey and maintaining authenticity. Dave also reads a moving Spotify comment from a listener celebrating 120 days clean after a devastating relapse that nearly destroyed his marriage and relationship with his child. Other listeners compliment Dave’s podcasting skills, compare his intros to Marc Maron, and joke about Tesla AI therapy and rich recovery people. Dave also contemplates launching a higher Patreon tier with an exclusive Zoom while openly joking about his “cynical cash grab” tendencies and his need to support his family. The centerpiece of the episode is Dave’s long conversation with Skinny Vinny inside Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast van in Sherman Oaks, California. The interview covers almost every phase of Vinny’s chaotic life story. Vinny explains how the Wild Ride podcast went on hiatus after backlash surrounding a sarcastic Steve-O clip from an episode with Harlan Williams that got taken out of context online. Vinny talks openly about Steve-O’s sensitivity, internet outrage culture, and the emotional toll of constant public criticism. The conversation then shifts into Vinny’s upbringing in Connecticut and his lifelong obsession with Jackass. Vinny tells the story of being a kid with a camera glued to his hand, idolizing Bam Margera and Jeff Tremaine, and eventually convincing Bam to punch him in the face at a skate shop signing when he was a teenager. Dave and Vinny reminisce about old Jackass dreams eventually becoming reality years later through recovery and content creation. Vinny dives deep into his addiction history, including following Phish and Bob Weir tours while constantly inhaling nitrous balloons in parking lots, discovering Silk Road drug markets in Vermont, and eventually falling into severe heroin addiction. He recounts horrifying years living in Vermont, where heroin was outrageously expensive, and where he watched his girlfriend overdose in front of her parents after both of them desperately tried to detox using kratom. Vinny also describes his obsession with needles, famously saying, “If I could rig it, I could dig it,” while discussing shooting heroin and eventually shooting liquid LSD purchased from Silk Road. One of the darkest sections of the interview involves Vinny describing his infamous “porta potty bottom.” After burning every bridge and alienating everyone in his life, Vinny ended up secretly living inside a handicapped-sized porta potty in Connecticut while hustling to survive. He explains his daily routine of waking up at sunrise, hiding blankets in bushes, charging his Obama phone at Dunkin Donuts, stealing energy drinks from grocery stores, selling them to bodegas, buying heroin and crack, and repeating the cycle endlessly. Dave and Vinny talk about the terrifying comfort that comes with fully accepting life as a hopeless junkie. Vinny also recounts his arrest, jail sentence, and the legendary “prison pocket” story. Knowing he had to turn himself in, Vinny literally trained his body to smuggle heroin, Xanax, rolling tobacco, papers, and even needles into jail. He explains how he eventually ran out of drugs behind bars and suffered brutally through withdrawal on the top bunk in jail while promising himself he’d never use again — only to get released and immediately return to hustling and heroin. The interview takes a more hopeful turn as Vinny explains how recovery unexpectedly transformed his life. He talks about meeting Zackass in sober living, becoming indispensable behind the camera, eventually becoming a co-host, and later joining Steve-O’s Wild Ride. Vinny describes feeling like recovery gave him the exact life he fantasized about as a kid obsessed with Jackass culture. Dave and Vinny repeatedly discuss the strange intersection of manifestation, luck, spirituality, showing up, and being willing to work hard without getting high. Later in the interview, Vinny opens up emotionally about his failed marriage to a Canadian woman, the devastating heartbreak that followed, and the depression that nearly broke him. He describes locking himself in his apartment for 45 days, barely eating, crying himself to sleep, and seriously considering drinking despite years of sobriety. Instead of relapsing, Vinny redirected all of his pain into fitness, weight loss, and self-improvement. He explains how discovering peptides, returning to the gym, diving back into recovery meetings and service work, and focusing entirely on himself ultimately helped him lose over 200 pounds and completely transform his life. The episode ends with Vinny discussing his plans to open a sober living house called The Comeback with a former client from his early recovery days. Dave and Vinny also joke about Canadians, Dopeywood structure problems, podcasting, body dysmorphia, fear dreams, and the strange reality of surviving addiction long enough to accidentally build a meaningful life. Dave closes the episode asking listeners yet again to buy film festival tickets, join Patreon, leave Spotify comments, send voicemails, and stay involved in the Dopey community before ending, as always, with “Stay strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles for Chris.”
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Tuesday Teaser: Action Bronson, Jeff Ross, and the Heart Attack Doug Meltdown Special

Tue, 19 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

DOPEY FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 PATREON www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary Dave and Heart Attack Doug return for another chaotic Dopey Tuesday filled with fake beefs, Patreon wars, Action Bronson at Katz’s, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, and Doug spiraling after reading mean comments about himself online. Doug claims he could dominate the film festival with his own movie while Dave tries to explain what a short film actually is. The episode bounces between hilarious arguments, recovery talk, Jeff Ross at the Museum of the City of New York, Vermont jam band adventures, and Doug slowly realizing the Dopey Nation might not universally adore him. There’s also classic banter about meetings, masculinity, Patreon drama, croissants, Ray Brown, and whether Doug is actually Bruce Willis without a career. LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE AT www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast
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Detox and Withdrawal, Todd's First Call in; Gets Arrested in the Projects, Graphic Design Ryan on Trading a laptop for heroin - Dopey Total

Mon, 18 May 2026 11:24:10 +0000

BUY TICKETS TO DOPEY SHORT FILM FESTIVAL: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 Join Patreon For Cheap Tickets and much more: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Long Summary Notes: Dave opens the Dopey Total Replay by revisiting Episode 27, “Detox Withdrawal,” one of the earliest foundational episodes of Dopey. He explains how the episode introduced both graphic designer Ryan — creator of the iconic nodding Dopey logo — and Todd Curry, Dave’s longtime using buddy who would later die in 2018, just weeks before Chris. Dave reflects on Chris’s original idea for a “Dopey Stories” book made up of listener submissions and stories from the show. He talks about failed attempts to pitch the project to publishers and wonders whether self-publishing a Dopey book on Amazon might finally make sense. He invites listeners to resend their best stories to dopeypodcast@gmail.com. Disclaimer: I think I called Spanish People Stupid - but it was meant totally with love. Dave then shifts into a recap of Music on the Mountain in Vermont, where he attended with Linda and the kids. He talks about seeing Anders Osborne, Daniel Donato, Jackie Greene, Karina Rykman, Eggy, Lamp, and others. Susan celebrates her eighth birthday and hilariously insists on introducing bands onstage after Dave lets her introduce Karina Rykman. Dave admits Susan might actually be a better MC than him. Dave promotes the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival at the SVA Theater, mentioning Mountainside as a possible title sponsor and joking about Katz’s desserts and Othello cookies potentially being involved. He reads Patreon and Spotify comments reacting to the previous replay episode, including discussion of Rush, Basketball Diaries, Knicks playoff hopes, bread basket addiction, and people missing Chris. Dave goes on multiple tangents about bread, fitness, the Knicks, and Cleveland versus Detroit. The replay itself begins with Chris and Dave just starting to record when Todd randomly calls in. Todd immediately launches into a story about getting arrested while allegedly trying to buy weed in a housing project. Chris and Dave immediately question the story while Todd insists he was only trying to buy marijuana. The conversation spirals into stories about community service, Delancey Street cleanup duty, reverse discrimination jokes, airport profiling, Todd’s history with Dave, and their years selling drugs together. Chris openly campaigns for Todd to become a recurring Dopey guest while Dave resists because Todd is still actively using heroin and weed. Graphic designer Ryan joins the conversation and explains why he loved Dopey from the beginning — because it wasn’t a traditional recovery podcast. He says recovery shows felt too church-like, while Dopey mixed active addiction stories with recovery in a way that could actually reach addicts. Todd and Dave argue about whether active users should appear on Dopey. Ryan attempts to sober coach Todd live on the air, asking him what heroin does for him emotionally. Todd admits heroin covers feelings of loneliness, insecurity, and self-hatred. He describes failed relationships, yoga classes, women, and using heroin to cope with emotional pain. Ryan explains the basics of abstinence and recovery while Todd half-jokes and half-confesses his inability to stop using. Chris mostly eggs the entire thing on while enjoying the chaos. The episode shifts into stories about Mountainside and the infamous “Phase Four” extended-care house. Ryan explains how he entered treatment planning only to save money for heroin afterward, but somehow ended up getting sober instead. Dave admits he originally thought Ryan would never stay sober, while Dave himself eventually relapsed despite appearing more serious about recovery at the time. Ryan tells wild detox stories involving escaping treatment during withdrawal, trading a $2,500 laptop for heroin bundles, walking through snowstorms, and eventually landing at Mountainside. The group discusses relapse, sobriety, AA sponsorship disasters, yoga, heroin addiction, and the randomness of getting sober. The episode eventually devolves into jokes about Dave’s disgusting toenail, Instagram photos, podcast structure, and arguments about whether episodes should be one hour long. Chris insists on ending every episode with “Good So Bad,” while Dave complains nobody wants long podcasts — ironic considering modern Dopey episodes often run three hours. Back in present-day narration, Dave reflects emotionally on hearing Todd and Chris together again. He reveals that Todd eventually appeared on Dopey multiple times, including once when he left mid-recording to go downstairs and shoot heroin before returning to finish the episode high. Dave closes by talking about Ryan’s later recovery work at Berkshire Transition Network and how foundational he was to early Dopey. He reflects on the pain, foreshadowing, and innocence captured in the episode before ending with “Good So Bad” and a tribute to Chris and Todd.
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Dopey 583: Kidnapped at 11, Running Naked from the Cops on Meth, Heroin, Crack, Human Trafficked, Redemption with Keta Loren

Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary: Dave opens the show talking about Susan’s eighth birthday and the family trip to Music on the Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont for the Phoenix and Divided Sky festival featuring Karina Rykman, Eggy, Anders Osborne, Daniel Donato, Natalie Cressman, Jennifer Hartswick, and members of Dogs in a Pile. Dave talks about trying to get the entire crowd to sing Happy Birthday to Susan and gives updates about Patreon, Narcan and fentanyl test strip giveaways, YouTube support, and the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival sponsored by Mountainside Treatment Center. Dave reads a heartbreaking email from a listener celebrating nearly 60 days sober after quitting freebase coke, Xanax, and Suboxone while grieving the loss of his beloved dog Hesh. Dave reflects on his own fears about losing Winnie and spirals into thoughts about mortality, dogs, and a brass Winnie lamp he bought Linda for her birthday. Ben Croxton calls in with a classic IV Dopey story involving Googling “where to buy heroin in Atlanta,” instant meth psychosis at a job site, a dude hiding in a closet all day, and a cocaine-induced hallucination involving a kangaroo and imaginary police cars. The main interview features Keta Lauren and quickly becomes one of the darkest and most powerful Dopey stories in recent memory. Keta talks about growing up in extreme poverty in Northern California with a schizophrenic addict father and alcoholic mother, bouncing through foster homes, fighting constantly, and eventually landing in California Youth Authority “gladiator school.” She recounts horrific trauma including her father accidentally causing a house fire that killed four of her siblings after leaving a candle burning while gambling. Keta describes getting kidnapped while hitchhiking at age 11, doing meth as a child, surviving brutal YA prison fights, a devastating ATV accident that nearly killed her, and eventually falling into LA drug culture, sex work, heroin addiction, and trafficking. She explains how manipulation, survival, and trauma blurred together while trying to escape dangerous situations and abusive relationships. The conversation shifts toward recovery as Keta talks about finally hitting an emotional and spiritual bottom after years of heroin and meth addiction. She describes seeing herself deteriorate physically and mentally, eventually surrendering and finding treatment after a religious TV preacher bizarrely spoke directly to her situation. She later discusses relapse, AA and NA, psychedelic healing with psilocybin and ayahuasca, bipolar disorder, trauma therapy, and her belief that recovery can take many different forms. The episode closes with Trinity from the Beach reflecting on the interview playing a vulnerable acoustic cover of “Good So Bad” while apologizing for missing Dopey Zoom to record it.
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The Guru thatErotically Drank My Pee - PLUS Gabor Mate: In the Realm of Dopey Ghosts - trauma, addiction, recovery

Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON: www.patron.com/dopeypodcast Summary Dave opens Dopey Greatest Hits with an AI Dopey song from Josh Clark, updates the chaos around Katz’s, Action Bronson, Paul Wall, the Divided Sky festival, Susan’s birthday, and the Dopey short film festival. A listener voicemail tells a wild guru story involving opium, coke, mushrooms, MDMA, hot springs, and pee drinking. Dave reads Patreon and Spotify comments from the Gilbert Trejo replay before playing the Gabor Maté episode. In the Gabor Maté interview, Dave and Dr. Maté talk addiction, trauma, shame, ADD, dopamine, recovery, psychedelics, ayahuasca, the “stupid friend,” food addiction, and why addiction is not the primary problem but an attempt to soothe pain. Dr. Maté explains that recovery means getting yourself back. PLUS MORE< MORE, MORE!
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Kratom Vomit Sex Story PLUS Blake Mycoskie on Depression, Psychedelics & “I Am Enough” Dopey Wednesday

Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

NO ADS ON PATREON - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary Dave opens Dopey Wednesday by getting mad at Reddit, reminiscing about Penn South, the old Walter Reade theater, flea markets, and losing his apartment to heroin addiction. Then Ian from Paris calls in with a disgusting kratom-vomit sex story. Dave reads Spotify and Patreon comments about Zach Noe Towers, Chet Holmgren, Sassafras, Euphoria, Katz’s, white claws, Amanda de Cadenet, and Dopey Nation recovery time. Then Dave interviews Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS and host of No Magic Pill. Blake talks about giving away 100 million shoes, Shark Tank, psychedelics, depression, getting misdiagnosed as bipolar, getting off pharmaceuticals, suicidal thoughts, San Pedro, “I am enough,” sobriety, quitting alcohol and nicotine, and using creativity, photography, therapy, and connection to rebuild his life. All that and more on a not too Dopey episode of Dopey!
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Tuesday Teaser: Raytreon! Crackheads Burned Down Chelsea! Heavy Breathing! Luxury Projects! Recovery!

Tue, 12 May 2026 17:57:07 +0000

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE WONDERFUL EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave and Ray kick off a weird “Christmas in May” Dopey Tuesday with an old Ray parody song before diving into stories about Chelsea in the ‘90s, addiction nostalgia, Andy Dick, and the destruction of a longtime neighborhood building. Dave talks about working on a Andy Dick interview for Rolling Stone, while Ray reflects on drinking alone, avoiding chaos in public, and their old neighborhood’s transformation from rough-and-dangerous to luxury real estate heaven. The episode spirals into hilarious listener reactions to Selby’s heavy breathing during the Patreon Reddit Roundup episode, with fans comparing him to Darth Vader, a dying pug, and someone “pleasuring himself at a men’s shelter.” Dave and Ray also talk about recovery shame, missing teeth, NYU dental clinics, old LA drug days, soft-core SLA emails, and the weirdness of getting older in recovery. The episode ends with Dave teasing a big TV pitch meeting and playing “Good So Bad.”
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Finding an Ounce of Heroin & Throwing It Away + Chris Loved 'Good So Bad', RUSH; Floating on a cloud of Titties (Dopey Replay #26

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS for 25 cents a day at www.patron.com/dopeypodcast Short Summary Dave kicks off with Mother’s Day reflections, Knicks playoff excitement, and reads an incredible listener email from James Dehart about discovering a huge bag of heroin (plus crack) while cleaning out an abandoned building — and his sober buddy immediately throwing it down a sewer grate. Then Dave replays Dopey Episode 26 with Chris: they play Dave’s classic song “Good So Bad,” read a long email from Francis, get heavily triggered watching the famous dope scene from the 1991 movie Rush, and go deep on addiction stories, recovery, and absurdity. A heartfelt, funny, and sometimes triggering classic Dopey episode. All that and yes - much more on the brand new/old replay shit!
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Dopey 582: Margaret Cho! Kratom! Psychedelics! Weed Lube! Meth Fantasies! Recovery!

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:39:57 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This Week on Dopey! Dave opens the show reflecting on hosting the Phoenix House Soiree and presenting Hank Azaria with an award in the same neighborhood where he once bought heroin nearly 30 years earlier. He talks about gratitude, recovery, shame, redemption, and how addiction and recovery both shaped his life. Dave reads listener emails featuring cocaine cravings, crack addiction, federal charges, acid smuggling, trap houses, prostitution, and early recovery. Montana Ruckman sends in another brutally honest “day in the life” letter from prison describing drug hustling, scams, theft, hookups, and the loneliness of active addiction. Dave also reads Spotify and Patreon comments reacting to the Zoe Hansen episode and the backlash to Amanda de Cadenet, with listeners praising Zoe’s warmth, storytelling, and voice. Then Margaret Cho returns to Dopey for one of the funniest and most honest recovery conversations in recent memory. Margaret talks about approaching 10 years sober, her intervention, rehab, kratom addiction, dry scooping kratom powder, benzo withdrawal, seizures, meth fascination, weed reservations, psychedelic therapy, boofing weed lube, and the strange fantasy of someday growing opium poppies in a psychedelic garden. Dave and Margaret bond over romanticizing drugs, relapse fears, and the dangerous line between humor and real addiction. They discuss ketamine therapy, Bill Wilson taking LSD, Hamilton Morris, the Nick Reiner tragedy, death in recovery culture, and why addicts “walk with death.” The conversation also drifts into Snoop Dogg blunt culture, bong rituals, Errowid drug hacks, and the weird creativity and mythology surrounding addiction. ALL THAT AND MUCH MUCH MORE ON ABRAND NEW EPISODE OF THAT GOOD OLD DOPEY SHOW! Check out workit health at www.workithealth.com
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Gilbert Trejo; Heroin, Punk Rock Fights & Growing Up as Danny Trejo’s Son - Dopey's Greatest Hits

Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON for 25 cents a day www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary Dave opens this week’s Dopey Greatest Hits by explaining the Patreon poll that lets listeners choose classic replay episodes. After Jason Ricci lost a last-minute battle to Dr. Gabor Maté the previous week, this week’s theme becomes “kids of famous people,” featuring guests like Jack Osbourne, Mackenzie Phillips, Dwayne Betts, and ultimately the winner: Gilbert Trejo, son of actor Danny Trejo. Dave reads Spotify and Patreon comments reacting to the Jason Ricci replay, including discussions about bipolar disorder, darkness, spirituality, demonology, and the Amanda de Cadenet backlash episode. Tommy from Long Island then calls in with a crack-smoking Dopey story involving a lost $20 bag hidden underneath the center console of a late-90s Toyota Corolla. Dave also reads a brutally honest listener email criticizing the early days of Dopey for chewing into microphones, interruptions, phone ringing, and lack of structure — which Dave both defends and reflects on emotionally. The episode then shifts into a deep and emotional conversation with filmmaker and recovering heroin addict Gilbert Trejo. Gilbert talks about growing up in Venice Beach as Danny Trejo’s son, being raised around AA meetings, childhood exposure to recovery culture, fighting, punk rock, skating, and eventually spiraling into heroin addiction. He shares horrifying overdose stories, including trying to revive his best friend while covered in blood, discusses his film From A Son, and reflects on the strange mixture of toughness, secrecy, masculinity, fear, and identity that shaped his addiction. Gilbert and Dave connect deeply over losing close friends to overdose, the mythology of junkie friendships, and the challenge of telling drug stories honestly without glorifying them. The conversation also covers heroin romance, Panic in Needle Park, Venice gang culture, punk shows, crack smoking, addiction genetics, hiding drug use from family, and the relief of eventually becoming comfortable in his own skin. It’s one of the rawest and most thoughtful Dopey conversations about addiction, masculinity, survival, and recovery. ALL THAT AND MORE ON THIS NEW OLD EPISODE!
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Euphoria Sucks! The Gayest Dopey in Awhile, Trapped in a Drug Dealer’s Trunk: Zach Noe Towers, Twink Death, Ecstacy, Hate Mail, MDMA, Coke

Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS FOR 25 CENTS A DAY at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary This week on the Wednesday Dose! Dave opens the Wednesday Dose of Dopey talking about Patreon backlash over Selby’s heavy breathing during the Tuesday Patreon show, his hatred for the newest season of Euphoria, Lena Dunham’s audiobook, Knicks obsession, and getting ready to emcee the Phoenix House gala honoring Hank Azaria. He then reads an email from a Scottish listener who got sober from alcohol after discovering Dopey through This American Life, but later spiraled into opioids, heroin, and benzos before finally trying to get clean again after hearing DJ’s episode. Then Dave dives into a massive pile of brutal Spotify and Patreon comments reacting to the Amanda de Cadenet episode, with listeners calling her “insufferable,” “guarded,” “pretentious,” and “the worst guest ever,” while others defend her and praise Dave for surviving the awkward interview. The episode shifts into a long and funny conversation with comedian Zach Noe Towers. Zach talks about growing up gay in Missouri, discovering weed through theater kids, using alcohol and drugs to quiet fear and insecurity, moving to Los Angeles, rich gay party culture, ecstasy at Indiana University, Coachella mushroom disasters, being trapped in the trunk of a drug dealer’s car, and eventually getting sober after years of chaotic partying and emotional bottoming out. Dave and Zach also talk comedy, AA, twink culture, Midwestern niceness, gay identity, stand-up anxiety, and planning the Dopeywood Comedy Store show. PLUS MORE! on the brand new Wednesday Dose of Dopey!
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Tuesday Teaser with Selby and Cormac - Cormac Boofs Lots of Research Chemicals,

Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE AT www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 📝 Summary This episode of Dopey blends recovery updates, dark humor, and one of the most bizarre drug stories ever told on the show. Selby celebrates 101 days sober and reflects on a powerful in-person group inventory, while Cormac opens up about hitting a wall in long-term recovery and rebooting his physical and spiritual health through meetings and a new fitness routine. The episode takes a surreal turn when Cormac recounts a detailed and unsettling story from his past experimenting with research chemicals, including dissociatives and unconventional methods of use. The conversation explores the psychology of dissociation, addiction, and the illusion of control that comes with “safer” drug use. Dave shares updates on the Dopey Fitness Challenge, struggles with sugar, and reads listener feedback, including praise, criticism, and ongoing debate about fan-favorite guest “Heart Attack Doug.” PLUS A SMIDGE MORE ON THE NEW DOPEY TUESDAY TEASE - listen to more on patreon!
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The Worst Dopey Ever? Prince Dies! Cocaine Overdose, Sleepwalking on Ketamine, Recovery

Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS FOR 25 Cents a day! www.patron.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary Total Replay #25! Dave opens Monday’s Dopey Total Replay by revisiting Dopey Episode 25 from April 2016, titled Cocaine Overdose, Prince. Before the replay, he talks about plans for the Dopey Recovery Film Festival in Manhattan, Patreon perks, the Tuesday Reddit Roundup with Selby and Cormac, and addresses listener reactions to a previous sex-and-love addiction email. He then reads a powerful email from Willow about long-term recovery through Sex Addicts Anonymous and finding sobriety after years of relapse. Next comes a wild voicemail from Bailey in Chicago involving the world’s worst drug dealer, accidental crack purchases, a drunken camping trip, bachelor party chaos, abortion scam drama, crack smoking in a tent, and jumping out of a moving truck. Dave then reads Spotify and Patreon comments before launching the classic replay. In the 2016 episode, Dave and Chris react to Prince’s death, speculate about addiction, and Chris repeatedly confuses Prince with Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury. They spiral into nonsense about Annie Lennox, Blondie, dancing, and music ignorance. Then Chris tells the main event: a brutal cocaine overdose story involving shooting a huge amount of coke in a bathroom, collapsing violently, a neighbor breaking the door down, and Chris still worrying about hiding the remaining cocaine instead of dying. The episode ends with more chaotic drug stories, sleepwalking on ketamine, early Dopey banter, and one of the first appearances of Chris saying “toodles.” Dave returns afterward reflecting on Chris, the strange beauty of these old recordings, and invites listeners to stay involved with Dopey Nation. On a Brand New 10 Year old episode of ye good olden dopey sho.
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Dopey 581: Zoe Hansen; Heroin, Sex Work, Shooting Speedballs, The Chelsea Hotel & Dying in Nancy Spungen’s Bed

Fri, 01 May 2026 17:53:55 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS ON PATREON! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopey Episode Summary This Week on Dopey! We open the show in full single-dad chaos mode—juggling pickups, tutoring, dance class, concerts, naps gone wrong, and trying to make it home in time for the Knicks game. He announces the upcoming Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, then reads an extremely heavy anonymous listener email about sexual compulsion, addiction, shame, and finding support through SLAA. The episode then shifts into classic Dopey mode with a wild voicemail involving cocaine psychosis, being naked with a fork, a pheasant-feather hat, and a guy selling condoms on campus. We dives into Spotify and Patreon comments from the Andy Dick episode, reading praise, criticism, jokes, sobriety milestones, and fan reactions. Then the show turns into the main event: a long, gritty, hilarious and vulnerable interview with Zoe Hansen. Zoe talks about growing up in wealthy but emotionally barren Chelsea, London, getting kicked out of school, discovering punk rock, heroin at 15, and moving to New York at 17. She describes working in hair and nightlife before entering the sex industry to support her habit, eventually becoming a seasoned brothel worker and heroin addict in late-80s Manhattan. She tells incredible stories about brothel life, clients, police raids, methadone stash strategies, Lower East Side heroin stamps, speedballing in Hell’s Kitchen, dying briefly after a cocaine overdose in the Chelsea Hotel, waking blind, and living in the room where Nancy Spungen died. Zoe also reflects on spirituality, trauma, recovery, old New York, and writing her memoir Going Down in Gotham. A true Dopey legend episode. All that and MORE MORE MORE this week on a brand new episode - of your favorite good old Dopey show! Check our new sponsor: www.workithealth.com/dopey
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Demonic Coke, Meth, Heroin and the Blues on Dopey's Greatest Hits with the Great Jason Ricci

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS AT www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Thursday Dopey Greatest Hits episode, Dave opens the show reacting to angry Spotify comments from the previous Amanda de Cadenet episode, joking that controversy is good for engagement. He sets the table for one of his favorite classic episodes: a deep and unforgettable interview with legendary harmonica player Jason Ricci. Before getting there, Dave gives listeners a chaotic snapshot of life at home while Linda is away in Aruba—solo parenting, eating Ralph’s ices, putting Susan to bed, cleaning the backyard with Heart Attack Doug, tossing an old rusted grill, and trying to make the house look better before Linda returns. Dave then reads a truly wild listener email from “Stan the Man from London,” describing a multi-day relapse involving forgotten luggage, shooting cocaine in a government facility bathroom, fleeing authorities, drinking in pubs, attending his first orgy, smoking meth, doing booty-bumped MDMA, watching bodies swing from the ceiling, and taking mystery LSD gummies to cope with the scene. Dave begs listeners to send in more orgy stories and jokes that if people are sitting on orgy stories and not sending them in, they’re wasting everyone’s time. He then reads Spotify comments from last week’s Michael Imperioli episode. Listeners praise the interview, discuss whether non-addict guests belong on Dopey, mention recovery movies to watch while detoxing, mourn the death of beloved former guest Bill Blaber, and compare Imperioli’s appearance to classic Dopey stories like the water tower episode. Dave also plugs Patreon, promises stickers to commenters, and reads Patreon comments about Bill Blaber, Sopranos fandom, and ideas for new podcasts. Dave introduces the throwback interview with Jason Ricci, one of the greatest harmonica players alive. Jason immediately proves to be a classic Dopey guest: hilarious, intense, wildly talented, and deeply damaged. He tells Dave about growing up in Maine with severe family dysfunction. His father ran the notorious behavior-modification program Elan, later the subject of the documentary The Last Stop. Jason describes his father as a brilliant but dangerous alcoholic/addict. His mother suffered from serious untreated mental illness and subjected Jason to horrifying physical abuse, bizarre religious episodes, and chaos throughout childhood. Jason says music became his escape. He first got serious about harmonica after seeing James Cotton perform live and witnessing the raw emotional power of blues music. Though he originally came from punk/skateboard culture and resisted blues, Cotton changed everything. Jason became obsessed with mastering the instrument and started getting mentored by older musicians. As a teenager he was kicked out of his house, became homeless, drifted through deadhead apartments and baseball dugouts, and eventually reconnected with his estranged father, who answered the door in a bathrobe with a gun and immediately asked if Jason knew how to roll a joint. Jason ended up briefly living near Elan, then moved to Boise, Idaho to study forestry before dropping out once music took over his life. In Boise he earned his stripes in a local blues scene where older musicians forced him to learn Little Walter songs before letting him play. He embraced LSD, weed, and beatnik philosophy, believing he was a spiritually advanced seeker while sharpening his craft. He then moved to Memphis to pursue blues seriously. That’s where the Dopey really kicks in. Jason started using cocaine, then crack, and says smoking crack was one of the most instantly seductive experiences of his life. He recounts how quickly everything changed—money disappearing, priorities collapsing, and life spinning out of control. He also talks openly about his sexuality, his first gay experiences, and the confusion of navigating identity while falling deeper into addiction. The interview blends music obsession, childhood trauma, sexuality, homelessness, genius-level talent, and classic Dopey-level depravity. Jason comes off as both hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, while Dave nerds out over harmonica history and recognizes a fellow obsessive. It becomes one of those Dopey episodes where darkness, redemption, absurdity, and art all collide. SERIOUS DOPEY BUSINESS ON THIS HADCORE TRULY DOPEY EPISODE OF DOPEY'S GREATEST HITS!
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90's Wild Child! Getting Wasted with Courtney Love, Plant Medicine, Marrying into Duran Duran & The Strokes, and Getting Sober Young with Am

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Listen without ADS for 25 Cents a game: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Summary This Week on the Wednesday Dose! Linda is away - single parenting is on! Shoutout to all the single parents out there! We play a nuts voicemail from Taylor in Austin about relapsing on crack after moving in with a guy from AA who turned out to be schizophrenic and deep into crack psychosis. The story escalates into paranoia, guns, police, and hooking up with your dealer. Then Amanda de Cadenet joins the show. She talks about being a teenage wild child in London, starting drugs young, hosting live TV at 16, being sexualized in the public eye, marrying John Taylor from Duran Duran, partying with Courtney Love, and nearly dying before getting sober at 22. Amanda and Dave dive deep into recovery, psychedelics, trauma healing, sponsorship, group texts, meditation, defects, gratitude, and the idea that talk therapy alone often isn’t enough. Amanda shares her daily routine, what keeps her grounded after decades sober, and why kindness and service remain central to recovery. A funny, smart, honest, and surprisingly deep Dopey episode. ALL THAT AND A TINY BIT MORE ON THIS WEDNESDAY DOSE OF DOPEY!
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Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug'sSecret Shame, Robes, Eggs, Escalotors and Doug's 2 Weeks

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

FULL EPISODE www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave opens another Tuesday teaser by welcoming back Heart Attack Doug and immediately calling Patreon listeners winners and free listeners losers. Doug paints a hilarious picture of arriving at Dave’s house to find him shuffling around in a heavy dusty Ralph Lauren robe and knit cap looking 40 years older than he is. They talk about Dave holding down the fort while his partner is away, buying three air conditioners for one room, family stress, and trying to stay productive. Dave describes making breakfast for Nora while Doug offers unsolicited nutrition takes and pushes cheap Aldi eggs. This spirals into a rant about dirty supermarkets, poor-quality yolks, and Popeyes chicken. The conversation shifts into anxiety territory as Dave admits fears of escalators, airports, and bridges. He tells stories about navigating giant Manhattan subway escalators as a kid and nearly panicking while driving over the Throgs Neck Bridge. Doug piles on while also admitting everyone has fears. They read Spotify and Patreon comments about Ray Brown, background noise, body image, and escalator anxiety. Dave uses the comments to plug Dopey’s five-shows-a-week schedule and Patreon tiers, including stickers, socks, beanies, ad-free episodes, and even a $100-a-month life coaching tier. Before ending, Dave and Doug tease Doug’s recent mysterious bad stretch known only as “two weeks,” available behind the Patreon wall. The show closes with a touching listener cover of the Dopey classic “Good So Bad,” recorded while missing Dopey Zoom because the fan wanted to get it right. FULL EPISODE IS ON PATREON - CHEAPOS!
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Shooting Coke, Bell Ringers, Dopey Monday Replay: Farts, Rehab, Lou Reed & Francis + Billy Baroo Returns

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

NO ADS - 25 CENTS A DAY ON PATREON!($8 a month) www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the replay! We open this Monday's show by reflecting on starting Dopey with Chris after meeting at Mountainside rehab and why replaying old episodes helps newer listeners understand Chris and the origins of the show. He then reads a long email from listener “Panda,” who says Dopey inspired him to start Couch to 5K and enter a Prospect Park race. Panda shares a brutally honest story about functioning alcoholism, drinking half bottles of liquor nightly, secret crack binges in Manhattan, and eventually quitting alcohol after deep ayahuasca experiences. He explains that psychedelics and microdosing have helped his recovery, while admitting the topic is controversial. Dave reacts with curiosity, jokes, and confusion over the word “mitigable.” Next comes a voicemail from Lauren describing detox desperation: buying dope inside treatment and discovering the syringe she borrowed had been smuggled in someone’s butt. Then Dave launches classic Dopey episode 24 featuring vintage Dave and Chris in full chaotic chemistry. They discuss the documentary The Wolf Pack, mock HBO’s Vinyl, and tell reckless stories about reviving overdosing addicts by injecting coke. Chris describes the “bell ringer” rush of shooting cocaine while Dave admits he mostly sniffed it. They read an email from listener Emily, leading to one of Chris’s most absurd moments — replying that he’d “rest his anus on the microphone and blow you a kiss.” Dave is horrified. The show turns serious when Chris explains how rehab finally worked: he stopped pretending he knew everything, listened to a counselor, and followed directions. Then they remember Francis, a brilliant young musician they met in rehab who openly said he planned to get high after treatment and later died from overdose. Dave returns in present day with Billy Baroo (Randy Robles), one of the first Dopey superfans, who says he has listened since 2016, is still sober, and believes Dopey is better than ever. He praises Dave’s growth as an interviewer and the emotional power of replaying old episodes with Chris. ALL THAT AND PROBABLY MORE! on a brand new episode of a 10 year old Dopey show!
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Dopey 580: Andy Dick has 120 Days, Fentanyl Death and Rebirth, Joe Rogan, Chris Farley, Car Crash on Nitrous

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads for 25 cents a day: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! The Return of Andy Dick! Using story from Montana! Gratitude! Spotify Comments! Nitrous Car Crash! Andy discusses his recent fentanyl overdose (where he clinically died), his history of resisting recovery, and his current fragile sobriety. The conversation swings between hilarious (fat shaming, keto coffee, random tangents) and deeply uncomfortable (career regrets, addiction identity, Chris Farley, missed opportunities like Mr. Show and Old School). Andy admits he still isn’t sure if he wants to stay sober, but acknowledges things are “getting better.” Dave pushes him on willingness, recovery, and consequences, while Andy oscillates between honesty and deflection. The episode closes with Dave reflecting on Andy’s sobriety, promoting harm reduction resources, and sharing a raw listener-submitted banjo cover of a Dopey song. AL LTHAT AND MORE ON A DICK FILLED NEW DOPEY!
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Shooting your finger off on Acid, Plus NYC Water Tower Meth Story and Michael Imperioli - Dopey's Greatest Hits

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads for 25 cents at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Dopey Greatest Hits episode kicks off with Dave introducing a fan-voted theme around iconic TV characters, with Michael Imperioli winning the poll. Dave goes on a classic rant about ads vs Patreon, breaking down the cost to “25 cents a day,” before spiraling into plans for DopeyCon — including a long-shot idea to book Steve Jones during the CBGB Festival. A voicemail delivers pure Dopey chaos: a listener recounts taking acid, drinking, and shooting whiskey bottles in his basement, ultimately blowing apart his finger with a ricochet and attempting to cover it up using an angle grinder. The episode then pivots to a legendary Dopey story from Bill Blaber. After falling deep into crystal meth addiction, Bill describes wandering New York City in full paranoia, convinced AOL was responsible for ruining his life. This leads him to break into a building, climb to the roof, scale a water tower, and pass out inside. He’s rescued by the FDNY, greeted by news cameras, and somehow avoids jail by fabricating a story — landing instead in a psych hold. Dave calls it one of the greatest Dopey stories ever before transitioning into an interview with Michael Imperioli, who discusses his early acting career, Goodfellas, working with Scorsese, and the infamous glass-breaking stunt that landed him in the hospital. Plus the Sopranos - and Michael's crazy Lou Reed Fan Fiction - The Perfume Burned His Eyes! All that and more on the Brand new old Greatest Hits Show! PLUS MORE!
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Meth Game Rooms, Sex Work and The Return of Glynis Franz on Wednesday Dose

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Wednesday Show! New listener emails and voicemails, including a heavy duster relapse story involving a car crash into a house, psychosis, and near-total destruction of a sober life. We read Spotify comments and welcome backGlenis—covering her past in heroin addiction, sex work, meth, prison, and her unlikely transformation into a sober business owner and treatment center leader. We read more listener stuff and call it a show! All that and more, more, more on the brand new Wednesday Dose of Dopey!
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Tuesday Teaser: Gay Sex Apps, Fat Shaming, Gary Dell'Abate's Party, Heroin

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:27:16 +0000

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the teaser: A special guestis back and we spiral immediately—bassoon repair shops, weird road trips, and why I told him to stop shoving bassoons in my face. I break down LA, interviewing Andy Dick (who calls me fat repeatedly), Dopeywood fallout, and the insanity of doing 11 interviews in 4 days. Then things get extra Dopey: we discover a gay app called Blowey that’s basically Yelp for blowjobs, Ray refuses to admit anything about his sex life, and we somehow end up talking about fear of escalators, driving anxiety, and being old. We wrap with Dopey Nation updates, Spotify comments, Jeremy love/hate, and Drugs, sex, fear, bassoons, and Andy Dick being Andy Dick Plus Ba Ba Boohi!
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Research Chemicals, DMT, 2CB, Methylone, Syringe, Cancer Scare, Katz's, Kratom TOTAL REPLAY #23

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:45:50 +0000

Listen without ads on patreon at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast NOTE: I forgot to mention it was first Chris's 'hooping the shooter' mention - and i ate expired cereal during the whole show - and it was pretty gross. This week on the total replay! Dave opens the Monday replay talking about bringing his daughters into Manhattan for a museum day, taking them to the Met, walking through the city, and feeling grateful to be sober enough to do it. He also talks about how exhausting it is carrying recording gear back and forth to the city every week. He plays a voicemail from a listener who mixed kratom with alcohol after losing weight and wound up diving through a window, running through a retirement community covered in blood, and waking up in the hospital. Dave reads an email from another listener who got sober after prison, reunited with his son, and says Dopey helped him along the way. The replay itself is an early Dopey episode with Dave and Chris talking in the old apartment setup. They joke about expired cereal, cigarettes in the room, Disney World feeling like rehab, and old-school research chemicals. Dave tells a long Katz’s story about upsetting customers, finding a lump in his neck, and then freaking out after hearing a woman at a meeting say her cancer started the same way. The episode also includes an email from a guy deep into dissociatives and psychedelic research chemicals, plus more classic early Dopey energy between Dave and Chris. At the end, Dave reflects on how raw and alive the old episodes felt, and points out that this was also an early appearance of the kind of material that would later become part of Cormac’s role in the Dopey world. All that and MORE - on a brand new, super old classic episode of dopey! Leave comments on spotify! send emails/voicemails and questions to dopeypodcat@gmail.com
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She Shot Heroin in Her Forehead and Lost Half Her Ass — Now She’s a Lawyer

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:56:36 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We check in after Dopeywood! And talks about going back to meetings, realizing they don’t need to be brilliant to be good. Dave shares a story about going to a Howard Stern vinyl party, meeting Baba Booey and Chuck D, and telling his Stern story while playing Neil Young. He reflects on being relentless in both recovery and building Dopey. The episode features Sarah Clark, a lawyer in recovery, who shares her story. She grew up with a drug-addicted father and started using as a teenager. Her addiction escalated from alcohol and Xanax to pills and eventually IV heroin. Within months, she was shooting in her neck and forehead and living a chaotic life of hustling, stealing, and bouncing between rehabs. After developing a severe abscess that led to losing part of her butt, she still couldn’t stop. She went to treatment multiple times before finally committing. She got sober, worked the steps, and rebuilt her life. Today, Sarah is a lawyer, married, raising her stepchildren, and has adopted her husband’s daughter, breaking the cycle of addiction in her family. ALl that and MORE, MORE, MORE, MORE on a super duper Dopey show!
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Dopey's Greatest hits: Steve Earle Got High at 11, Heroin, Prison, the Wire, PLUS the Return of My Dad

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:48:11 +0000

PATREON - LISTEN WITHOUT ADS - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast SUMMARY: This Week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! Dave records from his dad’s overheated apartment and opens with a long, chaotic conversation about Dopeywood at The Comedy Store. His dad gives a detailed, meandering recap of the trip, the show, and his mixed reactions to the comedians, praising the turnout but criticizing some of the material as confusing and overly raunchy. They argue about politics, language on the show, and listener feedback, including a back-and-forth with a fan upset about violent rhetoric. Dave reflects on tone, community, and the balance between humor and responsibility. The episode includes emails and voicemails about poppy seed tea addiction, with detailed stories about making opioid-like substances from seeds and pods, building tolerance, and the extreme lengths people went to stay well. The second half features a replay of Dave’s interview with Steve Earle. Steve talks about growing up surrounded by recovery, with addiction deeply embedded in his family, including relatives who were part of early AA. He says he avoided recovery at first despite seeing that it worked. Steve describes getting high for the first time at age 11 and explains that music and addiction developed side by side but weren’t directly connected. He talks about learning guitar from his uncle, discovering Dylan and the Beatles, and becoming obsessed with songwriting and storytelling. He reflects on his career as a musician, the pressure of performing, and how much he depends on audience feedback to feel okay. He also talks about the realities of the music business, losing his band, shifting to solo work, and writing for theater. Throughout the conversation, Steve is blunt about addiction, family history, and the long-term impact of substance use, while also showing humor, insight, and a deep connection to music as both a craft and a survival tool. ALL THAT AND MUCH MUCH MORE! On an old classic episode with my Dad in it TWICE!
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Allie Macofsky: Mushrooms, Blackouts, Car Crashes Nicotine Obsession, and Getting 10 years young | Black Tar in the Mail

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:09:15 +0000

listen without ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Wednesday! Still coming down from the Dopeywood high and talk about productivity, procrastination, and trying to get back on track with the Dopey fitness challenge. Getting older, body image, and whether drastic measures like Ozempic are worth it. We read a wild listener email about someone accidentally receiving a kilo of black tar heroin in the mail and dumping it around Alphabet City, and react to what we would have done in that situation. Then play a voicemail from a listener who shares a brutal story about accidentally burning his dick with farming chemicals while high,. And a bit of DTF St. Louis. We go through Spotify comments, connect with the Dopey Nation, and shout out listeners before bringing on comedian Allie Macofsky. With Ali, we get into nicotine addiction, vaping vs cigarettes, and the weird logic of quitting one thing by picking up another. We talk about early sobriety, relationships, and what it’s like to be young in recovery. Ali shares how her drinking escalated quickly in her late teens, including blackouts, risky behavior, and crashing her car, and how she first went to AA just to get her family off her back. We hear how she realized she couldn’t control her drinking, got sober at 20, and what it was like working the steps early on. We also talk about stepping away from recovery, becoming depressed, getting on medication, and eventually returning to meetings and finding relief again. The conversation touches on thoughts about drinking again, curiosity around psychedelics, and what it means to stay sober long-term while building a life and career. All that and a little bit more on this classically alcoholic new episode of dopey!
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Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Jeremy's Return! Shooting heroin in the Garage, Dopeywood Disaster & 6 Months of Silence

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:32:36 +0000

Full Show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 🔥 DOPEY SHOW NOTES Dave is in Los Angeles with childhood friend Jeremy, breaking down a lifetime of friendship, addiction, resentment, and survival. Jeremy tells the story of tearing his Achilles and relives Dopeywood chaos—including abandoning stage manager duties for his girlfriend’s birthday, which led to a six-month silent treatment from Dave. From first grade friendship, comic books, Hebrew school harmonies, and acid trips on NYC rooftops… the episode dives deep into their evolution into drugs—weed, acid, and SPOTIFY COMMENTS! And to listen to the rest - join patreon!
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Piss Pants Mushroom Jesus, Caked in Vomit VM, Dopey wood Review! Heroin!

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:46:22 +0000

Ad Free on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on the greatest Hits! We did Dopeywood at The Comedy Store We Sold it out.! Was pretty, pretty good! We Read a cool dopeywood review, Read commentts from Patreon and Spotify - and play an old voicemail from a kid who got sober at 15 after puking all over a girl in science class and sitting in it all day so his mom wouldn’t find out. Then the rplay! Chris eats a heroic dose of mushrooms, decides he’s Jesus, and instead of going to the bathroom just pisses the bed because… why not, he’s Jesus. Almost tells his parents he’s Jesus but decides they’ll just think he’s high. Plus loads of other stuff - and a little bit more!
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Dopey 578: Louis lost 10.2 Million Dollars to Gambling! PLUS Murder! Oxys! Coke! Nothing's off the Table!

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:37:12 +0000

DOPEYWOOD TICKETS: https://events.leapevents.com/event/dopeywood-2026 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We shout out some epic dopes! Katie B with 8 fucking years and Scott Wic with 6 years!!!! We play a VM from Axel. We read emails - spotify comments - the whole deal. LEAVE SPOTIFY COMMENTS PLEASE! Then we are joined by the host of the Nothing's Off the Table Podcast Louis LJ Ruggiero. Born into 'New York City Royalty' the son of renouned news anchor Rosanna Scotto. We cove a full descent from privileged NYC kid to full-blown addict: Xanax, coke, gambling, oxy addiction (30 pills a day), arrests, and the death of a friend. It escalates into a near brush with murder before landing in recovery and a strong stance on AA, accountability, and rejecting paid “sober influencer” culture. ALL THAT AND MORE! MORE MORE MORE! On this weeks new new new episode of that good old dopey show!
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A Listener $h!ts himself on a Carnival Ride After Doing Fake Cocaine. PLUS Hasnie the EMT/Belly Dancing Alcoholic, Pills, Recovery

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:49:10 +0000

DOPEYWOOD TICKETS: http://events.leapevents.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave tees up a Greatest Hits episode featuring Hasnie, a belly dancer turned first responder alcoholic with a wild, emotional story. Before that, we get a classic Dopey email about a reckless dealer named King who jumps out a window during a raid and later crashes a car doing whippets. Then shit gets real when Matt calls in mid-show ready to relapse. Dave and Ray talk him off the ledge in real time — and somehow even his dealers tell him not to use. Hasnie’s story is intense: early chaos, booze, pills, sex, trauma, sending her kids away, and hitting bottom hard. She gets sober after a moment of clarity, goes to rehab, and finds her footing in Gay AA and SLAA. She rebuilds her life, gets her kids back (including rescuing her daughter from Ukraine during war), becomes a first responder, and stays sober through COVID and real-life trauma. ALL THAT AND MORE ON A NEW YET STILL OLD EPISODE OF DOPEY!
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Behind the Dopey Red Hot Chili Peppers pt. 2 - Ben Feldman - Director of 'Rise of the Chili Peppers' Heroin, OD, Flea, Hillel

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:07:53 +0000

DOPEYWOOD TIX(ALMOST SOLD OUT!) showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave sits down with filmmaker Ben Feldman, director of The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel, for a deep, funny, and emotional conversation about music, addiction, and friendship. They get into the origins of the Chili Peppers, the insane creative scene in 80s LA, and the bond between Flea, Anthony, and Hillel Slovak. Ben talks about making the film, interviewing Flea and Anthony, and how losing his own best friend to addiction shaped the project. Dave connects it all to Dopey—losing Chris, losing Todd, and what it means to keep going after people die. There’s talk about sobriety actually being kind of fun, the loneliness of addiction, and the weird magic of finding connection. Plus: listener emails about cocaine and the Chili Peppers, a wild Jamaica Queens dope bust story, Spotify comments, Ram Dass, running, and a banjo cover of “Good So Bad.” It’s Dopey meets the Chili Peppers—with grief, laughter, and a lot of heart.
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Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Gas Station Heroin: Kratom, Withdrawal & Losing Everything with Heart Attack Doug

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:37:12 +0000

DopeyWood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 FULL SHOW ON PATREONL www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast ON THE TEASER: Heart Attack Doug AGAIN! For a chaotic Tuesday episode filled with tangents about music, meetings, and listener feedback. The tone shifts when Dave reads a detailed email from a listener addicted to 7-OH, a potent kratom extract sold in gas stations. What starts as a mild experiment quickly escalates into full dependence, with increasing tolerance, daily use in the hundreds of milligrams, financial strain, secrecy, and failed attempts to quit—even with Suboxone. Dave and Doug react with concern, noting the growing number of similar stories and questioning how such substances are widely available. They emphasize treatment, honesty, and community support, while pushing back against stigma—highlighting that addiction can take many forms, regardless of the substance. LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING ON PATREON!
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Dopey Total Replay: Ram Dass, Kicking Xylazine, GIRLS! Old Junky Business in NYC - Chris Pisses his Pants and Dry's them on Tanning Bed, Cok

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:31:07 +0000

Dopey Wood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Listen without Ads on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast: This week on the total Replay! Kicking Xylazine and other weird new compunds! Comments! Krby J explores early 80's NYC Junky stuff! Me and Chris talk Dopey TV Shows! Girls! All that and more! On this weeks new version of a ten year old show!
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Dopey 577: Andy Frasco: Cocaine, Mushrooms, Sex Addiction & The Party That Almost Killed Him, Jam Bands

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:33:52 +0000

Dopeywood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 NO ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 🧠 SUMMARY This week on Dopey! The AMAZING ANDY FRASCO comes to my dad's to record Dopey! First we read an email from a woman in recovery who used while she was pregnant. We read Spotify comments going off — crust punks, nitrous, and junkie nostalgia. Then Andy Frasco comes on and it goes everywhere — building a band off Craigslist, having sex with 200 people in high school, hooking up with a teacher, doing an 8-ball his first time, and turning into a full-blown party frontman. We get into cocaine, mushrooms, sex addiction, panic attacks, band breakups, and the weird line between partying and survival. Frasco talks about trying to slow down, actually feel things, and not become another dead rock story. All that and so much MORE! MORE! MORE! MORE! on a jammy episode of that old Dopey show.
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Confessions of A Crystal Meth Dealer Replay - Ditty Show on Dopey's Greatest Hits - with Wic!

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:03:45 +0000

DopeyWood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopey Greatest Hits! Scott Wic 6 Years! And Coked out voicemail! Spotify/Patreon Comments on Artie. In a whopper of a Dopey episode, we are joined by legendary meth head, Ditty and we hear possibly some of the Dopiest stories in the history of our show. From his first experiences with alcohol and cocaine to his insane crystal meth empire. With stints in rehab and jail, and coast to coast misadventures along the way! Plus So Much More! On the new/old Dopey show!

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Behind the Dopey: Hillel Slovak and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LA, Crack ,Jane's Addiction, Heroin, Death, Recovery with B. Getz

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:29:00 +0000

DOPEY WOOD TICKETS: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast UPFUL LIFE POD: upfullife.com This week on Wednesday's BEHIND THE DOPEY! The first half:

wild Spotify comments (crack paranoia, OD stories, MAT debates)
running/fitness talk
LSD-in-a-lake nostalgia
community love + Zoom + Patreon plugs

Then it shifts. B comes on and it gets real:

kratom → quitting → becoming a dad
identity change → from “being at the show” to being home
parenting as recovery

Then it goes deep into:

the LA 80s scene (punk, funk, rap, chaos)
Hillel Slovak’s innocence vs Anthony Kiedis’ early exposure
how addiction hit each of them differently
Frusciante’s rise → collapse → near death → comeback
Jane’s Addiction vs Chili Peppers culture
and ultimately…

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Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug Returns: Hospital Chaos, Trader Joe's Food Poisoning and Addiction Mind Games

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:51:26 +0000

DopeyWood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon for FULL SHOW: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast NOTE: The full episode has huge belly laughs at the end. PLUS: This show is a parody - Jackass is not a hotbed for antisemites Dave opens a Tuesday episode of Dopey with Heart Attack Doug returning after a serious hospital stay. Doug describes ignoring worsening symptoms, eventually going to the hospital, and enduring a chaotic, overcrowded emergency room experience before receiving treatment. Dave contrasts Doug’s health scare with the ongoing reality of addiction in the Dopey community, noting how many people still die from drugs. He shares his own recent experience getting sick, likely from food poisoning, after a hike and eating a Trader Joe’s chicken Caesar wrap. The episode shifts into community interaction, with Dave reading Spotify and Patreon comments. Many listeners send support to Doug while also jokingly preferring other guests like Aurora. The conversation touches on recovery topics, including sponsorship, honesty, and the mental patterns behind addiction—highlighted by a discussion of the “just one more” mindset. Dave reflects on the Dopey community, expresses appreciation, and teases future stories, including a cliffhanger about nearly being assaulted at a meeting. The episode ends with a listener performance of “Good So Bad.”

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ODING on Fentanyl at the Stoplight, 7-OH Relapse and Dopey 20 with Chris on the Dopey Total Replay Show!

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:02:06 +0000

Dopeywood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Total Replay! Steve Poltz is now officially part of the Dopeywood lineup! a Before the replay, Dave reads a long email from a listener who describes heroin and fentanyl use in Los Angeles, Portland, and New York City. The listener overdoses after snorting fentanyl in a car at a stoplight, uses again in the hospital, and later recounts several New York heroin connections involving Union Square, Harlem, Tompkins Square Park, Williamsburg, and an arrest that led to community service. A walk down memory lane. We then read Spotify comments about the Jeremy episode, including an apology from EK Fleck about criticizing his ibogaine story, and share a funny old story about Jeremy improvising with a shoe during a high school musical. The replayed old Dopey episode features Dave and Chris joking about who their listeners are, whether they are sober or using, and Chris mentioning that his sponsor hated the show and compared it to Wayne’s World. Dave then tells a story about a guy in Los Angeles who insisted on seeing him before his flight, drove him away from the airport to smoke weed, and indirectly caused Dave to realize he had missed his flight. The old episode ends with a brief discussion of “flash blood,” a dangerous practice in which people inject blood drawn from someone who has just used heroin. After the replay, Dave says he decided not to play Episode 21 after all. He reminisces about the Vietnamese food he and Chris always used to eat while recording. He then reads an email and plays a voicemail from Sarah. In the email, she describes relapsing after a car accident, getting pulled into kratom and then 7-OH, and feeling trapped in a cycle of dishonesty, withdrawal, and failed attempts to quit. In her voicemail, she talks about growing up in a culture where drinking was normalized, working in restaurants, blacking out regularly, and eventually realizing she had cracked her own windshield during a blackout and almost driven into a lake. She says she now has about two and a half years sober from alcohol. ALL THAT AND MORE! MORE! MORE! MORE! on a brand new episode of Dopey!
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Dopey 576: Crust Punk, Trans Superstar, Autistic Alcoholic, Whippets, Psychosis & Recovery Demystified - The Early Brunner Story

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:23:41 +0000

DopeyWood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Ad Free on $8 and up on Patreon - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Lots of good stuff with TRANS, CRUST PUNK, AlCOHOLIC SUPERSTAR - EARLY BRUNNER! We play a voicemail about someone burying a dead lizard with meth and later digging it up to do lines on the coffin! Spotify Comments! Someone questions my ibogaine/sublicad/vivtrol experience! Then we are joined by Early Brunner! Early describes growing up in Wisconsin feeling socially different and isolated, later identifying as autistic and queer. They begin using substances at a young age, first alcohol and cigarettes, then marijuana, finding that drugs helped them connect with others. In high school and early adulthood, their use escalates. After moving to Milwaukee for college, they drop out, develop a heavy alcohol problem, and become addicted to nitrous oxide. They attempt to stop drinking briefly but quickly relapse. They move to Austin, where their drinking worsens and leads to alcohol-induced psychosis, compounded by lack of sleep and unstable work. After a breakdown, they leave and move to Florida, where their drug use expands and their life becomes increasingly unstable and survival-focused. Early becomes fully immersed in a punk/crust lifestyle tied to substance use and identity. Over time, they begin recognizing the negative impact of addiction but continue using. Later, they become an EMT and witness deaths related to inhalant abuse, which they say is rarely discussed and carries significant shame. The episode ends with Early discussing their current recovery and work with “Recovery Demystified,” followed by Dave reflecting on the interview, addressing a critical listener comment, and closing with gratitude and show announcements. All that PLUS TONS MORE on this weeks new episode of the brand new Friday episode of the good old Dopey Show!
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Artie Lange: Heroin, Coke, Overdose, Suicide, Howard Stern, and the Day Everything Fell Apart, Dopey's Greatest Hits Replay

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:49:36 +0000

Dopeywood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 PAtreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits - The Patrons voted for Artie Lange! In one of my most proud moments - we had the honor of havingArtie Lange on the show. It happened two weeks before Chris died and was loaded with all kinds of crazy emotions. We talk about everything: Artie’s rise from Mad TV to the Howard Stern Show, how heroin took over his life, the insanity of fame, gambling, strippers, and self-destruction at the highest level. He tells stories that are as funny as they are fucked — Santa Claus shitting his pants, buying coke before Dirty Work, and getting high while becoming one of the biggest voices in radio. I cannot believe this even happened! Please send comments to dopeypodcast@gmail.com
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Meth Scissors, Kratom Wars and Zac Clark on MAT, Overcoming Trauma and Recovery for Fun and for Free and The Bachelorette Controversy

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:59:57 +0000

Dopey Wood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon for ad free listening: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Wednesday! We talk music and memories, Doug is improving, a mess of KRATOM comments on Spotify - Wendy's Meth scissors and a great walk down dopey memory lane. The main interview is with Zac Clark, who talks about Release Recovery, Chris’s old sober living days, clinicians relapsing, the line between treatment work and actual personal recovery, and why people who work in recovery still need their own meetings “for fun and for free.” Zac also talks about going to Onsite when he lost his joy, what it gave him, how therapy and recovery fit together, why he runs, what MAT means to him, and how a bank teller basically saved his life when he was at the end of his run. By the end, Dave and Zach get into competition, gratitude, social media, reality TV, running the marathon, fruit, and the Dopey Fitness Challenge, before Dave closes with updates on his own walking, pushups, Couch to 5K, and Dopeywood in LA. All that and more! On the latest Wednesday of that old school Dopey Show.
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Tuesday Teaser - Pray for Heart Attack Doug! Drama in the Dopey Nation? Fear of Never Using/Drinking Again with Aurora...

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:55:26 +0000

DopeyWood Tickets here ! https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon for the whole show! www,patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Dopey Tuesday teaser with Aurora! Heart Attack Doug is in the hospital for an angioplasty and asks for prayers, leading to a conversation about group prayer, aging, and mortality. Aurora shares a story about a friend dying from undetected lung cancer, which spirals into both of them admitting they lied to doctors about smoking history out of paranoia and defiance. They shift into classic Dopey banter — procrastination, avoidance, working out, and life admin — before reading Spotify comments. Then the episode turns into a deeper recovery moment: Aurora admits she had her first real “I want to drink wine in Europe” thought in years while planning a trip to France. Dave relates with thoughts of smoking weed in Humboldt County, and they unpack FOMO in long-term sobriety. The conversation drifts into replacing addiction with other behaviors (shopping, work, exercise), purpose, and how recovery evolves over time. The teaser ends with a Patreon plug teasing two topics: Aurora pulling back from meetings and Dave having a strong emotional reaction to a listener. LISTEN AT www.Patreon.com/dopeypodcast
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Smoking Weed on the Plane! Jeremy's First Appearance! Meth, Heroin, EZ Pass Recovery

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:29:19 +0000

Dopey Wood Tickets! https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Total Replay we replay - Dopey Episode 19: “Smoking on Plane”, the first appearance of his childhood friend Jeremy! Before the replay, we explain Jeremy’s history - from smoking weed and doing psychedelics together as kids in Manhattan to later doing heroin with Todd. We also talk about the Dopey Fitness Challenge, and plays a voicemail from Dade about underage drinking, Spiritualized, getting stung by a bee, vomiting on the side of the road, and getting arrested in North Carolina for driving after having consumed alcohol within 24 hours. In the replayed episode itself, Dave, Chris, and Jeremy joke around about Jeremy being late, EZ Pass disasters, old LA stories, blood in bathrooms from shooting dope, Todd escaping out a window to avoid Jeremy’s parents, and Jeremy’s drug history. Jeremy talks about how he did plenty of drugs but was able to stop when heroin started interfering with his acting work and life, while Dave and Chris frame that as the difference between an addict and someone who isn’t afflicted the same way. The centerpiece is Jeremy’s insane “smoking weed on a plane” story, where he rolls a joint, sneaks into the airplane bathroom before takeoff on a flight from London to New York, smokes it, gets caught by a flight attendant, lies and says it was a cigarette, then somehow gets away with it. After the replay, Dave reflects on how early Dopey was more about comedy and chaos than feelings, plugs Save Spot, stickers, Patreon, Dopeywood, and teases future merch and a possible guest named Cece. All that and more???? On the latest dopey total replay! Write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com
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Dopey 575: Acid in the Eyes! Oxy, Kratom, DMT, and the Gobi Desert: Ken Rideout and the Other Side of Hard

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:27:43 +0000

Dopeywood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey we are joined by high endurance athlete and author of The Other Side of Hard, Ken Rideout! Who tells us of his super rough, tough and ultimately extremely inspiring story! From starting on the mean streets of Boston to NYC and London Wealth to DMT ceremonies, to winning crazy ultra endurance races on the Gobi dessert and being the fastest marathoner over the age of 50! All the while becoming completely addicted to opioids and his path to get off! PLUS - Did a listener drink and get robbed by Chris? Acid in the Eyes! The $100 Patreon Tier uncovered and so much MORE! On this brand new super robust episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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OC 30's, Crack Runs, Shooting Cocaine into a Pick Line into His Heart - Chris’ Sponsor Dylan – Dopey's Greatest Hits

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:01:55 +0000

DOPEYWOOD 2 TICKETS: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast notes: Dopey Greatest Hits intro + Patreon pitch (26 cents a day rant) Dave reflecting on Dopey music + Long Island accent creep Episode 182 setup: Dylan (Chris’ sponsor) Ishmael + Chopped & Screwed nostalgia GoFundMe origin story for Dopey gear Spotify comments + Dave’s obsession Swedish listener email: Amphetamine → meth → heroin Psychosis with voices + shotgun paranoia Recovery attempt + NA hesitation Transition to Dylan interview Dylan Story: Grew up in Cape Cod, early alcoholism Hits and kills a child at 16 (huge trauma) Years of drinking, chaos, DUIs, trucking Ski bum + blackout lifestyle Alcohol hepatitis (liver bleeding) First oxy → instant love → addiction Builds trucking company while using Withdrawal realization → full addiction Peak Dopey Insanity: Cross-country trucking + heroin addiction 5-day crack run in Jacksonville Running out of dope in North Carolina Buying crack instead Homeless crews + chaos Losing partner for days Pissing himself in hotel Shooting coke + heroin Infection → PICC line into heart Shooting drugs into heart line Multiple overdoses, arrests, psych wards Recovery: Mountainside intake (manual labor deal) Jail → “dick in the dirt” prayer moment Spiritual shift begins Hardcore recovery pursuit: Meetings, meditation, spirituality obsession Living on farm caring for animals + old couple Gradual transformation → peace moments Chris Section (Heavy): Chris’ growth → overwhelming life Relapse timeline (~6 weeks) Discussion of pressure + identity Grief + aftermath Ending: Chopped & Screwed “gayest episode ever” segment Dave reflecting on last good night with Chris Review from listener about addict spouse Dylan appreciation + legacy talk “Fucking toodles for Chris”
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Heroin Dreams & Gas Station Kratom: The Dopey Kratom Deep Dive with Jana Wu

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:53:18 +0000

Dopeywood 2 Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 PATREON LISTEN WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Wednesday! I talk about a crazy using dream - read spotify comments and we deep dive into the world of Kratom with Jana Wu!
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Raytreon Teaser - Pedophiles - Sex with teachers - Stealing yearbook

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:16:32 +0000

Dopeywood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 FULL EP Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey I’m joined by the one and only Stephen Raymond Douglas Brown, aka Ray, and we get into everything from Cameron Crowe’s Allman Brothers stories to Jeffrey Dahmer glasses and the weird evolution of the name “Stephen.” We read an email from a listener asking how to make friends at AA meetings and what the rules of sharing are. Ray tells the incredible story of meeting a gay porn star in recovery, we talk about sharing for laughs at meetings, anti-Semitism in AA, and whether Ben Croxton stole Ray’s high school yearbook. LISTEN TO THE FULL EP ON PATREON!
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Dopey Total Replay - Episode 18 - DXM, Drinking Piss, Wasted at Goose with Alex

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:54:05 +0000

Dopeywood 2 Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Ad free on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the great hits! Chris's friend Alex comes through to tell us all about how he drank piss and toook DXM - plus lots of psychedelics and DMT too! Plus emails about how to make friends at meetings and tripping at Grateful Dead and Goose shows! Plus lots lots more shenanigans of this old episode of this new dopey show!
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Dopey 574: From No-Teeth Teen Meth Kingpin to 6 Years Sober – Faith Hill's (Not the Country Singer) Fentanyl Near-Death & Family Murder Stor

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:16:00 +0000

Dopeycon 2 tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Listen without ads on patreon tier $8 and up: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave returns from Madison, Wisconsin after recording for Recovery.com and recounts a miserable night wandering the airport like a sleep-deprived junkie without benzos. After reading Spotify comments about the Jamie Lee Curtis episode, Dave plays a wild listener voicemail about smoking crack in Chicago and jumping out of a moving car. Then an email about meth, toads, and a nearly poisoned dog leads Dave to discover the word anhedonia. The episode’s main event is a raw interview with Faith Hill (not the country singer)—a former meth dealer from Missouri who started smoking meth at 14, sold half-pounds while carrying guns, survived a suicide attempt with fentanyl-pressed Xanax, and ultimately rebuilt her life after losing all her teeth to addiction. Faith shares stories of violence, loss, paranoia, and how she finally found recovery. ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE! on a brand new spanking non country music episode of dopey!
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Dopey Greatest Hits: The True Story of BLOW! George Jung, Poodle Valium & CRAZY TEXAS TWEAKING STORY! PLUS Stealing Drugs in Sweden VM!

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Dopeywood 2026 Tix: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 LISTEN WITH NO ADS ON PATREON $* tier or up: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey Thursday Greatest We go back to my classic interview with George Jung from Blow. Before that I read a totally insane email about meth, acid, tweaker camps, and a weird little church in Texas, plus Spotify comments, a voicemail from Kirby about stealing Valium from a poodle! PLUS we end the show Ray and my Dad. ALL THAT AND MORE!!!! on the new DGH!
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Jennifer Gimenez, Tim Ryan, George Jung, Andy Dick, Kratom, recovery

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:06:32 +0000

Dopeywood 2026 tix: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 LISTEN WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this week’s Wednesday Dose of Dopey! Tim Ryan and Jennifer Gimenez. Jen talks Blow, their friendship with George Jung, and helping Andy Dick get sober. Tim tells the brutal story of losing his son, working interventions, and why he thinks the recovery industry is full of bullshit. We also get into Kratom, harm reduction, fentanyl, and why recovery is life or death. Plus listener stories, Spotify comments, and lots of Dopey Nation love. PLUS MUCH MORE ON the wednesday DOPEY!
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Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug, Larry’s Funeral & the my blind neglected goldfish

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:47:36 +0000

DOPEYWOOD 2026 Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 FULL DOUG SHOW: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the teaser, I’m sitting at the dining room table with Heart Attack Doug talking about Crosstalk Larry’s funeral, the insane number of people who showed up, and the weirdest thing ever — a giant aquarium full of birds at the funeral home. We also get into Susan’s new 3D printer, my horrible track record with pets (including a blind goldfish that’s somehow still alive), Doug’s eBay guitar hustle, and Facebook banning a listener for listing his drugs of choice. Plus MORE!
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Dopey Total Replay Episode 17 - Joe Shrank Vomits a ton of Curly Fries on his date! Plus Drugs, addiction and dumb shit!

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:27:47 +0000

DOPEYWOOD 2026 Tickets! https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Ad free Dopey - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Total Dopey Replay we go way back to Episode 17 with the great Joe Schrank. Me, Chris and Joe get into addiction policy, sober living, relapse, harm reduction, AA, and whether Dopey is actually bad for the recovery community. It gets smart, stupid, and very old school Dopey. Plus Joe tells an all-time disgusting story about getting hammered at USC and puking Cajun curly fries all over some poor girl. If you like early Dopey with me and Chris figuring it out in real time, this is a good one.
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Dopey 573: Jamie Lee Curtis Returns! 27 Years Sober, How did she do it? + Meth Mites, Relapse, DUI in Vegas with Jeremy Turner

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:24:04 +0000

Dopeywood 2 Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast JAMIE COMES ON ABOUT 30 Minutes in! This week on Dopey! Jamie Lee Turner is BACK! And so is JEREMY TURNER! We read emails, play a crazy whale watching tripping voicemail, a kicking kratom email and then we get to the amazing and fabulous Jamie Lee Curtis! Jamie brings the recovery! Her awakening, daily routine (3 daily readings + 3 gratitudes/fears/attribute texts to chains), defects (people-pleasing/fawning/fear/confrontation avoidance), agency from sobriety, ideas/production success (Scarpetta series with Nicole Kidman, Blumhouse deal, Mother Nature eco-horror). She praises Dopey as profound/Nobel-level work, critiques self-deprecation as humiliation (Hannah Gadsby quote), and shares Bear role insights (Donna's sobriety arc). She was super great! Jeremy Turner (Oregon by way of Louisiana) calls in: meth mites (not mental, from gorse plant?), recent DUI/car tow in Vegas, heavy drinking relapse after 8 sober months, current meth use (snorting/smoking, no shooting), new Long Island sponsor "on break," job painting, girlfriend losing hope, fentanyl panic after intentional test puff, desire for abstinence but chasing tail cycle. Dave urges sleep, sponsor reconnection, Dopey Zoom check-ins. ALL THAT AND MORE< MORE, MORE!!!! on this weeks BRAND NEW EPISODE of that GOOD OLD DOPEY SHOW!
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Jessica Kent's First Episode! Gave Birth in Prison Chains: Journey from Heroin Dealer to Mom Dopey's Greatest Hits

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:36:24 +0000

Dopeywood 2 Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 LISTEN WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on "Dopey's Greatest Hits" replay of episode 240 with Jessica Kent (prison YouTuber and recovering addict), recorded during the early pandemic from Dave’s attic. Dave opens with current (2020-era) updates: promoting an upcoming Dopey Wood 2 comedy show in LA (featuring Marc Maron, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, etc.), the Dopey Foundation, Patreon perks, free Narcan/test strips offers, and the ongoing Dopey sticker contest. He reads recent Spotify comments praising/recapping previous episodes (Brace Belden, nitrous stories, etc.), plays a listener voicemail about teenage nitrous abuse, then transitions into the main replay. The core interview covers Jessica Kent’s life: early alcohol/pill use starting at ~12–13 in upstate New York, progression to IV heroin at 17, selling drugs (weed → heroin → meth), magazine subscription sales crews while on the run, $30k+ dealer debts, robberies by partners, running from charges, accidental meth introduction in Arkansas, pregnancy and arrest (3 weeks pregnant, 2 oz meth + gun charge), giving birth in prison while in leg chains, fighting for custody of her daughter Micah post-release, white-knuckle sobriety driven by DHS requirements/hair-follicle tests, eventual full custody, and building a new life (YouTube, podcast, degree). She describes prison violence (fights over petty things like 50¢ pizza sauce, beating a child sex offender), disdain for 12-step culture in her experience, identity crisis after getting clean, and how motherhood became her anchor (not 12 steps or traditional recovery programs). Dave closes with his father (the recurring "sweet father" segment) reading iTunes reviews, kvelling over rankings, discussing privilege critiques, financial responsibility in recovery, and playing Bob Forrest’s “Comfortably Numb” cover + “Good So Bad” to end. ALL THAT MORE MORE MORE on the newest Old replay episode of that good old dopey show...
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Meth, Epstein Trauma, Sex, Abstinence, Summer of Men with Hannah Sward

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:18:21 +0000

Dopey wood Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Ad free dopey: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Dopey Wednesday, I read some Dopey Nation emails + Spotify comments, play a killer voicemail from Mick Popham (dope-sick train ride, shitting in a stairwell, 20 years later: gratitude), and then I’m joined by returning guest Hannah Sward (Strip / “Summer of Men”). Hannah gets super real about trauma, dissociation, and how old stuff gets triggered—plus how meth took over in LA (dealers, chaos, dark nights, “Speed in the Bushes,” all of it). We also get into her steamy Substack and the whole question of casual sex in recovery—what feels free, what feels risky, and what it costs. PLUS MORE! All that and much much more on today's Wednesday Dose of Dopey!
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Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser -Dopey Tuesday Patren Teaser - Heart Attack Doug - How to Stay Sober if you aren't doing any work

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:59:29 +0000

Dopey wood tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Full Episode: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Dopey Tuesday, Dave and Heart Attack Doug remember Cross Talk Larry — the vegetarian, money-collecting, sweat-soaked meeting staple who felt like he’d always been there… until he wasn’t. They talk about the fleeting nature of lifein AA, the uncomfortable debate about flowers and donations, and whether sobriety protects you from dying (spoiler: it doesn’t). Plus: The air fryer conspiracy. Raw chicken legs. A relapse email that hits hard. The realization that your mind can still try to destroy you — even sober. And Dave puts Doug on the spot about sponsorship, step work, and what’s actually keeping him sober now. AI NOTES AND GRAPHICS - SORRY EVERYONE!
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Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Heart Attack Doug - How to Stay Sober if you aren't doing any work

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:12:20 +0000

Dopey wood tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Full Episode: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast On this Dopey Tuesday, Dave and Heart Attack Doug remember Cross Talk Larry — the vegetarian, money-collecting, sweat-soaked meeting staple who felt like he’d always been there… until he wasn’t. They talk about the fleeting nature of life in AA, the uncomfortable debate about flowers and donations, and whether sobriety protects you from dying (spoiler: it doesn’t). Plus: The air fryer conspiracy. Raw chicken legs. A relapse email that hits hard. The realization that your mind can still try to destroy you — even sober. And Dave puts Doug on the spot about sponsorship, step work, and what’s actually keeping him sober now. AI NOTES AND GRAPHICS - SORRY EVERYONE!
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Dopey Total Replay: “The City in My Boxers” (Ep. 16 LSD Trip + Glausta! Chowda! Crust Punks!Mark’s Detox Prank Call)

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:04:41 +0000

Listen without Ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopeywood 2 tix: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 A Monday Dopey Total Replay where Dave sets up classic Dopey Episode 16—the one with Chris’s legendary “city in my boxers” LSD trip and Mark’s long, chaotic prank call to a detox intake. Along the way Dave reads Spotify comments (including kratom taper talk and new listeners coming from the Billy Strings episode), shares a voicemail story about meth, a blow-up with in-laws, and a late-season Sonoran Desert toad that leads to a 5-MeO-DMT “purge.” The replay captures early Dopey’s exhausted, bickering chemistry—cookies vs donuts, quitting cigarettes, Gloucester “chowder” nonsense—and Dave closes by reflecting on the early origin of “toodles,” asking for voicemails, problems, and more phony phone calls.
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Dopey 573: Stabbed a Kid in 8th Grade, Turned Purple OD’ing on Fentanyl in Jail, Boofed His Cell Phone During Raid, Dopesick & Snowed In at

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

This week on DOPEY! We welcome Philly Junky, Artist, Book and Game Designer Dave Marques! We start reading the Jenni Spotify comments. Play Allison voicemail (paramedic blowjob in ambulance post-Christian rehab relapse), Miles voicemail (veins wrecked by crack run, imaging lab vein scan horror, switched to sniffing/smoking/femoral). Reads Dana email (using while listening to dopey, Philly trank/xylazine hell, 10-year heroin/PCP run, funny bad gas station robbery story). Dave connects deeply, offers help (Dopey Nation socials/Zoom, 25 meetings/week), we stress that recovery is doable. Dave Marquez (Philly artist, inventor of Relapse vs Recovery game/activity book, ~10 years sober 6/9/16). Dave Marquez interview highlights (starts ~27:52):

Early life/family addiction — Kindergarten stealing at Nativity school, mom prison check fraud/coke/heroin, dad PCP/meth/LSD chemist (horse dewormer contract, biker gang supplier), Moonies kidnapping half-brother Jesse, parents split kids no custody, dad took Dave after mom prison/grandma rehab/aunt binge, dad sober then full alcoholic (nice sloppy drunk, Eagles yelling).
Teen years/drugs — Pot/PCP 7th grade (~12), "love boat" blunts, rainy days romance, graffiti start 97–98 (SEV/Shiva tag), stabbed kid 8th grade (utility cutter), juvie Pittsburgh 18 months (school + D&A program, "yes them" to get out).
High school fall — Ankle bracelet 9th grade, friend OD heroin, vice principal fight on PCP, multiple expulsions ($80k graffiti damage), umpiring/job purpose lost to girl/drugs.
Adult spiral — Daughter born 2004, dad death 2007 heart attack (no 911 to save ambulance cost), inherited $30k → oxy dealer → heroin, escort driving (pinching bags, chaos), scams (Dave & Buster’s tickets, college copper theft, steak return scam with mom, fake bills), lost everything, daughter’s mom left after needles found.
Jail/fentanyl era — Multiple arrests (shoplifting, attempted carjacking hiding in dryer), fentanyl OD in jail (snorted 2 bags, turned purple, lawyer visit saved him, pre-Narcan), worst detox Montgomery County (puking bile, shitting bunk, Ativan shower), 3 weeks hole (disoriented, makeshift chess/solitaire).
Bottom & recovery — Turned down free bag in Gen Pop (first "no" in 20 years), parole home, 3 months clean no detox spot, self-made meeting papers judge accepted, mom helped (attic, toiletries), reconnected daughter at 16–18, good relationship now.
Sober life/art — Car painting job via Ray (wash → prep), murals/barber shops, enamel pins/coloring books, Relapse vs Recovery game (card game from New Year’s inspiration, recovery/12-step jargon humor, Instagram @relapsevsrecoverygame, gamecrafter.com, Amazon/Meta struggles drug content). Ends grateful for purpose/creativity in sobriety, teases Patreon video game play.

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Dopey's Greatest Hits: Brace Belden First Dopey - Why is Meth so Popular in California? Truanon, Heroin, Syria, San Francisco, Recovery

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads here: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Tickets for Dopeywood 2: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 This week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! Brace Belden's first episode (Patreon poll winner). We share Ray Brown's "Home Sweet Heroin" parody origin (Nikki Sixx drama), Dopey music history (UltiScrub, Good So Bad, Fentanyl J, Damon), and teases the NEW Spotify page. Plays old voicemails: Matt Wiedemeier Carroll (Waiting for Tonight 5-year anniversary, 117 days sober) and Kimber King (ketamine freakout, 20 months sober). Reads Spotify comments on Fentanyl Jay ep (love/hate, prison update, negative "murderer" email). Eric Poppismurff responds (benzo info, resources). Then the highlights of Brace: a raw, wide-ranging conversation with Brace (punk rocker, communist, podcaster of TrueAnon, heroin/meth addict in recovery). Brace opens up about his life: early punk obsession (Black Sabbath to Ramones/Misfits at 12), first drug use (salvia at 11–12, hill fire/arrest, weed soon after), mom's suicide at 6 (coke addict, depression), compartmentalization as coping mechanism. Teen years in continuation school (smoking allowed, flower shop credits), first opiates (Vicodin/Percocet at 17), OxyContin discovery after moving out, transition to heroin in Tenderloin ($10 high), Dr. Z dealer (SRO, pigeon shooting, jail), Jacques (MS heroin dealer), stealing from flower shops/girlfriend, arrest for $9 meth buy, rehab cycles, basement apartment gutter snipes/clonidine kick. Later Syrian resistance (2015–2016, 7 months fighting ISIS with Kurds, no opiates there, ketamine for wounds), return (lied to everyone), brewery job/union campaign, TrueAnon start (2019), ongoing sleep struggle (melatonin bullshit, trazodone dreams, Benadryl suggestion). All that and tons and tons more on a brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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Dopey Wednesday: Deck the Hall's with Mom's Suboxone! Kevin McEnroe Returns! Mushrooms Epiphany! Blended Family Wedding Miracle!

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:33:30 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopeywood 2 tickets https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Today on Dopey Wednesday! Dave (still shaking off a cold, snowed in on Long Island) pays tribute to Larry (“Crosstalk Larry”) — a beloved meeting guy who recently passed away. Larry was a kind, positive soul who yelled “keep coming!” at every meeting’s end, welcomed newcomers, collected the basket for personal contact, showed up in hospitals and court, attended three DopeyCons and the Margaret Cho show, and lost his son to murder years ago. Dave reflects on missing Larry’s kind heart and vows to try to be kinder. Lots of Spotify Bob talk! The main talk is a powerful, emotional return with Kevin Jack McEnroe (author, former nightlife figure, son of Tatum O’Neal). Kevin opens up about his family’s addiction legacy: Tatum’s lifelong struggles (childhood coke from Ryan O’Neill, celebrity enabling, stroke/coma in 2020), Ryan’s estrangement, Kevin’s own heroin/coke/vodka spiral, liver failure, treatment, Suboxone, and the infamous Christmas visit where Tatum smoked weed in the hotel room while Kevin was newly sober. He shares the deck-the-halls-with-mom’s-Suboxone story, codependency/survivor guilt, boundary-setting (“I can’t keep convincing you to live”), and how the stroke/facility humility saved her life. Kevin reflects on being a bad liar, ring secrecy with Fern, Sergio the blind heroin dealer, and how recovery brought peace, blended-family wedding moments, and hope. All that and MORE! on a brand new Wednesday episode of that good old Dopey Snow - i mean show.
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Tuesday Teaser - What is Recovery? Heart Attack Doug Returns – Snowblower Betrayal, English Country Rankings & Alternative Drugs and Recover

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:24:09 +0000

Listen to the whole episode at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Buy Dopeywood 2026 Tickets at https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Today on Dopey! THIS WAS RECORDED PRE-BLIZZARD - Dave (still shaking off a cold) welcomes back Heart Attack Doug for a classic Tuesday Teaser — Upcoming storm hype, English-speaking country rankings (America/Australia top, Canada/England/South Africa debated), Australian Bush Mechanics docu-series rec, Dopey sticker sightings, and Doug’s new band (cowboy hats, KKK rally jokes, bald head denial). Dave plugs Dopeywood 2026 (April 12 Comedy Store LA), Patreon (ad-free + Wednesday Zoom), Narcan/test strips, custom stickers (code DOPEY20), reads Spotify comments, talks Rolling Stone Yellow Balloon article (with Papa Smurf/Erin Khar help and more!
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Dopey Total Replay #15 - Sneaking into MSG, Chris, Kratom 70H!

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:31:56 +0000

Listen without Ads at www.patron.com/dopeypodcast Dopeywood 2 Tickets! https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Dopey podcast, Episode 15 replay, Knicks Madison Square Garden sneak, Chris interruption love, stay strong origin, Breaking Bad rewatch, Kevin McEnroe Spotify comments, coke paranoia voicemail, shadow people crack, Narcan test strips, Mountainside sponsor, Oro Recovery sponsor, Orchard on the Brazos sponsor, Recovery Unplugged sponsor, Dopeywood 2026, Good So Bad cover, dopeypodcast@gmail.com

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Dopey 572: CLASSIC DOPEY! Jenni G. – Rave Ecstasy to Heroin Hell, Mushrooms Epiphany & California Sober + Intense Coke Paranoia Voicemail &

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast buy tickets for dopey wood 2026 at https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Today on Dopey! this week on Dopey — We reconnect with Jenni G. Rochester rave survivor, Purchase/White Plains running buddy via Aurora. They unpack decades: Jenni’s attic stoner days, early acid/coke/ecstasy raves (Toronto runs, Sputnik parties, Rabbit in the Moon Doors cover), PCP bong hits, heavy heroin spiral (via Dave/Todd/DK circle), Brooklyn dope-sick chaos (doom sessions, Afrin-bottle tar smoking), California sober shift (mushrooms epiphany, divorce, working out), and current North Carolina life (California sober, thrifting, no heroin/ecstasy since kids). Jenny opens up about childhood trauma (abusive junkie dad, sexual abuse), brother’s $300K safe heist gone wrong, jail/probation dodging, and cold-turkey quit post-pregnancy. Dave reflects on linked timelines (heroin origins, shared friends, Southern roots insight), misses Todd, plugs sponsors (Oro, Mountainside, Orchard, Recovery Unplugged), reads Spotify comments on Kevin McEnroe ep, teases Dopeywood 2026, and closes with listener’s raw “Good So Bad” cover. Nostalgic, intense, hopeful — stay strong/toodles.
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Dopey's Greatest Hits: Confessions of. a Fentanyl Dealer - The Rise and Fall of Fentanyl Jay

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Today on Dopey's Greatest Hits!! Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer! Jay opens up about his wild past: seventh-grade turkey scam hustle for his first ounce of weed, early fights and assaults building a violent rep, slug life gang brawls, first juvie (Westbury JDC horrors: Jenny Craig food theft, toothbrush shank), group home connects, escalating from weed to major coke dealing (quarter keys, cut with lidocaine/Nestlé), crooked cop stories, body brokering in Florida/California (paying addicts thousands to hit private detoxes for insurance cash), fentanyl pill empire (3k pills + loose quarter kilo hauls), Arizona Mexi connects, Ohio traffic stop bust (canine, massive fentanyl load), and rock-bottom overdose in Jamaica, Queens. Dave reflects on J's talent/magnetism, never giving up hope, current jail status, and pulls for him hard. Spotify comments read (Philip your dad on WTF nostalgia/tear-up banjo cover, Ray warning on free-lapsing/nitrous danger, Minnesota Matt praising persistence/family rebuild, Upyar questioning socks gimmick, Sean/Shawna/Kirby/Mr. Jason shoutouts), Dopeywood 2026 plug (April 12 Comedy Store LA — Maron, Bobby Lee, Cho, Hammond, No Towers, Makovsky, Miller — tickets flying), Patreon ad-free love, Nora's 16th birthday emotional spoil, and "Good So Bad" close.AND MORE!
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Bob Forrest Unloads: PhoneWednesday Dose of Dopey: Bob Forrest - Crack can Cure Meth Addiction', Phones Are the New Drugs, Unity Beats Divis

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastToday on Dopey! We promote Dopeywood 2026 tickets (April 12 at Comedy Store LA with Marc Maron, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, Darrell Hammond, Sam Miller, Allie Makovsky, Zach Noe Towers.Tickets For Dopeywood 2026: https://www.showclix.com/event/dopeywood-2026Also if you want free Narcan/fentanyl test strips write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com We Read glowing Spotify feedback on the "Yellow Balloon" episode (jam band recovery groups like Much Obliged), including shoutouts to Benji, hippie Earl's gratitude lists/Secret Santa, and defends five-days-a-week Dopey. Shares Dana's email/story: Philly trank/xylazine struggles, listening while using (sad/lonely but less alone), hilarious failed gas station robberies with an oxy coworker (no masks/weapons, polite denials, eventual $300 haul for pills/McDonald's). Then dives into a marathon convo with Bob Forrest (Don't Die podcast, Celebrity Rehab, Thelonious Monster): Bob's anti-device/oligarch rant (Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos/curated feeds as modern Matrix, Bob Marley money quote, fight fake reality, turn off phones, go outside), social media dividing people (Gaza/Pizzagate/Epstein conspiracies as distractions from economic rape), drug market shifts (meth in fentanyl to preserve customers post-Narcan, cocaine resurgence over crazy-making meth, Kratom ubiquity as "non-addictive" supplement denial), modern addicts numbing vs. old-school enhancement, generational hopelessness (kids glued to iPads, no humor/alive feeling), AA tough love vs. today's softness, economic insecurity fearlessness in recovery, personal racism persistence, unity/civility over war, and life's joy in helping addicts. Ends with Mike Martt/Nick Thorpe's "Good So Bad" cover!SEO Search Terms: Suggested Title: Today on Dopey! Wednesday Dose: Bob Forrest Rants Oligarchs/Social Media Matrix, Fentanyl Meth Shifts, Unity Over Division + Nora's Sweet Sober Dad Moment (Valentine's 2026)
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ROBUST RAYTREON TEASER! Today on Dopey! Minnesota Matt’s Wild Peru Coke Cliffhanger (Pure Lines, Airport Smuggle Risk & Threesome Tease)

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

FIREY FULL EP www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastToday on Dopey! Dave and new co-host Doug Brown kick off a banked Tuesday Patreon episode from Sayville (prepping for Florida trip, five-days-of-Dopey debate: 30 fans love it, 1 says it's too much). Dave reflects on negativity bias (2 bad comments haunt more than 98 good ones), aging roasts ("you're so old" from Ingrid Casares), sugar/carb break progress, processed food blame for modern misery (WWII San Diego streets clip), John Joseph shoutout (Chrome Ags, upcoming book, Ken Rideout hookup). Mostly mailbag: Minnesota Matt's epic Peru travel relapse tale (23yo, 30 days sober → heavy drinking on flight → cheap pure Peruvian coke from pool-hall connect, $10/gram clean lines, numb throat euphoria, dilemma on 3 leftover grams before La Paz flight to Bolivia, drug-dog risks, coke-fueled threesome tease — cliffhanger for Patreon). Matt now 8 months sober, praises Dopey tipping point, family rebuild, Chris/Todd tribute. Ends with "Good So Bad" playout and toodles for Chris.
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Dopey Total Replay: Tales from the Plug (Ep 13) – Dealer Rip-Offs, Car Chases, Crack OD Reversals & Meth Jail Madness, Chris RIP

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Today on Total Dopey Replay! We are replaying the classic 2016 Episode 13: "Tales from the Plug" — raw early Dopey with Dave and Chris swapping dealer horror stories, rip-offs, close calls, and dumb shit. ). Listener voicemails shine: James Dehart's wild crack-reverse-overdose tale (eye-reset magic), and Haley Shell's epic Mississippi meth-tweak chaos (self-Cheddar-Bob gunshot, swallowing shards in cop car, dirty towel compress, jail sweat puddle). Ends with Dave's song snippet and plugs for emails, Spotify comments, Patreon, Wednesday Zooms, stickers, and more Dopeycon/YouTube love.All that and MORE! on this brand new 10 year old Dopey Episode!
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Dopey 570: A Listener Flushes a Ton of Heroin Whilst on Acid! PLUS Kevin McEnroe (Son of John): $5,000-a-Week Oxy to Heroin Spiral, Mom Tatu

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:18:18 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! We have the great Kevin Jack McEnroe, son of John McEnroe and (world class heroin addict-in recovery) Tatum ONeil! We start with emails and voicemails and spotify comments - Dustin on his Kratom Replapse and Leroy's crazy finding and flushing heroin on acid! Then we get to the meat of the show with Kevin McEnroe: Kevin McEnroe grew up in a house where everyone already knew his last name. In this unguarded conversation with David Manheim, Kevin talks about being the son of two famous parents while managing fear, secrecy, and responsibility far beyond his years. He describes protecting his mother through her addiction, learning early how to split public image from private truth, and eventually becoming the very thing he swore he wouldn’t: a full-blown addict.From opiates and alcohol to liver failure, pancreatitis, and waking up in a hospital bed at 33, Kevin walks us through from denial to collapse. He opens up about selling his first novel while secretly drinking, faking composure, and the humiliation of being known but not respected — recognized as “McEnroe’s kid,” but unsure who he was as an individual.This is a conversation about inherited chaos, codependency, ego, shame, and what happens when you finally stop trying to outrun your story. It’s about service. About humility. About the strange relief of admitting you don’t know what to do.Kevin is sober now. He teaches tennis and he writes every day. He’s building a life that feels like his own.ALL THAT AND MORE!!!!!! on this week's brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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Marc Maron Replay! Driving Louis CK whilst on Heroin! Coke! Comedy! Recovery! Booze1 The Comedy Store!

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:47:22 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey's Greatest Hits! We go back in time to our first episode with Marc Maron at the Ludlow Hotel. Born from a chance street encounter after a big cancellation. Interspersed are listener voicemails (classic DC crack misadventure), Spotify comments, a sober dental encouragement email, Dopey Wood 2026 hype, and a heartfelt banjo cover of Dave’s song. The Maron talk covers deli obsession, early drug fears, cocaine psychosis, heroin flirtations, recovery persistence, podcast origin, and soulful interviewing—ending with gratitude for Maron’s role in Dopey’s survival and credibility.All that and MORE MORE MORE on the brand new yet many years old episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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Yellow Balloons Saved My Life – How Sober Hippies Built Secret Recovery Tables at Phish, Dead & Billy Shows! Heroin! Coke! Disco Biscuits! W

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:22:28 +0000

This week on Dopey!Dave dives headfirst into the surprisingly powerful world of Yellow Balloon groups — sober support tables that have become lifelines for recovering addicts and alcoholics at jam-band shows. The episode blends personal stories, history, and community vibes with guests Benji Rosenzweig (Storied Podcast, One Show at a Time) and Jen Dawson (Alia Health Group, hardcore Fellowship member). We hear the origin of Wharf Rats (Grateful Dead sober scene), how Fellowship (Phish-focused) branched off, and how dozens of similar groups now exist for bands like Goose, Billy Strings, Umphrey’s McGee, Tyler Childers, and more. Dave shares his own outsider curiosity as someone who used shows purely as open-air drug markets, while Benji and Jen describe how the yellow balloon became a beacon in chaotic concert environments. It’s part recovery fellowship, part parking-lot hang, part set-break gratitude circle, and — for many — the place where real connection replaced isolation.ALL THAT AND MORE ON THE BRAND NEW HIPPY CENTRIC EPISODE OF DOPEY!

“Yellow Balloons Saved My Concert Life” – How Sober Hippies Built Secret Recovery Tables at Phish, Dead & Billy Shows
From Drug-Seeking to Hug-Seeking: The Insane Story of Yellow Balloon Groups
“You’re With Family Now”: The Grateful Dead Sober Scene That Spread to Every Jam Band
Chasing the Yellow Balloon: How Fellowship & Wharf Rats Keep Addicts Sober at Shows
Sober Raging at Dicks: The Secret Society of Jam-Band Recovery Tables Exposed

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Raytreon Teaser! Heart Attack Doug! Trump! Heroin! Dumb Shit!

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:28:10 +0000

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SHOW ON PATREON!www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Episode Summary (for show notes / description)Dave kicks off another chaotic Dopey Tuesday teaser with special guest 'Douglas Brown'! Rival voicemails from the ever-competitive "Heart Attack Doug," and why politics shouldn't wreck recovery friendships or meetings. Fentanyl death drops (blamed on Trump or natural arc?)Family holiday stress (yelling at kids, car fails)The Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime (cinematic flex for Latin expansion vs. stadium spectacle fail), and outrage over Spanish lyrics. Listener comments roast tough times and acronym chaos, plus Dave belts out a raw acoustic tune about bad desires and shadows. Classic Dopey mix of dumb shit banter, recovery reflections, and teases for the full Patreon episode—drugs, addiction, holiday madness with Ray and Alan. Sign up at patreon.com/dopeypodcast for the uncut version. And a bit more on that good old raytreon show!
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Total Dopey Replay Episode 11: Nose Punch, Fired, Destruction, DETOX, Rehab, Recovery, Dope, crack, heroin, trauma, Grief

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:31:24 +0000

Listen without Ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on TOTAL DOPEY REPLAY! The core replay is the full original Dopey Episode 11 (from ~2016), where Dave and Chris banter about AA vs. NA meetings, stereotypes in fellowships, early recovery quirks, listener feedback, random tangents (Damn Daniel viral video, gym routines, therapy at cafes), and Chris's wild story: Relapsing with a girl named Ashley in a Westin hotel (funded by his dad), getting punched in the nose during drunk play, trashing the room with blood on the ceiling, destroying it further, getting confronted by hotel security/police, losing his upcoming night auditor job at the same hotel, and dodging charges by paying for damages. The episode mixes raw addiction tales (heroin, crack, booze, trauma), humor, self-deprecation, early podcast growing pains, and light recovery talk.PLUS super impactful email about grief, and a crazy voicemail about benzos!
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Dopey 569: We Robbed Houses, Used Sugar Daddies & Filmed Ourselves Shooting Heroin… for Dr. Phil, The Amanda Crossley Show!

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:15:38 +0000

Show without Ads on Patreon:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast In this episode of Dopey, Dave Manheim opens with his signature chaotic energy, sharing old band recordings from 1999, reading a flood of enthusiastic Spotify comments about a previous Jed Payne episode, and plugging sponsors (Oro Recovery, Mountainside, BetterHelp, Orchard on the Brazos, Recovery Unplugged). He plays listener voicemails and reads an email from a listener in Michigan who rebuilt their life after heavy meth/heroin use. The main interview is with Amanda Crossley (from the Sober Girls group chat), who shares a raw, detailed story of her descent into opioid addiction: stealing massive amounts from her pharmacy job, transitioning to IV heroin in Camden NJ, robbing houses as a getaway driver, sugar-daddy arrangements with much older men, family chaos with her two addicted sisters, and ultimately writing to Dr. Phil herself at 23. The 2014 Dr. Phil episode (filmed while high) led to treatment, and she's been sober since early 2015 (now ~11 years). Dave closes with more music from his old band.Key themes: family addiction dynamics, pharmacy theft ingenuity, escalation from pills → heroin → crime, the surreal experience of being on Dr. Phil while actively using, and redemption through treatment + program work.
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Dopey Replay: Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night! (RIP) Heroin, Seconals, Exploding Penis! Long Term Recovery!

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:09:05 +0000

Listen without Ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the replay we remember supreme Dopey Legend, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night! Chuck was a world class drug addict in the height of sex, drugs, and rock and roll debauchery in the 1960's and 1970's! He smashed his face whilst on seconals and his legendary penis exploded from too much sex with loving fans! Most importantly Chuck was a beautiful soul who helped scores of people to get better and to enjoy their lives! Rest in Peace Chuck Negron and Thank you!Also Rest in Peace to Chris who is on the show too. PLUS emails, voicemails and more on a super fun and legendary trip down memory lane!
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'How I Met My Wife in Rehab!' Drunk Driving, Heroin, Recovery and Managing the Unmanagable with Jason Cabello

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:53:01 +0000

Episode without Ads is at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey Wednesday! We hear a great alcoholic voicemail - go over some great emails and comments about weening and spirituality - then we are joined by Recovery Unplugged's Jason Cabello who tells us how he met his wife in rehab and tons of other nuggets on this fantastic new Wednesday show!
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Crazy Phish Foxy Story! Disco Biscuits! Heroin! Defects! The Return of Aurora! Seltzer!

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:47:35 +0000

Full show with Aurora's seriously dopey dad at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the Tuesday show we read Spotify shit - Patreon shit - read an amazing story full of disgusting hippy shit and so much much much more.
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BOOZY Dopey Total Replay 9: Chris: Got Run Over, Punched Muggers, Lived in Puke Water for Days + "Listener's Brutal DUI: Neck Broken, Brai

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:46:39 +0000

Listen with no ads PLUS Dave comments on old episode only on Patreon!www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDopey TOTAL Replay,! Dave hosts from his dad's apartment! Reflecting on Chris - INSANE DUI VOICEMAIL. DOPEY Explanation for jumping walls from Dehart. The total replay features classic Dopey Episode 9 (originally Feb 2016): Chris recounts getting mugged in Baltimore after missing a bus from an Orioles game, breaking bones in a chaotic night of college drinking, blackouts, a girlfriend flying to the wrong city, and dorm-room puke-flood disasters. ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE on this weeks brand new super old replay episode!
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Dopey 568: From 500mg METH + 7-OH Kratom Shots to PHENIBUT and PLINKO SPEEDBALLS, PRECIP WD TORTURE – Jed’s Full Relapse and Return to Reco

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without inserted ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on DOPEY! We get super Dopey all the way through this insane super long - super raw episode! First we congratualte Tom B on 6 years! Then we hear the Anders Spotify comments! Then we get into the lisener dopey! Josh’s terrifying Christmas Eve meth boofing disaster and Minnesota Matt’s first crack experience. Then we go down the crazy rabbit hole of relapse and redemption with old friend of the show and OG DOPE, Jed Payne from Church and Other Drugs as he tells his FULL RELAPSE STORY! From super fucked up situation after situation to recovery and healing the fam!All that and more on a super king size episode of that good old fucked up dopey show!
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Todd's Get's Busted - His First Episode - Dopey's Greatest Hits - Heroin, Weed, Coke, Recovery

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:22:20 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey's Greatest Hits (originally Dopey Episode 27: "Detox, Withdrawal"), where we rememberTodd (who died from a fentanyl overdose in 2018). We play Rocker-T's "One More" from the 1998 album Nicer By The Hour, read listener comments/emails (including a wild intervention story from "Alex" involving his mom overdosing during his own intervention). Then we play Dopey classic epidoe 27! Where me, Chris and graphic design Ryan are about to do an episode when out of the blue Todd calls in, freshly busted while trying to get 'weed'.We talk a bunch of shit about community service, arrests, weed, drugs and dumb shit. Then Ryan attempts to coachTodd toward AA/yoga/abstinence, and tells him 'not to die' in a tragicly terrifyingly sad moment. All that and more on this weeks replay of probably my favorite episode of that good old dopey show.Send in your thoughts to dopeypodcast@gmail.com
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Sniffing Glue, Mushrooms, Virtual Reality Ketamine Madness to Kabbalah Healing: Selling Sunset's Sandra Vergara's Wild Ride + Miles Davis Co

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:24:03 +0000

Listen without ads at:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on The Wednesday Dose of Dopey!Dave kicks off this Wednesday Dose solo from his dad's house, riffing on nostalgic broke-addict snacks (Little Debbie oatmeal pies as cheap highs) and weird fridge finds, before diving into fan Spotify comments praising last week's emotional Erin Khar episode. He shares wild Miles Davis coke-paranoia excerpts from the autobiography (Ferrari abandonment, trash-room hiding, dealer tricks), and recommending Kind of Blue and In a Silent Way as sick sick records!Then we welcome Sandra Vergara (Selling Sunset star, Sofia Vergara's cousin/sister-figure). Sandra opens up about a traumatic Colombian childhood: brother's murder at age 9, raised by an aunt after her bio-mom's brain damage left her mentally stuck at 12, feeling like a "burden," early glue-sniffing experiment, near-fatal ruptured appendix/septic shock at 16, and constant walking-on-eggshells survival via art, empathy, and never taking abuse personally.In LA from 18, she dabbled in makeup/acting (Fright Night), when she began drinking heavy. Blackouts, self-harm (throwing herself through glass), and suicide ideation. followed. First rehab in Medellín (befriended staff for special treatment → false security). Post-rehab: mushrooms sparked a "psychedelic love" fling, ayahuasca faced childhood trauma head-on, but led to half-assed AA and relapses.COVID alone-time in NYC brought painting growth, but cat Stewie's death (worse than losing family) plunged her into deep depression. Enter ketamine: started therapeutic (Mindbloom) but escalated to daily K-holes with Oculus VR for near-death/grief escapes, addictive Journey Circle weekends (MDMA/ayahuasca/mushrooms group catharsis without integration), erratic calls to mom, club blackouts, and cousin finding her passed out. Family intervention (Sophia pays, nephew packs her) lands her in trauma-focused Breathe Life rehab.She firmly rejects "California sober" as a trap—psychedelics delayed real surrender for her; true addicts can't substitute one mind-alter for another. Full AA commitment (no more a la carte) + Kabbalah (post-breakup desperation) changed everything: tikkun (soul correction via tough life choices), turning reactive impulses (anger/gossip) into proactive restriction, daily study/meditation for frequency shifts. Ties Kabbalah to quantum physics (observer effect = perception shapes reality, entanglement = we're all connected, certainty in the unknown = surrender).Sandra discusses Selling Sunset challenges (producer manipulation, ego, glamour vs. spiritual presence) and her new neuroscience/IFS/Kabbalah coaching for holistic recovery (mind stories, body regulation, spirit alignment). All that and much more on the brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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Dopey Tuesday Teaser: John Bukaty! Awkward FMK, Sugar Shame & Why John Must SHARE

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:24:30 +0000

To hear the whole thing go to:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on the Teaser! John 'Sugar Bear' Bukaty is back! We talk abunch of shit about drugs, addiction, woowooo stiff and more! Including: Madonna Kabbalah, spiritual intention 2026, share vs hoard, Patreon exclusive, recovery humor, sugar relapse story, 80s pop culture nostalgia, FMK game, Debbie Harry, Gwen Stefani, synesthesia art, Dopey Nation, toodles for Chris, harm reduction, sobriety stories, New Orleans artist, Jay Shetty Madonna podcast, Kabbalah wisdom, creative recovery, benzo struggles, Spotify comments Dopey, Dopeycon 2026... ANd thats just the teaser - the real dopey is on patreon:)!
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Dopey Total Replay: Chris intentionally flips out in the psych ward to get put into a 5 point restraint... and receive an injection of Ativa

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:10:11 +0000

Listen without ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the total replay - Chris tells the depths of his SMI - maybe the first time we discussed SMI - and Chris' reluctance to accepting the SMI mantle. This is what he wrote 10 years ago: 'Chris intentionally flips out in the psych ward to get put into a 5 point restraint... and receive an injection of Ativan and Haldol. Also, he is treated by Bob Forrest and Dr. Drew.' First though Chris makes fun of my fish tank. We had such a good time. I cooked brusell sprouts and so much more! such a good time! We miss and love you Chris!
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Dopey 567: 'I was Never Out of Coke!' MDMA, Weed, Booze, Acid, Grateful Dead, The Great Dobro Based Adventures of Anders Beck of Greensky B

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:07:00 +0000

Super sweet talk with Anders Beck! Say it with an 'ah-nders' not 'and-ers'. Anders tells us jis whole musical/drug/alcohol story! Nothing left out - including the crazy intervention and playing with phil lesh! May he rest in peace! PLUS sick email from Montana in prison! (thanks Nicole!) An amazing dildo filled voicemail from Daniel G! A nice mention from Steve from New Hampshire and so much more more more!PLUS Ander's beautiful song 'Born Again' performed by Greensky Bluegrass, Anders' bonus dobro playing, Damon's 'Dopey World' and Jake from West Virginia's classic version of 'Good So Bad'ALL THAT and more, more, more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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DOPEY in The Family Replay: Linda! Destroying and Saving a family, Drinking, Coke, Xanax, Crazy Crack Email!

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:42:49 +0000

listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey's Greatest Hits!This replay episode features host David Manheim reflecting on personal chaos, gratitude amid frustration, powerful listener emails/stories (including a harrowing crack/coke seizure tale from Minnesota Matt), and a full classic interview with his partner Linda. They share their raw, unfiltered relationship story—from meeting via mutual friend Todd, early partying (coke, Ativan, drinking), pregnancy amid hidden heroin relapse, family destruction during active addiction, separation, supervised visitations, Dave's bottoming out, eventual sobriety, reconciliation, and rebuilding a family with two kids. Interspersed with intros, emails, Spotify comments, voicemails, and musical interludes (Firecracker rap, song snippets), it captures Dopey's signature mix of dark humor, brutal honesty, recovery insights, and "dumb shit" war stories.The episode opens with Dave navigating recent frustrations—dealing with a guest pulling an episode due to cold feet, sponsor issues, and everyday life stressors—while emphasizing core recovery principles like acceptance, gratitude, and service over resentment. He reflects on childhood influences like Popeye's "I am what I am" mantra as a metaphor for self-acceptance in sobriety, and teases upcoming substantive guests while reading heartfelt (and critical) listener feedback. The heart of the show is the replay of a classic episode featuring Dave and Linda's candid conversation, detailing the highs and lows of their relationship: from initial attraction and drug-fueled early days, through the pregnancy discovery and Dave's escalating heroin use (including nodding out during birthing classes and missing key moments post-birth), to the devastating confrontation when Linda discovered the paraphernalia and the subsequent separation.The story doesn't shy away from the pain—Linda's isolation during a complicated delivery, Dave's rock-bottom spiral involving heavy daily use, arrests, and black eyes during supervised visits with their daughter Nora—but it ultimately lands on hope and redemption. Dave credits their daughter as a major motivator for sobriety, and the couple discusses the hard work of rebuilding trust, family life, and even welcoming a second child. Reflections on the losses of close friends Todd and Chris add emotional weight, underscoring how addiction's toll extends beyond the individual. All that and More, more, more on this weeks new new new episode of dopey!
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From Sniffing Glue at 11 and Ketamine Oculus Oblivion to Kabbalah Recovery: Selling Sunset's Sandra Vergara Brings the Dopey!

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:19:54 +0000

This Week on The Wednesday Dose of Dopey!Dave kicks off this Wednesday Dose solo from his dad's house, riffing on nostalgic broke-addict snacks (Little Debbie oatmeal pies as cheap highs) and weird fridge finds, before diving into fan Spotify comments praising last week's emotional Erin Khar episode. He shares wild Miles Davis coke-paranoia excerpts from the autobiography (Ferrari abandonment, trash-room hiding, dealer tricks), and recommending Kind of Blue and In a Silent Way as sick sick records!Then we welcome Sandra Vergara (Selling Sunset star, Sofia Vergara's cousin/sister-figure). Sandra opens up about a traumatic Colombian childhood: brother's murder at age 9, raised by an aunt after her bio-mom's brain damage left her mentally stuck at 12, feeling like a "burden," early glue-sniffing experiment, near-fatal ruptured appendix/septic shock at 16, and constant walking-on-eggshells survival via art, empathy, and never taking abuse personally.In LA from 18, she dabbled in makeup/acting (Fright Night), when she began drinking heavy. Blackouts, self-harm (throwing herself through glass), and suicide ideation. followed. First rehab in Medellín (befriended staff for special treatment → false security). Post-rehab: mushrooms sparked a "psychedelic love" fling, ayahuasca faced childhood trauma head-on, but led to half-assed AA and relapses.COVID alone-time in NYC brought painting growth, but cat Stewie's death (worse than losing family) plunged her into deep depression. Enter ketamine: started therapeutic (Mindbloom) but escalated to daily K-holes with Oculus VR for near-death/grief escapes, addictive Journey Circle weekends (MDMA/ayahuasca/mushrooms group catharsis without integration), erratic calls to mom, club blackouts, and cousin finding her passed out. Family intervention (Sophia pays, nephew packs her) lands her in trauma-focused Breathe Life rehab.She firmly rejects "California sober" as a trap—psychedelics delayed real surrender for her; true addicts can't substitute one mind-alter for another. Full AA commitment (no more a la carte) + Kabbalah (post-breakup desperation) changed everything: tikkun (soul correction via tough life choices), turning reactive impulses (anger/gossip) into proactive restriction, daily study/meditation for frequency shifts. Ties Kabbalah to quantum physics (observer effect = perception shapes reality, entanglement = we're all connected, certainty in the unknown = surrender).Sandra discusses Selling Sunset challenges (producer manipulation, ego, glamour vs. spiritual presence) and her new neuroscience/IFS/Kabbalah coaching for holistic recovery (mind stories, body regulation, spirit alignment). All that and much more on the brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack MAGA Doug’s Explosive Return – Dave’s Pajama Rage Meltdown Wins $1,138 Back & Spiritual Awakening

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:45:47 +0000

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SHOW at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the teaser! We record a raw, outdoor teaser for Dopey Tuesday with returning guest Heart Attack Doug. They eulogize Dave’s high-mileage Subaru (hand-me-down from his dad), recount a hilarious pajama-clad mechanic confrontation that scored a full refund, share voicemails of Doug trash-talking show stats, joke about Dopey Zoom "polls" favoring Doug, read positive Spotify comments, detail Dave’s easy lasagna recipe, discuss Step 12 sponsorship styles, reflect on gratitude, spirituality (Dave’s non-traditional "God = universe/reality" view), quote the Big Book’s powerful closing lines, and tease Patreon-only content: a resolved feud with nasty emails and an inspirational tribute to Dave’s late father-in-law. Classic Dopey mix of car chaos, recovery wisdom, community drama, and Patreon hooks.SEO Search Terms / Keywords (for titles, descriptions, tags)Primary / Long-tail:

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Dopey Total Replay! Episode 5 - Chris Masturbating with the Skinhead on Meth at the Brain Injury Clinic

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the Monday Complete Dopey Replay! Dave kicks off the brand-new weekly series reliving the classic early episodes with Chris (starting from the beginning after lost tapes 6, 8, 10 & 12), reflecting on 10 years since Dopey launched in 2016, the frozen-in-time joy of hearing Chris’s voice again, and how the show was born from two rehab friends laughing over insane drug stories. He’s still riding the emotional wave from Linda’s father Tony’s beautiful celebration of life, got his $1,100 car repair money back after a pajama-rage showdown, and begs for any surviving lost Dopey episodes (6, 8, 10, 12) with a reward offered.New format twist: Mondays = full chronological Chris-era replays, Thursdays = Greatest Hits. Dave reads grateful/complaining listener emails (send yours: one thing you hate + one thing you’re grateful for), plays Haley’s legendary nitrous-at-the-dentist voicemail (huffing until she thinks she’s “retarded,” crying then laughing while clapping, pure Dopey chaos), and dives into the Episode 5 replay: “Skiing Drunk, Broken Neck, TBI, Jail, and…” — Chris recounts his teenage subdural hematoma from a blackout ski crash (tuna & grape juice vomit fountain, spinal fractures, spleen rupture), court-ordered stay at a traumatic brain injury facility (diaper-wearing roommate flooding the kitchen with Apple Jacks & milk, another nonstop-talking Deadhead/skinhead roommate), sneaking out to shoot crystal meth, watching porn together, and the infamous “let me suck your dick” moment that ends the story in glorious, unfiltered Dopey style.ALL THAT PLUS EMAILS AND VOICEMAILS on a super classic episode of Dopey.
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Dopey 565: James Frey! The Crack! The Booze! The Rage! The Tao! & the true Story Behind A Million Little Pieces That Oprah Tried to Bury

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:20:49 +0000

Listen Ad Free! at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! Dave powers through a music-heavy, emotional episode amid ongoing family grief (Tony’s celebration of life tomorrow), delivering sober birthday shoutouts (Jennifer Jimenez 20 years, Janine Coulter 11 years), sponsor love, listener stories, and a historic, in-depth interview with James Frey—his first-ever detailed on-record discussion of pre-sobriety life. Dave opens with a raw acoustic snippet (“Trying to score from the plug today…”), reflects on fame/pressure, plugs sponsors (Oro Recovery, Mountainside, Link Diagnostics, Recovery Unplugged, Orchard on the Brazos), and shares powerful listener submissions: Taylor’s 7-OH update (detox → AMA → relapse → QuickMD Suboxone taper + comedy struggles), Oscar (Sweden) on opioid progression to stable methadone, and an anonymous blackout chef tale (insane midnight meals with zero memory, kitchen disasters, one epic hookup dinner).The centerpiece is James Frey’s unfiltered hour-plus conversation: childhood rage (ear infections/surgeries → early drinking/fighting), teenage rebellion (“White Boy James” in Benton Harbor bars), college coke dealing, Paris wild years, crack-fueled North Carolina descent, brutal Hazelden wake-up (face destroyed at 23), and Taoism as his lifelong sobriety anchor (meditation, renunciation, balance over 12-step dogma). He details writing A Million Little Pieces (addict rhythm, artistic defiance, no quotation marks), the explosive Oprah-fueled fame/backlash (“punk outlaw” pedestal → villain), and ongoing battles (suicidal ideation, rage, hockey fights). ALL THAT and MORE MORE MORE on this weeks super fucking robust episode of that good old dopey show.
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Dopey Replay: Dave's Mother-in-law Susan, lies, family, betrayal, heroin, relapse, parenthood, recovery

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:11:08 +0000

LISTEN WITHOUT ADS AT www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the CLASSIC Thursday REPLAY!Dave opens with life updates amid heavy grief: prepping for the celebration of life for his father-in-law (Linda’s dad), the car overheating again (mechanic drama continues), and a heartfelt decision to replay a classic “Al-Anon-ic Dopey in the family” episode with his mother-in-law, Sue—the one he calls one of the greatest ever recorded. He reflects on how addiction stories feel triumphant for the addict but painful for the “casualties” (family), shares listener comments on recent replays (including wild rehab tales from Florida), plugs stickers for Spotify comments/reviews, and reads touching emails: Wendy’s condolences + 2-year sober shoutout to Jennifer N (synchronous on Jan 15!), plus her powerful insight on coming clean about kratom/7-OH in AA and discovering others struggling too. Another email from Charlie teases the upcoming kratom documentary “Kratom Side Effects May Include” (screening MLK weekend in NYC) and the dangers of potent 7-OH isolates.The heart of the episode is the full replay of Dave’s emotional, cathartic sit-down with Sue (recorded years ago during COVID era), covering their rocky first impressions, Dave’s early heroin relapse after Nora’s birth, the terrifying custody battles, supervised visits, court drama (Dave showing up high), financial/legal stress, Linda moving back home with Nora for years, Dave’s gradual recovery journey (18 months clean, then true sobriety), rebuilding trust, and the family’s hope that Dave/Linda/Nora could become a unit. Sue shares her perspective as a non-drug-experienced, straight-laced mom/grandma—initial denial, sadness, anger, eventual admiration for Dave’s hard-won sobriety, and deep gratitude for how he became a devoted father/provider. They laugh about Sue’s cookie-stealing, ping-pong lies (she still claims she won!), competitive games, and family adventures gone wrong (like losing Nora/Sue at Gray Fox festival). Ends on hope, surrender, and advice for families: prioritize the grandchild, understand addiction as a disease, hang in there—there’s light at the end (though not always a happy one). Dave closes with love for Sue, reflections on mortality/family. All that and more on a tough loving, good timey hard episode of that good ol dopey show.
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Wednesday Dose of Erin “I Survived 2025 and all I got was this Lousy Cancer” A super emotional wednesday show.

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:06:56 +0000

This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey! Dave kicks off an intensely emotional episode amid personal chaos—grieving Linda's dad's death, a bizarre Verizon outage conspiracy vibe, a $1,100 car repair scam, and a half-hearted gratitude meditation to stay grounded. He reads glowing listener comments on the recent Sid Vicious/Ned Van Zandt heroin epic, plugs stickers for Spotify/iTunes reviews, and shares a powerful email from Sarah E. about her ongoing brutal struggle with 7-OH (7-hydroxymitragynine) dependence after accidents and kratom escalation, highlighting deception, severe withdrawals, and the "master of deception" label despite a strong sober community.The core is a raw, heartfelt interview with returning guest Erin Khar (author of Strung Out, unlicensed advice columnist), who opens up about her recent diagnosis of small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) / chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)—a slow-growing, incurable non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma discovered via routine mammogram/biopsy around Labor Day. Erin details the terrifying pathology call, symptoms (years of unexplained fatigue, anemia, frequent illnesses), watch-and-wait monitoring (no treatment yet until lymphocyte count rises), good-news/bad-news aspects (no chemo likely, keeps her hair, many live normal lifespans especially younger diagnoses like her at 52), and how curiosity over fear helps her cope.They explore parallels to addiction/recovery (one day at a time, sitting on hands during suicidal moments, grief + gratitude coexisting), family impact (kids' anxiety, protecting emotions), quality over quantity of life, and Erin's Substack reveal for connection. Ends with an Ask Erin advice segment, Johnny Thunders love ("Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"), and Trinity's cover of "Wanna Be Good So Bad". ALL THAT AND MORE MORE MORE!
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Tuesday Teaser : Dopey Nation Heroin + Shroom Beach Nightmare Turns Into Grateful Dead Miracle – Then Grief Hits Dave Hard

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:42:50 +0000

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey Tuesday! Dave opens with a raw, heartfelt intro reflecting on grief after Linda’s dad Tony’s recent passing — how it hits the whole family in unpredictable ways, amps up his worry, and pushes him to double down on recovery (morning meditation, Step 12 with his sponsor, and gratitude work). He shares a beautiful listener email from Kyle, a former heroin/crack/meth addict who found spiritual connection through a wild shroom + heroin beach trip, years of struggle, and a sober Grateful Dead moment listening to “Broke Down Palace” by the river — reminding Dave of his own Mountainside harmonies with Chris and Linda. Dave calls it “perfect” and emotional, awarding Kyle socks and relating deeply to the “hippie dippy” universal energy. He then dives into Spotify/Patreon comments on last week’s Ray Brown episode, plus the ongoing Zoe voicemail drama (some love her chaos, most roast her, Dave teases playing both voicemails next week). The episode wraps with a fun, chaotic clip of Dave, Cormac, and Selby (Asmatic Selby) bantering about early mornings, recovery day counts (Selby at 73 days!), Selby’s winter break dad fails (Santa screw-ups), and a plug for the full Patreon Reddit roundup. LISTEN TO THE FULL DEAL ON PATREON! wwww.patreon.com/dopeypodcast
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Monday Replay: Alec Baldwin, Tribute to my Father-in-law Tony, mini tribute to Bob Weir, RIP James Ransome

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:15:39 +0000

ad free at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey! Dave opens with a deeply personal and emotional tribute to Linda’s father, Tony, who recently passed after a long battle with Lewy body dementia, and other ailments. He shares heartfelt memories of Tony’s exceptional character—his strength, kindness, love of family, rock ’n’ roll roots, teaching career, and unwavering positivity—reflecting on how Tony’s compassion and support played a huge role in Dave’s own recovery and relationship with Linda. The episode also touches on recent losses (Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and actor James Ransone from The Wire), with Dave offering a half-hearted amend to Weir, pondering the future of Dead & Company, and urging listeners to reach out if struggling with depression. He then replays his powerful, candid interview with Alec Baldwin, where Alec gets brutally honest about his 40 years of sobriety, wild 80s cocaine-and-alcohol-fueled days in New York and LA, the terrifying overdose that led to his bottom, finding AA as his new “family,” the spiritual shift that kept him sober, and how the program carried him through massive personal and public storms (including his divorce and the Rust tragedy). All that and more on this weeks REPLAY!
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Dopey 565: Hank Azaria Returns and Gets Brutally Honest: Eating Disorders, Adult Children of Alcoholics Laundry List & Bruce Springsteen Rea

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:09:05 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Dave kicks off the Friday episode by celebrating Dopey OG Leah Lumberg’s 17 years of sobriety, sharing heartfelt Spotify listener comments (with spirited debates over Breaking Bad characters and more love for the recent Cosmo Lumbino interview), and playing a raw voicemail from Lane opening up about self-medicating with crushed stimulants, kratom, and weed amid depression and a breakup—reminding everyone Dopey welcomes voices from all sides of the struggle. The heart of the show is a deep, hilarious, and profoundly honest conversation with returning guest Hank Azaria, who gets real about his teenage battles with anorexia and bulimia, maintaining his impressive physique through disciplined fitness and calorie tracking, finding primary recovery in Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA) work (including a full breakdown of the ACA "laundry list" traits), his enduring love for voicing Moe on The Simpsons, the looming AI threat to voice actors, his Bruce Springsteen tribute band (complete with Bruce's personal thumbs-up), and a thoughtful take on cultural extremism as the real enemy. Packed with lightning-round fun, Mets passion, and classic Dopey vulnerability. All that and more on this brand new episode of that good old dopey show!
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Dopey Replay: Chris Brewed Prison Wine in Rehab, OD’d on Powerade GHB… Then I Conned My Way Onto Howard Stern High AF

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:35:02 +0000

inserted ad free episodes at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastSend emails and voicemails to dopeypodcast@gmail.com - get socks or stickers if we read on the show! Leave reviews on iTunes and Comments on Spotify!This week on the REPLAY! We replay of episodes 3 and 4 (originally recorded in one marathon session), we reflece on the raw, chaotic magic of the show's beginnings with his late co-host Chris. The intro features classic Dopey elements—voicemails from Heart Attack Doug complaining about his absence from the Tuesday Patreon teasers, listener Spotify comments praising past guests like Steve Poltz, and Dave's ongoing gratitude for five-day-a-week Dopey while teasing upcoming episodes with Hank Azaria and more Reddit roundups. The bulk of the episode replays the vintage recordings: Chris shares his infamous "Dodge the Lodge" story about brewing jailhouse pruno at strict Alina Lodge, fleeing into the woods, and waking up in a Harlem ER after overdosing on stolen GHB from a Powerade bottle (leading to a months-long fruit ban back at rehab). Dave follows with his own tales of odd jobs, including working as a fake private eye in 90s clubs and his 1999 Howard Stern Show appearance where he conned his way on air with a phony "Shuffle Entertainer of the Millennium" award—only to get called out (and kicked out) by Robin for obviously being high. The replay captures the unpolished, hilarious chemistry between Dave and Chris that defined early Dopey, ending with Dave's heartfelt appreciation for preserving Chris's voice in these archived episodes.Dave says Episode 4 includes the Howard Stern story (again)ALL THAT AND MORE! On this weeks new replay of an old old old dopey show!
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I fronted Sid Vicious Heroin and ate Burger King with him the Day After Nancy's Murder – Ned Van Zandt's crazy Recovery Journey

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:33:22 +0000

listen without inserted ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastsend emails and voicemails to dopeypodcast@gmail.comOn this Dopey Wednesday! We get super spiritual about fear, gratitude and love! We read spotify comments which were super sweet. And then we dive deep with legendary actor and recovering addict Ned Van Zandt. Ned takes us from snorting heroin with Andy Warhol superstars in 1978, to living at the Chelsea Hotel the exact week Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen moved in, to fronting Sid heroin and eating at Burger King with him the day after Nancy’s murder. He shares his belief about who really killed Nancy, his years shooting heroin and meth, multiple relapses, jail, and finally finding lasting recovery.Ned also talks about being Townes Van Zandt’s cousin, his acclaimed one-man show “Delle Valley: A True Tale of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Redemption,” and now running the Upper West Side sober living house Transcend NYC.Raw, funny, dark, and ultimately hopeful – classic Dopey.Key Timestamps (for show notes)
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Dopey Tuesday(in the family) - My 7 year old thinks she drank antifreeze...again and my15 year old Interviews me ...

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:02:39 +0000

listen to the full show at:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the Tuesday Teaser! Dave and a special guest open the show only to realize they just lost an entire hour-long recording — a full tribute episode to Mark F. is gone forever. Instead of forcing it, they pivot and talk about fear, frustration, and what it feels like when things fall apart at the beginning of a new year.Dave shares a very real New Year’s Eve story: driving his daughter Susan to Riverhead in a 200,000-mile Subaru while the temperature gauge starts flashing, Google says the car is about to explode, and anxiety takes over. A gas station stop, a stranger with car knowledge, antifreeze drama, and a callback to Susan accidentally drinking antifreeze as a baby somehow make it into the mix.They survive, make it to the aquarium, hit a kid-friendly ball drop, and wind down talking about cookies, brookies, peanut butter, parenting, and selling dessert to anxious people. The episode ends with a teaser for a Patreon-only interview Dave’s daughter Nora did with him for a school assignment, followed by music, wandering thoughts, and the familiar Dopey sign-off.much much more - including two more Zoe recordings only on patreon!
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Dopey Replay: The Crack Fueled Exploits of Hairy Tongue Will

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 03:00:39 +0000

No inserted ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast The episode opens with your intro, then the bulk of the show is Hairy Tongue Will’s massive, chaotic, detailed telling of his addiction, near-death runs, arrests, relapse cycles, dead friends, and eventual recovery.Will describes the early Long Island chaos with Richie, Mike, and Lenny—everyone strung out on heroin, crack, coke, and whatever they could get. He recalls the first serious turn: showing up to a house where Lenny was passed out after a three-day crack run, realizing “the demons are taking over.” Mike and Richie spiral deeper, and Will keeps managing to “hold it together” thanks to jobs, work ethic, and a strange electrical-job stabilizer that kept him semi-functional.He details years of DUIs, probation, manipulating drug tests, smoking crack constantly while still working 16-hour electrician shifts, and thriving socially because coworkers lived vicariously through him. He normalized chaos, missing only “one no-call/no-show every two weeks,” which he considered acceptable.Will then dives into his first short attempt at stability, living in a basement apartment. His probation officer surprises him the day after a holiday: the apartment is filled with beer cans, bongs, baggies. He fails the test, is sent back to rehab/jail cycles, and explains why Long Island addicts often choose jail over treatment. He describes his surreal time in jail—being sent to the Montauk Lighthouse on work crews, eating egg sandwiches and black-and-milds with the guards, becoming “the useful guy,” actually feeling respected and purposeful.Back outside, he tries again, fails again, collects DUIs, cycles through companies, loses jobs, hustles side work, and repeatedly relapses. A wedding night leads to another DUI. COVID hits while he’s in jail. He gets out, starts working nonstop, earns money, piles cash in a closet, stacks crypto, reads self-help books, sleeps on a mattress on the floor, becomes obsessed with success and control.Then he meets a girl in Tennessee. He drinks again “successfully” only when he flies there. He builds a double life—working himself numb, drinking out of state, convincing himself he’s different.Eventually, on a work trip, he gambles, wins big, drinks an old fashioned, and secretly cooks his boss’s cocaine into crack. This reignites the obsession. Will starts traveling the Northeast and Midwest, repeatedly pulling crack-seeking missions: gas stations, high-crime neighborhoods, asking strangers, “I’m looking for some hard.” He builds drug contacts in Bridgeport, Dayton, Maine, Virginia, wherever the job sends him. He smokes in hotels, hallucinates blood on floors, changes rooms repeatedly.He recounts the deaths of friends:Mike, whose father turned their home into a sheet-walled trap house with dealers and bikers living inside.How Mike died with his father selling sneakers off his dead son’s body.Richie, who got sober then died of fentanyl after nearly two years clean.Will’s life collapses further—obsession, resentment toward God, jealousy, terminal uniqueness. He becomes a “demon,” wanting to die like his friends. He terrifies his girlfriend with delusional FaceTimes, nine-day runs, psychosis. She moves in without knowing the truth and becomes trapped in codependency.He stays high for 26 straight days, manipulates her with antihistamine allergy episodes to cover his psychosis, hides crack pipes around the house with ring cameras everywhere. He finally admits some truth, gives her $5,000 to escape, but she stays another nine months.He tells insane stories:Pretending he’s a trust-fund baby to get free crackGetting shot at by a dealer after a misunderstanding over “two grams” vs “two ounces”Driving through wooded roads barefoot at gas stationsDealers trying to jump himBecoming a mule for a recently-released dealer (Ace)Near misses, violence, and pure street insanityEventually, during a pickup, he gets chased, prays for police lights, and his car breaks down. Cops descend. He gets a mountain of charges (“five decades worth”). He thinks he’ll die in prison. Bail reform gets him released. He immediately uses again for 17 more days.A sober lawyer tries pushing him toward St. Christopher’s. Will resists, manipulates LICR, relapses again, cancels his own insurance, tries to die, and after weeks of chaos his mother gets him re-approved. He enters St. Chris, still delusional, still dangerous.There he breaks. He admits suicidal thoughts, gets a guard stationed outside his door, hears the blunt truth—you’re the worst-off guy here and you did this to yourself. It lands. Will begins working the program: spiritual direction, grief groups, codependency, meetings, kitchen duty, everything. He reconnects with his mother in sobriety. He attends court in suits provided by the facility and ultimately receives an unexpectedly generous plea deal.He comes home early, tries to run his own program, stays sober for months, but on Mother’s Day runs into an old acquaintance who shows him a Newport box with a pipe inside. He relapses immediately for three days, misses Mother's Day entirely.That night, suicidal again, he receives a series of calls: first from Jordan, then from his tough sponsor, who gives him clear direction—go to a sober house, go to daily groups, go to nightly meetings, call people, build structure. Will frauds his urine to get in, but once inside, follows every instruction. He stabilizes.He recounts being 18 months sober now, having been at meetings nearly every night, with a recent slip in commitment due to chasing an “intimate partner godshot” that didn’t work out. You reassure him that it’s fine and that balance is part of recovery.More or less thats the whole thing! On a brand new fucko, crackead episode of that good old dopey show!
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Dopey 563: The Queen of Melrose, Cosmo Lombino! NYC Gangser Child, Coke-club mayhem, homeless crack in LA, Recovery!

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:47:15 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! Dave rings in the first Friday of 2026 with multimedia superstar and Queen of Melrose, Cosmo Lambino—fresh off Soft White Underbelly fame—spilling a wild Harlem-to-Hollywood saga of mob-adjacent glamour (Godfather shoots at grandma's apartment, fur coats from car trunks), early gay defiance against Jehovah's Witnesses, freebase-fueled club chaos, near-misses with Michael Jackson pasta invites, MacArthur Park crack binges, cardboard-box homelessness, and finally sustained sobriety (8+ years strong) through rigorous daily step-writing, meditation, and Tarzana redemption. Dave raves about Avatar: The Last Airbender bonding with his kid, plugs Patreon Zooms and ad-free listening, reads spicy Spotify comments (mushroom nipples, crack exam tales), shares voicemails (stolen lunchbox heist gone wrong, Hexen research-chemical nightmare), teases upcoming content, and shouts out community heroes while vowing to care less about haters. All that and more on this first Friday Dopey of 2026!
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All Time Classic Dopey! Steve Poltz Replay! Coke and Crack Mayhem! Psychedelics! Jewel and Neil Young!

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:25:20 +0000

Listen without inserted ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! We kick off 2026 with a Thursday replay of one of his all-time favorites—the legendary Steve Poltz's epic first appearance from 2023, packed with altar boy wine thefts, Rugburns stage-wrecking chaos (56 stitches included), mushroom-fueled job quits, co-writing "You Were Meant for Me" with Jewel in Baja Mexico, Ramones opener mayhem, cocaine/crack spirals, a best friend's tragic murder, and ultimate rehab surrender. Dave reflects on Poltz as a true "blessing" to the show and his life, debates sticking with Five Days of Dopey, reads wild listener comments (meth pee anyone?), shares an Australian dad's white-knuckle sobriety struggles, and drops quick recovery tips while prepping lasagna for Linda's mom's 80th. All that and more on this brand new 2 year old replay show of that good old dopey show!
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Dopey NYE Special: Playing My Wednesday Dose of Dopey: Dave's Story, heroin, benzos, weed, Recovery, One Show at a Time Collab!

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 03:07:36 +0000

Without inserted ads go to: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-show-at-a-time-a-yellow-balloon-experience/id1690094890This week on Dopey! Dave rings in New Year’s Eve with a raw, reflective Wednesday dose amid a “rough fucking week” on the home front, admitting family struggles (including Linda’s dad’s health) have him questioning whether to keep the grueling Five Days of Dopey schedule into 2026 while teasing resolutions like restarting the infamous Dopey Fitness Challenge, daily writing, and maybe even Tai Chi to save his creaky joints. He reads a heartfelt email from old-timer Craig begging him to go full-throttle for the community’s sake, then drops the full replay of his recent guest spot on the hippie Yellow Balloon podcast One Show at a Time—a rapid-fire qualification packed with childhood staph infections, codependency as his first “drug,” heroin-fueled career crashes, supervised visitation shame, and the desperate AA surrender that finally stuck at 41. The share ends with an avalanche of love from the Zoom crowd (random cameos from Ivan Neville and Anders Osborne included), leaving Dave both embarrassed and deeply grateful as he closes out 2025 counting blessings, overeating brookies with Susan at Patchogue’s early ball drop, and reminding the Nation: if you’re struggling tonight, reach out—tomorrow’s a new day. All that and more on this weeks collab show with the one show at a time podcast!
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Tuesday Teaser Sex Traffic with a Very Special Guest!

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:14:47 +0000

Listen to the Whole Tuesday Episode at A special guest joins us for the teaser! (echoes of COVID-era recordings). The duo catches up casually — We recall recording in the attic back in the day, Dave mentions Linda guesting once and shares a wild memory of a bum flicking a cigarette that hit him in the mouth outside CVS.Spotify Comments Segment Dave reads listener comments from the previous Tuesday episode (Ray & Alan guest-hosted):

A new listener (another Ray) appreciates the Nick Reiner discussions and hopes for more old interviews.
Mucho Gringo teases Zoe’s Patreon critique of Dave’s Nick handling.
Richard calls the Reiner focus a “pathological obsession” and threatens to unsubscribe by spring 2026.
Romanil agrees it’s sensationalizing and suggests smudging the attic with sage.

Dave reveals he depublished the Nick Reiner compilation episodes due to backlash and personal guilt (“It’s haunting me”).Listener Email: Andrew Zane’s Wild Pitch Dave reads a lengthy email from Andrew Zane asking how to guest on Dopey. Highlights of Andrew’s story:

Groomed into drugs as a child (huffing Freon, mouthwash, morning glory seeds, intro to heroin).
Teen oxy → heroin addiction, crime spree across Midwest with a girlfriend (scamming hospitals for Dilaudid, policy changes in North Dakota(?)).
Prostitution, prison for her, desert life in Arizona (licking psychedelic Sonoran Desert Toads, first meth).
Arrested drunk pushing daughter’s stroller, divorce, more rehab, dope sick on xylazine-laced street heroin.
Grindr hookup turned near-sex-trafficking + months-long psychosis.
Overprescribed Vyvanse gone wrong; now mostly sober using kratom (harm reduction) and occasional toad psychedelics.

Andrew wants to discuss drugs + human trafficking on dating apps and stimulant overprescription.Discussion: Sex Trafficking & Dating Apps They dive into the dark side of apps like Tinder/Grindr — coerced prostitution, pimps forcing partners, shades of consent, why victims don’t just leave. Dave admits struggling to understand the coercion aspect until reading the legal definition.Cliffhanger & Patreon Plug Dave teases that he and Ray are starting to work on a movie script together — details only available to Patreon subscribers (patreon.com/dopeypodcast). The free teaser ends here.
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Monday REPLAY SHOW! Darrell Hammond Tales From the Crack House Replay and is Dave A Narcissist Grifter (Jew)

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

AD FREE DOPEY at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We start wrapping up 2025 with a candid check-in: feeling under the weather amid a family stomach virus, craving a Sopranos binge, and doubting plans for "Five Days of Dopey" in January (Wednesday/Thursday shows likely intermittent—send opinions to dopeypodcast@gmail.com). We share the ultimate post-Christmas blues remedy: a trip to Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge in Sag Harbor, NY, where chickadees, titmice, and woodpeckers eat seeds straight from your hand in the snowy quiet—described as magical, healing, and the true "opposite of addiction."Dave addresses backlash from replaying Nick Reiner episodes (including harsh comments like "Narcissist Grifter" and "Exploitative Jew"), explains his intent to share old conversations without commentary, notes new listeners discovered Dopey through them, and mentions turning down media interviews. He plugs ad-free listening on Patreon (patreon.com/dopeypodcast) and urges positive iTunes reviews.Listener Emails (Oldies Read Aloud)

Wendy: Proposes a dedicated recovery-focused social media platform to avoid bans for "junky" content.
James D. Hart: Highlights interracial bands like Prince and the Revolution (inspired by Sly & the Family Stone), Jimi Hendrix Experience, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Christy Adams: Celebrates 3 years clean, praises an older neuroscience/meth/GLP-1 episode, and misses the original Dave/Chris dynamic.

Stickers or socks for anyone whose email/voicemail gets read—email dopeypodcast@gmail.com.Main Feature: Classic Darrell Hammond Interview Replay (2017) The legendary SNL cast member (longest-tenured before Keenan) gets raw about:

SNL highs/lows, iconic impressions (Clinton, Connery), working with Lorne Michaels, and celebrity encounters.
Childhood trauma and abuse, flashbacks, and blaming himself to protect the idea of parental love.
Alcoholism starting at 14 (first beers felt like "the world turning from black-and-white to color").
Self-harm as a "problem solver" and crisis creator during prolific periods.
Wild Harlem crack house story (mistaken for a cop, defended as "that motherfucker old TV," spotting the St. Francis Prayer on the wall).
Multiple relapses, including after a sponsor's suicide.
Stroke-ward epiphany that finally led to lasting sobriety—seeing patients struggle to speak inspired desperation for change.
Recovery tools: St. Francis (11th Step) Prayer, connection with others, cognitive therapy, yoga, meetings, and the "law of threes" (expect ⅓ great days, ⅓ okay, ⅓ rough).

Wrap-Up Dave re-reads old Spotify comments on the Hammond episode (debates over "This or That," therapy questions, possum facts, etc.) and closes with his heartfelt acoustic cover of "Good So Bad"—the song from the first Dopey episode he heard that inspired him to get clean.All that and more on this weeks installment of that good old Dopey Replay Show!
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Dopey 563: The Pistol Whipping, Sex Drug Taking, Heroin Shooting, Mushroom Cultivating, Phish Loving Life of Phell Legend Jenn Dawson

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 23:42:12 +0000

Inserted Ad Free Dopey: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! For our post-Christmas Dopey episode we kick it off with a Christmas gift review and we read Spotify comments on the Alec Baldwin episode we shout out NANA/Lili Coffin hitting 6 years sober, and weaves in sponsor love. The return of White Tighties Jeremy Turner accidentally shooting Viagra and an email all about meth-fueled multi-day porn marathons that destroy skin and phones another about brutal long-term benzo withdrawal horrors, and a wild prison-submitted bath salts tale full of paranoia and fake-reality glitches.Then, at 25:42, Yellow Balloon recovery powerhouse Jen Dawson takes over with her unforgettable Southern story – from feeling like an outsider in a "normal" family, early prescribed Adderall and wild "nipple" psilocybin mushrooms, diving headfirst into '99 Phish tour life, crystal meth insanity, toxic soulmate drama (including a pistol-whipping incident), a venomous spider bite leading to near foot amputation and a pain-clinic fentanyl jackpot, research chemicals, shooting heroin, the devastating stillbirth of her son Dakota, a suicide attempt, multiple jail stints, and finally true surrender in a strict year-long program. Now 11 years sober, Jen shares how sweat lodges helped her connect with Dakota's spirit, rebuilding life with daughter Cyprus (now 18 and thriving), going to college, and finding lifelong community in the Yellow Balloon sober jam-band scene. Raw, funny, tragic, and deeply inspiring – peak Dopey.All That and MUCH MORE ON THIS HIPPY DIPPY FAR THE FUCK OUT NEW EPISODE OF THE GOOD OL DOPEY SHOW!
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Thursday Replay! Meth Piss Owl Story with Jessa Reed and Chris!

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:03:33 +0000

Lisen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! It is Christmas (STILL) as the 5 days of Dopey continues! We start with me alone reading spotify comments and considering not doing 5 shows a week! Then we play he replay where comedian Jessa Reed calls in and tells us all about her tweaker days. Stories include carrying a dead owl around for weeks and trying to breathe life into it via meth smoke, and drinking her own piss (repeatedly) because it had traces of methamphetamine. Jessa, a dopey hall-of-famer, also tells us how she finally got clean after a decade of pure debauchery. Check out Jessa's podcast, the Mormon and the Meth-Head. We play a voicememo from Korey about the time he shot a goofball and ran from the non-existant police for three hours straight and tore his MCL.
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I Snorted Paris Hilton's Coke, Dealt at Dartmouth, 4-Month Psychotic Hell, Secret Marriage – Rachel Hechtman's Wednesday Dopey Dose!

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:28:39 +0000

ad free on patreon @www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! It's Christmas Eve! Wishing all the listeners a Merry Fucking Christmas! This week we open the show reminding everyone about patreon and reading a note from incarcerated Dope - Montana about prison life, Toastmasters, college aspirations, and his badass DIY cubicle decor.We reflects on Christmas's universal meaning – love, hope, togetherness – while sending love to the Reiner family. The main interview features longtime friend and DopeyCon organizer Rachel Hechtman (@soberincentralpark), recorded the day the Nick Reiner news broke. Rachel shares her wild journey: early drinking and coke at 14, boarding school antics (including Paris Hilton-sourced coke), dealing at Dartmouth, drug-induced psychosis, a secret marriage to an Italian guy (Giuseppe!), massive weight loss (80 lbs), and getting sober through daily Central Park walks with her dog George during COVID – no 12-step, just determination, walking, and community-building.All that plus copious Nick Reiner Spotify comments on this brand new Wednesday version of that good old dopey show!
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Christmas with Ray & Alan: Shopping Hell, Nick Reiner Reflections & Holiday Songs (Patreon Exclusive)

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:11:07 +0000

This week on the teaser! We begin in a chaotic pre-Christmas Eve update filled with last-minute shopping woes, mediocre Chinese food reviews, and reflections on recent controversial episodes. Dave teases the full Patreon show featuring the return of the legendary Downtown Ray Brown (Stephen Ray Brown) and a reluctant appearance by Dave's dad, Alan Manheim. The trio discusses everything from name pronunciations and stage names to the Nick Reiner aftermath, Hamilton Morris drama, and Ray's Bushwick Book Club adventures.The episode wraps with holiday cheer: Dave and Ray perform classic Christmas carols like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Silver Bells," plusRay does GSB!Dave reminds listeners about the weekly Dopey recovery Zoom, monthly Patreon Zoom, free Dopey Nation meetings, and encourages joining Patreon for bonus content, including upcoming Christmas songs.ALL THAT AND MORE ON A BRAND NEW TEASER OF THAT GOOD OLD DOPEY SHOW!Length: ~24 minutes Vibe: Holiday chaos, recovery talk, family banter, live music, and Dopey charm. This episode perfectly blends Dopey's signature mix of dumb shit, deep recovery insight, family dynamics, and unexpected musical moments – a great holiday treat for Patreon supporters!
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The Final Nick Reiner Recordings

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:01:00 +0000

Listen without ads at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastIn this Dopey replay, We revisits rare and unfiltered moments with Nick Reiner and Chris O’Connor from early episodes of the show — recorded years before the tragic events surrounding the Reiner family.The episode reflects on a time when addiction and mental illness had not yet fully hardened into catastrophic consequences. Dave explains why he chose to release this material now, reading listener reactions and grappling with the complexity of showing who Nick was before everything went wrong.What follows is a raw, chaotic, often funny, and deeply human stretch of Dopey history: arguments, drug stories, recovery talk, basketball injuries, relapse temptations, seizures, rehab memories, and one particularly moving story of Nick tripping on LSD and being cared for by his father through the night.The episode closes with a reflection on recovery, connection, and the importance of reaching out — both to those struggling and to those we love — alongside a tribute to Chris O’Connor and the reminder that hindsight doesn’t protect us, but connection sometimes can.
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Dopey 562: Alec Baldwin! Cocaine Overdose! Overcoming Suicidal Depression! Nick Reiner's Final Dopey Recording! Happy Holidays?

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast listen without ads!This week on Dopey! A heavy, emotional holiday episode of Dopey that moves between chaos, grief, recovery, dark humor, and connection. Dave opens with a raw, chaotic song about cocaine, crack, and wanting relief, then sets the tone for a brutal week shaped by multiple tragedies — including the shocking deaths of Rob and Michelle Reiner and the arrest of their son Nick Reiner, a former Dopey guest.The episode includes sponsor reads, listener Christmas messages, and reflections on sticking together in recovery when the world feels overwhelming. Dave reads Spotify comments, emails, and shares messages from the Dopey Nation, emphasizing connection, gratitude, and community during the holidays.The centerpiece is a long, candid interview with Alec Baldwin, recorded just before Thanksgiving. Alec discusses growing up on Long Island, early drinking and cocaine use, working in New York television, moving to Los Angeles, fame, excess, driving intoxicated, overdosing in a hotel room in Oregon, and ultimately getting sober in 1985. He describes how AA became his entire social world, how spirituality helped keep him sober, and how his faith and family carried him through later life crises — including public scrutiny, divorce, legal battles, and depression. Alec speaks openly about wanting to “just not kill myself tomorrow” during his darkest moments and how sobriety principles guided him through.After the interview, Dave plays more holiday messages from the Dopey Nation and then has a long, emotional phone call with his father, Alan Manheim. They process the Nick Reiner tragedy, public backlash, antisemitic comments, criticism of old Dopey clips resurfacing online, and the strange irony of Dopey being thrust into the media spotlight through tragedy. They discuss parenting addicts, mental illness, fame, synchronicity, and how Dopey interviews became central to news coverage. The episode closes with reflections on resilience, staying connected, asking for help, and honoring Chris, followed by Dave playing his song “Good So Bad.”SEO / SEARCHABLE KEYWORDS (CUT & PASTE)
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First IV Heroin and the Seizure Story - Dopey 1&2 on Old School Thursday - 19 McDoubles with Cheese!

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:13:15 +0000

Listen without ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey we go down memory lane and listen to me and Chris plant the dopey flag and start the show. First - Chris tells the story of his first time using and I tell a story of seizing off of benzos. If you wanna make a comment - comment on spotify or on patreon or write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.comWishing everyone peace and love!
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Bob Forrest on Nick Reiner, Mental Illness, and Modern Drug Psychosis

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:57:05 +0000

Ad Free Dopey:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastIn this crucial emergency episode, Dave is joined by longtime friend and recovery legend Bob Forrest to process the shock, grief, and fallout surrounding the Nick Reiner tragedy and the public backlash aimed at Dopey.Bob speaks from decades of experience in addiction treatment, psychiatry-adjacent crisis work, and firsthand encounters with drug-induced psychosis, violence, and untreated mental illness. He explains why modern drugs—especially meth and stimulants—are producing homicidal and suicidal behavior, and why families often have no remaining safety net when things spiral.They discuss:Why parents can love their children and still need boundaries, charges, or interventionHow decriminalization + lack of psychiatric resources leaves families helplessWhy people project their own trauma and rage onto public figures and podcastsThe danger of separating “mental health” from active addictionCelebrity kids, resentment, identity, and why some survive while others don’tWhy Dopey is being scapegoated—and why that logic doesn’t hold upThe conversation moves through music, recovery, punk rock, famous addiction stories, Christmas memories, suicidal ideation, parenting, and connection, ultimately landing on Bob’s central belief: connection, love, truth, and honesty are what keep people alive.The episode ends with Bob defending Dopey’s right to tell the whole truth about addiction—ugly, funny, painful, and real—and offering a blunt but heartfelt holiday message to Dopey Nation. All that and more on this brand new Wednesday episode of the good old Dopey show.
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Trying to make sense of the Reiner Tragedy and the ethics of telling the story with Erin Khar

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:31:09 +0000

Hear the rest at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey Tuesday with returning friend, writer, and “elite ex-equestrian” Erin Carr. They joke about their disorganization, their family-like bond, and the chaos of planning episodes. Erin updates Dave on her recent election win to the NYC Education Council and what serving on it has been like—contentious but meaningful work centered on education policy and generational differences.The conversation shifts into generational talk (Gen X, Gen Z, Gen Alpha), early internet days, and feeling grateful they grew up before social media. Erin then describes learning—through an ex—that Dopey was suddenly in the news because Dave was doing media interviews about the breaking Nick Reiner case.Dave recounts going on ABC News unprepared, explains his new plan to publish a show every day, and details the backlash he received for releasing a Dopey Emergency Episode compiling all of Nick Reiner’s past appearances. Erin gives thoughtful criticism: the issue isn’t releasing the audio, but centering Nick rather than the murdered victims. They discuss responsibility, ethics, addiction stigma, and the complexity of public consumption of tragedy.Dave explains why he released the compilation, his intentions, the bizarre Dopey connection to the story, and his concern over tone. Erin helps him rework the title toward something victim-centered (“The Reiner Family Tragedy”). They unpack addiction narratives, mental illness stigma, and how easily public discussion slips into blaming or sensationalizing.The two close on themes of empathy, horror at the details emerging about the Reiner murders, the emotional weight of family devastation, and the moral questions around covering breaking tragedy in recovery media. The teaser ends with Dave redirecting listeners to Patreon for the rest of the conversation before running off to Susan’s Nutcracker performance.
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Dopey Emergency Episode: The Nick Reiner Tragedy

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:20:29 +0000

for shows without inserted ads join:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis two-hour emergency Dopey episode compiles all of Nick Reiner’s appearances — spanning relapse, heart attack, family pressure, recovery attempts, weed/Adderall use, and wild stories. Dave and Chris walk through Nick’s upbringing as the son of Rob Reiner and grandson of Carl Reiner, the contrast between privilege and addiction, and the comedy-tragedy tension that defines Dopey.Nick describes relapsing with an old dealer, falling back into heroin and cocaine, and ultimately having a cocaine-induced heart attack mid-flight. He wakes up in a Boston hospital with Chris at his bedside. Dave and Chris revisit Nick’s movements through detoxes, sober living in Maine, and his premeditated plan to return home so he could smoke weed again without consequences.The episode also includes Nick’s childhood sex-work story (“Cherry Red”), his guest-house meth/coke destruction spree, and his reflections on relapse, weed maintenance, and creative paralysis.Dave and Chris add personal context — the pain of losing friends, the shock of Chris’s death, anger, humor, and the push-pull dynamic they shared trying to support Nick.The final third moves into classic Dopey: a listener email about sexual trauma and a predatory case manager; Dave and Chris reacting with equal parts disbelief and empathy; side rants on AA, weed, Adderall harm reduction, NBA players, LSD myths, and Nick’s writing ambitions.This is a serious American tragedy - please send your thoughts to dopeypodcast@gmail.com
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ANDY DICK COMES CLEAN ABOUT HIS RECENT OVERDOSE! EMERGENCY DOPEY

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:05:00 +0000

NO INSERTED ADS WWW.PATREON.COM/DOPEYPODCASTEMERGENCY ANDY DICK INTERVENTION!!!!Thanks to hard core dope Keaton Hudema - we catch up with Andy Dick to find out all about his recent overdose incident involving fentanyl, We talk a bunch of shit - and i try and 12 step him. All that and more on this Andy Dick Emergency Broadcast of Dopey!
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Dopey 561: CLASSIC DOPEY From Fake AIDS to Real Crack: The Completely Deranged Life of Hairy Tongue Will

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

no inserted ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on a super classic episode of Dopey! Dave is visited by local Long Islander - Will P. AKA Hairy Tongue Will. Dave opens the show drinking Ryze mushroom coffee while talking about how cold his recording room is. He announces that Dopey will be releasing five episodes per week throughout December, including replays, Patreon teasers, deep cuts, and new interviews.He gives sobriety shoutouts — notably Lauren’s three-year milestone and Maddie Veitch from Leftover Salmon celebrating her own recovery marker. He encourages listeners to email in clean-time milestones for future episodes.Dave then goes through a lengthy run of Spotify comments left on the Darrell Hammond episode. The comments range from people complaining about the “This or That” game, others defending it, jokes about possums, encouragement about psychedelics, questions about whether Darrell is truly sober, praise for the episode, frustration with the interview pacing, random remarks about Lime Drive and “Mike’s Amazing Stuff,” plus multiple requests for stickers. Dave reads each comment and jokes along, sometimes offering to send merch.Ads for Mountainside and Link Diagnostics follow. Dave talks about how Mountainside is central to the history of Dopey and how Link Diagnostics offers drug testing services that help people “stay positive and test negative.”Dave then plays an LSD voicemail from Henry in San Francisco, who took two hits of acid alone in college. Henry becomes one with his bicycle, panics at a house fumigation tent he interprets as a circus, fears he’ll be mutated by pesticides, runs home, listens to the Butthole Surfers, sees Aztec gods appearing from shifting ceiling patterns, and eventually rides it out. He is now 15 months sober and credits Dopey Nation for support.Next he reads an email from Jerry, who describes crazy addiction history including fighting cops on PCP, overdoses, ventilators, and robbing heroin dealers. Jerry discovered Dopey by typing “heroin” into the podcast search bar while newly out of rehab in 2018. His biggest complaint is that Dave has never watched Joe Dirt.The episode opens with your intro, then the bulk of the show is Hairy Tongue Will’s massive, chaotic, detailed telling of his addiction, near-death runs, arrests, relapse cycles, dead friends, and eventual recovery.Will describes the early Long Island chaos with Richie, Mike, and Lenny—everyone strung out on heroin, crack, coke, and whatever they could get. He recalls the first serious turn: showing up to a house where Lenny was passed out after a three-day crack run, realizing “the demons are taking over.” Mike and Richie spiral deeper, and Will keeps managing to “hold it together” thanks to jobs, work ethic, and a strange electrical-job stabilizer that kept him semi-functional.He details years of DUIs, probation, manipulating drug tests, smoking crack constantly while still working 16-hour electrician shifts, and thriving socially because coworkers lived vicariously through him. He normalized chaos, missing only “one no-call/no-show every two weeks,” which he considered acceptable.Will then dives into his first short attempt at stability, living in a basement apartment. His probation officer surprises him the day after a holiday: the apartment is filled with beer cans, bongs, baggies. He fails the test, is sent back to rehab/jail cycles, and explains why Long Island addicts often choose jail over treatment. He describes his surreal time in jail—being sent to the Montauk Lighthouse on work crews, eating egg sandwiches and black-and-milds with the guards, becoming “the useful guy,” actually feeling respected and purposeful.Back outside, he tries again, fails again, collects DUIs, cycles through companies, loses jobs, hustles side work, and repeatedly relapses. A wedding night leads to another DUI. COVID hits while he’s in jail. He gets out, starts working nonstop, earns money, piles cash in a closet, stacks crypto, reads self-help books, sleeps on a mattress on the floor, becomes obsessed with success and control.Then he meets a girl in Tennessee. He drinks again “successfully” only when he flies there. He builds a double life—working himself numb, drinking out of state, convincing himself he’s different.Eventually, on a work trip, he gambles, wins big, drinks an old fashioned, and secretly cooks his boss’s cocaine into crack. This reignites the obsession. Will starts traveling the Northeast and Midwest, repeatedly pulling crack-seeking missions: gas stations, high-crime neighborhoods, asking strangers, “I’m looking for some hard.” He builds drug contacts in Bridgeport, Dayton, Maine, Virginia, wherever the job sends him. He smokes in hotels, hallucinates blood on floors, changes rooms repeatedly.He recounts the deaths of friends:Mike, whose father turned their home into a sheet-walled trap house with dealers and bikers living inside.How Mike died with his father selling sneakers off his dead son’s body.Richie, who got sober then died of fentanyl after nearly two years clean.Will’s life collapses further—obsession, resentment toward God, jealousy, terminal uniqueness. He becomes a “demon,” wanting to die like his friends. He terrifies his girlfriend with delusional FaceTimes, nine-day runs, psychosis. She moves in without knowing the truth and becomes trapped in codependency.He stays high for 26 straight days, manipulates her with antihistamine allergy episodes to cover his psychosis, hides crack pipes around the house with ring cameras everywhere. He finally admits some truth, gives her $5,000 to escape, but she stays another nine months.He tells insane stories:Pretending he’s a trust-fund baby to get free crackGetting shot at by a dealer after a misunderstanding over “two grams” vs “two ounces”Driving through wooded roads barefoot at gas stationsDealers trying to jump himBecoming a mule for a recently-released dealer (Ace)Near misses, violence, and pure street insanityEventually, during a pickup, he gets chased, prays for police lights, and his car breaks down. Cops descend. He gets a mountain of charges (“five decades worth”). He thinks he’ll die in prison. Bail reform gets him released. He immediately uses again for 17 more days.A sober lawyer tries pushing him toward St. Christopher’s. Will resists, manipulates LICR, relapses again, cancels his own insurance, tries to die, and after weeks of chaos his mother gets him re-approved. He enters St. Chris, still delusional, still dangerous.There he breaks. He admits suicidal thoughts, gets a guard stationed outside his door, hears the blunt truth—you’re the worst-off guy here and you did this to yourself. It lands. Will begins working the program: spiritual direction, grief groups, codependency, meetings, kitchen duty, everything. He reconnects with his mother in sobriety. He attends court in suits provided by the facility and ultimately receives an unexpectedly generous plea deal.He comes home early, tries to run his own program, stays sober for months, but on Mother’s Day runs into an old acquaintance who shows him a Newport box with a pipe inside. He relapses immediately for three days, misses Mother's Day entirely.That night, suicidal again, he receives a series of calls: first from Jordan, then from his tough sponsor, who gives him clear direction—go to a sober house, go to daily groups, go to nightly meetings, call people, build structure. Will frauds his urine to get in, but once inside, follows every instruction. He stabilizes.He recounts being 18 months sober now, having been at meetings nearly every night, with a recent slip in commitment due to chasing an “intimate partner godshot” that didn’t work out. You reassure him that it’s fine and that balance is part of recovery.More or less thats the whole thing! On a brand new fucko, crackead episode of that good old dopey show!
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Chris’s Prison Stories Vol.1 – Shooting Meth, getting Staph & pushing the Fucking Panic Button

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

No inserted ads on patreon:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey! Dave kicks off the new Thursday Retro Replay / Greatest Hits concept and explains the new Dopey weekly schedule before throwing back to one of the most beloved early episodes: Chris’s Prison Stories Part One (Dopey 67). After a classic call from Dave’s dad Alan complaining about the website reviews and telling his own fake “Fort Apache” jail story, Chris dives into his very real first sentence in Orange County Jail. He breaks down race politics, Woods and Sureños, getting classified as a higher-risk inmate, being asked to “be the falcon” and beat up a loud racist white guy, and what it felt like to be totally green in a vicious system.Chris tells gnarly stories about shooting meth in jail with a homemade “binky” syringe that’s been up multiple asses, getting covered in staph infection, breaking the ultimate rule by pushing the emergency button, and accidentally giving his post-release girlfriend medication-resistant staph. He also admits to being a dick to a fragile bunkie named Steve by leaving him a bag of trash and tormenting him over the “fishing line,” then gets honest about how jail culture warped his thinking, almost turning love into fear and respect. Dave closes by talking about how much he misses Chris and how proud Chris was of these wild stories, and dedicates the replay to him. All that and more more more on a brand new replay of a super classic dopey show!
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'Coke and Porn Go Together Like Bacon and Eggs' Sleaford Mods': Jason Williamson's Incredible Saga PLUS a guy in a butcher shop put a pipe

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave talks to Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods about growing up in grim small-town England, discovering punk and mod culture, and using booze, speed, ecstasy and finally cocaine to numb himself through factory jobs, failed bands and a brutal home life. Jason breaks down how club and rave culture in the ’90s felt like utopia, how Sleaford Mods was born from a eureka moment shouting over a looped metal sample, and how his addiction eventually narrowed into solitary marathons of cocaine and online porn in hotel rooms and crack houses. He opens up about childhood trauma, not being seen or taught how to love, his wife taking the kids and walking out, and the moment he poured out a beer and stopped everything—booze, coke, weed, cigarettes—on the same day. They talk therapy, complex trauma, breaking the family cycle, and finish with a ridiculous music nerd “this or that” game. All that and MORE on this weeks NEW Wednesday Dose of Dopey!
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Tuesday Teaser - Can you live in Fear and Love at the same time? Fake Meditation - Reddit Roundup

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:06:49 +0000

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Dopey REPLAY - Charlotte McKinney! LSD SPRAY! Psychedelics! Ketamine! Quaaludes! Psilocybin! Recovery

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:19:29 +0000

no inserted ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey REPLAY! We are joined by our amazing guest, comedian, actress, model and person in early recovery, Charlotte McKinney.Charlotte joins at around 45 days sober. She talks about her early sobriety, feeling scared to fully commit, and using comedy as her “secret life.” She opens up about her old weed habit, quitting cold turkey, partying with boyfriends, and chasing drugs through different phases of her life. She shares some of her craziest stories — including taking LSD and going to family dinners and spending holidays totally high. She and Dave talk recovery, meetings, codependency, boundaries, and finding sober community. All that and more on the brand new REPLAY of that good old Dopey show!
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Dopey 560: Darrell Hammond, SNL to Crack House to Stroke Ward back to SNL! Cutting, Coke, SMI, Recovery

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:30:22 +0000

Inserted ad free shows:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! Comedy Legend and serious recovery survivor Darrel Hammond comes on the show! We dispose of a dead opossum. We reads listener messages about Patreon, Pearl Jam, the Charlotte McKinney episode, Spotify reviews, Theo Von speculation, “Many Rivers to Cross,” NA vs AA, and future guests like Tim Dillon. There’s a voicemail about colonoscopy propofol and an email from Canadian listener Dylan about secretly smoking purple fent in rehab and still graduating before getting three years clean on methadone. Dave tells his own stories about using in treatment and invites more “using in rehab” emails.The main interview is a long, raw conversation with Darrell Hammond about childhood abuse, feeling like an outsider, drinking his first Bush beers, baseball, impressions as survival, and finally uncovering buried trauma in intense psychodrama therapy. Darrell talks about self-blame around his sponsor’s suicide, years of in-and-out sobriety, cutting as a way to control panic and signal pain, and trying to work at SNL while hiding self-harm and drinking after the show. He gets into Clinton, the Comedy Cellar, how he finds the “funny” in impressions, the crack-house story on 137th Street, and the stroke that finally terrified him into fully embracing recovery, meetings, cognitive therapy, yoga, connection, and a “life of consultation.” He closes with his “religion” (improve myself, contribute to others’ happiness) and his take on God, gravity, Einstein, and serenity. Dave wraps with Patreon/Zoom plugs, Safe Spot and sticker/mustard ads, a quick Andrew Dice Clay impression, a mini rant about Instagram, and a sincere reminder that recovery is the best thing that ever happened to him. All that and more on this weeks installment of the good old dopey show!
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Carolyn 'Mountain Girl' Garcia - Grateful Dead - Merry Pranksters - Ken Kesey - Psychedelics - Jerry Garcia - Dopey Retro Thursday Replay

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Listen without ads attempt www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastReplay from June 2022 - Carolyn 'Mountain Girl' Garcia tells her story! From ibogaine in Palo Alto, to LSD with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Going on the road and starting a family with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Ultimately enduring a marriage with a total heroin and cocaine addict as husband and father of her children. This is a very, very special Dopey indeed! Plus emails, and a bit more on an extra long, extra heady episode of the good ol' Dopey show!Big big shout out to Seth Ferrante for hooking it up!
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Fentanyl, Coke, Speed, Blues, Heroin & Methadone: The Noddy God Story

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000

For Ad Free shows go to:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDave kicks off the first-ever Wednesday Dose of Dopey talking about post-Thanksgiving food insanity, a brownie-topped cheesecake Linda brought home, and his evolving stance on cheesecake as a “real” dessert. He updates the Dopey Nation on the Dopey Fitness Challenge, his failed attempt at jogging with his dog Winnie that ends with him eating pavement, ripping his pants, smacking the dog in frustration, and then feeling guilty about it all week. Dave reads an email from Haley in Mississippi, who loved the Glenis and Billy Strings episodes and promises heavy dopey stories from homelessness, prison, and IV meth. He begs for more voicemails and then plays a chunk of Miles Davis’s autobiography, where Miles describes sliding from snorting heroin into shooting it, realizing he has a habit, and sinking into a four-year “horror show” of heroin and cocaine in New York.Then Dave introduces Naughty God (Dakota), a heavily tattooed Instagram/TikTok/YouTube creator who built a big following rating nod videos “sportscaster-style.” Dakota tells his story: growing up between a sweet, young mom and a meth-addicted dad, starting drugs at 13 by snorting random pain pills he found in a friend’s brother’s room, and becoming the classic weed-identity kid with a pot-leaf MySpace. He forms the band LAW with his friend Jacob Nowell (Bradley Nowell’s son, who now sings for Sublime), and they grow up playing shows in San Diego and Long Beach while having access to grown-up levels of partying. Dakota falls in love with cocaine in his mid-teens, then with speed, and his using gets him kicked out of LAW when Jacob gets sober and can’t handle him showing up high to everything.After moving to Orange County, Dakota dives into selling and using coke in San Clemente, then adds Oxy 30s (“blues”), fentanyl pills, and heroin to his daily rotation. He and his tight crew—especially his best friend Robert—live in a constant loop of dealing, partying, and using. Over two months, Robert, Dakota’s cousin, and three other friends all die from fentanyl. The losses break him: he has a mental breakdown, calls his grandma, and checks himself into a San Diego hospital detox, where he’s put on 100mg of methadone and spends years on the clinic grind.Dakota talks about being on methadone for four–five years, barely using anything else, then deciding—with help from a therapist—that he’ll never fully turn a corner if he stays on it forever. He tapers himself from 100mg down to 4mg over about a year, jumps off, and goes through a long, foggy, uncomfortable withdrawal. He’s now about a year and a half off methadone, occasionally smokes weed, sees a therapist, plays bass in his band Somehow Unseen, and works on content. He and Dave riff on nodding (“my whole life”), nod techniques, fentanyl’s short “legs,” and the economics of why heroin likely won’t “come back” in a big way.Dakota explains how he built NaughtyGod into a fast-growing account by structuring it like a recurring “show” and inventing/collecting phrases like “Charm City Rainbow,” “Nodwalk Shuffle,” “Baltimore Street Yoga,” “Sheriff of Nottingham” to describe different nod poses. They talk about Instagram flagging and banning drug content, other junkie meme/recovery pages, and how both of them accidentally stumbled into helping people through content that started out as pure jokes and self-centered ambition. They agree to collab on a nod reel, and Dakota shouts out his band and pages.All that and more on a brand new WEDNESDAY Episode of the good old dopey show!
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Can you use Meth without Consequences? Alan-On x Raytreon Hybrid - Thanksgiving Recap, Bashing old people TEASER

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:24:01 +0000

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Dopey REPLAY - Billy Strings - FULL INTERVIEW, Loss, Grief, Meth, Weed, Music, Recovery, Trauma

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 02:12:35 +0000

Ad Free at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastBilly Strings sits down for one of the rawest, heaviest, and most honest conversations ever recorded on Dopey. In this replay, Billy talks openly about growing up in chaos, losing his dad to heroin at age two, his mom’s crack and meth addiction, violence in the home, poverty, hunger, couch-surfing, and the wild, psychedelic, musical household that shaped him. He walks through the exact moments his childhood shifted from love and music into danger, raids, labs, dealers, and watching addiction take over everyone around him.Billy tells stories about tweaking with his parents, smoking meth for the first time with his mom, first acid trips, playing guitar for 48 hours straight, metal bands, coke, crack dreams, and the insane scenes he lived through as a kid and teen.He talks about leaving home at 13, being homeless, trying coke and meth after swearing he’d never do hard drugs, the traumatic first time he did heroin, panic attacks, confronting childhood sexual abuse in therapy, and getting sober from alcohol nine years ago.Billy also goes deep on losing his mom in 2024, learning she died from meth intoxication, how he found out through the death certificate while on tour in Australia, the confusion, denial, anger, heartbreak, poems she left behind, and the letter from his biological father he discovered after her death — the first time he ever saw his father say he loved him.He shares what Trey told him about Al-Anon, how he’s been listening to meetings, how his understanding of addiction has completely changed, and his desire to help kids growing up in houses like his.This is Billy Strings telling his story exactly as he lived it — no hiding, no sugarcoating, and no shame.
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Dopey 559: Charlotte McKinney Takes Homemade Quaaludes and uses Candy Flip Spray, THANKSGIVING SPECIAL! PLUS Steve Poltz on the Mysterious

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:45:56 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Our annual Thanksgiving episode opens with a Dopey holiday song and gratitude messages from the Dopey Nation. We remember the brilliant Jimmy Cliff and play a few tunes. We read Billy Strings reviews and talk shit about AI! PLUS DOPEY NATION GRATITUDE before introducing guest Charlotte McKinney.Charlotte joins at around 45 days sober. She talks about early sobriety, feeling scared to fully commit, and using comedy as her “secret life.” She opens up about her old weed habit, quitting cold turkey, partying with boyfriends, and chasing drugs through different phases of her life. She shares some of her craziest stories — including taking LSD and going to family dinners and spending holidays totally high. She and Dave talk recovery, meetings, codependency, boundaries, and finding sober community. They end with Dave’s rapid-fire game (mushrooms vs acid, Beatles vs Stones, heroin vs meth, etc.).Next, Steve Poltz drops in with a story about the late Todd Snider. He describes getting hotboxed backstage with Todd and Evan Dando at the Ryman, being blasted on secondhand smoke, and going onstage dazed. He recalls Todd’s health decline, his death, and their long friendship.All that and more on this brand spanking new - post Billy Strings episode of that good old Dopey Show!
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After Billy Strings Show - Cookies - AI - Heroin -Recovery

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:17:04 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThe teaser opens with you explaining the whole point of a Tuesday teaser: push listeners “like little dogs or lemmings” to Patreon, where the full episode lives. You pitch the Wednesday Patreon Zoom, the Saturday Zoom, the Recovery Zoom, the bonus videos and episodes, and joke about your inconsistent track record of scheduling Patreon Zooms.You welcome the massive influx of Billy Strings fans after the huge episode—Rolling Stone, People Magazine, Yahoo News, and a pile of country sites covered it. You read a handful of Spotify comments reacting to the interview: praise for Billy’s vulnerability, your interviewing, people crying, people relating to losing their mothers, and some teasing about your age and your Soft White Underbelly appearance. You joke about the cinematic episode description likely being written by AI.Then you play a clip from last week’s recording with Doug, where you two open packages at Katz’s from German Dopey fans. A listener named Saul sends a long, heartfelt note about discovering the show via her boyfriend Jake, who listened to Dopey while working in German vineyards. They sent you spelt (“Dinkle”) cookies. Doug refuses to eat them because he’s convinced they’ll kill him before his hospital appointment. You accuse him of hating “gays and gluten.”The teaser then cuts to your and Doug’s conversation about Tank Sinatra being the other “bald Long Islander” who recorded in your garage. Doug doesn’t know who he is; you explain Tank’s meme empire, his sobriety, Shark Tank appearance, his refusal to promote your episode, and your petty scorched-earth unfollow.Next you preview the beginning of the full Tuesday Patreon episode, where you and Doug get into reading Kevin Sherry’s furious anti-AI email. Sherry says AI art is “repulsive,” “lazy,” “morally bankrupt,” “stealing,” and makes you look like you’ve “given up.” You and Doug riff on the bad AI portraits you’ve both received, debate AI vs real art, and joke that Sherry has an “autistic flair,” which Doug mishears and then corrects. Doug argues synthesizers and sampling were also hated when they arrived; you argue AI feels different but still fun to play with.The teaser ends with you thanking Saul for the cookies, apologizing again to Tank Sinatra for being petty, updating listeners that you now need glasses, and reminding them to join Patreon. You close with “Stay strong… and fucking toodles for Chris,” followed by a bit of a Dopey song.
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Dopey 558: Billy Strings Comes Clean! Losing his Parents to Meth and Heroin, Crack, weed addiction, Braids, Razor Blades & a Briefcase

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This Week on Dopey! Billy Mother Fucking Strings comes on to share his truth! But first Dave meditates, reads spotify reviews, reads an email about premature ejaculation, and a voicemail from Dopey OG Alex on meth, fent and needing makeup! Then Billy joins Dave on Dopey to talk openly about addiction shaping his entire life—from his dad dying of a heroin overdose when he was two, to growing up in houses full of meth use, crack dealers, and chaos, to smoking meth and tripping on acid with his mom as a teenager. He describes leaving home at 13, couch surfing, dropping out of school, playing in metal bands, smoking crack, and eventually getting pulled back toward bluegrass.Billy talks about how his parents' addiction destroyed stability, how meth “fucked everything up” in his hometown, how he stayed awake for four-day binges while playing guitar with his dad, and what finally made him leave. He also describes the first time he did heroin, why he stopped drinking nine years ago, and how addiction still affects him through dreams and cravings.He reflects deeply on his mother’s recent death from methamphetamine intoxication, discovering his dad was using too, attending Al-Anon meetings, reading his mom’s poems, and trying to break the cycle for his own son. He also talks about touring arenas, the pressure of success, therapy, panic attacks, being molested as a child, and wanting to help others impacted by addiction.All that and much more on a wall to wall traumatic tale of how secrets can make us sick! This week and forever on the good old Dopey show!Happy Thanksgiving!
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Soft White Underbelly, Rich Roll, The Fire Cracker, Heart Attack Doug, MAGA, Gratitude 'The Return of Snot Sock Manheim'

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:46:29 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDave opens the Tuesday teaser alone in his house, loving the rare quiet and recording next to Susan the snake’s terrarium. He complains about his fancy Rogan-style mic breaking, says he hates stands, and talks about launching “fake meditation shit” because he likes the sound of his own voice.He previews this week’s Patreon episode: him and Doug in the Honda Pilot “by the bay,” where Dave had a full sneezing meltdown and wound up blowing his nose into his sock for the entire show because he had no tissues.Dave announces a possible new Dopey schedule:Monday: standalone interviewTuesday: teaserWednesday: Secret DopeyThursday: archived interviews or mailbagFriday: DopeyHe announces a Patreon Zoom at 9pm.He then reads an email from a listener named Dave, who realized his sponsor is the guy who made the Firecracker rap for DopeyCon. Dave plays the Firecracker rap and riffs on how good it is, how white recovery rap can be weird, and how much he loves the shout-out to Artie Lange and Chris.The emailer says he’s 18 months sober and thanks Dave. Dave tells him to send more rap.Then the teaser cuts to Dave and Doug in the Honda Pilot, roasting each other. Doug calls Dave a homeless person for blowing his nose in a sock. They argue about Rich Roll, Doug’s critiques of Dave’s interviews, Doug’s surgery, Dave’s voice, meditation, and a guy on Soft White Underbelly. Doug claims Dave was needy and weak on his second Rich Roll appearance. Dave pushes back.All that and not much more on the all new patreon teaser for the good old dopey show.
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Dopey 557: CLASSIC DOPEY! Pimps and Ho's, Meth and Heroin, Crack! Smuggling people in the Trunk with Glynis!

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:02:44 +0000

NO INSERTED ADS: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey!In this unbelievably heavy episode, Dave sits with Glynis as she unpacks a lifetime of addiction, trauma, and survival that spans Massachusetts, Texas, L.A., jail, pimping culture, meth psychosis, fentanyl, gang life, and ultimately federal prison. Glynis describes early emotional wounds, resentment toward her mother, the “magnet” pull of addiction, and how heroin became the only place she ever felt OK. She talks about couch-surfing and freezing nights in Boston, smoking meth for the first time in Texas, disappearing on multi-day runs, underground game rooms, GHB comedowns, and getting sucked into the world of pimps, sex work, and Money Mike — a relationship built on psychological control, fear tactics, and the twisted logic of “pimp and ho culture.”Her story escalates into car thefts, robberies, abscesses, neck shots, living in trap motels, being handcuffed to a sink by gang members, and eventually becoming a renegade escort in L.A., buying ounces and then pounds of fentanyl off Skid Row. Glynis explains how she was recruited to smuggle undocumented people across the border — driving a Mercedes with people hidden in the trunk while cartel-connected spotters fed her instructions through Bluetooth. She’s arrested, violently kicks fentanyl in federal custody, falls from a bunk, hits her head, and becomes cross-eyed for months. COVID lockdown hits prison, she begins praying out of desperation, and she’s unexpectedly released early. Dumped into a chaotic men’s sober house, she meets “Jimmy the Poet,” the only sober person there, and for the first time listens when someone suggests recovery. Glynis begins 12-step work, finds community, and slowly becomes a stable, married, sponsoring adult who can finally say she didn’t stay broken forever.All that and way more on a rough and tough new episode of the good old dopey show!
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MAGA (HEART ATTACK) DOUG - HIPPIES - ART - GRATITUDE - HEROIN - COPS - LONG ISLAND

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:04:39 +0000

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Dopey 556: Roddy Bottum Sticks Opium Up His Butt with Courtney Love, Faith No More, Imperial Teen, 90's, Recovery, Gay Stuff

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:49:34 +0000

www.patreon.con/dopeypodcastThis Week on Dopey! I'm in Philly at the Rise for Recovery Conference! I was on Soft White Underbelly! I read Spotify comments, and one of the single greatest dopey emails ever! And Old School Dopey Kirby sends in a voicemail about what it means to be an addict. Then we welcome the incredible Roddy Bottum, keyboardist for Faith No More and lead singer/guitar of Imperial Teen, and author of his new book, The Royal We. Roddy talks about growing up gay in a hard-rock world, his early San Francisco punk days, and how Courtney Love briefly joined Faith No More before their friendship and drug use turned dark. He remembers touring with the Chili Peppers, getting arrested for weed, experimenting with heroin, and being surrounded by chaos as Faith No More blew up with “Epic.”Roddy opens up about how addiction and grief collided — the deaths of his friend Cliff, Kurt Cobain, and especially his father, who died of cancer soon after Roddy got sober. He and Dave talk about recovery, guilt, and the weirdness of surviving when so many others didn’t.
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Shadow People, Hot Takes, and My Dad Calls Me a Liar or Sticky Finger's Manheim Rides Again

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:18:08 +0000

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Dopey 555: Hot Takes! Rich Roll Does Mushrooms and MDMA and gets deep on Dopey! Gay Stuff in Vietnam, Harm Reduction!!

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:31:43 +0000

🧠 Dopey Episode 555: Rich Roll Returns!This week on Dopey!This week starts off with me at home, losing my mind. Linda’s at Nora’s swim meet, Susan’s sick, I’m cooking dinner and reading Marcus Aurelius texts from Dr. Giles like I’m suddenly in Gladiator. I talk about meeting Jeff Ross at Katz’s (he thought I’d be short and fat), read a bunch of Spotify comments, eat ice cream, complain about my dental implants, and shout out everyone who still leaves reviews for my dad.There’s a voicemail from Tom in Oregon about trying to cop dope in Vietnam that goes very gay and sideways. Then there’s a super sweet email from Bailey in Chicago, a recovery coach who just hit five years. I also ramble about Mountainside, Oro Recovery, and Recovery Unplugged, and Recovery.com who all actually help Dopey Nation people when they’re in trouble.Then Rich Roll comes over to my dad’s apartment. Rich literally just flew back from Japan and tells me this wild story about doing a guided psychedelic session in Mexico with psilocybin and MDMA. The dude never did drugs before. He talks about family trauma, ego, trying to find grace, love, all that spiritual shit — and somehow makes it sound cool. We talk about AA, time, identity, relapse shame, and podcasting. He’s deep and I’m just interrupting him constantly.We also talk about music (he’s a Radiohead, R.E.M., Smiths guy — no Dead, no Floyd, no fun) and how podcasting is now just people chasing viral clips. He says he’s in it for the relationships, and I actually believe him.All that plus more on the somewhat AI powered new edition of the good old dopey show.
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Lonely Jail Time - Joey Ramone - Doing Percs in Recovery - Ray Tease

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 03:17:46 +0000

This week on the tease! Susan is sick! Eating Bad! Dental Surgery Percocet! Nitrous! Montana Prison in Texas! Joey Ramone!MORE! MORE! MORE!
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Dopey 554: Homeless, Shooting Speedballs in Neck, sixty nining ing in Cab with Fried Chicken, RJ Elizarraz

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! Dave opens the episode feeling sick, dreading his upcoming dental implants, and joking about painkillers, nitrous, and Tylenol PM. He congratulates longtime dopes Margaret Hernandez (36 years sober) and Mattie Veach (recovering from cancer surgery), prays for the Knicks, and introduces guest RJ Elizarraz, co-host of Against All Odds with Rachel Slocum and founder of Oak Forest Recovery.Before diving in, Dave reads Spotify comments from the Brace Belden episode — about therapy, high memories, Suboxone, and more — gives shoutouts to listeners, and pushes the legendary Dopey socks. He jokes about how each platform reacts differently: Patreon loves him, Reddit hates him, Facebook doesn’t care.He plays an old Miles Davis clip about Charlie Parker doing drugs and sex in a taxi while eating fried chicken, and finds the recovery moral in it — acceptance is the key. A listener named Nathan from San Francisco sends a disgusting classic: at 12 he cooked and ate his own poop hoping it would make DMT. It didn’t. He puked, got bullied, overdosed, and finally got sober. Dave laughs, calls it top-notch Dopey storytelling, and awards him socks. Then comes the main interview with RJ Elizares. They record in RJ’s Westlake Village home — complete with an infrared sauna, cold plunge, and jade crystal massage bed. RJ also runs a marketing agency for medical clients and has a 13-year-old daughter.RJ tells his story:Grew up in Westlake, straight-edge nerd playing video games and paintball.Swore he’d never do drugs, then caved at 15 after a best-friend betrayal.Smoked weed with his stepbrother, laughed hysterically at Maury Povich, devoured frozen peas, and instantly became “the stoner.”Started selling weed and stealing paintball gear; pulled off a heist from an optometrist’s back-room store until his stepbrother turned him in for the reward.Skipped school, bribed attendance clerks with weed, got caught high at a parent meeting, expelled.At continuation school, excelled while high, manipulated teachers, and got expelled again for lying.Ran away on a dirt bike, sold weed full-time, then transferred to another continuation school where a rival stabbed him in the arm with a pencil for “selling on his turf.”Graduated early by testing out, kept selling, moved out, and lived off weed money.With his girlfriend (later the mother of his daughter) did ecstasy, coke, Xanax, mushrooms, pills — everything but heroin.She overdosed on ecstasy and stopped breathing before being revived — a turning point moment. 🔍 SEO KEYWORDS
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Charlie Parker Swindles Miles Davis for Heroin Money. Selby flies with no ID. PLUS ALAN and Mystery Guest.

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:22:34 +0000

Dave opens this Tuesday Dopey Patreon teaser by reflecting on feeling burnt out, upcoming dental implant surgery, and the need to slow down. He jokes about “cultivating illness” to get rest and shares his current obsession with the Martin Scorsese documentary series Mr. Scorsese, hoping listeners will “pray and manifest” Scorsese appearing on Dopey. He talks about Scorsese’s film legacy, calling Goodfellas untouchable.Dave reads a Spotify comment from Emma about a pork ad and debates if it’s anti-Semitic, then begins a new segment reading from Miles Davis’s autobiography — a vivid story about Charlie Parker pawning Miles’s belongings for heroin.Next, longtime Dopey Nation member Selby calls in with a story about getting through TSA with weed gummies and ends with “stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.” Dave laughs about TSA searches, harmonicas being mistaken for weapons, and promises either to play harmonica on the road or stop traveling with it.The teaser transitions into the Patreon preview with Ray Brown and Dave’s dad, where a discussion about politics erupts — his dad talks about kindness, empathy, immigration, and frustration with leadership. Dave tries to steer it back but ends up apologizing for the tangent. The teaser closes with Dave’s song “I Wanna Be Good So Bad,” a raw, humorous original with lyrics about bad desire, frustration, calling his dad, and seeking peace and love.
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Dopey 552: Brace Belden Returns! Molestation, Poppers, Nitrous, Heroin, Charlie Kirk and Recovery!

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:58:45 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Dave opens with a cocaine-barroom parody and rolls into updates: DopeyCon afterglow, Spotify/iTunes comments, LA travel nerves, and sponsor shout-outs. Listener Archie checks in with a salvia-in-underwear saga; another listener writes about rock-salt shrooms and missing the Dead’s final Jerry show; “Chip” reports nearly a year sober and reflects on denial. Then Brace Belden (Truenon) sits down in Dave’s new DIY studio for a sprawling hang: meetings vs. therapy, analysis and trazodone dreams, the weird science of memory, and a brutally honest tour through sex + drugs (boofing Suboxone film, poppers, Whippets/“galaxy gas,” meth, DMT, Quaaludes, coke dick, Hunter Biden-level decadence). They spar on politics without picking teams (meetings in “Trumpy” rooms, why rhetoric isn’t the whole story), react to the Charlie Kirk assassination video, and play a relapse thought experiment (weed→benzos→opiate math vs. “new Research Chemicalss”). They close with Chrome-mags diplomacy drama, a rapid-fire “this or that,” Truenon live show plugs, and Dave’s mural/Patreon notes before the end of another edition of that good old Dopey Show!
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LSD in EYES - DOPEY IN HEART - ROLLING STONES - DOPEYCON

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:35:58 +0000

Tease with StephenPublic apologyRecognizing patternsbeing a jerkLSDMore!Hipsters!
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Dopeycon 2025 Live Brandon Novak, James Frey, Hank Azaria, Fentanyl Jay, Sam Miller and my dad's speech!

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:06:45 +0000

Twas a good Dopeycon this year - maybe the last - I wish I had said more - but it was a truly beautiful experience and show. The place was packed - and I am super grateful for all the people who came, participated and sponsored!Special thanks to Mountainside Recovery for being our title sponsor, LICR for taking in Jay, Recovery.com, RELEASE RECOVERY, The Phoenix House, Wellbridge Recovery, Curious Elixers, Cirque Lodge, Redemption Addiction Treatment Centers, Mike's Amazing Mustard, SoBrewed Coffee, Claire Comai, Rachel Hechtman, Katz's Delicatessen, The Great Cormac, Shortbread Society for the Othello, Janie's Life Changing Baked Goods, Shirley Haperin, My Brother in Law and super amazing producer/stage manager Louis Buelli, Kelly Wills from BRAIN FLOWER DESIGN, Dolmar Pedro, Howard 'Beach', Buksbaum, Danny Ameri, Jason Cabello and Recovery Unplugged, Hardest Working Dope Eric Papa Smurf, Dopey Art Director Britta Borgman, My Cousin Ivy, Ginny, Caroline Dowling, Gil Sachs, Ned Van Zandt, Scott Apgar, Dave Goldweitz, Jim Sondow for coming early and Novak's Video guy Isaac - and anyone ive forgotten please send me an email at dopeypodcast@gmail.com. All the folk in the show! (in order of appearance)Adam David, IDGAF FOOD, Kari Nautique, Brandon Novak, Brace Belden, Handsome Evan, Roddy Bottom, Shane Enholm, The Great Ray Brown, My Beautiful and Brilliant Linda, James Frey, Hank Azaria, Fentanyl Jay, Lenny from the Beach, Carl Radke, Sam Miller, Alan ManheimSUPER BIG THANKS TO TOM FREY and all the fucking bums from the BEACH! AND MASSIVE SHOUT OUT for all the super dopes who came - you guys are the best - too many to mention but super thanks to MarK F for the record, Jen for the Chocolae and James Glenny for the tireless art and travel!Special thanks to all Facebook Admins/ Dopey Zoom Hosts/ Arists/ musicians, writers and anyone who has been a part of our weird and wild podcast family. It all is very emotional for me.Super Special thanks to my family! Linda, susan and Norah for putting up with me through the insanity leading up to dopeycon. And super big thanks to my dad alan for sending me down the long horrible road of addiction that lead to recovery and dopey.Dopeycon is a ton of emotion for me - to see us all come together and have a good time means more than i can share. To hear that Dopey means anything to you is just so special and powerful for me. I know how much it would mean to Chris too. Stay Strong to our brothers and sisters in and out of recovery and fucking toodles for Chris.
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MAGA Heart Attack Doug Fat Shames Me HardCore! Plus Dopeycon and other dumb shit.

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:38:06 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on the teaser! We recap Dopeycon, I complain about META shutting down the Dopey FB page, we read an email and Doug goes nuts fat shaming me. It's pretty funny - hear the whole thing on patreon!
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Dopey 551: Recovering from Grief with Amanda Petrusich, Phish, Metallica, Bob Dylan, Suboxone, Rolling Stone, New Yorker

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:34:55 +0000

dopeycon tix:https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668Patreon:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastA new kind of Dopey! A kinder, Gentler Dopey? Me and New Yorker Rock Critic, Amanda Petrusich sit down to discuss recovering from grief. Amanda lost her husband suddenly during covid from a random seizure. Hear how Amanda got through it raising their one daughter, Nico alone. Plus some of Amanda's experiences covering Phish, Aerosmith, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan and more!Plus Ben Croxton's shooting story(but not how you think), a horrible kratom death, and me basking in the adulation of being included in Rolling Stone Magazine! Plus a bunch of other stuff - all here!Also More on this Dopeycon Eve's offering of the good old Dopey Show!
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Keith Richards and Jerry Garcia's Personal Habits - Banana Ball and the Dopey Theme Song Challenge!

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:29:54 +0000

im not sure if we actually talk about Keith and Jerry - but we do on the actual epiode at:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDopeycon tickets:https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668
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Dopey 550: The Anesthesiologist Who Shot Adrenaline and Fentanyl, Dr. Jason Giles, Hitler, Freud, Halsted, Addiction Recovery

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 20:26:25 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by Oro Recovery Medical Director - Dr. Jason Giles! We also read old comments and hear from a few dopes in the dopey nation. Then Dave interviews Dr. Giles—twice board-certified in addiction medicine (via ABAM then ABPM), previously board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine, and a recovering opioid addict. He grew up in Santa Monica with a severely alcoholic father, fell into the second-wave ska/mod scene (Vespa, sharkskin suits, amphetamines), dropped out of high school, then clawed his way through community college to Berkeley, volunteering at the Berkeley Free Clinic and falling in love with medicine.He explains anesthesia’s demands (no pain, no memory; muscle relaxants; airway control), the human connection of pediatric anesthesia, and the hope-work of pain management. In 1999, curiosity and stress led him to divert fentanyl: he edited paper records, carried a 2 mL syringe for a month, then IV-used with sterile technique. After a six-week gap he used again, convincing himself he could “handle it.” Use escalated to daily “after work,” leaving him in daytime withdrawal. The department chair paged him about missing fentanyl; instead of punishment, he offered help and a path into California’s 5-year diversion program (treatment, meetings, testing). Giles detoxed cold turkey, went to AA (first meeting mostly doctors), found he wasn’t unique, and built long-term sobriety (nearly 26 years by his telling), learning service and vulnerability through treatment feedback groups.With sobriety he finished residency, married, had a son, worked in cardiac anesthesia and pain, and then moved into addiction treatment (Malibu), where his science and lived experience met the work. He and Dave range widely: purpose/mission as a recovery engine; Bill W., boomerangs and ants; truth-serum myths; Halsted (cocaine→heroin), Freud letters, Hitler’s amphetamines/opioids (book Blitzed), kratom (mixed withdrawal profiles), benzos vs. opiates (benzo withdrawal = fear), intraoperative awareness & memory, Suboxone vs. abstinence (cast/training-wheels framing), fentanyl’s dominance (counterfeit pills; heroin now rare), and whether fentanyl appears in non-opioid street drugs (he says he’s seen it). ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE ON A BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THAT GOD OLD DOPEY SHOW!
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DRUNKEN SEX in THE 1980's! PLUS Dopey theme song challenge!

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:09:50 +0000

PATREON:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDOPEYCON TICKETS:https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668The teaser isn't great but the actual episode is wicked fiah.
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Dopey 549: Heroin at 16, Bundles in Puerto Rico, Mongo in Queens, Addiction Recovery OG – The Johnny Mac Story

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:41:39 +0000

https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668NO INSERTED ADS ON PATREON:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! We are joined by old school recovery/addiction legend Johnny Mac! From Queens! But first we learn about Sky Fly in PA, we hear from a benzo addict in the UK and then hear a nice story about Salvia from Loosey in California! Then we get this fuckin Johnny Mac! A 74-year-old New York junkie-turned-AA old-timer, who lays out his wild ride from Woodside Irish Catholic rules to acid-dealing in Ecuador, nodding out on heroin in Queens, and finally finding peace in AA. Johnny talks about his first bag at 16 (while tripping on mushrooms), copping in Bushwick and Harlem, nearly dying on the toilet, watching friends die, and pulling scams from coke hustles to copper wire “mongo.” He tells insane stories from La Perla in Puerto Rico, sneaking bundles on planes, running a Port Authority newsstand, and OD’ing only to chase the same dope the next morning. But through all the chaos, Johnny shares deep reflections on God, spirituality, and why being “stupid enough not to drink and keep showing up” has kept him sober. This one’s pure Dopey gold—equal parts junkie chronicles and spiritual wisdom. All that and more! On the good old dopey show!
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Charlie Sheen's First Crack with Blow Job! Luc Zarrato! Fitness! Recovery!

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:50:17 +0000

https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on tuesday teaser! We rejoice at the release and all around greatness that is the Charlie Sheen Netflix show - AKA Charlie Sheen.Then we play a tiny smidge of Luc Zarrato from IG's Marathon2sobriety
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Dopey 548: 13 & Pregnant, Army ‘Shitbag,’ Gabby Eagan! Head butting Cops, TMZ Mugshots, and a Year Sober (Almost)”

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

DOPEYCON TICKETS: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668PATREON:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! We are joined by Tik ToK superstar Gabby Eagen! But first we hear some of the notes and comments from last weeks Dopey - we read an email from a Russian film maker heroin addict who used to get high off poppy seeds. The we hear a crazy drug story from a crazy dopey who gopt stung in his eye by a bee! Then we hear from Gabby! Dave chops it up with TikTok creator and tie-dye shop owner Gabby (Gabrielle) Egan. She grew up in Fayetteville, NC; first got high on Triple C’s in middle school and smoked weed at 12; got pregnant at 13; joined the Army at 17 (diesel mechanic) and drank heavy. Fame hit on TikTok during COVID. Two alcohol arrests landed her on TMZ (Vegas blackout/“kicking a cop,” later a Nashville headbutt). In Sept 2024, Rachel from Against All Odds brought her to an AA meeting—Gabby white-knuckled a hotel night with no weed, flew home, and hasn’t smoked or drank since (sober date 9/20/24). She talks bipolar I (diagnosed 21), quitting carts/edibles, withdrawals, motherhood of four (his/hers/ours), pop-up tie-dye hustle, anxiety about meeting followers IRL, and how group accountability (Sober Girls chat) plus sitting in discomfort keeps her straight. She caps it by telling her whole story in 60 seconds. ALL THAT PLUS MORE on a brand new edition of that good old dopey show!

SPECIAL GUEST! KATZ'S! GUY ON GUY 69! The LAST DOPEYCON????? Canadians! Katz's!

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This week on the teaser!An Old Anonymous friend comes through and we talk propofol, guy on guy 69 and other dumb shit. PLUS a Canadian EMAIL - is it the end of Dopeycon?Get tickets to possibly the las DOPEYCON ever - here! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668Listen to the rest of the teaser show here:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 547: Fruit Roll-Ups Full of Oxys, Butt Cheeks Full of Percs, Heroin as Hash, and Finding G-d with Tzvi Heber, plus GAMBLING

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:13:57 +0000

DOPEYCON TIX HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668This Week on Dopey! Getting ready for DopeyCon - who is coming? This week on the show we have a voicemail from Matt WC on shooting coke - a riveting kratom email - and then we pay a house call to Tzvi Heber in Los Angeles - of Ascendent Recovery and he shares a not usual Dopey Recovery story starting out deep within the orthodox Jewish community. We cover - Jewish identity, loss, resentment, addiction, recovery, community, basketball, opiates, personal growth, spirituality, addiction, recovery, detox, OxyContin, fentanyl, family, spirituality, gambling, community, self-esteem and how Tzvi got better! Plus gambling kicking and much more on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey show!Join Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Are Girls Ungrateful and other Insane Questions with Handsome Evan Teaser Addiction Recovery

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:42:39 +0000

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668This week on the teaser - i read some emails - reflect on the end of summer and get excited for dopeycon - before handsome evan shows up with his family problems!Listen at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 546: Anders Osborne on a Morphine, Dilaudid, Cocaine Cocktail, Butt Cheeks Full of Perks & Bill Taylor remembers Hurricane Katrina

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are getting ready for Dopeycon! You coming? https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668Montana, OG DOPE, writing in from prison, about smuggling fentanyl and Percs past cops by hiding a bundle between his butt cheeks. Another listener voicemail “Gay for Crack” tells a darkly comedic tale of hustling a guy in Baltimore who offered crack in exchange for sex.Then Anders Osborne and Bill Taylor (Trombone Shorty Foundation, The Phoenix) recount using and surviving during Hurricane Katrina — a lawless, apocalyptic New Orleans with flooded streets, National Guard, no electricity, and dealers flooding in. Anders tells a jaw-dropping story of stealing a kid’s BMX bike at 4 a.m. to ride six miles to cop from a bug-collecting dealer uptown. Bill shares how Anders helped him find recovery after years of vodka mornings and loneliness.The episode dives deep into recovery philosophy, spirituality, and Anders’ realization after playing Jerry Garcia’s guitar at Red Rocks that fame and status will never fill the void. They reflect on the “Send Me a Friend” foundation, their bond in recovery, and the meaning of service.Their segment ends with Anders’ High Sierra butterfly story — a psychedelic nightmare/vision where he stripped naked and flapped around during a String Cheese Incident set on LSD, morphine, cocaine, and Dilaudid. Anders later connected the experience to his mother’s deathbed promise to return to him as a butterfly, making the tale haunting and strangely spiritual.Then Howard 'Beach' Buksbaum Returns to share about his new black girl AI group 'lux'!

Alan Returns and Talks Shit About Fentanyl Jay on The Billy Jensen Teaser! Addiction Recovery!

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:53:01 +0000

For Dopeycon tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 For patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastMy Dad is back to talk shit!

Dopey 545:Crack at 15, Shitting Out Balloons of Dope & Eating Raw Bacon with IDGAF Foods, Don't Be a Fucking Pussy! Addiction Recovery!

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dopeycon 2025 Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668This week on Dopey we celebrate Dopes Heather and Jen! Both with ONE YEAR! We read some emails and I got to sit down with the legend! IDGAF Foods (aka the guy behind eating hot dogs off the floor on Instagram) for a brutally honest trip through his addiction, art, and recovery. From smoking crack at 15 in Manchester, CT, to guzzling buckets of Molly and shards of ketamine out of Kahlua bottles, to swallowing and later digging through his own shit for balloons of drugs, his story is a nonstop circus of chaos. He dodged arrests, hustled Oxy 80s and Hartford heroin, spent $500 a day chasing tar and Roxies in Utah, and somehow never got caught.Out of the madness came art: digital psychedelia, album covers for major bands, and eventually his IDGAF Foods account—where eating sketchy food became exposure therapy and a way to help addicts. Along the way: scam hustles, OCD hand-washing, sitting in trees at parties to dodge cops, exposure therapy with oat milk, Jimmy Fallon holding up his artwork, and a grandmother calling him an idiot. Now clean since 2012, he’s turned the insanity into purpose, with IDGAF Foods helping people avoid relapse by saying “Don’t Be a Fucking Pussy.”All that and more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!

What the F$%K is happening with Fentanyl Jay, Addiction Recovery Teaser

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:31:04 +0000

This week on the Teaser! I get back from Park City Song Summit! Preparing for DopeyCon, going upstate! Jay is back - if you want to hear whats up - go to www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 544: ChrisMiss - Dopey Day - Annie Remembers! Chris ties a rubber duck around his penis to beat. a drug test! Addiction Recovery

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:03:05 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast📋 Show NotesTeaser/Intro:Dave’s septic tank explodes into the shower; plumber drama and Beach Club day.Announces Park City Song Summit panel on “Writing Under the Influence” with Anders Osborne, Anders Beck & Matt Warren.DopeyCon VI lineup: Ian Fidance, Sam Miller, Jake from WV, Aaron Carr, Ray Brown, Dave’s dad, Linda, Brandon Novak, Hank Azaria, maybe Jason Biggs; tickets via Patreon.Notes that August 16th (“Dopey Day”) marks Chris’s birthday; urges listeners to put the Dopey logo over their eyes and send photos.Dopey Day & Listener Messages:Dave celebrates his own upcoming 10‑year recovery milestone.Reads emails from Madeline (new listener noticing a story about Chris comforting a driver), Rick from Baltimore (finding out about Chris’s death while in rehab), and congratulates those anniversaries.Plays voicemails from Jake (63 days sober), Aaron Carr, Ishmael (tongue‑in‑cheek), Ray (suggesting listeners vote for Dave), and more.Conversation with Annie (Chris’s partner):Now in California, married with a son and pregnant with her second child; reflects on seven years since Chris’s death.Describes Chris’s kindness, humor and availability; acknowledges he loved drugs and struggled with sensitivity.Emphasizes relapse as part of recovery and the dangers of fentanyl; recounts the night he relapsed before a Taylor Swift concert, their fight over driving his sister, and how he died alone.Urges listeners to care for themselves and others; shares her own experience of losing crippling anxiety after surviving her worst fear.They laugh about Sammy’s anal glands and joke about Halloween babies versus Christmas birthdays.Listener Story & Updates:Kelly tells a story about buying Molly, meth & heroin, shooting up in a motel with toilet water, passing out, and getting arrested on multiple charges.Dave updates listeners on Fentanyl Jay (alive and in detox), thanks Justin Cambria for helping him, and plugs Mountainside Rehab & Recovery Unplugged.Kimber calls to remind everyone about SafeSpot (1‑800‑972‑0590); Dave mentions customstickers.com for Dopey merch.Classic Clip (Dopey 104):Dave and Chris read emails about Troy’s passing and discuss the dangers of relapse and fentanyl.Share stories of cheating drug tests: bleach drops in urine, Tide with Bleach Alternative, hiding urine in a rubber duck strapped to one’s groin, etc.Talk about shooting coke in feet, hitting veins in the neck, life at a brain‑injury clinic.Dave and Chris banter about ginger beer, advertisers, and their silly battles over “toodles.”Dave recites a Dumbledore quote: “Help will always be given to those who ask for it,” reminding listeners that recovery works if you do it and nobody has to die.Honors those who’ve died: Troy, Dave Marshall, Andrew, Colleen, Todd, Chris, Brian Hot Wheels Connolly, Annie Eley, Don, Ryan Leone, and others.

Finger Banging, Septic Explosion, Recovery Addiction and Dumb Shit with Heart Attack Doug

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:10:04 +0000

Septic saga: Dave’s septic tank blows up into the shower; plumber drama ensues. Park City Song Summit: Dave previews his session with Anders Osborne, Anders Beck and Matt Warren on writing under the influence vs. in recovery. DopeyCon 6 lineup: Ian Fidance, Sam Miller, Jake from WV, Aaron Carr, Ray Brown, Dave’s dad, Linda, Brandon Novak, Hank Azaria, Jason Biggs, and other “influencers/junkies galore” — tickets on Patreon. Spotify comments: Fans want comedian Modi at DopeyCon (he probably won’t be there); others complain about teaser paywalls; praise for Patreon content. Dopey Day: Aug. 16 — put the Dopey logo over your eyes to honour Chris and all addicts who’ve died. Heart Attack Doug preview: Dave introduces Doug (aka HAD), who’s become a Zoom legend. Topics they plan to cover include: Johnny Mac, Leonardo da Vinci, breakfast, summer vacations Finger-picking guitars vs. “finger-banging” jokes The Dopey Nation, Doug’s “gender fluidity” bit Fentanyl Jay sightings, the Dopey Handbook, tipping plumbers Doug’s obsession with cop gear and law-enforcement swag Closing: Dave invites listeners to join Patreon for extra meetings and ad-free episodes, signs off with “stay strong” and plays the Dopey song “I Wanna Be Good So Bad.” 🔍 SEO/Search terms Ask ChatGPT

Dopey 543: Projectile Vomiting, Codependency, Heroin, Fitness, Billy Joel with Rachel Elizabeth Slocum, Doug Bopst,

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:11:18 +0000

dopeycon tix available at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastAnnie’s anniversary: Dave marks one year since Annie Ellie died, plays her voicemails and messages, and reflects on how fragile life in recovery is.Travis’s email: A listener’s relapse saga: he meets a girl at a meeting, falls in love, helps her get sober, then watches the relationship implode into infidelity and emotional breakdown.Rachel Slocum returns:
• Talks about relapsing, volunteering during Texas floods, and how service triggered a heavy depression; admits isolating in bed and feeling like a “lazy, dirty sewer rat.”
• Finds old PhotoBucket photos showing how skeletal she looked on OxyContin, and discusses body image and denial.
• Chats about being an “influencer” vs. “content creator,” getting her Instagram banned, then restored, and how fragile her self‑worth felt.
• Debates weed: she loves the smell but hates vaping; she and Dave share stories of stoner snacks, weed vaporizers at concerts, and the eternal “crack or heroin?” question in a silly “This or That” game.
• Dave and Rachel riff on Roblox addiction: Dave admits he and his daughters play “Grow a Garden” obsessively, buying seeds and selling veggies like junkies.
• Dave invites Rachel to do stand‑up at DopeyCon and they both nervously laugh about bombing on stage.Doug Bopst interview:
• From felony to fitness: Doug explains how a cellmate taught him push‑ups and faith, turning jail time into the start of a new life.
• They reboot the Dopey Fitness Challenge: more steps, more protein, less sugar, maybe join a gym — and debate smoothies vs. whole milk, Ozempic vs. ayahuasca.
• They talk Billy Joel: Doug and Dave quiz each other on Billy Joel, Elton John, Zeppelin and Stones song titles; discuss the sadness in Billy Joel’s documentary and question whether he ever really got sober.
• Weed wars: Doug insists today’s high‑THC weed and vaping are dangerous; Dave pushes back with nostalgic stoner stories; they both riff on weed at concerts, edibles, and how weed compares to Ozempic and mushrooms.
• Fatherhood & love: Dave urges Doug to have kids, insisting parenthood gives back more than any high; Doug admits he’s not sure. You said:did rachel tell a good drug story? ChatGPT said: Stopped after 20 seconds You said:vomitting ChatGPT said: Worked for 14 secondsIn this episode Rachel doesn’t spin a classic “Dopey‑style” caper involving cops or car crashes, but she does share a vivid slice of what using was like for her: she describes taking Oxycontin, chain‑smoking Newports and puking so much she’d have to ask her boyfriend to pull the car over so she could throw up – once even throwing up in a Red Lobster parking lot right after trying to force down a meal. Those vomiting stories are about as close as she gets to a full‑blown drug tale in this conversation. window.__oai_logHTML?window.__oai_logHTML():window.__oai_SSR_HTML=window.__oai_SSR_HTML||Date.now();requestAnimationFrame((function(){window.__oai_logTTI?window.__oai_logTTI():window.__oai_SSR_TTI=window.__oai_SSR_TTI||Date.now()}))

Do I Really Look that Much Like Ted Cruz? Erin Khar! Addiction Recovery!

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:34:14 +0000

👉 Full Erin Khar episode + DopeyCon 6 tickets only on:🎟️ www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 📓 Episode Notes:🐎 Guest: Erin Khar – author, advocate, and recent NYC election winner🧠 Topics: stigma, recovery, school boards, getting called out, Ask Erin segment🎂 Dopey Day is August 16 – Chris’s birthday and a day to remember all who’ve died from addiction. Put the Dopey logo over your eyes 🖤🎤 Dave saw Wilco, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson🥴 He got mistaken for Ted Cruz🏋️‍♂️ He’s on a crash keto diet before heading to Park City Song Summit🎟️ DopeyCon 6 is coming: Ian Fidance, Sam Miller, Erin Khar, Brace Belden, Jake from WV, and more TBA👩‍🎤 Still looking for another great woman for the DopeyCon lineup🔥 Patreon is the only place for tickets + full episode: patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 542: Jonathon Shaw on Speedballing, Tattooing Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Ayahuasca and deep addiction recovery

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:37:36 +0000

Show NotesEarly Life & Tattoo Beginnings:
JS grew up going back and forth to NYC, starting Fun City tattoo shop in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, working with punk legends, including Iggy Pop and hanging around the Lower East Side near Katz’s Deli. Took over Spider Webb’s tattoo shop and innovated tattoo styles internationally.Wild Addiction Years:
Struggled with violent, restless addiction in LA, carrying guns, dealing with near-death overdoses, and hitting rock bottom multiple times. Describes being surrounded by tragedy (neighbors dying, violence) while strung out.First Sobriety Attempts:
Found AA through a phone call, went to meetings while sick and broken, experienced his first sober year full of fear and confusion but connected with a tribe. Stayed sober for 10 years but was still dangerously angry and unstable.Relapse & Real Surrender:
After years dry but miserable, relapsed hard on speedballs and other drugs. After a near-fatal speedball overdose, sincerely prayed for help for the first time — a turning point that led to a true surrender and lasting recovery.Spiritual Awakening & 12 Steps:
Recommitted to sobriety at 48, dove deep into 12-step literature and principles, learning the disease was rooted in selfishness, self-centeredness, and insanity, not just substances. Developed a personal understanding of “God as we understood Him” and built a spiritual relationship that restored sanity.Plant Medicine Experiences:
Explores ayahuasca and ibogaine ceremonies in Brazil and Mexico — the mother and stern general of plant medicines. Describes transformative, often brutal trips, communicating with ancestral spirits, and being a bridge to help suffering souls find peace.Integration with AA:
Believes his foundation in AA allowed the plant medicine experiences to speak in a language he understood, blending 12-step spirituality with psychedelic healing. Emphasizes these tools aren’t for everyone; people must be called to them.Writing & Legacy:
Channels his higher self to write influential, raw literature about addiction and recovery. Proud of his work that connects deeply with people facing darkness.Wild Stories & Encounters:
Remembers meeting Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson, including a hilarious story about buying mummified fingers at a flea market and delivering a sarcastic note to a hotel room.

Downgraded to Tuesday: Aurora’s Love Island Life, Fiji, and Cake Shame Teaser

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:49:04 +0000

📓 NOTES: Aurora returns to Dopey Tuesday after time away Dave jokes she’s been "downgraded to Tuesdays" Aurora just came back from working on Love Island in Fiji Norah (Dave's daughter) sent Aurora reviews of the show while on vacation Aurora shares what Fiji was like (sunrises, culture, working overnight) She didn’t swim under any waterfalls (but wants to) Dave proposes a spinoff show about the Love Island crew hooking up DopeyCon 6 updates: Ian Fidance, Sam Miller, Ray Brown, Aaron Carr, Adam David, Linda, Dave's dad, and more Tickets are only available via Patreon www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Meta/Instagram account takedown still weighing heavy Gratitude for Dopey, recovery, and community Call for more voicemails, reviews, Dopey Day involvement Ends with a mystery version of “Good So Bad” — request for the artist to come forward

Dopey 541: Dopey 537: SUPER TWEAKER SPECIAL! Smoking Meth in Jason Schwartzman’s Trailer — The Super Spun Redemption of Will De Los Santos

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:21:17 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave returns from vacation and rants about Instagram deleting and reinstating the Dopey page. He shouts out the Dopey Nation warriors who helped get it back, including Justin Cambria and the mysterious Sour Linus from Meta. Dave reads listener emails about Quaker Oat Squares and sketchy pink drugs in the UK, then plays a voicemail from Jake in Oregon who paid $400 for what turned out to be a jar of honey and turned it into a dorm room cookie hustle.Then, a massive deep-dive with Spun writer and speed enthusiast Will De Los Santos. Will shares his life story: being the child of a statutory rape, watching his stepfather survive a gunshot suicide attempt, freebasing coke with his half-brothers, and falling into crank addiction while making a UCLA film school reel. He explains how crank fueled his creativity and led to writing Spun, how he got high in Jason Schwartzman’s trailer, and how Bob Dylan lit his cigarette outside a Santa Monica boxing gym. He also opens up about relapsing after 8 years clean, the damage to his relationship with his ex Weiwei, and his long climb back through Oro, Betty Ford, and sober living—with support from Jay Mohr.Will’s new project Spaghetti is a recovery redemption story born during his relapse, and he’s now 8 months sober and ready for a new life.JOIN PATREON AND GET EXTRA!www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

RIP Don, Ozzy, and the Dopey Instagram Page - Addiction, Recovery and SELBY!

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:43:22 +0000

www.patreon.comThis week in the Teaser! We just got back from a beautiful family vacation, but it started on a heartbreaking note—our friend Don “DJ” Rentz died. I’ve known Don for nearly a decade. He was a real part of the Dopey family, and losing him shook me. Then today, we found out Ozzy Osbourne died too. Somehow that hit hard as well—he was such a part of the world Dopey lives in. And just days before, he got to play this massive farewell show. It’s wild how fast life moves.In the middle of all this, Meta took down the Dopey Instagram. Ten years of dumb memes, serious moments, milestones, and memories—just gone. I know it’s just a page, but it’s frustrating to see how little the bots understand what we do. We talk more about it on the full Patreon show.I also reflect on the trip—hiking with my kids, seeing wolves and geysers, and even running into a Dopey fan in Yellowstone. Selby and I get into all of it: the loss, the joy, the weird beauty of it all. Plus: DopeyCon 6 is coming October 4th in NYC. If Dopey has meant something to you, we’d love to see you there.Follow the new Instagram @thedopeypodcast, leave a review, tell a friend. And as always—stay strong Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.

Dopey 540: ChrisMiss in July - Remembering Chris with Colin and Ted

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! It's ChrisMiss Time Again - and we remember Chris and think about what we've lost in our latest ChrisMiss episode. We are joined by Ted and Colin—two of Chris’s closest friends—for a long, emotional, laugh filled but ultimately tragic journey through grief, memory, relapse, recovery and death. They recount wild and deeply human stories of Chris: his powerful magnetism, his “whatevs” persona, and the time he hugged a drunk driver who had just killed someone. Then, we go deep into Chris’s relapse, the shame that may have surrounded it, and the fear of losing connection.From Mountainside to Katz’s Deli, from a poetry slam to the drunk tank, from legacy to myth to bionic legs traded for heroin—this episode is everything that made Chris unforgettable. PLUS: a classic Dopey voicemail from Tim in Philly involving coke, Cookie, and crackhouse head, and a replay of Episode 71 with Chris. It all ends with the classic version of “Bad Card” and a full-circle Dave and Chris musical outro. Stay strong Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.Opening:
Dave recalls Dave Marshall, the first Dopey community member to die. Dave, Chris, and Dave Marshall once recorded a now-lost episode that ended in a bizarre fight—possibly because Chris was trying to impress Marshall.Talking Grief:
Dave asks Colin and Ted how they grieve Chris. Colin mentions laughing at dumb things and feeling like Chris is still there. Ted recalls vivid dreams where Chris walks him through his relationship with his wife, like a ghostly Scrooge-style guide. The dream was so powerful he woke up crying.Dreams of Chris:
Dave shares that Chris is always dead in his dreams, and that he recently had one with both Chris and his mother (also deceased). Chris always knows he’s gone in the dream—making them painful but powerful.Trend of Death:
The conversation shifts to the changing trends of death in recovery: less overdoses, more suicides, including people they knew.Settlers of Catan:
Chris’s obsession with the Settlers board game—cheating newbies, logging fake wins on a wooden log, and playing alone while stacking stats. The actual Settlers Log might be lost.Connection & Community:
Colin reflects on connection as the heart of Dopey and recovery. Chris embodied that connection for many.Why Did Chris Relapse?
They dive into theories around Chris’s relapse:He was doing well—finished his master’s, in a stable relationship, BTN job picking up.Dave wonders if Chris thought the promises of recovery would be better high.Colin and Ted say Chris might’ve feared losing relationships if he admitted he was using.Shame and stigma—not about being an addict, but about breaking the recovery identity—were likely massive.Chris’s Persona:
“Whatevs” was Chris’s favorite line, but everyone agrees—he actually cared a lot. He just didn’t want people to know.Origin Story:
Chris and Dave met at Mountainside, where Chris became Dave’s “Eskimo”, showing him that 12-step worked.
Chris used to visit Katz’s Deli to impress Dave and his girlfriends.
They texted or talked every single day from 2015 to the day Chris died.The Fatal Crash Story:
Ted and Chris are en route to a poetry slam when they stumble on a deadly car crash—they are first on scene.Ted goes into shock.Chris takes action—calls 911, finds a guy with smashed legs, then chases the drunk driver into the woods.The driver is blackout drunk, crying, and doesn't know what happened.Chris hugs the man, tells him he killed someone, and holds him as he cries.Later, Chris keeps in touch with the man, who is sentenced to 30 years in prison. It was his seventh DUI.Synchronicity:
A year later, Chris relapsed. Ted and Colin had to call the cops on him.
The same officer from the crash scene showed up to arrest Chris and put him in the drunk tank.Chris’s Duality:
Dave sums it up: “We’re the same people who kill people. We’re the same people who help people. And we can turn up totally wasted again at the drop of a dime.”Recovery Today:
Ted no longer goes to meetings. He stays clean through fatherhood, meditation, self-help, spirituality, and service.
Colin is still active in both 12-step and Dharma recovery, running meetings and staying connected.The Island & The Source:
They call the Berkshires “The Source” (or “the island from Lost”) and reflect that Chris might have needed to stay there.Dopey Origins:
Ted recalls Chris calling Dave from their house, excited about starting something.
They joke about Ted’s long resistance to appearing on Dopey, and how his job working with kids made him hesitant to be publicly associated with drug stories. He recently shared his full story with his students.Legacy of Chris & Dopey Growth:
Dave reflects on how Chris’s death helped grow the show in ways that feel bittersweet.
Ted and Colin say they thought Dopey was “so dumb” when it started but now are blown away by what Dave’s done with it.Robot Legs Story:
Ted shares a picture of Chris’s titanium leg braces, used to treat ankle issues from drinking.
Chris once tried to trade the $5,000 robotic legs for heroin—the dealer said no.Cookie & Classic Dopey Returns:
Dave plays a classic voicemail from Tim in Philly:Shoots coke in KensingtonReggie and Cookie join himReggie says Cookie gives “the best head”Tim says no, but once the coke hits—he caves instantlyThey do the drugs in Reggie’s mom’s house, possiblyClassic filthy, funny, dark Dopey stuffThrowback to Dopey Episode 71:
Dave plays a full classic Chris segment:Shooting cokeEuphoric recallLego hot dog standsMeeting speakers“Built-in forgetters”Chris’s obsession with scale, smell, and push“Favorite part was waiting for the rush before it hit”Final Thoughts:
Dave shares how much he misses Chris.
Notes the podcast would not exist without him.
Chris is still part of it every week.
Reflects on his old sponsor telling him “you have to step over bodies,” which he rejected.
Chris’s death has saved lives.
Dopey grew because of him—but Dave would trade it all to have him back. 🔍 Cut-and-Paste SEO Terms (225 max):pgsqlCopyEditChris Miss Dopey, remembering Chris Dopey, Ted and Colin Dopey, fatal crash Chris story, Chris relapses Dopey, Settlers of Catan log, bionic leg heroin story, robot legs Dopey, Dave Marshall Dopey, grief in recovery, fentanyl overdose, Kensington crack story, Tim from Philly Dopey, Cookie blowjob story, coke and crack stories, Mountainside rehab, Dharma recovery, whatevs Chris Dopey, classic Dopey 71, euphoric recall coke, relapse shame, Dopey legacy, hugging a killer, Dopey grief episode, Dave and Chris podcast, drunk tank, poetry slam crash, relapse identity, Dopey historyLet me know if you want pull quotes, clip ideas, titles for segments, or Patreon teaser copy next.And one last time:
Fucking toodles for Chris.

Kimber, Coke for Christmas, Real IDs, & Red Bull Meltdowns TUESDAY TEASE!

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

hear the whole thig there:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 📓 Detailed Notes:Dave opens the teaser from somewhere in the Rocky Mountains — unless he was “eaten by a grizzly, mountain lion, or fell off a cliff.”It’s Chris Miss week, so he’s been grinding hard, producing five Dopey episodes in a row, and is totally wiped out.Packing panic:
Dave’s mother-in-law shows up last minute to micromanage their family’s trip prep.Real ID confusion:Dave talks about the new airport policy requiring a "Real ID."TSA claimed his wasn’t valid during the Dopeywood trip to California.Linda’s mom warns that they might not be able to fly — even though Dave just did.Dave reflects on the term “feature,” Long Island lingo for added elements on an ID.The teaser transitions to the Patreon episode with Kimber King.Kimber is drinking Red Bull White Peach, proudly showing off her case (not a “slab”).Dave and Kimber talk energy drink habits:Kimber hates sugar-free versions.Dave recalls Jolt Cola—“twice the sugar and all the caffeine.”Dave explains the chaos of prepping for the trip, stockpiling content for while he’s gone.They discuss a Dopey Nation relapse shared on the recent Patreon Zoom:A “well-known” community member (unnamed) has relapsed and is looking for treatment.Dave calls it heartbreaking. Kimber says it’s sad, but this is the nature of addiction.They agree that both things can be true: it’s sad and it’s also the reality of the disease.Kimber seems a little off, and Dave teases her about being nervous. She denies it.Dave recalls Kimber’s last appearance, when she said she was craving coke for Christmas.Tease ends with:
👉 “Did Kimber shoot coke for Christmas?”
➡️ To find out, join the Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDave closes with:“It’s hard to prepare.”“Hard to deal with children.”Sarcastic gratitude affirmations:“I love my life. I love my family. I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggone it, my life is good.”Final words:“Love is the answer. Let your freak flag fly.”“Stay strong, my brothers and my sisters, in and out of recovery.”“Join Patreon.”“Fucking toodles for Chris.”“Wish us luck out there.”

Dopey 539: Jeanine Coulter Kicked Heroin in a Doghouse, Squatted a Cell Phone Store, and Kidnapped an old man

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDave reads a Guitar World story about Kurt Cobain calling Sepultura for heroin tips in Brazil Listener email: outrunning the cops in Michigan with a pocket full of coke and pills Dave confesses he's losing interest in meetings and needs to triple down on spirituality Voicemail from Rebecca in Humboldt County: 90s NYC, Skaw at Wetlands, and a summer of PCP Dave’s memory of turning down PCP at SUNY Purchase Shoutout to Mountainside and Recovery Unplugged Janine interview begins (at Jeremy’s house in LA) Early life: straight-A student, youth group leader, nerdy, argyle-wearing overachiever Parents' divorce at 17 sent her into a total tailspin First time doing coke at a redneck bar in Athens, Georgia (Bird Dog Tavern) Moved to LA to become an actress, got certified to teach bar fitness Pink meth from Armenian gangs in 2002 — Dave wants to know: WTF was it? How she accidentally became a heroin addict at 30 after dating a Marine with a habit Smuggling Suboxone into rehab, getting kicked out, getting arrested 4 times Living in an abandoned cell phone store, eating stolen food, sleeping on cinder blocks Her mom literally prays her way to the crackhouse to find her Eventually gets clean, starts the Chasing Heroin podcast, and does a TED Talk Explains “Post-Traumatic Growth” — and why addicts might actually get better than before

Stilettos, Thongs, Group Conscience and Homoerotic Recovery Walks with Heart Attack Doug aka MAGA Doug

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

🧷 Show Notes (Teaser):Dave’s on vacation in the Rockies, losing sleep and dreaming hardDoug thinks group conscience is sacred — unless he doesn’t like the chairpersonThe “prison walk” AA escape plan explainedBobby Lee controversy & Reddit backlash gets a nodRay the Clammer's sandwich wisdom returnsDoug wants stilettos and a thong; Dave wants out of the meetingOutro includes the classic Dopey song + shoutouts

In Loving Memory of Don Renz (DJ): Another Tragic Dopey Loss

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:14:35 +0000

💔 Emergency Dopey Episode from vacation in Montana🕊️ Remembering Don Renz aka DJ – friend, guest, Dopey Nation member📞 Don’s sister calls Dave from his hospital bedside🚨 LAPD investigating Don’s death after an alleged assault in Koreatown📣 Please share Don’s brother Maxwell’s Facebook post👮‍♂️ Don's final days: fear, paranoia, and meth-induced delusions that turned out to be tragically real📼 Classic 2016 Dopey: Don, Chris, and Dave—one of the best ever💊 Don’s insane story: stealing 1,000 Vicodin from a pharmacy at 17💉 Morphine, fentanyl patches, forged scripts, rehab on his 18th birthday🍰 Vicodin in his pocket, methadone tales, sadness and hilarity🧠 Recovery, methadone, relapse, and deep reflections🕯️ RIP Chris, Ryan, Todd, Annie, Troy, Brian, William... and now, Don.🙏 If you're using or struggling, please get help.

Dopey 537– Ian Fidance! The Ultimate BiSexual/Straight Edge, Huffing Duster in His Mom’s House - 10 years Sober episode!

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Episode NotesIan’s ska roots in Delaware: straight edge, punk, X’s on hands, no drinking Early drinking: first blackout after Beastie Boys concert Lost his job and dignity over vodka, coke, and computer duster Huffing duster and fishing out in front of his mom Getting drunk on Christmas, giving away his stash, relapsing 2 hours later DUI with fish filet in the car, leg out the window Romantic rehab tales: Phillies hats, making love to Lux Being gay, Catholic guilt, and straight edge shame Getting denied heroin multiple times (God’s plan?) From Oxford House to Joe Rogan with Dave Attell Dry vs. sober: struggles with long-term program commitment Big program talk: Higher power, meetings, shame, recovery service Comedy origin: bombing, podcast beginnings, Jordan Jensen love Howie’s AI girl group Lux and the Lux freakout Ian’s new comedy album, recovery story, Dopey love

Kicking Heroin was easier than sitting through this Dance Recital. PLUS BUKATY IS BACK!

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:32:48 +0000

GET THE FULL BUKATY AT:www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast📓 Episode NotesDave’s prepping for a huge family vacation to Utah → Lava Hot Springs, Yellowstone, and the Grand Tetons (mispronounced as Tetones). A brutal East Islip dance recital leads Dave to declare: “Kicking heroin is better than this.” Susan’s performance was great — but spaced out by 3 hours of toddler dance hell. Revelation: No more long-ass Dopey events. DopeyCon will be 90 minutes max. Dinner with Linda, the kids, and Dave’s dad → awkward French lesson about “Tetons” = breasts. Farmer’s market trip → meat sticks, truffle cheese, overpriced smoothies, and the dreaded $5 guilt energy bar. Dave chips a tooth on said bar → questions mortality and suspects maybe someone else’s tooth was in the bar. John Bucati appears to talk about New Orleans, sampling, and Life of Pi → Dave calls bullshit and reminisces about watching it high on Grand Street. Announcement: July 24th is Chrismiss in July, August 16 is Dopey Day (Chris’s birthday).

Dopey 537: Dopeywood Live! Amy Dresner, Annie Lederman, Moshe Kasher, Jack Osbourne, Rich Roll, Bob Forrest, Shane Enholm, Jake from West Vi

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:18:06 +0000

Dave opens the show with a shoutout to Stephanie Roberts (7 years sober), Patreon plugs, and a cereal relapse story (Quaker Oatmeal Squares with chocolate chips).Listener email highlights reactions to the Bobby Lee episode and Reddit backlash.New Zealand listener Lily calls in with an epic pill-shelving story that ends in her robbing herself.Musical guest Adam David performs Needle and the Damage Done.Dave brings out comedian Moshe Kasher, who goes in on ayahuasca, porn ghosts, parenting trauma, and crowd work chaos.Jason Cabelo celebrates 9 years sober and gets a Dopey coin live.Annie Lederman joins the Stashword game and later performs a hilarious and filthy stand-up set: mimosa nicknames, AA slogans, drunk driving, IVF, sperm quality, and her fiancé’s hair pills.Jack Osbourne, Moshe, and Dave discuss Bobby Lee’s no-show, ghost stories, and ayahuasca in recovery.Rich Roll, Bob Forrest, and Erin Khar debate medication-assisted treatment, trauma, psychedelics, and life transformation.Amy Dresner tells her infamous coke-and-bike-helmet story live with Dave.More Stashword, audience chaos, and Dopey Nation shoutouts.Shane Enholm performs Mud Pies.Dave ends with a singalong of I Wanna Be Good So Bad and a heartfelt farewell to Ray the Clammer.📝 Episode Notes:

Is Dave a Racist? Tuesday Teaser! Processed Sugar, Bobby Lee and Deleted Reddit Posts: A Teaser in 100-Degree Heat

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:09:02 +0000

📝 Episode Notes:Dave's up at 5:30 AM with no sleep aids but hopelessly hooked on s’mores Father's Day gift: a $40 crackhead s’mores hot plate from his daughter Microwave s’mores vs. monstrosity s’mores — full breakdown Massive processed sugar binge: Rice Krispie s’mores, Yaso bar, and Linden’s cookies Full Dopey morning: prayer, meditation, AA, garbage duty, and Susan’s lunch rescue A teaser for the Damon Baker episode (photographer + filmmaker) Sweating at Katz’s and plotting the return of the Dopey Fitness Challenge Bobby Lee Reddit drama: deleted thread accusing Dave of racism Selby explains how Reddit mods can still see deleted posts Solstice hippie parade recap from Selby’s island in the Pacific Northwest Backyard lawn mowing pride and skin-smoothing conspiracies Full Dopey intro song performance to close it out “Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.”

Dopey 536: BOBBY LEE! Meth at 16, Sh!tting his pants, Porn Addiction, Relapse, Recovery PLUS My Dad!

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:41:22 +0000

NOTES:Listener emails: brutal black tar vein damage stories (toes, dick, and yes, arteries) plus a chilling NJ dope shack bust and snowstorm cigarette hikeDad’s odd updates on protests, bad golf, AI school drama, and swampy lakesBehind-the-scenes Dopey studio chaos, show length fights, and hyped DopeyCon 10-year party plans with Sam Miller confirmedBobby Lee jumps in: stealing beers from his dad, shooting meth at 12, and that unforgettable speedball masturbation session in a medical book aisleChildhood trauma under a strict Korean roof, bullying, and how drugs became his escape hatchFirst rehab at 16, early sobriety struggles, and the surreal calm he found in AA meetings and art museumsFinding comedy through AA shares and improv; the jump to MADtv and flopping hardThe infamous Vicodin withdrawal meltdown — shitting his pants on set and all the chaos that came with itDeep dive into porn addiction, how it fucked his relationships, and the brutal relapse after losing his dadSpiritual battles — wrestling with God’s will vs self-will, plus tales of bizarre AA characters like oxygen tank old guys in OklahomaClosing with a no-holds-barred “This or That” game: meth vs heroin, jerking off rules, and the legendary beef chip storyBobby’s raw reflections on relapse, fame, and carving out peace in a messy, fucked-up lifeMy dad comes on to update the nation and to kind of ruin a classic episode🔍 Searchable TermsBobby Lee relapse
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Dopey Tuesday Teaser AA Beefs, Dehumidifier Rage, and Reuniting the Cro Mags

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:52:17 +0000

🧾 Show Notes:Doug’s back! In the Subaru, in the parking lot. Dave’s depressed because his dehumidifier sucks. Reddit trolls say the teaser and YouTube are trash. Dave reads feedback, gets defensive, then promotes Patreon. Harley Flanagan story: punk rock prodigy, molested, violent, stabbing at CBGBs, Rikers, Cro-Mags beef. Dave fantasizes about reuniting Harley and John Joseph on Dopey. Doug critiques AA meetings, newcomers double/triple dipping. Dave freaks out about not getting full share time. Pete gives “God morning” texts to everyone except Dave. Dave volunteers to bring cake but refuses to serve it. Ice cream talk: Ninja Creamy, protein sorbet, and Ghirardelli brookies. Email shoutouts: Esteban the weed-brained Sinatra singer, Kitty Cat Collins, and Lou on Fentanyl Jay. Final thoughts: you can't get someone sober unless they want it, and Dave didn't take sleep aids for one night.

Dopey 535: Kratom is for Pussies, “I Think I’d Make a Fine Crackhead”: Jessie G’s Relapse and Todd Shot 2025

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:21:23 +0000

Dopeywood!Note about ToddA voicemail from a listener in Mexico: “¿Qué pasó David?”Email about a guy sober off weed and a listener who relapsed on shrooms and weed.Dave reflects on the cyclical pain of relapse in the Dopey Nation.Jessie G Segment“I formed like a make-believe relationship with him [Chris].”Jessie first listened to Dopey while working hotel jobs in 2018.“Early recovery sucks no matter which way you cut it.”“I was doing kratom and still eating acid in sober living.”She felt totally alone — “My roommates were gone, I was just in my house.”“I had to threaten suicide one night to get help.”“I think I would make a fine crackhead.”“I was just in my room with my foils.”“I was on probation… and doing really well… but using at the same time.”“I ended up getting arrested in Scranton.”“The methadone detox was the easiest of my life.”“I got a new number and was like, perfect.”“I was living a double life — one part spiritual, one part crazy.”“I was like, just give me a fucking bag.”Describes traveling while using: “I could see in my mind’s eye the hotel we were in.”“COVID made it easy to disappear.”“Kensington was a wake-up call.”“I want a real life.”Todd Curry Tribute with DK“He was just a spark, man… I love Todd a lot and I miss him.”“He personified fun. If fun was a person, it was Todd on drugs.”“Do you think I beat a dead horse with Todd? I just can’t stop honoring him.”Dave introduces the term “Todd Shot” — Dopey Nation’s version of a “God Shot.”DK agrees to come back next year with stories of getting high with Todd.Dave invites listeners to submit Todd memories or tributes.OutroReflections on the importance of recovery: “It’s the greatest thing I have in my life.”Outro song: “One More” by Rocker T“Stay strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles for Chris.”

Dopey Teaser: Kraboxone, Mid-Century Meth, Magic Mind, Mushrooms, the Stash Word Disaster & the Dopeywood Debrief

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:43:43 +0000

📝 SHOW NOTES (for post description):Mid-century modern hotel confusionJason Cabello returns! Recovery Unplugged + Toxicology podcastMagic Mind and mushroom mishaps 🌿🍄Kraboxone™: Kratom + Suboxone fusion 🧪Dopeywood recap: triumphs, drags, tech failsDave’s LA meth story and forgotten tribute to Todd 💔The Stash Word disaster (and why it’s still fun)DM from a coke addict trying to detox 💬A musical finale + shoutout to Scott Wick the rap god 🎶

Dopey 534: Abby Fickley Returns + Rest in Peace Ray the Clammer; Motherhood, Relapse, Internet Backlash… and 40 Years of Clamming, Cocaine,

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:37:07 +0000

Episode Notes!DOPEYWOOD COMING!AWESOME EMAILS AND VOICEMAILS!ABBEY:Postpartum anxiety and getting prescribed benzosHer first time using heroin — in sober livingMoving back to Pittsburgh with her dad to get her life togetherBuilding a YouTube following with her daughter MylaDealing with fame, trolls, and the dark side of "sober influencer" cultureWhy she stopped posting her daughter onlineSetting boundaries in co-parentingThe emotional side of recovery, relapse, and internet backlashHer evolving relationship with recovery, privacy, and motherhood🦪 Part 2: Ray the Clammer – A TributeGrowing up on the South Shore, catching clams with his feetFirst time freebasing: “My heart exploded. I fell to my knees. It was great.”Ten years of coke dealing, freebasing, and losing everythingSmoking away all the product, burning bridges, losing his union jobHomeless in NYC, sleeping under Port Authority, working “security” for a pimp named OtisSuicidal thoughts in the subway tunnelsThe moment he didn't jump, and got back on the train to Long IslandBrought home by police as a missing personFinds NA, relapses, gets honest — and stays sober from 1993 until his deathDevoted to service: rides, hotlines, detox speaking, always showing upPassed away with 30 years clean — this recording was his goodbye gift to Dopey Nation

NEW Dopey Tuesday Teaser - Start Your Day Over: Clam Talk, Stroke Scares, and Internet Trolls

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:05:57 +0000

Doug’s back in the kitchen after nearly dying from a TCI (mini-stroke)Dave compares Doug’s Memorial Day scare to Ray the Clammer’s UTI-induced brain fogRay heads to rehab; Dave wants to publish a book of Ray quotesDoug calls the meeting a “beginner’s asylum”; Dave defends the newcomersRule 62, “start your day over,” and other Rayisms get debatedDave reflects on dirt, struggle, red cardinals, and the poetry of recoveryBagel store confrontation: Dave rolls his eyes and almost gets whackedReddit backlash: Dave reads Dopey Nation critiques of teaser formatFans on Reddit defend the show and say the $5/month is worth itDave tweaks the teaser style and explains his morning social media ritualMentions of Dopey Zooms and upcoming Patreon Zoom nightDave teases birthday content for a future episodeShoutout to Scott Wic aka The Rap God

Dopey 233: Tripping Balls at Camp Bisco, Calvin Klein Cocktails, LSD Meltdowns, and Methadone Clinic Madness: Zach’s Wild Ride

Fri, 30 May 2025 18:38:45 +0000

Fentanyl vs. Heroin: "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappearedFirst Shot: A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stopOD Stories: OD'd twice in one day—once behind the wheel on FDR, once after snorting Bronx bags, woke up in hospital, ripped tubes out, lied about asthmaMom's Heart Attack: 4 days after OD, mom has a heart attack from stressHustles: Selling weed, flipping Suboxone, scamming friends, "like a credit card"—balances, fronts, jugglingJam Band Scene: Heavy on acid, ketamine, nitrous, Calvin Klein (coke + K), LSD handling mishap at Camp Bisco led to paranoia for a weekMethadone Clinic Madness: Working in the clinic, finding crack pipes, wild characters, hustles in the waiting roomRecovery Pivot: Got clean after the ferry breakup, went to White Deer Run, cut methadone taper on day 3, Old Testament-level detox, started working the 12 steps, counselor Heath changed his lifeWorking in Treatment: From the methadone clinic to Ascendant, saw the whole spectrumWriting: Wrote Slingshot Diaries in Maryland, self-published hundreds of copies, found purposeReflection: Raw honesty, doesn’t glorify but doesn’t hide it either—“thank God for grace and mercy”

Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Ray's Toilet Blowjob Grinder AIDS Story (Patreon Teaser!)

Tue, 27 May 2025 20:47:50 +0000

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Get bonus episodes, access to Dopey Zooms, exclusive merch, and support the Dopey mission. It’s cheap, it’s fun, it’s how we keep this sick show going. $5 a month = stickers + bonus shows. $8 = ad-free shows. $10 = video extras. $15 = stickers, socks, Ray Brown’s pubes (kidding… maybe).
Be a Dopey patron, stay strong, and fucking toodles for Chris.

Dopey 533: Snorting Meth Off a Shane MacGowan's Dirty Thumbnail & the Joy of Being Steve Poltz

Fri, 23 May 2025 22:27:42 +0000

🎸 Steve Poltz returns! From meth psychosis to music on the mountain🧠 Touring with Shane MacGowan and snorting meth off his thumbnail🏨 Destroying hotel rooms across Australia (banned from Quest Apartments!)💡 20 years in recovery: why Steve stopped going to meetings🎤 Using music and stage time to carry the message😡 Dave and Steve debate Bob Weir and John Mayer (spoiler: Dave hates Bobby)💩 Dorm blackout story: naked in the hallway💌 Emails from South Africa, 10-year sober milestones, kratom struggles🏀 Knicks fan rant with Devin, post-loss meltdown🕍 Jewish guilt, moil trauma, and the power of a Nashville Seder🎵 Poltz performs “Shine On” live + bonus track at the end📦 Shoutout to Poppasmurf for shipping Dopey merch📣 Thanks to Oro Recovery, Mountainside, Recovery Unplugged, Safe Spot, and CustomStickers.com (use code DOPEY20)🎨 Dopey art shoutouts: Brita, Piz, Edward, James Glennie, Chrissy, and all the Dopey Nation Zoomers

Dopey Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug, Othello Cookies, and the Fucking Celtics: Live from the Subaru

Tue, 20 May 2025 20:03:40 +0000

🚗 Taped live from Doug’s Subaru in front of Dave’s house
📬 Sarah’s amazing weed and recovery email
🏀 Dave curses out Celtics fans at a recovery music festival
🍩 Entenmann's, gout, and Doug’s ongoing battle with saturated fat
📢 Heart Attack Doug refuses to share in meetings but Zooms all over the West Coast
🎸 Shout outs to Steve Poltz, Anders Osborne, and the ghost of Billy Strings
🧈 Too much butter, not enough cardio
🤡 Dave bombs as an MC, then redeems himself with “fuck the Celtics”
🌈 Love is the answer, let your freak flag fly, and fuckin’ toodles for Chris

Dopey 531: Snorting Heroin on the Staten Island Ferry to Eating his Way to Recovery, Fame and Fortune, Ian Martin

Fri, 16 May 2025 13:25:47 +0000

🏥 Doctor shopping on the UWS, Florida pill mills, and the $300/week FedEx Oxy plan🧬 Coke, klonopin, benzos, nodding out mid-Xbox match, screaming at his roommate📦 Upper West Side methadone clinic and snorting dope on the Staten Island ferry📸 Starting “@immaeatthis” on a subway ride—going viral, getting paid, and staying sober🧸 Emotional amends, dumb lies (Blackwater contractor? really?), and hope through service🎉 Dave celebrates Susan’s 7th birthday with a musical performance📨 Emails from Montreal bus drivers, Bayshore pill seekers, and Dopey lifers🧦 Send in a voicemail = socks? Maybe. Stickers? Definitely.

Dopey Tuesday RAYtreon Teaser: F*CK THE CELTICS - Deli Dave vs. New York City Dave PLUS DOES THE LAST OF US SUCK NOW?

Tue, 13 May 2025 14:46:08 +0000

Knicks vs. Celtics playoff madnessDave vs. “New York City Dave”Shout out to Boston Dave G (but still, fuck Boston)Is The Last of Us now just lesbian Eat Pray Love?Getting recognized on the street (and overstaying the moment)Ray's Grindr adventures: “I clean toilets and give BJs”Anti-aging meds, eye lifts, and midlife crisis merch dropsMusic segment: “Good So Bad” live from the studioDopey Wood lineup updates: Darrell Hammond OUT, the rest still INCome to DopeyWOOD!— tickets are free!

Dopey 530: Liquid LSD in the Eyes! Smoking Meth at a Puppy Mill and Doing Sexy Tarp Stuff on the Road to Recovery with Sam Miller

Fri, 09 May 2025 16:10:55 +0000

🏀 Knicks Playoff Fever: Dave opens the show celebrating the Knicks’ win over the Celtics and his deep attachment to the team.🌸 Family Time: Dave spends the day with his daughter Susan, planting flowers and reflecting on fatherhood.🧂 Mustard Seed Parable: Conversation with Mike’s Amazing Mustard leads to a deeper discussion about hope in recovery.🚨 Josh C. Update: Following a drug task force raid, former Toodles for Chris scholarship recipient Josh Clark is arrested for meth, LSD, and DMT but secures a scholarship to Divided Sky rehab in Vermont.🤖 AI Frustrations: Dave vents about ChatGPT fabricating a story about Chris smoking crack out of a shrimp shell – a made-up detail that cost him money in clip production.📞 Prison Voicemail from Polly: Shocking account of sharing needles with hundreds of inmates, smuggling ass tobacco, and the grim reality of hepatitis spread in prison.🎤 Sam Miller’s Story:Childhood trauma and gas huffing at age six.Selling liquid LSD drops at 15, including putting acid directly into his eyes.Meth addiction while working at a puppy mill, witnessing a MRSA outbreak that killed puppies.Suicidal thoughts and a near-death experience involving a stolen car and being tied to a chair by a best friend.Clarity moment: Waking up under a tarp, realizing his life was in shambles, and walking miles to his mom’s house to beg for help.Early recovery: Living in a trailer, reading books by the light of a Game Boy, and attending multiple 12-step meetings daily.Sam’s rise in comedy, the first open mic feeling like the first high, and the healing power of storytelling.Friends lost to overdose, including the haunting phone call from Justin pretending to shoot himself.🎭 Sam on Comedy: Finding the sweet spot between dark humor and trauma, and how comedy became his new addiction.🚀 Dopey Wood Announcement: Dopey Wood event in four weeks – tickets are free for Dopey Nation.🧦 Dopey Merch & Sponsors: Shoutout to customstickers.com, where Dopey Nation can get 20% off using code Dopey20.🔥 Closing Segment: Dave reminds listeners to leave a review, join Patreon, and stay strong, Dopey Nation. Toodles for Chris.

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Adam David from The Voice 'an 8 Ball a day keeps the doctor away'

Tue, 06 May 2025 17:03:54 +0000

Whats on Patreon:Adam’s chaotic childhood, bullying, and getting high at 12Smoking weed with an abusive friend’s stepdadGetting beat with wrenches, sent to institutions, and almost stabbedDropping acid at school, zeroing hits, playing in bandsCoke binges in L.A. writing sessions — snorting lines off Beyoncé plaquesSpiritual bottom after playing South by Southwest and weeping during ElfRecovery Unplugged, NA, and finding purpose through musicA live performance of his song SaviorThe Elsewhere program and recovery on the roadHis thoughts on music, God, and staying clean through service

Dopey 529: Jessica Kent Returns! Dealing Heroin! Only Fans! Abstinence Based Recovery! Motherhood and Having a Baby in Prison!

Sat, 03 May 2025 00:55:59 +0000

📓 Episode Notes:Jessica Kent returns for a deep and hilarious check-inHer early life selling heroin at 13 in upstate New YorkGetting addicted to Oxy, then heroin, and eventually methLife on the run with a sketchy traveling magazine crewGetting locked up in Arkansas, detoxing while pregnantGiving birth to her daughter while shackledLosing custody and the fight to get her child backGetting out and blowing up as a sober influencerLaunching OnlyFans, backlash, trolls, and public scrutinyHer recent painful breakup and struggles with internet fameWhy she left harm reduction and returned to abstinence-based recoveryParenting, ADHD, self-worth, and starting over againDave reads wild listener emailsBonus voicemails and raw Dopey banter as alwaysA full tilt rollercoaster of pain, redemption, and dumb shit

Dopey Tuesday RAYtreon Teaser with my Dad! Illness, Wellness, Sex

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:50:26 +0000

📝 Episode Notes / Highlights🗣️ Dave forgot to record a teaser and is now scrambling🎤 Raytreon returns — Ray and Allen join the chaos🧠 Childhood trauma hits: walkie-talkies, soapbox derby sabotage, “thank God I had heroin to escape”🧳 Allen’s back from Florida and hates everything about the new Dopey Studio🎭 Knicks playoff hype, Last of Us grief, and a deep love of revenge🧘‍♂️ Summer of Wellness / Summer of Fashion begins (with shame and holes in jeans)🍄 Public apology for sketchy Amanita muscaria mushroom ad📢 Ray, Dave, and Allen yell over each other about cleanliness, furniture, and fantasy basketball💡 Reddit calls Dave “a needy pussy,” and he leans into it

Dopey 528: Bipolar Guy Loving Life or How I Blew $500K on Coke, Clubs, and Ciroc Papi with David Funes

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:24:29 +0000

🗒️ Episode Notes (for the "Notes" section):Blowing $500K on coke, strip clubs, and a doomed after-hours clubHow Ciroc Papi moved into his spare bedroom (and took over his life)Meth Head David steals his car and wears all his clothesRunning a nightclub like Scarface meets Trailer Park BoysHomelessness, dollar menus, and losing it allBipolar mania, addiction, and the road back to sanityA wild cast of characters: Shelby the bowling ball bouncer, Old Girl, T-Rex, Bones, and moreHow David got sentenced...and didn't go to prison after 9 years hanging over his headHow he built Bipolar Guy Loving Life — and what’s next

Dopey Tuesday Teaser: The Last of Us or He Took 5 Gummies and Landed in the Psych Ward:, Heroin in the Bronx

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:36:41 +0000

📝 NOTES: 🎶 Big love to Trinity for the amazing Dopey theme song up top 🚨 Dave’s got gout and might become the poster child for rich man’s foot disease 🧬 Mike starts using at 12, snorting Oxy by 19, full-blown heroin addict by 21 😱 Sells drugs, ruins every family event, finally breaks down in the Bronx 💉 First-time dope sick without knowing he was dope sick 🍄 Eats way too many shrooms and spirals into a poop loop with SpongeBob 💔 Sees his roommate making out with his girl while tripping, main character style 📦 Kicks at home, checks into rehab, finds his people, builds a new life 🌱 Kratom, weed candy, fake nitrous, and scary-ass psychosis trends in the field 🤝 Now works in treatment and still wonders how the fuck he made it

Dopey 527: Classic Dopey! Confessions of a Punk Rock Junky Bank Robber! Shane Enholm! Heroin, Cocaine, Meth, Prison, Recovery

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:30:32 +0000

📝 Episode Notes:💣 Robbing banks with dye packs exploding mid-getaway😷 Hooping dope in prison and dealing with the "safe"🏋️ Becoming the pull-up champ in federal prison🎨 Obsession with antique tattoo machines and publishing books🧒 Rescuing his daughters from a cat piss hellhouse💉 Methadone maintenance, recovery, and giving back🎶 Ending with his haunting original song Mud Pies🕊️ Plus: Gary Gilmore, Sonny Barger, Flea, Hep C treatment, and the dirty white boys

Martin Johnson Got Sober in a Sauna | Dopey Tuesday Teaser

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:57:36 +0000

In this Patreon teaser, Dave shares a clip from his deeply honest and hilarious conversation with Martin Johnson, frontman of Boys Like Girls. Martin opens up about fear, fame, and the moment in a sauna that changed his life — when a stranger challenged him to define anxiety.Martin talks about:Why he hates the word "anxiety"Staging a self-intervention while still on medsHis crushing fear of not being good enough — as a person, as a singer, as a frontmanThe performative madness of early fameTaking 12–14 Xanax bars a day while chasing successLosing huge chunks of time in a benzo fogThe overwhelming desire to be seen — even if it meant eating ants or wearing crazy outfitsDave opens the teaser with some classic Dopey flavor — spring break parenting chaos, Katz’s Deli updates (including a pastrami smoothie?), and a weirdly triggering doctor visit that brought back memories of detox.Also in this episode:Dopeywood news! Tickets available now — free for patrons!Upcoming music & wellness eventsThe Dopey Fitness Challenge returnsShoutouts to the $100-tier dopes and all our loyal patronsAnd, of course, “Fucking Toodles for Chris.”

Dopey 526: Andy Roy's 5 Year Celebration and Reflection on Jerking Off Contests in Prison! Plus the Return of Thuan!

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:39:36 +0000

📝 Episode Notes (with emojis, links & vibes):🔥 Dopey 526: Andy Roy, Angelo, Bobby & Tuan🎉 Andy Roy celebrates 5 years clean and brings along Angelo and Bobby from New Origins—the sober living home that’s keeping them grounded and inspired.🛹 Hear wild tales from the past (jerk-off contests??), what makes recovery actually work, and why the crew plans to stick around and give back.💥 “The love is real, bro.” This one’s about brotherhood, resilience, and turning chaos into a calling.💬 Then Dave dives in deep with Dopey spiritual consigliere Tuan from Mountainside 🧘‍♂️ on:The trap of workaholism in recoveryWhy it's so hard to just sit stillWhat happens when you lose your sponsor (RIP)🧠 Can you be too spiritual to need a sponsor?And why love, presence, and stillness are the medicine🎧 Plus: Dopey poet Ian drops a killer verse, and Dave gives a shoutout to Safe Spot and CustomStickers.com (use code Dopey20 to get 20% off your own stickers!).💌 Got a thought on Andy or New Origins? Write in: dopeypodcast@gmail.com🧦 Want a sticker? Hit us up. Or join us on Patreon for tons of bonus content + goodies: 👉 patreon.com/dopeypodcast❤️ Stay strong, Dopey Nation 🖕 Fucking toodles for Chris

WHITE LOTUS SUCKS says Dave Sloppy Jones Say's No! PLUS TUESDAY TEASER!

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:22:47 +0000

🔥 Post Copy for Patreon🚨 NEW PATREON EPISODE OUT NOW! 🚨
It's a stroll down Dopey memory lane with my old friend Sloppy Jones (Garrett)—we're talking:First time doing heroin in our Purchase suite 😳Selling LSD by the sheetWild nights with Joey D’s basement weed clubAnd… how the new White Lotus season totally sucks (IMO) 🍍Also… 💔 huge apology to Dopey OG James DeHart—I messed up the merch thing and I’m sending something special your way. If you're still waiting on merch, please hit me up: dopeypodcast@gmail.com👉 Join the Dopey Patreon for the madness: patreon.com/dopeypodcastStay strong, Dopey Nation.
🖤 fucking toodles for Chris

Dopey 525: Sucking his own D!ck on Dopey Love Live with Margaret Cho, Brace Belden, Nzinga Harrison and More! Heroin Smuggling, Sexsomnia,

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:05:42 +0000

📋 Notes:Live from Joe’s Pub!Ray Brown performs Dopey LoveChloe LaBranche’s killer stand-up setStash Word madness with Brace, Abby, Carl + audiencePanel with Margaret Cho, Brace, Nzinga Harrison, and Erin CarrVoicemail from Toko in Finland 🇫🇮RIP Onyx and the cats of Happy Cat Sanctuary 🐾Louis Mandrapilias tells insane heroin smuggling storyTalk of sexsomnia, self-pleasure, and how to work through codependencyGood So Bad performed live by Dave and Doug

Dopey Raytreon Teaser! Strep Throat, The Doos, Ricky Poweell, LSD

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:38:41 +0000

GaytreonSTREP THROAT!Ricky PowellBeastie BoysSeinfeldLSDSSDN FTFC!

Dopey 524: I Ate Meth in Jail and Found God in a Coffee Bean - Ultimate Texas Tweaker - Burglar - Prison Redemption Episode - Damon West

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:27:36 +0000

SHOW NOTES:🏈 Damon’s early life as a quarterback at North Texas💨 First time trying meth — and losing control instantly🏚️ Running burglaries out of trap houses across Dallas🤯 Meth-induced delusions, paranoia, and total madness🚔 Getting busted in front of his parents⚖️ Sentenced to 65 years in a Texas prison⛓️ Life behind bars — navigating gangs and survival☕ The coffee bean story that changed everything🧠 Finding faith, structure, and recovery📚 Rebuilding his life and helping others🎤 From inmate to speaker and author🧃 Bonus: Damon’s take on prison hooch and microwaved food❤️ Classic Dopey themes: addiction, consequences, redemption, and dark comedy🔗 Links:www.damonwest.orgwww.patreon.com/dopeypodcast🖤 Fucking toodles for Chris.

Does This Season of White Lotus Suck? PLUS John Bukaty Interviews Dave PATREON TEASER!

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:15:28 +0000

THESE ARE NOTES ON THE EPISODE - NOT THE TEASER!📝 Show Notes:🧠 Childhood ChaosBorn in NYC, nearly died of a staph infectionFell off a table and cracked his skull at 8 months oldWalked home alone at 3 years old 💥Deep TV addiction starts young (shoutout to MTV, Different Strokes & Give Me a Break)🎭 Early Identity StuffShirt chewing, sugar binging, and fake depression for attentionDidn’t want a bar mitzvah: “It’s not your party, it’s my party.”Too insecure to get lifted in the chair at his own bar mitzvah 😬Played harmonica in a ska band called The Percolators🍹 First Drug StoriesFirst drunk = 16 screwdrivers at summer camp → blackout, vomit, shameNever got into booze, but took acid at a Dead show before ever trying weedEventually... heroin, methadone, weed, and the long road home🎨 Art, Fear & FlowMTV intern in high school, obsessed with music and creativityParalyzed by fear, self-doubt, and a deep need to be authenticBig art nerd: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Bob Dylan, Richard Pousette-Dart 🎨🌞 Spirituality, Recovery & the Dopey DNAWanted spirituality before he had it“The Sunlight of the Spirit” and the resentment trapEarly recovery = doing it because he had toFound real connection through service, comedy, and storytelling🎙️ The Real DopeyIt’s not just about drugs — it’s love, dumb shit, and keeping people companyLetting your freak flag fly, creating community, and making people laughDave’s dream: Dopey TV show, doc series, global recovery adventures, Keith Richards in a chair at DopeyCon 🤘“I just want to make something worth putting in your ears.”💔 Final ThoughtsOn grief, fatherhood, fear, flow, and evolutionBukaty calls Dave out on blind spotsDave: “I like the idea of displacing my father and taking over the apartment.” 😂Tribute to Annie Ellie and the Dopey Nation: “It feeds the show. It is the show.”💌 Got thoughts? Send 'em: dopeypodcast@gmail.com
👕 Rep the show: dopeypodcast.com
📞 Leave a voicemail, join a Zoom, get involved
🧸 Stay Strong Dopey Nation
💀 And fucking toodles for Chris

Dopey 523: Dr. Nzinga Harrison’s Brother Got Life for a Murder He Didn’t Commit

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:26:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! In one of the possibly most powerful and emotional episodes of Dopey ever, Dr. Nzinga Harrison returns to the show to tell a story she’s never shared before—despite being around the show for over five years. Her older brother, Kofi (aka Debo), has spent the last 30 years in prison for a triple homicide he didn’t commit. This episode is about injustice, resilience, heartbreak, and family—and how one letter from the foreman of the jury might change everything.💥

🎥 Support Nzinga’s documentary “Born Friday” – the story of her brother’s wrongful conviction and the fight for justice: bornfridayfilm.com
🧦 Want Dopey socks? Join the Dopey Patreon and get all the goodies (and Wednesday Zoom access!)
💌 Send in your voicemails and emails! dopeypodcast@gmail.com
🧘 Need help while using? Call Safe Spot at 1-800-972-0590. They’ll sit with you on the phone and make sure you stay alive.
🌿 Kratom, Ozempic, Suboxone, weed… we get into it all with Dr. Harrison.
🧑‍⚖️ Want to support clemency efforts or help fund the doc? Visit bornfridayfilm.com or email Dave.
🛏️ Pajama pants in public? Dr. Harrison says maybe. Nora says no.
📺 White Lotus? Not so much. Jim Morrison alive in upstate NY? Definitely not.

🗣️ Quotes:“Maybe they killed me that day, and this is some demented afterlife.” – Kofi “Debo” Harrison
“Recovery is not the point. Life is the point.” – Dr. Nzinga Harrison
“Once a stoner, always a stoner.” – Dave
“The Dopey Nation just feels like my people.” – Dr. Harrison

Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Did Dave Relapse with Chris Before Chris Died?

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:04:52 +0000

🚨 NEW PATREON EPISODE – REDDIT CONSPIRACIES & CONTROVERSY 🚨If you’re not subscribed to the Dopey Patreon, are you even a real fan? 🤔This week, it’s a Reddit Roundup, and things got heated:
🔥 A wild conspiracy theory about me and Chris
🦋 Someone out there injected butterflies (seriously, what the fuck?)
📢 Dopey randomly mentioned in The Wall Street Journal
🐳 A debate over the Dopey mascot: Mopey Dick
🎥 Updates on the Dopey Documentary & DopeywoodAlso, a voicemail from New Zealand where a listener confesses she was never Team Chris… but always Team Dave 🤯All this and more for literally 20 cents a day—plus ad-free episodes, extra content, and weird-ass Zooms.🔗 Listen now: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastStay strong & fucking toodles for Chris.

Dopey 522: From Junky Telemarketers to Emmy-Nominated Whistleblowers, the true story of HBO's The Telemarketers

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 22:31:26 +0000

This Week on Dopey! I'm super excited to have had the chance to interview PAtrick J. Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern from The Telemarketers! A junky/true crime/scam busting documentary series on HBO! AI wrote all the juicy nuggets below - PLUS Dove updates us! Weighing heroin bags, and Siggy's 7 years!!!! All that and more on a brand spanking new episode of the good old Dopey Show!more dopey at: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast📞 Dopey Podcast Episode Notes: The Wild Life of Pat Pespas & The Telemarketers Scam🎙 Guest: Pat Pespas & Sam Lipman-Stern (The Telemarketers, HBO)
📅 Recorded: March 14, 2025🔥 In This Episode:

Pat Pespas, the ultimate junkie telemarketer, takes us through his insane journey—from selling fake police stickers while nodding out to blowing the lid off a billion-dollar scam.
How a scumbag telemarketing company (CDG) scammed millions from well-meaning Americans under the guise of helping cops, firefighters, and sick kids.
Pat’s life in full chaos mode: Heroin, drive-up dope spots, wild scams, and barely staying employed.
How Sam (a high school dropout & graffiti writer) started filming at 14 and turned this madness into an Emmy-nominated HBO series.
Going undercover to expose police corruption—and how they almost got arrested at an FOP convention.
Pat’s mysterious disappearance & the hunt to find him before HBO lost their minds.
How politicians & the system FAILED to stop the scams (but Twitter had their back).
The Emmy snub (damn you, Beckham!) & why Pat walked away from $250K in media deals.

📺 Watch Telemarketers on HBO & Max
💰 Support Dopey on Patreon for video & exclusive content: patreon.com/dopeypodcast
👕 Merch Drop! Get your Dopey gear: dopeypodcast.com
📩 Send in voicemails & emails: dopeypodcast@gmail.com🎶 Outro: A killer banjo cover of Good So Bad by listener Jake 🎵🖤 Stay strong, Dopey Nation—Toodles for Chris!

Tuesday Teaser for RAYTREON!

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:49:08 +0000

NEW DOPEY 'Teaser' Ray is back, and we’re diving deep into the mysteries of junkie slang, Mamoun’s falafel, and the eternal question—does coke make you gay? Plus, the Jeff Tweedy rejection saga continues. Tune in for unhinged rants, unnecessary debates, and that sweet, sweet Dopey chaos.TO HEAR MORE RAY: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 521: I accidentally dosed my cleaning lady! Xanax Binge to Psych Ward! Sucking Dick for 40 Years! Dylan’s Return and Cat Greenleaf! Cr

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:16:21 +0000

This week on Dopey! Chris's sponsor Dylan is back! We hear all about how he is doing and reminisce about Chris and his final run before recovery! PLUS Cat Greenleaf stops in to read emails and talk shit!PATREON - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDOPEY LOVE LIVE with MARGARET CHO AND FRIENDS: https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/Episode Description:
Buckle up, Dopey Nation—this one’s a wild ride. Dylan returns to the show, and we get deep into the messiness of recovery: Is 12-step the only way? Can something else work? Does Dylan even want to build something new? It’s a classic Dopey-style conversation—raw, honest, and full of uncertainty.Then, we get a next-level Dopey moment: a cleaning lady unknowingly eats a whole bar of mushroom chocolate, trips her face off, and leaves some of the most horrifying (and hilarious) voicemails we’ve ever heard.But that’s not all. TV host and podcaster Kat Greenleaf stops by to talk about her version of recovery, her very personal views on "mouthfeel," and a psychedelic experience that supposedly did 30 years of therapy in one night. Plus, she shares the shocking truth about what she really loves to put in her mouth—and it’s not what you think.Somehow, we squeeze in shoutouts, ads, and a surprise Pee-wee Herman connection. It’s a jam-packed, totally unhinged episode of Dopey.Biggest Takeaways:

Dylan wrestles with the idea of alternative recovery models—does he want to build one, or is he just doing Dopey?
12-step’s structure may be flawed, but it’s survived nearly a century without scandals or profit motives, which is rare in the recovery world.
A cleaning lady’s accidental mushroom trip is both horrifying and peak Dopey chaos.
Kat Greenleaf gets very candid about her oral fixation (in more ways than one).
Psychedelic therapy might be the future—or just an excuse to get high in a controlled setting.
Pee-wee Herman was secretly a huge Katz’s fan and a sober ally.
Don’t leave drug-infused treats where unsuspecting people might eat them.

Sponsors & Shoutouts:

CustomStickers.com – Get Dopey stickers! Use code DOPIE20 for 20% off.
Safe Spot – A service that stays on the phone with you while you use. Call 1-800-972-0590.
Dylan’s Berkshire Transition Network – Helping people in recovery.

Final Notes:
Stay strong, Dopey Nation—especially if you accidentally eat a whole chocolate bar of shrooms. And as always, fucking toodles for Chris.

Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Erin Khar Returns! Depression, Crack, Recovery, Heroin, Step mom

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:19:50 +0000

ERIN KHAR is back on Patreon! She talks about her recent spiral into depression and how she has gotten out of it - plus a sort of scintillating sort of gross 'Ask Erin Question' and much much more on this brand new teaser of the dopey show! PLUS she talks Rick James and Elliott Smith and more! MORE! MORE!Patreon - www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDOPEY LOVE TICKETS - https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/This is what AI says: 💀 PATREON TEASER: ME & ERIN CARR, DEPRESSION, CRACK, & RANTING 💀🎧 LISTEN NOW: [Insert Patreon Link]Alright, another Tuesday Patreon teaser. Strung-out author, ex-elite equestrian, unlicensed advice columnist Erin Carr is back. And I say fucking way too much. Maybe I should stop. Maybe I won’t. Who cares.🔥 On this one:

🌀 Erin’s big depression spiral (bad)
🐶 Tried fixing it with a dog (iffy)
💀 Crack-smoking past (pawn shops, stolen jewelry, total disaster)
🎤 Rick James & Elliott Smith in rehab together?!? (YES, REALLY.)
🏛️ Politics?! (Sure. Let’s fix society, why not.)

🔥 ALSO: Me rambling about Patreon & merch

$5 = bonus shows, zooms, videos. People say it’s too much. I say, you’re welcome.
$8 = ad-free Dopey, stickers.
$10? Extra weird shit.
$15 = socks. $20 = socks + beanie.
$100 = sober coaching. Maybe. Who knows.

🔥 DOPEY LIVE SHOW ALMOST SOLD OUT

Margaret Cho, Brace Belden, Carl from Summer House, Dr. Nzinga, Downtown Ray Brown—it’s a party.
DISCOUNT CODE: DOPEY25 ($25 off. If you paid full price… well, shit.)

💌 WANNA SHOUTOUT? Email DopeyPodcast@gmail.com
⚡ STAY STRONG, DOPEY NATION! And of course...
Fucking toodles for Chris.

Dopey 520: Jail Stories: Smuggling Subs, Smoking Deuce, and a Vagina Full of Dope: Lenny's Release and Return! Heroin, Cocaine, meth, recove

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:52:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rejoice Lenny from the Beach is Free! Lenny from the Beach returns from being locked away! Hear all about his time away in Long Island's Jail System and then upstate for more time incarcerated before SHOCK treatment! Hear all the ins and outs of institutional living and the nature of incarcerated recovery! PLUS a crazy meth fishing voicemail and Dopey emails! All that and more on this brand new version of the good old Dopey Show!Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastMargaret Cho/Dopey Love/Live Tickets: https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/Here is what AI Says:🎙️ Smuggling Subs, Smoking Deuce, and a Vagina Full of Dope: Lenny's Wild Jailhouse Tales 🌊In this wild new episode of Dopey, Dave welcomes back Lenny from the Beach, straight out of jail and treatment, to share his mind-blowing journey through addiction, recovery, and the madness of institutionalization. 🚔🏠💉🧠 What to Expect:

Lenny's Jail Tales: From smuggling Suboxone to the infamous "Deuce" experience. 🫠💊
A Vagina Full of Dope: Yes, you read that right. A jailhouse smuggling story for the ages. 👜💉
Meth Fishing Adventures: A hilarious and harrowing voicemail story from the Dopey Nation. 🎣🚨
Emails of Hope: Heartfelt letters from listeners, including Mark’s story of turning his life around at 50. 💌🧦
The Shock Program: Military-style drug treatment (but not as shocking as you'd think). 🥊🏋️
Gratitude & Grooves: Dave wraps up with gratitude and a nod to the Beastie Boys' "Gratitude." 🎵🙏

📢 Shoutouts:

Happy Birthday to Britta! 🎂🎨
Upcoming Dopey Love Live Event: Featuring Margaret Cho, Carl Radke, Abby Fickley, and more! 🎭✨
Sponsors: Big love to Oro Recovery, Mountainside, and Recovery Unplugged for keeping the Dopey ship afloat. 🛟🏠🎶

🎟️ Get Your Tickets: Dopey Love Live at Joe’s Pub
🔥 Support Dopey: Join the Patreon, snag some Dopey socks, and don’t forget—leave a review! 🌟🧦Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris. ❤️

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! Meth, Heroin, Recovery in the DOPEY STUDIO with Howie!

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:56:40 +0000

🎧 Tuesday Teaser Alert! 🎧Dopey Patreon Teaser with a crazy email about neighbors on METH! Plus me and Howie navigating the new tiny Dopey studio.Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDOPEY LOVE LIVE WITH MARGARET CHO https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/Yo, Dopey Nation! It’s Tuesday, and you know what that means—Patreon Teaser time! 🎉 Listen to this wild preview, and if you need the full chaotic experience, hit up 👉 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast🔥 This Week: Howard is back! You loved (or hated) him on Good Morning Dopey, and now he's gracing the Patreon with what might just be our worst episode ever—but hey, it's also the first episode from the brand-new Dopey Studio, courtesy of Howard Beach Buxbaum!🦶 Side note: My feet hurt, probably from all the sugar. Anyone got a detox smoothie recipe that actually works? Hit me up at dopepodcast@gmail.com!❤️ Listener Love:
"Chris helped me get into my first treatment program when I was 18. I'll be 9 years clean this year because of him. Love you guys, thanks for being there for me throughout the years."🎟️ Dopey Love Live:
Two weeks away! Featuring:

Margaret Cho 🧨
Brace Belden
Dr. Nzinga Harrison
Erin Carr
Ray Brown
Abbie Fickley

📍Where: Joe’s Pub, Manhattan
👉 Get Tickets: [Link in bio]🆕 Fresh Dopey Stickers just landed! Patrons get 'em first—so join the crew!🙏 Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and...🚦 Fuckin' toodles for Chris. 🚦

Dopey 519: From F*cking the Devil to Finding God: The Jamie Tall Story, Crack, Sex Work, Meth, Opiates, Recovery

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:47:57 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by recovery advocate and woman in recovery, Jamie Tall! Jamie shares all about her super crazy journey on this weeks show!TRIGGER WARNING: It gets very graphic around sex and violence, so please use caution! Jamie tells it all and is now sober helping addicts and alcoholics! Patreon is www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastDOPEY LOVE LIVE WITH MARGARET CHO, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, Brace Belden, Erin Khar, Ray Brown and Linda are available at:https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/https://podcast.feedspot.com/rehab_podcasts/Here is AI:"From Fucking the Devil to Finding God: The Jamie Tall Story"Show Notes:🎙️ This Week on Dopey:
Dave dives deep into the jaw-dropping story of Jamie Tall, a woman who went from sex work and satanic cult rituals to becoming a beacon of hope in recovery. From her days as a dominatrix in the "Bride of Satan" cult to her eventual spiritual surrender, Jamie's story is as wild as it is inspiring.💡 Topics Covered:🚨 Prostitution Sting Gone Wrong: Jamie’s surreal bust in a massive law enforcement setup.💃 Lap Dances, Cocaine, and Cash: How stripping filled a void of self-worth.😈 Bride of Satan Cult Rituals: The insane details of dark web dominance and cult initiation.💉 Crack Houses and Meth Mania: The downward spiral into hardcore addiction.👼 Finding God: How Jamie found redemption through the 12 Steps, trauma-informed care, and spiritual rebirth.💪 Making Amends: Rebuilding trust with her kids and family—proof that healing is real.🦸 Giving Back: Jamie's powerful work with the Divas Who Win Freedom Center and Access Point Georgia.✨ Key Moments:🤯 Jamie's first night as a stripper and the rush of hustling for money.👹 The dark and disturbing rituals of the "Bride of Satan" cult.🚔 The humiliation of seeing her mugshot on Bay News 9 for days.🌊 The turning point in sober living and finding hope through community.📢 Shoutouts & Resources:🌸 Divas Who Win Freedom Center: Helping women escape prostitution and human trafficking.🧬 Access Point Georgia: Harm reduction, safe drug use education, and real-world support.🎶 Dopey Love Event: March 11th in NYC—featuring Margaret Cho, Dr. Nzinga Harrison, and more!🎧 Don’t Miss:💥 A listener poop story that’ll make you rethink your next Walgreens run.🎵 Original music from the Dopey Nation—send in your tracks!🧦 Get your Dopey socks! Andy and Laura, send in your addresses!✉️ Send Your Stories:
Got a wild story or just want to say hi? Hit us up at dopeypodcast@gmail.com.Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris! 💥

Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Cat Greenleaf

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:59:08 +0000

I am in Florida! This is the Patreon Teaser! Hope you guys are great!This is not Cat Marnell. This is Cat Greenleaf - an alcoholic in recovery. Cat has done a tone of media - hosting the seminal New York City Cab Show - 'Talk Stoop'. Now she has a podcast called Soberness. All about recovery - with celebrities - i was briefly on one episode!This Week on Dopey! Safe Spot Call Operator and Activist! Jessie B tells her insane Southern Fried Dopey Experience! Jessie tells us about how a botched asshole surgery led to her oxy addiction and then how it ultimately led her to a creer of helping people!Please write us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com and let me know what you thought! Join patreon at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast buy DOPEY LOVE TICKETS AT: https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/Check us out at Feedspot here: https://podcast.feedspot.com/rehab_podcasts/

Dopey 518: No Strange Dick, No Dirty Needles: Jessie B on Harm Reduction, Raggedy Daughters, Overdose, Parenting and Real Love

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:14:50 +0000

🎧 Dopey Podcast Episode with JessieB – Show Notes"No Strange Dick, No Dirty Needles: JessieB on Harm Reduction, Raggedy Daughters, and Real Love"🎯 Key Themes & Moments:🧓 Aging and Perspective: Embracing life at 51 with no apologies.💉 Harm Reduction Philosophy: Love in action, not enabling.❤️ The Power of Service: From personal pain to public purpose.👩‍👧 Parenting Through Addiction: Hard truths and soft love with her daughter Kaylin.🌍 Community Impact: Building 229 Safer Living Access from the ground up.🔮 Fate and Connection: The wild, full-circle story with Stephen Murray and Kimber.💥 Unforgettable Quotes from JessieB:"I'm a fish. I can't climb a tree. What the fuck?""My raggedy bitch of a daughter.""Labels are for couches, not people.""People who don't feel wanted find ways to be needed.""No strange dick—that’s harm reduction!""Recovery is any positive change."📝 Episode Blurb:
In this raw and riveting episode, David sits down with JessieB—harm reduction powerhouse and unapologetic truth-teller. From her daughter Kaylin’s addiction to launching 229 Safer Living Access, JessieB breaks down harm reduction, motherhood, and why service saves lives. Expect wild stories, gut-punching honesty, and the reminder that “recovery is any positive change.” 💙📢 Patreon Sign-Off:
Support the show on Patreon for more raw, real stories. Fucking toodles for Chris. 💔

Dopey Tuesday Teaser for Patreon - Dave talking Shit with Doug Bopst

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:52:23 +0000

🔥 Bonus Tuesday Teaser! 🔥Dopey Nation, it’s another Bonus Tuesday, and this one is a fucking mess—just like life. 🎧💥

Teeth yanked out 🦷 (chewing is overrated anyway)
Scripps Online News interview 🎤 (where I may or may not have called 12-step meetings wild sex parties)
Soup dumplings & CPAP machines 🍜 (peak 50-year-old Jewish man conversation)
Deep thoughts on recovery & addiction 🤔 (do I know anything about either?)
A full Patreon drop featuring my convo on The Adversity Advantage 🎙️

Listen to it all on Patreon—or just grab it free on Doug’s podcast if you’re cheap. But honestly, support the fucking show, hear all the extra dopey shit, and get in on the madness.👉 [Patreon link] 👈Shipping is happening. Knicks better win. Stay strong, Dopey Nation.Fucking toodles for Chris. ✌️💔

Dopey 517: Ultimate Tweaker Shit! F*cking his Best Friend's Girlfriend's Mom, Stealing, Recovery with JIMMY WHO AM YOU

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:02:14 +0000

🔥 New Dopey! 🔥This week, we dive deep into one of the craziest Dopey stories yet with Jimmy, a next-level meth-addicted criminal mastermind turned sober success story. If you’ve ever wondered what true tweaker madness looks like, buckle up—this one’s a ride.👀 Here’s just some of the shit Jimmy did while completely spun out:

Masterminded insane receipt scams to fund his habit 💰
Pulled off full-on grand theft—boosting designer sunglasses, Levi’s, and even a bike in under 30 minutes at the mall 🚲
Got a meth kingpin to take him under his wing—until the guy went on the run and got locked up for life 🔫
Got so spun out his own parents got a restraining order against him for robbing them 😵‍💫
Squatted in a trap house with his best friend, his pregnant girlfriend… and the girlfriend’s mom 🏚️
Started hooking up with the mom while still living in the house, like a true tweaker love story gone wrong 😳
Got arrested at least 30 times—with 9 warrants at the time of his final bust 🚔
Had a bag of meth stuffed in his underwear during a police search… and miraculously got away with it 🫠

💥 But here’s the twist: after 13 years of destruction, Jimmy somehow turned it all around. No program, no 12 steps—just sheer force of will, an insane work ethic, and an obsession with self-improvement. Now? He owns a house, makes good money, and has a whole new life.We talk meth, addiction, crime, prison, the power of discipline, and the weird guilt that comes with success after being such a disaster.🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
📝 Drop a comment—what’s the wildest part of Jimmy’s story?
💀 Join the Dopey Nation on Patreon for bonus content, including my dad’s latest rants and the Doc McGhee episode!And of course…
🖤 Fucking toodles for Chris.

Dopey Tuesday Teaser - Doc Mchee, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Drug Smuggling, the 80's, rock and Roll

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:36:07 +0000

It's just a teaser!I talk about my back hurting, we read a note from instagram and play a few minutes from doc mcghee!What more do you guys want?

Dopey 516: Selling Fake Macadamia Nut Crack, Shooting IV Benadryl, and Straight Junky Scumbaggery with Jason Cabello

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 19:57:36 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Old School Dopey Abounds! Jason Cabello brings the fucking serious Dopey - too much to describe - but lets just say that his favorite mixture - his signature blend - if you will - was: The Jason Special 🥃💉1 cap of heroin (China White, usually in a capsule)2 mg of Dilaudid (when he could get it)Molly (crushed and injected for a wavy rush)Crack (dissolved using vinegar or lemon juice)Liquid Benadryl (extracted from gel caps and added for an extra rush)PLUS Travis's heart felt email, Samantha's COKEY Voicemail, DOPEY LOVE with Margaret Cho 3/11 https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/d/dopey-podcast-live/ Patreon www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastHere is what AI said:🚨 NEW DOPEY EPISODE ALERT! 🚨This week, we’re joined by Jason Cabello from Recovery Unplugged, who takes us on a wild ride through his days of addiction, scumbag hustles, and eventual redemption.From running the ultimate supermarket receipt scam to drinking wine straight from the freezer section, Jason did whatever it took to stay high. Ripping off poor Lester with macadamia nuts and Ambesol? Check. Shooting crack broken down with balsamic vinegar? Yup. Home Depot boosting crew? Of course. Overdosing in Trenton and waking up to Narcan? Been there. And then—somehow—he found his way to Recovery Unplugged, where music and community helped him build a new life.📞 VOICEMAIL PREVIEW: This week, a Dopey listener calls in with a genius idea: bringing coke on a bridal trip. What could go wrong? Find out!💘 DOPEY LOVE DATE - 3/11! 💘
Are you looking for junkie romance or just someone to split a sandwich with at Katz’s? The official Dopey Love Date is happening on March 11. Want in? Email dopeypodcast@gmail.com with “Dopey Love” in the subject line and let’s make some questionable connections happen.

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! Emails with Widow Maker/Heart Attack Doug!

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:10:06 +0000

Patreon Post: Tuesday Teaser – Wild Turkeys, Roadcaster Woes, and Dopey Love Updates🎙️ What’s up, Dopey Nation?! 🎙️This week’s Tuesday Teaser is a chaotic masterpiece full of classic Dopey vibes. You know how we do—ranting, reflecting, and always finding some way to make you laugh or cry (or both). Here's what’s in store for this teaser:🦃 Wild Turkeys: Did you know a gang of wild turkeys is called a rafter? No? Neither did I! But there’s a gang running wild in Islip, and they’re ready to take over the streets.🎛️ Roadcaster Rants: Shoutout to Karina Fleming and the Dopey Nation for upgrading the show’s gear back in the day, but WHY does this machine have soft power buttons and random sound pad triggers? (Seriously, WHY?)🕊️ Spiritual Recharging: Ever feel like your batteries are dead, but you still have to power through? Dave reflects on spirituality, asking the universe for help, and feeling like God might be... a scam? But hey, sometimes a quick prayer does the trick.💔 Dopey Love + DopeyCon Updates: Mark your calendars—Dopey Love is coming to Joe’s Pub on March 11th, featuring Margaret Cho and Dr. Nzinga Harrison. Tickets are on sale now at joespub.com. Come through!📧 Mailbag Shenanigans: Dave dives into emails with Artifact Doug and reflects on why songs that just repeat "Dopey" over and over might not be everyone’s favorite. Plus, is it time for Dopey Nation to submit some new music? (Hint: YES.)This teaser is a perfect blend of nostalgia, rants, weird trivia, and heartfelt moments. Want to hear the full unfiltered madness, including Doug’s take on helping struggling addicts, Dave’s Nutella confessions, and the Great DopeyCon IV recap?👉 Join Patreon today for ad-free episodes, exclusive content, and all the stickers, socks, and beanies your heart desires.
www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastStay strong, Dopey Nation. And fucking toodles for Chris. 💔✨

Dopey 516: Smoking Too Much Fentanyl in Tel Aviv with Rachel, Syringes, Weed, Cotton Fever, Relapse, Pills, Recovery

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:11:47 +0000

This week on Dopey!!!! We are joined by Rachel Siegel of Mountainside! And she tells a crazy adventure of becoming a fentanyl addict in Tel Aviv - Israel! Rachel's story starts in Massachusetts but takes a serious turn to pure Israeli insanity! PLUS emails of cotton fever, crazy Wiley Voicemail and my Dad's 81st Birthday! Plus Elon>?????'Join Patreon at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast🚨 NEW DOPEY EPISODE – FROM CUBA TO CRACK TO DAD’S 81st BIRTHDAY 🚨Alright, Dopey Nation, this one’s an absolute debacle from start to finish – you don’t wanna miss it.🎺 First up, Dave’s wild Cuba adventure:

Trombone Shorty, George Clinton, AND Bill Murray ghosting him TWICE.
No Wi-Fi, no recovery – just vibes and regrets.
Full Cuba recap on Patreon – ya freeloaders.

📞 Then, Wiley’s voicemail of PURE CHAOS:

Pulled over mid-score ‘cause his buddy buckled up in front of a cop.
Scammed TWICE by the same guy on a mission for H.
Ends up smoking crack with a prostitute next to a dumpster. 🔥

💀 And THEN… Rachel Siegel’s fentanyl odyssey:

Boston to smoking Fentanyl in Tel Aviv, begging for "cat food money" 🐱💸.
Surrounded by junkies with literal holes in their heads.
Barely surviving a 24-hour cold turkey flight home.

🎤 But wait, there’s more!

Dave’s dad, Alan, calls in for his 81st birthday, drops some geriatric wisdom, and debates Elon Musk’s… questionable salute.
Dopey Nation: SEND YOUR THOUGHTS! Email or voicemail your hot takes to dopeypodcast@gmail.com. What did you think of Rachel? What’s pissing you off? Let’s talk.
Shoutout to FeedSpot – Dopey is officially the #1 addiction and recovery podcast! (Who cares if we don’t know what FeedSpot is? We’ll take it.)
Ads? Yeah, they suck. But you can PAY $2 a week and stop complaining. Fast forward or cough it up, junkies.

#DopeyPodcast #FentanylDiaries #DumpsterCrackTales #DontFuckingDie #StayStrongDopeyNation #ToodlesForChris

Tuesday Teaser from Cuba! With John Bukaty and Salty Seth PLUS PCP STORY!

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 22:43:21 +0000

The Dopey Tuesday Teaser for Patreon is up! Hear the whole thing at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastWe get the dirt on the trip to Cuba with 'Sugar Bear' John Bukaty and 'Salty/Sexy' Seth. PLUS a PCP voicemail from the Glass Bagel! Here is what AI said:🚨 New Dopey Patreon Teaser 🚨Back from Cuba 🇨🇺 and there's a lot to unpack. First off, RIP to Garth Hudson from The Band—a true legend who made everything sound sweeter. 🎹 It’s got me thinking about their music, addiction, and how it all fell apart.Meanwhile, Bob Forrest told me this wild story about George Clinton and Sly Stone smoking crack while their house was literally burning down. Naturally, I asked George about it in Cuba... and he said, “Nah, that wasn’t me.” 😂But the real highlight? The Cuba episode teaser. We had an insane time—music, madness, and some questionable decisions. You’ll hear all about it, including my awkward attempt to meet George Clinton and a run-in with a real-life chowder-making Cape Codder.Hit up the Patreon for the full scoop 👉 [Insert link]Stay strong, Dopey Nation. Toodles for Chris.

Dopey 514: CAN OZEMPIC SAVE JUNKIES with Maia Szalavitz and LA Update with Bob Forrest, heroin, Coke, Jerry Garcia, Recovery

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:30:21 +0000

This week on Dopey!!!!! Maia Szalavitz AND Bob Forrest are back on all sorts of stuff! Can ozempic save junkies??? And Bob updates us on what is really happening in Los Angeles! PLUS a voicemail from Australia and a few emails and much more on a brand new Dopey show! What AI thinks: Episode SummaryIn this thought-provoking episode, we’re joined by the brilliant journalist and addiction expert Maia Szalavitz to tackle a fascinating question: Could medications like Ozempic play a role in helping addicts recover? 💉 Plus, Bob Forrest checks in from LA to share his signature mix of wisdom, wild stories, and recovery insights. We’re talking heroin, cocaine, Jerry Garcia, and the eternal search for redemption. As always, expect raw honesty, dark humor, and the unfiltered chaos of the Dopey universe. This one’s a ride! Show Notes📌 What’s Inside: Can Ozempic help curb addiction? Maia Szalavitz breaks it down.Bob Forrest’s LA recovery update: chaos, clarity, and wild stories.Deep dives into heroin, cocaine, and recovery journeys.Jerry Garcia memories and the connection between music and addiction.💌 Listener Shoutouts:We love hearing from the Dopey Nation! Send your thoughts, stories, and questions to DopeyPodcast@gmail.com. 🎧 Join Us on Patreon:Support the show and get exclusive ad-free episodes and bonus content:

George Clinton and Heart Attack Doug the Tuesday Teaser for Patreon!

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:40:16 +0000

🎙️ New Patreon Teaser! 🎙️This week on Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction, David shares an unfiltered, rambling, and deeply personal Patreon teaser. Here’s what’s on the table:🔥 Dopey Wood Drama – The fires in LA may have postponed Dopey Wood, but plans for May are already brewing. Plus, David debates a surprise party vs. a dream trip for Linda’s 50th birthday—what’s the right move? 🎉✈️🌴 Cuba Bound – David gears up for his trip to Cuba with hopes of stalking (read: interviewing) the legendary George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic. Is George Clinton one of the top five American bands? David passionately breaks it down while sharing wild Funkadelic stories. 🎶💨🪑 Heart Attack Doug – Doug steps in as a guest, bringing deep conversations about trust, friendship, and their hilarious Couch to 5K escapades. Plus, the duo dives into controversy over ads on the show, listener emails, and a sunrise that might just steal the episode. ☀️🎸 Bonus Music! – David performs an emotional (and slightly flawed) cover of “Good So Bad”—a nod to the first episode of Dopey he ever heard. 🎵🖤👉 This is raw, heartfelt, and everything you love about Dopey. Catch the full episode now on Patreon: [Insert Link]Stay strong, Dopey Nation. And as always...
Fucking toodles for Chris. 🖤

Dopey 513: Homeless and Bleeding Out on the Streets of Kensington, Shooting Purple Heroin & Fentanyl and Boosting Everything - The Insanity

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:50:00 +0000

Show Notes for Dopey Podcast Episode🎙 Title: From Graffiti Legend to Addiction Survival: Jonas Gray’s StoryOpening Highlights

🔥 Dave kicks off the episode with a darkly humorous musical intro and a shoutout to the Dopey Nation.
🌪️ Updates on the postponed Dopey Wood event due to California wildfires. Dave shares heartfelt support for those impacted by the fires.
💌 Listener emails & voicemails:
- A raw reflection on the fentanyl crisis and Dopey’s ability to create a safe, relatable space.
- Uplifting news: overdose deaths declined 17% in 2023-2024 due to Narcan availability.
- A listener's horrifying cotton fever story paired with the triumph of three years of sobriety.

Guest Feature: Jonas Gray (PVC)🎨 Background:

Jonas, an iconic graffiti artist, shares his journey through graffiti culture, drug addiction, and recovery.
From tagging walls in San Francisco to conquering trains in Europe, Jonas was revered in the graffiti world but fell deeply into addiction.

💉 Addiction Descent:

Initially using prescription painkillers recreationally, Jonas spiraled into heavy OxyContin and heroin use, eventually finding himself homeless in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood.
A vivid recount of life in Kensington: a chaotic hub of addiction, violence, and community. Jonas describes a unique crew of shoplifting addicts bonded by loyalty and survival.

⚡ Turning Point:

After years on the streets and a life-threatening health crisis, Jonas finally sought help.
A phone call from his longtime friend Liddy, herself in recovery, inspired him to leave the streets and enter rehab.

🎨 Recovery & Redemption:

Graffiti played a pivotal role in Jonas’s recovery, giving him purpose and community.
Today, he sells his art and connects with supporters through social media while staying committed to sobriety.

Key Moments

💊 Street Economics: Jonas breaks down the intricate trade of shoplifting, drug dealing, and survival in Kensington.
🏚️ Life in a "Castle": Stories from living in an abandoned bookstore and forming deep bonds with his crew.
🚨 Paranoia & Collapse: The psychological toll of addiction as police paranoia and constant arrests catch up with him.
🌈 Hope Through Connection: The pivotal moment when his friend Liddy’s recovery showed him sobriety was possible.

Sponsor Shoutouts

Oro Recovery: Compassionate treatment with amenities like yoga, sound baths, and sweat lodges.
Mountainside: Comprehensive care with a focus on aftercare and spiritual wellness.
BetterHelp: Therapy made accessible with online options and specialized care.

Listener Engagement

✉️ Call to Action: Send in your cotton fever stories or any wild tales of addiction, recovery, or hope to dopeypodcast@gmail.com.
🙌 Shoutout to Patreon supporters for helping keep Dopey going.

Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Banned from Walmart due to a Gun Shot to the Groin PLUS Pseudo Alcoholic and Comedian Leah Knauer

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:35:43 +0000

This week on the teaser - Ben tells an insane Dopey story full of Walmart, guns and needles! Then the teaser with Leah Knauer - plus Should I go to Cuba??? https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI says: "Shot in the Groin, High on Chaos: Ben’s Unbelievable Survival Story" 🎙️ New Episode: Detours Through Chaos Ever heard a buddy story involving Walmart receipts, a gunshot wound, and detox gone wild? 🌀 This week’s Dopey is exactly that kind of madness. 🔥 Ben Croxton shares an insane tale of survival, stupidity, and somehow finding recovery amidst the chaos. Plus, I’ve got updates on DopeyWood, an unexpected invite to Cuba with some very big names (Bill Murray, anyone?), and a sneak peek of Leah Knauer’s comedy, chaos, and song. 💥 Listen, laugh, cry, and cringe. You won’t believe half of it. 🎧 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Got a story that tops a near-miss dick injury? 😳 Share it in the comments. Let's hear the madness. 👇 #DopeyPodcast #StayStrong #Recovery #ToodlesForChris

Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Banned from Walmart due to a Gun Shot to the Groin PLUS Pseudo Alcoholic and Comedian Leah Knauer

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

"Shot in the Groin, High on Chaos: Ben’s Unbelievable Survival Story"🎙️ New Episode: Detours Through Chaos
Ever heard a buddy story involving Walmart receipts, a gunshot wound, and detox gone wild? 🌀 This week’s Dopey is exactly that kind of madness.🔥 Ben Croxton shares an insane tale of survival, stupidity, and somehow finding recovery amidst the chaos. Plus, I’ve got updates on DopeyWood, an unexpected invite to Cuba with some very big names (Bill Murray, anyone?), and a sneak peek of Leah Knauer’s comedy, chaos, and song.💥 Listen, laugh, cry, and cringe. You won’t believe half of it.
🎧 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastGot a story that tops a near-miss dick injury? 😳 Share it in the comments. Let's hear the madness. 👇#DopeyPodcast #StayStrong #Recovery #ToodlesForChris

Dopey 512: Gabby Bernstein! Self Help! From Snorting Coked Off the Floor to 11 Time NY Times Best Selling Author! LSD, Old Friends, Shooting

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:41:49 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are honored to be joined by super big time NY Times best selling author, Oprah Winfrey buddy and thought leader, Dear Gabby Podcaster, Dream Manifester - Gabby Bernstein!!!!!!!! Gabby lays it all out how she went from horrible cocaine addiction to finding Self Love and creating her incredible career in helping people and teaching how people can help themselves! PLUS a crazy email from prison! Trouble shooting Heroin! And a chem sex Voicemail! PLUS ALSO Dave's high school friend's Jim and Devan are back to talk psychedelic New Years, rodents and Snakes on a brand new New Years episode of Dopey! Check out Gabby's book and tour dates here: https://gabbybernstein.com/events Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI came up with: 🎉 Happy New Year from Dopey Nation! 🎙️ 2025 is here, and we’re starting with a bang! This episode is packed with inspiration, jaw-dropping stories, and life-changing wisdom. You don’t want to miss it! 👇 🔥 Episode Highlights: 🌟 Celebrating Recovery: We kick things off by honoring Amy Dresner’s 12 years of sobriety! 🙌 What an incredible journey—let’s give her all the love. 🌲 DOPEY WOOD IS NEXT WEEK! 📅 January 11th A star-studded recovery retreat featuring Bob Forrest, Jack Osborne, Annie Lederman, Rich Roll, and more. Plus, it’s all powered by the amazing folks at Oro Recovery. Let’s bring the Dopey Nation together for an unforgettable event. 🎶 🎧 Listener Stories:

Tyler from Atlanta shares his gritty journey from IV drug use to three years sober. 💉➡️💪
A jaw-dropping chemsex voicemail that left us speechless.
A letter from Montana in prison about the wild characters he’s met while serving time.

🌟 A VERY SPECIAL GUEST: GABBY BERNSTEIN! This week’s episode is a masterclass in self-help, spirituality, and recovery. Gabby—a #1 New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, and spiritual teacher—joins the show to share transformative wisdom and stories: 💡 The 4-Step Check-In to Heal Your Inner Self: Gabby teaches us how to recognize our inner “parts,” meet them with compassion, and create calm and clarity. This quick tool is perfect for anyone looking to stay grounded and start healing. 🧘‍♂️✨ 🌈 Compassion for Your Cynic: Dave and Gabby dive into the power of understanding your inner critic. Gabby explains how being curious, compassionate, and connected to yourself can help transform self-doubt into empowerment. 🔮 Manifesting Explained: Not sure how to embrace manifesting without feeling cheesy? Gabby breaks it down: “We manifest what we believe.” By shifting your energy and beliefs, you can unlock new possibilities. 🌟 📖 Her New Book: “Self-Help” This must-read explores Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy—a powerful, trauma-informed tool for addicts and anyone seeking peace. Gabby’s personal stories and practical tools make healing feel possible. 🎤 Gabby’s Journey: From a coke-fueled PR life in NYC to a spiritual leader and recovery advocate, Gabby shares raw stories of her darkest days and the moment that changed everything. “I got clean, and my life became bigger than I ever dreamed.” 👟 MERCH ALERT! Got a crazy recovery story? Email it to dopeypodcast@gmail.com and earn a pair of the comfiest Dopey socks. 🧦 💌 Let’s hear from YOU: What are your hopes, fears, and goals for 2025? Drop us a line! 🎧 Listen now: [Insert episode link] 💙 Toodles for Chris, Peace and Love for Todd and Brian, Annie, Colleen, Liam, Dave and everyone else we've lost!

Tuesday Teaser - Happy New Year Dopey Nation - Grandma on Fentanyl - Hamilton Morris Recap - Best of Reddit 2024 Recap

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:45:01 +0000

On the Teaser! Happy New Year Dopey Nation! Hear a new email about Grandma Tracey's accident on opiates - and the great Reddit Round up teaser with Cormac and Selby! Join Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyWood Tickets still available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 AI NOTES: Podcast Episode Notes: Tuesday Teaser – Reddit Roundup & New Year Reflections 🎙️ 🎉 Happy New Year, Dopey Nation! 🎉 This week’s episode is a Tuesday Teaser packed with reflections, chaos, and a sneak peek at the Reddit Roundup: Best of 2024! Join Dave as he dives into what makes New Year’s both a time for gratitude and a total letdown, and previews the exclusive Patreon episode featuring Cormac and Selby breaking down the biggest Dopey subreddit moments of the year. 🧠 What’s Inside This Episode?

Dave’s New Year’s Confessions: From Risk-filled childhood celebrations to romance, drugs, and pots-and-pans parenting, New Year’s has always been… complicated.
Grandma Tracy’s Tale: A listener’s harrowing story about fentanyl surprises, garage floors, and the power of resilience.
Reddit Roundup Preview:
- Why Hamilton Morris might just be the drug nerd king of 2024.
- Look With Love’s voicemail: Heartfelt or way too much?
- The Dopey Nation’s complicated love/hate relationship with recovery influencers.
- Classic Dopey humor and poignant reflections on Ellie, Annie, and the community that keeps us all connected.
Psychedelic Curiosity: From Yahe to ayahuasca, why Hamilton Morris has Dave rethinking (but not trying) psychedelics.

💬 Why Listen? This episode is a perfect mix of laughs, reflections, and heartfelt moments that capture what makes Dopey so special. Whether you’re a longtime listener or new to the Nation, it’s a great way to start the year. 📢 Shoutouts & Call to Action:

Send us your emails and voicemails! The Dopey Nation makes the show what it is, and we want to hear from you.
Leave a 5-star review on iTunes (don’t be cheap—it's easy and helps more people find the show).
Join Patreon: Exclusive content, weekly bonus episodes, Zoom meetings, and more! Visit www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast to sign up.

Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris. 🎧 Listen Now

Dopey 511: Hamilton Morris, DMT, Fentanyl, Benzos “I bought a Ziploc bag full of pure diazepam from China for $100. It was 10 grams of beige

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:53:37 +0000

This week on Dopey! After years of Pursuit we finally got chemist, author, TV host, Documentarian and Director - Hamilton Morris of Vice and HBO's trailblazing show Hamilton's Pharmacopia to come to my Dad's house! He tells of how he became a PSYCHONAUT and also why he hates the term PSYCHONAUT among tons of other stuff psychedelic and chemical. PLUS Adversity Advantage host Doug Bopst is back to talk New Years Resolutions, fitness and more! On this brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! There are a few Dopeywood Tickets left: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 Join Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI said: Dopey Podcast Episode Show Notes: 🎙️🍭 Episode Title: Hamilton Morris on Psychedelics, Clack, and the Chaos of New Year’s Resolutions (with Doug Bopst) Release Date: 🎉 December 31, 2024 Intro: Dave kicks off the final Dopey episode of the year with a bang (and maybe a groan). No heartfelt resolutions here—just raw reflections on why 2024 sucked, what 2025 might bring, and how sugar is basically his drug of choice now. Oh, and there’s a surprise guest: fitness trainer Doug Bopst, called mid-recording to unpack why Dave’s obsessed with Chick-fil-A and why New Year’s resolutions are mostly BS. But first, the real deal: Hamilton Morris, the chemist and documentarian behind Hamilton’s Pharmacopoeia, drops in to talk about everything from the chemistry of salvia to the ethics of harm reduction. It’s science, chaos, and comedy rolled into one unforgettable episode. Highlights: Hamilton Morris Takes Us to School 🧠💊:

The Psychedelic Frontier:
- Hamilton explains why psychedelics aren’t just “drugs” but tools for exploring consciousness.
- How can they fit into harm reduction? And what about people in recovery?
Salvia, DMT, and the Bizarre:
- Why salvia is the “weirdest drug ever” and why it deserves more respect (or fear).
- Hamilton shares his thoughts on liquid LSD in the eyes and why he’s never smoked crack.
The Clack Incident:
- Dave revisits the time he smoked “clack” (crack, but in Chinatown) with a methadone dealer named Danny.
- “It wasn’t great, but Danny was really into it.”

New Year, Same Chaos 🎆:

Dave Calls Doug Bopst:
- Dave surprises Doug mid-recording to grill him about sugar addiction, fitness tips, and why Chick-fil-A is apparently Christian food.
- Doug suggests cutting out processed foods and prioritizing protein—Dave suggests doubling down on frosted mini-wheats with chocolate syrup.
Sugar, Dopamine, and Decompression:
- Why Dave binges chocolate at night while watching Knicks games.
- Doug’s take on dopamine, cravings, and why recovery is all about consistency.
The Dopey Fitness Challenge:
- Dave vows to run a Couch-to-5K… maybe. Doug advises him to take it one step at a time.
- “It’s not about losing 30 pounds in two weeks, Dave.”

Listener Love 🎶:

Jake’s Banjo Cover:
- West Virginia listener Jake delivers a raw, soulful banjo rendition of Dave’s song with an original third verse about surviving hard times.
- It’s shaky, heartfelt, and the perfect way to end the episode.

Featured Guests:

Hamilton Morris Genius chemist, filmmaker, and explorer of the psychedelic unknown. Watch Hamilton’s Pharmacopoeia on Vice TV.
Doug Bopst Author, podcaster, and fitness guru. Follow him at @DougBopst and check out The Adversity Advantage Podcast.

Support Dopey: 🖤

Dopey Nation Merch: Shop Here
Join Patreon: Support the Show
Follow Us: Keep up with Dopey on Instagram and Twitter.

💥 Stay Strong, Dopey Nation, and… Toodles for Chris. 🎧 Listen Now:

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CHRISTMAS TUESDAY PATREON TEASER! PILLS IN THE CUPBOARD! HEROIN, RECOVERY, BUKATY

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 21:04:40 +0000

Merry Fucking Christmas and Happy Chanukah Dopey Nation! Here's a little teaser of the Patreon episode with John Bukaty - all about using at Christmas - Recovery - addiction and dumb shit! Listen to the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast We added some tickets for Dopey Wood here is the link: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 Here ARE AI's notes: Merry Dopey Christmas! 🎄 Welcome to another chaotic and festive teaser from the Dopey Podcast—your go-to for dark comedy, drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. 🤪 🕺 This Week’s Highlights:

Dave’s wild Christmas scramble: 🎄
- Saving his mother-in-law from her Stranger Things Christmas tree disaster.
- Last-minute Amazon packages and AA-fueled heroics.
A deep dive into holiday memories—both tragic and triumphant.
Listener emails featuring poop stories, crystallized Darvon capsules, and holiday miracles. ✉️✨
The ultimate Dopey Christmas Movie pitch. Is it a hit or a miss? You decide! 🎥
Sugar Bear’s return for recovery talk and some brutally honest holiday reflections.

👉 Support the Show:

Dopey 510: Kimber wants to Shoot Coke on a Very Special Dopey Christmas Crisis! Heroin, LSD, Benzos, Crack, and tons of Christmas Cheer!

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:06:19 +0000

This Week on our Giant Christmas Episode we are joined by Kimber King and a shit tons of Dopes in our annual Dopey Christmas Craptacular. I feel like i should stop writing note because AI does it so well! So sit back and enjoy a super special Dopey episode! With a cavalcade of Dopes - some voicemails, stories and more on this brand new episode of the good old dopey show! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 Dopey Podcast: A Very Dopey Christmas 🎄 Episode Summary: This special Christmas episode of Dopey: The Podcast on Drugs, Addiction, and Dumb Shit brings all the chaotic holiday vibes, dark humor, heartfelt confessions, and reminders of the power of connection. Host Dave Manheim dives into Christmas-themed stories, raw moments of struggle, and the importance of staying strong in recovery, even during the most emotionally charged season of the year. From Kimber King's startling confession about almost relapsing to Ray’s California adventures and Dave's chaotic day managing Katz’s Deli and family life, this episode brings all the dopey holiday feels—raw, real, and hilarious. Key Segments: 🎤 Holiday Songs with a Dopey Twist

Ray Brown's Dopey Christmas Anthems:
- A hilarious rendition of Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas is You" with a dark, dopey twist. Expect plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor about addiction and recovery struggles.
- Dive into Ray's process for creating these twisted holiday gems.

🎄 Kimber King's Christmas Crisis (00:37:00)

Kimber calls Dave to confess her almost-relapse plan during the holidays: ordering coke and shooting up alone during her week off.
She shares the power of reaching out, her codependent struggles with family, and the impact of staying connected in recovery.
Key takeaway: Even when the urge feels overwhelming, talking about it can stop you from spiraling.

🚨 Dopey Christmas Stories

Courtney's Christmas in a Walmart Parking Lot (01:49:51):
- Courtney recalls a freezing winter spent homeless in a broken-down car, nodding out with cigarettes in hand. A gritty, real look at what addiction can do during the holidays.
Kimber’s Family Christmas Gone Wrong (01:04:40):
- A chaotic Christmas memory involving family dysfunction, biker bars, and violence. Proof that not all holiday stories come with a warm fuzzy ending.
Dave’s Heroin-Fueled Holiday Drive (01:09:17):
- Dave shares a surreal, haunting memory of nodding out on heroin while driving to his girlfriend’s family Christmas party, with old-timey Christmas music as the soundtrack.

🎄 Dopey Nation Shout-Outs and Voicemails

Dopey Nation members share holiday greetings, updates, and their own struggles with staying sober during the holiday season.
- Standout voicemails:
  - Courtney’s story of being homeless on Christmas.
  - Lou’s reflections on being a still-using member of the Dopey Nation and how the show keeps them connected.
  - Margaret Cho and Erin Carr drop in to wish the Dopey Nation a happy holiday.

✉️ Listener Emails and Notes

Dave reads emails from fans, including:
- Nishma, who’s listening from Norway and relates deeply to the stories.
- An anonymous fan who hilariously mishears "calm" as "dot com" and shares gratitude for the podcast’s balance of humor and recovery.

🌴 Ray Brown’s California Adventures (01:26:18)

Ray calls in from Palm Springs to share stories of hiking, swimming, and staying healthy—while dodging the bizarre transactional culture of Palm Springs.
Ray promises a custom-made Dopey t-shirt for Dopey Wood.

🛠 Updates and Announcements

Dopey Wood is Coming!
- January 11th in Los Angeles with special guests like Bob Forrest, Rich Roll, and more.
- Dave shares behind-the-scenes chaos about planning the event.
Call for Stories and Help:
- Dave urges listeners to send in stories, voicemails, and emails to keep the show alive.

💬 Heartfelt Messages

A Christmas Reminder:
- Dave reflects on the melancholy of the holidays and urges listeners who are struggling to reach out. Whether through a friend, the Safe Spot hotline (1-800-972-0590), or Dopey Nation Zoom meetings, help is always available.
- The importance of staying alive and staying connected, because "dead people can’t recover."

Resources & Links: 🔗 Dopey Patreon: patreon.com/dopeypodcast – Extra episodes, bonus content, and a way to support the show. 🔗 Dopey Nation Zoom Meetings: Check the Dopey Podcast Instagram for the full schedule. 🔗 Safe Spot Hotline: 1-800-972-0590 – If you're using and need support, call this confidential, harm reduction hotline. 🔗 Oro Recovery: ororecovery.com – A treatment center offering connection and compassion. 🔗 Mountainside Recovery: mountainside.com/dopey – Incredible programs to support recovery. 🔗 Discover Recovery: discoverrecovery.com – Based in Washington state, offering excellent addiction treatment. Toodles for Chris As always, this episode is dedicated to Chris and all those we've lost in the Dopey Nation. Stay strong, stay connected, and remember, recovery is possible. 🎧 Listen Now: Wherever you get your podcasts! 🌟

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Bryan aka Teddy from Hell has an Exit AND my DAD wants to drink ketamine psylocybin tea!

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 21:28:45 +0000

This week on the Patreon Teaser! My dad jumps on to talk about Mushroom/Ketamine Tea and a new article about how in Oregon people take it at the end of their lives! Then we read a bunch of emails before we have Teddy from Hell Has An Exit who talks about the first time he ever does cocaine! Plus much much more on a brand new teaser for that old time Dopey Show! Dopey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DOPEYWOOD TICKETS: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 WHAT CHAT GPT SAYS: 🎙️ Dopey Patreon Teaser: Teddy Tarantino & Family Hijinks 🌀 Studio Construction, Family Banter, and a Dopey Dose of Chaos 🎧 What’s Inside This Patreon Teaser? Dave brings a quick, hilarious, and heartfelt look into the behind-the-scenes madness of building the new Dopey Studio and previews a must-hear conversation with Brian Alzate (aka Teddy Tarantino) from the Hell Has an Exit podcast. Along the way, we get Dave’s dad in top form, sharing everything from psychedelic fears to spaghetti and meatballs. 🛠️ Teaser Highlights: 🎤 Family Chaos with Dave’s Dad 👨‍🦳:

Live from Dave’s dad’s house, where Howie is hard at work on the new studio—while Dave records, naturally.
Psychedelics for End-of-Life Care? Dave grills his dad about an article on psilocybin and ketamine tea for palliative care.
- Dave’s dad: hard no on the tea but a solid yes on spaghetti and meatballs. 🍝
- The ongoing battle: Will Dave’s dad ever admit to trying cannabis or "wake up" with magic mushrooms?
Snakes, Cats, and Cheese:**
- Dave reads Dopey Nation emails, including wild snake stories (baby snakes escaping!) and Katz's Deli cheese controversies.
- Cheese ban drama: Delis may not be about cheese, but Dave knows what works for the ‘Gram. 🧀

💥 The Teddy Tarantino Teaser:

Preview of Brian Alzate’s first time doing cocaine at 14 years old—when his friends left it in his room by accident. 🤯
Cocaine lessons 101: “All I did was play Grand Theft Auto all night—what the hell is this drug?”
The seeds of addiction: How young curiosity mixed with opportunity led to full-blown chaos.

🎯 Why Join Patreon?

Almost 3 hours of uncut bonus content with Brian Alzate—raw, shocking, and deeply dopey.
Bonus Howie Content: Dave’s dad never fails to entertain with his no-nonsense takes, accidental wisdom, and refusal to try psilocybin tea.
Exclusive Dopey Stories: More snake tales, behind-the-scenes laughs, and merch perks for signing up.

🛒 Support Dopey & Join the Dopey Patreon: 👉 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 🎧 Final Notes: If you love the show, the Patreon content delivers more stories, more laughs, and more Dave and Howie. Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris. 🌟

Dopey 509: 'Kratom: The blue balls of getting high. It scratches the itch, but it doesn’t make you come." The Kratom Episode with B. Getz a

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:21:19 +0000

This Week on Dopey! The Kratom Craptacular! Everything you wanted to know about Kratom but were afraid to ask! I am extremely excited and proud of this new Dopey Kratom Show with Mountainside's Jana Wu and the Upful Life Podcasts' and Dopey Legend B. Getz - we learn so much about the phenomenon/scourge/harm reduction tool/recreational and super easily accessible gas station wonder drug - Kratom. No matter how you pronounce it - Kratom is out there and affecting the world of addiction and recovery profoundly! So sit back and relax and consume this extra long extra informative super kratomy special of Dopey! PLUS voicemails, emails and more on this super new episode of the kinda old Dopey Show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyWood Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 Here is what AI Said: Dopey Podcast: The Kratom Special 🎙️🌿 Get ready for a Kratom deep dive in this episode of Dopey! Dave brings together two amazing guests for a rollercoaster conversation that balances expert knowledge, raw personal experience, and a sprinkle of humor. 🎢✨ Part 1: Expert Insights with Jana Wu 🧠📚 Dave chats with Jana Wu, a mental health professional from Mountainside, to demystify the world of Kratom. Jana sheds light on Kratom’s complex role in addiction recovery, public health, and regulation. Topics include:

Sugar vs. Kratom: The parallels between sugar addiction and Kratom use. 🍪➡️🌿
The cultural explosion of Kratom post-COVID and why it’s become so accessible. 🛒📦
Should Kratom be sold in gas stations? (Spoiler: probably not.) ⛽🛑
Cannabis legalization, Kratom regulation, and the larger societal shift toward harm reduction. 🌱⚖️

Jana offers thoughtful perspectives on how we as a society can approach substances like Kratom without resorting to prohibition. She also opens up about the challenges of discussing this topic as a professional in the recovery field. A fascinating, must-listen conversation! 🔥 Part 2: B. Getz’s Raw Kratom Journey 🎵🌍 In the second half, Dave welcomes back B. Getz, the host of the Upful Life Podcast and a longtime Dopey fan-favorite. B. reflects on his eight-year daily Kratom habit, his recent decision to quit, and what that process has taught him. Highlights include:

Finding Kratom: How B. turned to Kratom after a devastating Oxycontin addiction. 💊➡️🌿
The pros and cons of Kratom as a harm reduction tool versus its potential for dependency. ⚖️
Tapering Tips: How B. used a mix of supplements, planning, and support to quit Kratom. 🕊️💪
“Blue balls of the real deal”: What Kratom feels like and how it kept his “switch” off. 🛑💡
Going out with a bang: B. shares his wild concoction of cannabis syrup and Kratom extract shots in a playful nod to his past. 🎉🍹

B.’s story is a testament to resilience, transparency, and the power of partnership. His openness about the challenges and rewards of stepping away from Kratom will inspire anyone navigating a similar journey. 🙌 Themes & Takeaways

Recovery isn’t one-size-fits-all: Harm reduction tools like Kratom can save lives, but they require responsibility and self-awareness. 🧩
Community support matters: Whether it’s a partner, the Dopey Nation, or Reddit groups, transparency and connection are key. 🤝💬
Everyone’s journey is unique: Whether abstinence, harm reduction, or something in between, there’s no “right” way—just your way. 🌟

Shoutouts 🎉

Jana Woo for her wisdom and dedication to helping people in recovery. 🙏
B. Getz for his raw honesty and incredible storytelling. Catch his podcast Upful Life for more music and culture insights! 🎧🎶

Closing Note This episode captures the essence of Dopey: raw, real, and thought-provoking. Whether you’re curious about Kratom, in recovery, or just love a good story, this is one for the books. 📚 Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and as always, toodles for Chris. ✌️❤️

Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Doug Bopst and Sugar Bear John Bukaty! Fentanyl, Elvis, Jam Bands, Freestyle, recovery,

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:57:45 +0000

Tuesday Teaser is UP! With Adversity Advantage's Doug Bopst! He is getting married!!!! Plus email, freestyle, songs and good times! AI notes below and links to Patreon and Dopey West! Go Listen to the real episode at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopey West Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 🎙️ Dopey Patreon Teaser: LL Bean, Elvis Weddings, and Freestyle Magic 🎙️ Hey, Dopey Nation! 🌧️ On this rainy day in Suffolk County, Dave's cozy in his bougie LL Bean moccasins, Katz’s Deli tee, and polo robe, ready to serve up a Patreon teaser filled with drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. Let’s dive into this week’s chaos! 🌀 🔥 Highlights of the Episode

Doug Bopst: Fitness and Elvis Weddings 🎤 Dave chats with fitness guru and Adversity Advantage host Doug Bopst. Topics include:
- 🏋️‍♂️ Fitness and recovery tips
- 💍 His upcoming Vegas wedding officiated by Elvis (!?)
- 🎵 Doug’s questionable knowledge of Elvis hits (spoiler: it’s bad).
Sugar Bear Joins the Fun 🐻
- John Bukadi adds to the madness with stories of widespread panic shows, psychedelics, and new career ideas in art therapy.
Dopey Freestyle by Taz 🎤 A special submission from Taz, who shares his journey from addiction to recovery through freestyle rap.
- Listen for Taz’s story about recovery, love, and... stabbing his mom’s boyfriend over turkey 🦃😳
Ben & Jerry's Flashback 🍦 Dave reflects on his hilariously low-viewed YouTube ice cream reviews and plays the catchy theme song by Rare Brian.

💌 Listener Love & Contributions

A heartfelt email from Taz, a listener from Indiana who’s two years clean from meth and fentanyl. His freestyle submission is raw, real, and pure Dopey spirit. 🎧

🎟️ Upcoming Event: Dopey Goes West

Date: January 11, 2025 📅
Location: Los Angeles (West Hollywood) 🌴
Lineup: Bob Forrest, Jack Osbourne, Rich Roll, Annie Lederman, and more! 👉 Grab your tickets here – only 30 left!

🎁 Patreon Perks Join the Dopey Patreon for exclusive content!

$5 Level: Extra episodes, recovery zooms, stickers, videos, and more!
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👉 Sign up here: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 🎵 Outro Music The teaser wraps up with Taz’s freestyle and the iconic Ben & Jerry's Dopey theme song. ❤️ Toodles for Chris Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and keep sending your wild stories, music, and freestyles to dopepodcast@gmail.com. Let’s keep the Dopey madness alive! ✌️ Listen Now and Join the Fun! 🎧

Dopey 508: "I Sold Lots of Drugs to Oasis! " Simon Mason on Shooting Speedballs, Catching Fire and Dousing Flames with Urine, Almost Managin

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:39:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! We have Simon Mason, an author, recovery coach and a shadowy figure of the Britpop scene of the 1990s. whose life story is a whirlwind of rock 'n' roll excess, devastating addiction, and eventual redemption. Known as the "Cat in the Hat," Simon was a dealer to Oasis and other legendary bands, a firsthand witness to the cultural explosion of the era—and a victim of his own spiraling heroin addiction. PLUS! A butt related voicemail, emails and much much more on a brand spanking new episode of the good old Dopey Show! Join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dopey West Tix: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 FROM AI: 💥 Simon’s Wildest Stories: 1. Selling Drugs to Oasis During Their First London Show 🎤 Simon shares how a random phone call led him to Oasis’s first-ever London gig in 1994. Tasked with delivering cocaine to the band, Simon stuck around to see their performance—and was instantly blown away. “It was like watching The Who, The Beatles, and The Stones rolled into one. I knew they were going to be huge.” This meeting sparked a relationship where Simon provided drugs to the band during their meteoric rise. 2. Living Through Britpop Chaos 🎶🍾 Simon was deep in the Britpop scene, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Evan Dando, Jarvis Cocker, and even Kurt Cobain. He describes the madness of house parties where the industry’s elite partied upstairs, while addicts like Simon descended into darker depths: "I was in a room full of rock stars and drug addicts—Jarvis Cocker asked me, ‘Are you going upstairs or downstairs?’ It was metaphorical, but I didn’t realize it at the time.” 3. Banksy’s Offer 🎨 In a bizarre twist, Simon once turned down an offer to manage an up-and-coming graffiti artist because he thought there was “no money in graffiti.” That artist was Banksy. Years later, Banksy gifted Simon a piece of art to help fund his recovery band’s album. “I said no to managing Banksy. That’s how dumb heroin makes you.” 4. The Infamous “On Fire in a Caravan” Story 🚬🔥 While using in a dealer’s dingy caravan, Simon passed out after leaning into a candle and set his coat on fire. The dealer woke him up screaming, “You’re on fire!” Simon’s solution? He doused himself in the dealer’s two-day-old bottle of urine. “I was covered in piss and gouged out, and somehow I thought that was normal.” 5. Missing Oasis at Knebworth 🎸💔 Simon recounts how he was invited to the legendary Knebworth show in 1996, attended by over 250,000 fans. However, after losing his heroin in a festival porta-potty, Simon abandoned the show and went home to score. “I missed the biggest moment in Britpop history because I couldn’t survive without heroin.” 🌟 The Turning Point: In 2006, Simon hit rock bottom after a series of devastating events: being homeless, burning bridges, and receiving a death threat from a drug dealer. The final push came when his 10-year-old nephew begged him to take him ice skating for his birthday—before he died. “He said, ‘Uncle Simon, can you please take me ice skating before you die?’ That broke me.” Simon found his way to Narcotics Anonymous, where the simple kindness of strangers changed his life. He’s been clean ever since and is now a recovery coach, musician, and author. 🎸 What Simon’s Up to Now:

Author: Simon’s book, Too High, Too Far, Too Soon, chronicles his wild life and recovery journey.
Musician: He leads the band Hightown Pirates, made up of musicians in recovery, and has released three albums.
Recovery Coach: Simon helps others struggling with addiction, offering the same love and hope he found in recovery.

💌 Listener Call to Action:

Send in your thoughts on Simon’s jaw-dropping tales of Britpop, addiction, and redemption.
Share your wildest stories or recovery breakthroughs—Dave loves hearing from the Dopey Nation!

🏀 Episode Wrap-Up: Dave finishes the episode with Knicks updates, reflections on Fentanyl Jay’s journey, and his usual mix of humor and heart. Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and as always—fucking toodles for Chris. 🐘✌️ 4o

Dopey Patreon Tuesday Teaser! Death in the Meeting, Mick Popham at the Methadone Clinic, Heart Attack Doug

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:09:32 +0000

This week on the teaser! We lost someone in our recovery meeting - it shook me to the core. Then we read a note from a Dopey Zoomer - then we get a crazy voicemail from Mick Popham about SMASH & GRAB Danny! Then we get to Doug! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DOPEY WEST! https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 Here is what AI Says: Notes for Dopey Podcast Patreon Teaser Episode 🔊 Episode Teaser: Dive into this week’s Patreon bonus content! 🔊 On today’s Dopey Patreon Teaser, Dave is joined by his lifelong friend Heart Attack Doug for another unfiltered conversation on addiction, recovery, and all the crazy shit in between. In this episode, the guys talk about everything from survival and shopping habits to a shocking death that hits close to home. Here's what you’ll find in this heartfelt teaser: 🎧 What to Expect:

Dealing with Death: The episode starts on a somber note as Dave reflects on the tragic death of someone from his recovery meeting. This loss brings up powerful thoughts about mortality, sobriety, and the harsh realities of addiction. It’s a raw and emotional discussion on the fragility of life. 💔
Doug’s Health Journey: Doug shares his story of surviving multiple heart attacks, including two widowmaker heart attacks in one day! He’s still living life to the fullest, though—getting back on track with physical fitness and biking 50 miles at a time 🚴‍♂️💪.
Honesty in Recovery: Dave and Doug discuss the importance of being honest in recovery—how it’s difficult, but necessary to open up about the struggles. Doug talks about the “rat share” in meetings, the raw honesty that comes when people finally admit the truth.
Doug’s Fashion & Shopping Obsession: From his new On Running sneakers to his obsession with guitars, Doug’s shopping habits take center stage. Dave can’t help but laugh at his friend’s shopping addiction and style choices—Adidas, Marshall’s, and some really great shoes 👟.
Heartfelt Moments: Dave shares a deeply emotional moment about his relationship with his father, even predicting his dad's death as part of an unprepared conversation that got way too real.

💌 Join the Dopey Nation: If you want to hear the full episode—including Doug’s “30-year-old woman” dating conversation and more—you’ll need to become a Dopey Patreon member. Sign up today for access to exclusive content, behind-the-scenes insights, and an incredible community of fellow Dopey listeners! 🎉 Bonus Content on Patreon:

Get access to hundreds of exclusive Dopey episodes 🎙
Join the Dopey Recovery Zoom every Wednesday 🧑‍💻
Receive Dopey stickers, socks, and other fun merch 🎁
Zoom chats and deeper discussions in our Patreon community 🤝

🔥 Want More Dopey?: If you love the show and want to help out, consider signing up for Patreon, leaving us a review on iTunes, or simply following Dopey on social media. It all helps us keep the Dopey magic alive! Don't miss the full episode—sign up for Patreon now at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast to get the full scoop! 💥 Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and Toodles for Chris! 💥

Dopey 507: Brandy Ledford eats a Crystal Meth Sandwich! PLUS being trafficked, Orgies, Opiates, Cocaine, Topless Dancing and Recovery!

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:46:14 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Happy Thanksgiving! On this week's smattering of gratitude - Thanksgiving Episode! We are joined by Baywatch: Hawaii star and Penthouse Pet of 1992, Brandy Ledford! Brandy brings the super juicy Dopey - and tells her incredible path from teenage drinking to nude modeling, todrug abuse to starring on TV to opiates to recovery! It is an awesome super honest and inspirational story! PLUS tons of Dopey messages of gratitude, emails and voicemails from the Dopey nation! All that and more on a brand new super grateful episode of that good old dopey show! DOPEY GOES WEST TIX - https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1484803 These are the fancy AI notes: 📲 Listen on Apple Podcasts | 🎧 Spotify | 🌐 Dopey Website 💥 Buckle up, Dopey Nation—this episode is WILD! Former Penthouse Pet of the Year, actress (Baywatch + Andromeda), and all-around survivor Brandy Ledford dives deep into the chaos, hilarity, and heartbreak of addiction and recovery. 🌊✨ 🔥 Topics That’ll Blow Your Mind:

💊 Painkillers & Norco: From prescriptions to full-blown addiction.
🥖 Crystal Meth Sandwiches: Yep, she ate them for breakfast. 🤯
❄️ Cocaine: Prom limo bumps to late-night Hollywood binges.
🍷 Alcohol: From teenage DUIs to hidden vodka bottles.
🥂 Ecstasy-Fueled Orgies: The real story behind Hollywood parties.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fallout: Her toughest battles with loved ones.
🌟 Recovery & Redemption: Rehab, resilience, and finding the light.

Why You’ll Love It:

Brandy spills the tea on her life as a model, actress, and party girl.
Raw, hilarious, and heart-wrenching tales from the darkest places. 🖤
A true story of hitting rock bottom and fighting her way back to sobriety.

👉 Don’t miss this unforgettable ride through excess, fame, and redemption! 🎧 Hit play now and remember: Stay strong and fucking toodles for Chris. 🎥 Bonus Content: Watch this episode on YouTube! 📩 Got a wild story? Email us at DopeyPodcast@gmail.com 🔥 Follow Dopey Podcast:

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Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser: The Return of My Dad! PLUS: Dentistry Gone Wrong, Suboxone, Heroin, Coke

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:59:47 +0000

This week on the teaser we rejoice in the return of my beautiful 80 year old father Alan to the show. We talk about life and death and other dumb shit PLUS a bunch of emails! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast What AI says: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction recovery, dental health, family conversations, substance abuse, community engagement, mental health, opioid addiction, recovery challenges, personal stories summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, host David Manheim engages in a candid discussion about addiction, recovery, and personal experiences. The conversation covers various themes, including community engagement, insights on recovery, the challenges of dental health post-addiction, reflections on aging and family relationships, and the impact of substance abuse on personal connections. The episode concludes with a musical interlude, highlighting the host's journey and aspirations for recovery. takeaways

Community support is crucial for recovery.
Unique insights on addiction can aid understanding.
Dental health issues are common in recovery.
Aging brings new challenges and reflections.
Family dynamics can influence recovery journeys.
Substance abuse often affects personal relationships.
Engagement with listeners fosters a sense of community.
Music can be a powerful outlet for emotions.
Honesty about struggles is important in recovery.
Hope and resilience are key themes in recovery.

titles

Navigating Recovery: Insights from Dopey Podcast
The Role of Community in Addiction Recovery

Sound Bites

"Help a brother out."
"I don't want to relapse."
"Toodles for Chris."
"I wanna be good so bad."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey Podcast and Community Engagement 03:10Insights on Recovery and Addiction 06:05Dental Health and Recovery Challenges 08:54Conversations with Family and Aging 14:52Reflections on Relationships and Substance Abuse 17:04Musical Interlude and Closing Thoughts

Dopey 506: From Almost Dying in the Crack House to being the VP at Hazeldon/Betty Ford, William Moyers , Oxys, Suboxone, Coke, Booze

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:08:56 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by addiction/recovery heavyweight, VP of Public Affairs at Hazlelden/Betty Ford, author of BROKEN and BROKEN OPEN - William Cope Moyers! William takes us down the long path of growing up in the limelight and succumbing to addiction - only to claw his way out becoming one of the countries most heralded speakers and writers of recovery. When dental problems struck! William had extensive surgery and got excessive oxys prescribed! Here what happens next on a very special new episode of that good old Dopey Show! PLUS! The Origin of Boofing Meth in OKC, Doing Coke in Kabul and much much more on this weeks newest DOPEY! What AI says: Dopey Nation. Dave dives headfirst into an episode so jam-packed with raw honesty, wild tales, and dark humor that your headphones might file for workers’ comp. Joining him is the legendary William Cope Moyers—author, public advocate, recovery powerhouse, and Suboxone truth-teller—to unravel the rollercoaster of addiction, redemption, and, yes, a little “dark energy” courtesy of painkillers. What’s Inside This Week’s Madness? 🚀 From Crack Houses to Betty Ford: William shares the gritty, jaw-dropping journey of addiction that landed him in a Harlem crack den (spoiler: while still rocking a tie). 💊 Painkillers, Suboxone, and Stigma: How dental surgery brought the Trojan horse of addiction knocking—and why Suboxone is saving lives (including his). 🎙️ Dave’s Oxy Confession: The Dopey host gets real about his recent dance with oxycodone and how recovery practices saved his ass. 🎶 Nitrous and The Beatles: What happens when nitrous meets headphones and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"? (Hint: not serenity.) 🔥 The Perfect Storm: Addiction, privilege, and why recovery is about more than just sobriety. Quotes to Make You Question Everything:

“Painkillers are the Trojan horse of addiction—and they walk right through the gates.”
“I’m raising $10 million by day and dying inside by night. Welcome to addiction in a tie.”
“Nitrous didn’t make me relapse—it made me cry and rethink everything.”

Dopey Milestones This Week:

Fan Story of the Week: Diane gets Dopey socks for claiming she invented boofing meth—because that’s how you win at harm reduction.
OG Dope Confession: Dawn’s Afghanistan coke adventure proves no passport photo is complete without pinprick pupils.
William Cope Moyers Breaks Records: First guest to pull off “AA meets Suboxone advocacy” without breaking a sweat.

Why You Should Listen: If you’ve ever felt like recovery is more about falling apart gracefully than staying perfect, this episode is for you. With moments of shocking candor, dark humor, and the kind of wisdom that comes only from surviving the impossible, Dave and William remind us why we fight to stay strong—one absurd, heartbreaking, and hilarious day at a time. Stay Dopey: 📬 Write to us at dopeypodcast@gmail.com with your crazy stories or feedback. 🎉 Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 🧦 Want Dopey socks? Bring your best stories (and maybe a good Canadian accent). 📢 Free tickets to Dopey Goes to Hollywood: January 11, 2025. Write to claim yours! Toodles for Chris. Stay Strong, Dopey Nation. keywords: Dopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, music, social media, community, personal stories, William Cope Moyers, gratitude, mental health, addiction, recovery, family support, substance use, marijuana, alcohol, expectations, mental health, public advocacy, personal experience, recovery, addiction, oxycodone, nitrous oxide, emotional impact, relationships, stigma, treatment, hope, dual reality

The Dopey Podcast aims to create a supportive community for those affected by addiction.
Music plays a significant role in expressing emotions related to addiction and recovery.
Social media can be addictive and impact mental health, especially for those in recovery.
Listener contributions enrich the podcast and foster a sense of belonging.
Personal stories, like Dawn's, highlight the unpredictable nature of addiction.
William Cope Moyers emphasizes the importance of understanding one's background in relation to addiction.
Gratitude is a crucial aspect of recovery and personal growth.
The podcast serves as a platform for sharing experiences and learning from one another.
Addiction can affect anyone, regardless of their family background or status.
The conversation around addiction is ongoing and requires compassion and understanding. Family support played a crucial role in my recovery.
Early experimentation with substances can lead to addiction.
Marijuana was a gateway drug for me.
The pressure to meet expectations can fuel addiction.
Addiction can occur even in seemingly perfect circumstances.
Public advocacy is essential for understanding addiction.
Many people share similar addiction stories.
The descent into harder drugs can happen quickly.
Long-term recovery requires ongoing effort and support.
Recovery narratives are complex and multifaceted. Recovery is not just about sobriety; it's a broader journey.
The emotional impact of substance use can be profound and complex.
Nitrous oxide can evoke deep emotional responses tied to recovery.
Oxycodone presents a unique challenge for those in recovery.
Pain relief can be seductive and dangerous for recovering addicts.
The opioid epidemic creates a perfect storm for addiction relapse.
Living with a dual reality can complicate the recovery process.
Medication-assisted treatment can be a vital part of recovery.
Stigma around medication in recovery can hinder progress.
Helping others can reinforce one's own recovery journey.

titles

Exploring the Dopey Podcast's Mission
The Emotional Power of Music in Recovery
Navigating Social Media Addiction
Celebrating Listener Stories and Community
A Wild Kabul Adventure: Dawn's Diary
Insights from William Cope Moyers on Recovery
The Influence of Family Background on Addiction
The Impact of Family on Addiction Recovery
Navigating Early Substance Use Experiences
Understanding the Gateway Drug Phenomenon
The Weight of Expectations in Addiction
The Illusion of a Perfect Life and Addiction

Sound Bites

"You feel like no one else"
"Their method, through compassion and connection"
"I love the Dopey Nation"
"Pay attention, Dopey Nation"
"I was apoplectic"
"I need help"
"Gratitude is possibly the most important"
"Recovery is not about what you give up"
"I have a hole in my soul"
"I found an answer to this hole in the soul."
"I was on my knees, man. I was on my knees."
"I think it's a derogatory term."
"I was not using, but I was not recovering."
"I was trying to control the woman that I love."
"I was the poster child, if you will."
"That's the hardest thing in the world."
"I cried. I burst into tears."
"It scared the shit out of me."
"Pain pills are the Trojan horse of addiction."
"There is more to my recovery than sobriety."
"I don't like myself as I'm pursuing oblivion."
"I was living the next chapter of my life."
"I get help when I help others."
"Why would we not take a medicine that works?"

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey Podcast and Its Mission 06:07The Impact of Music and Personal Stories 11:53Social Media Addiction and Its Challenges 18:06Listener Contributions and Community Engagement 23:51Dawn's Diary: A Wild Story from Kabul 30:12William Cope Moyers: A Voice of Recovery 36:13Growing Up in a Prominent Family and Addiction 39:05The Role of Family in Recovery 40:50Early Experiences with Substance Use 42:34The Gateway Effect of Marijuana 45:27The Pressure of Expectations 49:15The Illusion of Having It All 51:02Public Advocacy and Personal Experience 52:57The Commonality of Addiction Stories 55:19The Descent into Harder Drugs 01:02:01The Journey to Lasting Sobriety 01:05:38The Impact of Long-Term Recovery 01:10:57The Complexity of Recovery Narratives 01:17:32Navigating Relationships and Recovery 01:18:58The Emotional Impact of Substance Use 01:20:50Experiencing Nitrous Oxide: A Personal Journey 01:22:09The Struggle with Oxycodone 01:24:08The Allure of Pain Relief 01:26:28The Perfect Storm of Addiction 01:30:13Living with a Dual Reality 01:32:36The Complexity of Recovery 01:37:26The Role of Medication in Recovery 01:43:11Stigma and Acceptance in Recovery 01:48:17The Evolution of Treatment Approaches 01:51:09Finding Hope and Purpose in Recovery

Tuesday Teaser for Patreon - The Reddit Round Up - with Cormac and Selby - on Fentanyl Jay, Kratom, Jordan Peterson, Gratitude and more!

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:38:18 +0000

This week on the teaser Cormac and Selby talk all about Dopey Reddit and the latest controversy surrounding Fentanyl Jay. PLUS I tell my story of going to see Jordan Peterson with Linda and what I learned. PLUS Kratom, and other dumb shit! Sign up for Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast keywordsDopey, addiction, recovery, podcast, gratitude, community, Fentanyl, Reddit, events, personal growth summaryIn this episode of Dopey, host David Manheim discusses various topics related to addiction, recovery, and community engagement. He shares updates about upcoming events, reflects on listener feedback regarding podcast length, and emphasizes the importance of gratitude in personal growth. The episode also features a Reddit roundup with guests Selby and Cormac, where they discuss community dynamics and the complexities of substances like Kratom. Additionally, David touches on the story of Fentanyl Jay and highlights musical contributions from the Dopey Nation, concluding with a message of support for listeners. takeaways

For 12 cents a day, you could be getting extra Dopey content.
Upcoming live show on January 11th could be epic.
Listener feedback on show length is important but subjective.
Gratitude can be a powerful tool for personal growth.
Kratom is a complex topic in the recovery community.
Fentanyl Jay's story highlights the struggles of addiction.
Community support is vital for recovery.
Musical contributions from listeners enrich the Dopey experience.
Engagement with the audience is crucial for podcast success.
The Dopey Nation is a supportive and creative community.

titles

Exploring the Dopey Universe
The Power of Community in Recovery

Sound Bites

"Are you a real fan of Dopey?"
"Fentanyl Jay is my friend."
"Stay strong Dopey Nation!"
"Toodles for Chris!"

Chapters 00:00Welcome to Dopey Tuesday Teaser 03:11Upcoming Events and Announcements 05:56Reflections on Podcasting and Listener Feedback 08:46Exploring Gratitude and Personal Growth 12:09Reddit Roundup with Selby and Cormac 15:04Fentanyl Jay and Community Conversations 18:01Musical Contributions and Closing Thoughts

Dopey 505: The Return of Fentanyl Jay and Spiritual Thuann - A Tale of Two Dopes. DUI, Gambling, Car Accident, Meditation, Recovery

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:55:42 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's Sober October Forever in November with Fentanyl Jay! Jay comes back to tell us how he wanted October to be - then he tells us about some of the latest horrible things he has gotten himself into; DUI, winning at gambling, spending money and getting hit by a car! Which is why it was meant to be Sober October Forever! Then Thuann comes back to talk about his new meditation program and how a step back can actually be a step forward! All that plus a new horrible shitting voicemail, emails and much more on a classic new episode of the good old Dopey Show! What AI says: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction recovery, listener stories, mental health, community support, sober October, personal updates, health concerns, humor in recovery, drug addiction, casino, addiction, consequences, thrill, sober October, gambling, lifestyle, help, DUI, personal stories, addiction, recovery, sober October, clean team, personal growth, self-love, cultural identity, support systems, gym, California sober, recovery, community, meditation, subconscious, vulnerability, higher power, addiction, mindfulness, self-improvement, spirituality summaryThe conversation on the Dopey Podcast explores themes of addiction recovery, community support, and personal stories from listeners. The host, David Manheim, engages with various topics including sponsorships, health concerns, and humorous anecdotes shared by the audience. The episode emphasizes the importance of connection and vulnerability in the recovery journey, while also highlighting the challenges faced by individuals in their path to sobriety. In this conversation, the speakers share wild stories from a night at the casino, discussing the highs and lows of their experiences with gambling, addiction, and the consequences of their actions. They reflect on the thrill of living dangerously, the challenges of seeking help, and the reality of facing legal issues. The dialogue captures the essence of a chaotic lifestyle intertwined with moments of clarity and the desire for change. This conversation delves into the complexities of addiction, recovery, and personal growth. The speakers discuss their experiences with sobriety, the challenges of maintaining it, and the importance of support systems. They explore themes of self-love, cultural identity, and the impact of past experiences on present behavior. The dialogue emphasizes the significance of community and personal accountability in the journey of recovery. In this conversation, David Manheim discusses the critical role of community in recovery, the significance of understanding the subconscious mind, and the transformative power of meditation. He emphasizes the importance of vulnerability in opening one's heart and finding a personal higher power. The dialogue explores how connection and community can amplify recovery efforts, providing a supportive environment for individuals on their journey to sobriety. takeaways

Dopey is a podcast that emphasizes love and support for recovery.
Sponsorships play a crucial role in providing resources for recovery.
Listener engagement is vital for building a supportive community.
Health concerns related to addiction are significant and should be addressed.
Humor and vulnerability are important aspects of sharing recovery stories.
Sober October is a theme that encourages listeners to reflect on their sobriety.
Personal updates from the host create a relatable experience for listeners.
Listener stories highlight the diverse experiences within the recovery community.
The podcast fosters a sense of belonging among its audience.
Maintaining a light-hearted approach can help in discussing serious topics. The thrill of gambling can lead to unexpected wins and losses.
Living a wild lifestyle often comes with serious consequences.
Seeking help is a crucial step in addressing addiction.
The excitement of danger can be addictive in itself.
Facing reality is essential for personal growth and change.
The importance of having a support system when dealing with addiction.
Understanding the risks associated with substance use is vital.
Reflecting on past experiences can provide valuable insights.
The journey to sobriety is often filled with challenges.
Finding joy in simple moments can lead to a healthier lifestyle. The clean team represents a supportive community in recovery.
Personal connections can play a crucial role in sobriety.
Experiences with addiction can be both challenging and enlightening.
Setting clear goals for sobriety can help maintain focus.
Physical fitness, like going to the gym, can aid recovery.
California sober is a new way to redefine sobriety.
Aging brings new perspectives on substance use and recovery.
Karma may influence our current life experiences.
Support systems are essential for navigating recovery challenges.
Self-love is fundamental to overcoming addiction. Community is essential for recovery and support.
Isolation can lead to negative thought validation.
Meditation helps create a pause between stimulus and response.
Vulnerability can unlock deeper emotional connections.
Understanding the subconscious is crucial for personal growth.
Mindfulness can prevent negative subconscious patterns from resurfacing.
Finding a personal higher power can aid in recovery.
Connection with others amplifies the recovery experience.
Meditation can rewire the brain for better decision-making.
The power of community fosters a sense of belonging.

titles

The Heart of Dopey: Love and Recovery
Sponsorships and Support in Recovery
Engaging the Dopey Nation: Listener Stories
Health and Humor: Navigating Recovery Challenges
Fentanyl J Returns: A Sober October Journey
Reflections on Addiction: A Journey of Growth
Community and Connection: The Dopey Experience
Vulnerability in Recovery: Sharing Our Stories
The Importance of Humor in Healing
Dopey Nation: A Family of Support
Casino Chaos: A Night to Remember
The Highs and Lows of Gambling
Facing the Consequences of a Wild Lifestyle
Seeking Help: A Journey to Sobriety

Sound Bites

"It's Dopey, a podcast showing a lot of love."
"I'm ready to restart the Dopey Fitness Challenge."
"I don't wanna get Alzheimer's or dementia."
"Dopey is by far the best podcast I know of."
"I'm just grateful to be sober today."
"Sober October forever."
"Keeping the bar low is good."
"I'm sitting at the blackjack table wasted."
"I won like fucking eight grand."
"I got a fucking Dewey when I wasn't even drunk."
"I thrive in the mud."
"You must be addicted for the thrill."
"I want to be a part of the team."
"I'm almost nine months clean."
"It's about money. A lot of it."
"The gym was good for you."
"California Sober, October Forever."
"You have no plan for Sober October forever."
"I love Jay. He's not gonna listen to this."
"I feel shame. Imposter syndrome."
"The power of the community is essential."
"The mirror can't show you who you are."
"We have to take care of the subconscious."
"What spills out when you're triggered?"
"Meditation rewires your brain."
"Your intuition is your higher power."
"Connection amplifies recovery."
"Community is the key to recovery."
"Vulnerability opens the heart."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey Podcast and Its Themes 03:03Sponsorship and Recovery Resources 05:56Listener Engagement and Personal Updates 08:49Listener Stories and Community Support 12:09Health Concerns and Recovery Challenges 15:03Humorous and Vulnerable Stories from Listeners 17:57Fentanyl J's Return and Sober October Discussion 21:04Reflections on Past Addictions and Recovery Journey 38:54A Night to Remember at the Casino 42:53Consequences of a Wild Lifestyle 50:06Seeking Help and Facing Reality 55:54The Thrill of Danger and Addiction 01:08:01Reflections on Freedom and Consequences 01:15:52The Clean Team and Personal Connections 01:17:17Experiences with Addiction and Recovery 01:20:06Sober October: Goals and Challenges 01:22:41The Role of the Gym in Recovery 01:24:11California Sober: Redefining Sobriety 01:26:00Reflections on Aging and Substance Use 01:28:49Karma and Life Lessons 01:30:33Support Systems in Recovery 01:32:24Cultural Identity and Belonging 01:35:21Navigating Life Transitions 01:41:05Self-Love and Personal Growth 01:54:52The Importance of Community in Recovery 01:57:53Understanding the Subconscious Mind 02:00:17The Role of Meditation in Recovery 02:05:58The Power of Vulnerability 02:12:04Finding Your Higher Power 02:14:40The Impact of Connection and Community

Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Author - Laura Cathcart Robbins - Pills, Freebase, Divorce, Trauma

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:26:30 +0000

This week on the teaser we have STASH author - Laura Cathcart Robbins! Laura has a very unique story - all about pills, divorce and raising children in the throws of addiction! PLUS emails and getting ready for our January event! 1/1/25 - DOPEYWOOD! Join Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI says: keywordsDopey, addiction, recovery, Laura Cathcart Robbins, Ambien, harm reduction, DopeyCon, quit lit, black women in recovery, cultural narratives summaryIn this episode of Dopey, host David Manheim discusses various themes surrounding addiction and recovery, including reflections on listener feedback from DopeyCon, the importance of harm reduction, and a deep dive into the experiences of Laura Cathcart Robbins, an author and advocate for black women in recovery. The conversation explores the cultural narratives of addiction, the impact of medications like Ambien, and the need for diverse voices in the recovery community. takeaways

Dopey has evolved significantly since its inception, reflecting the growth of its community.
Listener feedback is crucial for shaping the content and direction of the show.
Harm reduction strategies are essential in addressing addiction in various communities.
The representation of black women in recovery narratives is limited but necessary.
Ambien can have profound effects on sleep and addiction, often overlooked in discussions.
Cultural contexts play a significant role in shaping addiction stories and experiences.
Personal connections made at events like DopeyCon are invaluable for recovery.
The importance of sharing diverse recovery stories to inspire others.
The conversation around addiction needs to include voices from all backgrounds.
Acknowledging contributions from team members is vital for community building.

titles

Exploring the Depths of Addiction
DopeyCon Reflections and Community Growth

Sound Bites

"I hope everybody's doing just great."
"The show has changed so much over the years."
"Ambien addiction is a thing."
"I had the best night's sleep I've ever had."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey and Patreon 02:59Reflections on DopeyCon and Listener Feedback 05:49Harm Reduction and Recovery Experiences 09:11Interview with Laura Cathcart Robbins 12:04Exploring Ambien Addiction 14:58Cultural Context of Addiction Stories 17:53Closing Thoughts and Acknowledgments

Dopey 504: "I have SEXOMNIA, it's a real thing." Brace Belden's first OC 80! Trump Rally! Sleep Problems! Election Results! Crack! Therapy!

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:17:52 +0000

THIS WEEK ON DOPEY! Truanon's Brace Belden is BACK! Brace is never not a pleasure on the show, and this week was no exception. We hear all about his experience at the Trump Rally, his election predictions and of course dive into his myriad of problems. Starting where we always start at: SLEEP. Brace is such a great guest because he is never afraid to be honest. Hear all about SEXOMNIA and how Brace copes with this affliction. PLUS 2 Dopey British Voicemails - one from Spiritualized - Greg Coulson! PLUS emails - notes - anniversaries and more! On a brand new episode of that good old DOPEY SHOW! keywords: addiction, recovery, community, sobriety, therapy, personal stories, drugs, politics, music, art, addiction, pain management, sleep disorders, sexomnia, DopeyCon, recovery, opioids, mental health, personal stories, community, music, podcasting, personal loss, memory, politics, Trump, Kamala, predictions, social commentary summaryThis conversation delves into the complexities of addiction and recovery, exploring personal stories, the importance of community support, and the challenges faced during the recovery process. The speakers share their experiences with drugs, the role of therapy, and the significance of celebrating sobriety. Additionally, they touch on the intersection of politics and addiction, the impact of music and art in recovery, and reflections on personal growth. In this conversation, David Manheim shares his experiences with pain management, addiction, and the complexities of sleep disorders, including sexomnia. He discusses the challenges of navigating recovery while dealing with the aftermath of surgeries and the impact of sleep-related issues on his daily life. The conversation also touches on the community aspect of recovery, highlighted by reflections on DopeyCon and the connections made within the sobriety community. In this conversation, David Manheim and Brace Belden explore a range of topics from the intersection of music and podcasting to personal reflections on loss and memory. They delve into political engagement, observations from political rallies, and predictions for future elections, all while maintaining a candid and humorous tone. The discussion highlights the complexities of personal experiences and societal issues, providing listeners with both entertainment and insight. takeaways

Addiction can manifest in various forms, and personal experiences vary widely.
Community support is crucial for individuals in recovery.
Celebrating milestones in sobriety fosters a sense of achievement and motivation.
Early recovery can be challenging, but sharing stories helps normalize the experience.
Therapy plays a vital role in developing coping skills and self-awareness.
Experiences with drugs can lead to profound realizations about life and health.
Political climates can affect the mental health of individuals in recovery.
Music and art can serve as powerful tools for expression and healing.
Personal growth often comes from navigating the complexities of recovery.
Maintaining gratitude is essential for a positive recovery journey. Pain management can be a slippery slope for those in recovery.
The transition from opioids to heroin is a common narrative.
Sleep disorders can significantly impact daily functioning.
Sexomnia is a real phenomenon that complicates personal relationships.
Food cravings during sleep can be linked to emotional states.
Community support plays a crucial role in recovery journeys.
Understanding one's triggers is essential for managing addiction.
The stigma surrounding sleep disorders can lead to embarrassment.
Engaging with the recovery community can provide valuable insights.
Personal stories of addiction can resonate with many, fostering connection. The connection between music and podcasting can be profound.
Personal loss shapes our memories and experiences.
Engaging with political events can be both enlightening and exhausting.
Humor can be found even in the darkest topics.
The impact of childhood experiences on adult behavior is significant.
Political rallies reveal the complexities of public opinion.
Predictions about elections are often based on gut feelings rather than data.
The importance of understanding different political perspectives.
Candid discussions about mental health can help others.
Finding joy in shared experiences is essential.

titles

The Journey of Addiction and Recovery
Finding Strength in Community
Celebrating Sobriety: Personal Stories
Overcoming Early Recovery Challenges
The Role of Therapy in Recovery
Reflections on Drug Experiences
Politics and Addiction: A Complex Relationship
The Healing Power of Music and Art
Personal Growth Through Recovery
Navigating the Path to Sobriety
Navigating Pain and Addiction: A Personal Journey

Sound Bites

"Sober people need to have gratitude."
"I don't know how you keep up with it."
"I can't believe I can actually say this."
"I was a raging drug addict."
"I felt like death warmed up, man."
"I feel a little drained sad."
"I had to get a second one."
"I called my sponsor."
"I never did, I only did heroin."
"I was 18 and I'd done other pills before."
"I started buying Oxycontin 80s."
"I got so angry when I saw the 30."
"I would take an oxy, I would take Benadryl."
"Sexomnia is crazy because..."
"I have sexomnia, it's a real thing."
"I think it's a libidinal thing."
"I think you could do a Dopey game show."
"I think she did."
"I don't really bring it up a lot."
"I think about killing herself almost never."
"I don't remember her voice sounds like."
"I think he's a net negative on the world."
"I think he's going to win by a squeaker."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Addiction and Recovery 02:50The Role of Community in Recovery 05:49Celebrating Sobriety and Personal Stories 09:10Navigating Early Recovery Challenges 12:03The Importance of Therapy and Support 15:07Experiences with Drugs and Their Consequences 17:54The Intersection of Politics and Addiction 21:13Reflections on Sobriety and Personal Growth 23:46The Impact of Music and Art in Recovery 27:07Final Thoughts and Future Directions 37:48Navigating Pain Management and Addiction 44:26The Struggles of Sleep Disorders 51:47Exploring Sexomnia and Its Implications 56:51The Impact of Sleep on Daily Life 01:01:26Food and Sleep: A Complicated Relationship 01:08:55Reflections on DopeyCon and Community Engagement 01:16:31The Intersection of Music and Podcasting 01:22:38Personal Reflections on Loss and Memory 01:30:01Political Engagement and Observations 01:39:45Predictions and Perspectives on Future Elections

Tuesday Patreon Teaser with legendary Dead Head Photographer - Former Serious Acid Head - Jay Blakesberg!

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:58:15 +0000

I love Jay Blakesberg! I had the pleasure of meeting him 3 years ago at the Park City Song Summit and the joy of becoming friendly with him! He is an inspiration, a rogue and a super talented and cool dude who has taken pictures of people like Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Sinead OConnor, Prince and a million other people! If you want to hear the whole thing please sign up at: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 504: Spiked with LSD by Boyfriend in South Africa! Meth! Sex Online! Trauma! Bath Salts! Social Media Addiction! The Dark Side of Reco

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:19:23 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by South African Drug Addict and hard core Instagram/TikTok phenom - Toni Becker! Toni is not just any influencer - she brings the Dopey! Toni gets super deep and honest with us - all about the beginning of her addiction and how it all happened with her discovery of Chat Roulette - An Online Chat site that had no limits! Then her forray into bathsalts ans meth and how it all ended up homeless in the South African Wilderness! PLUS RIP PHIL LESH! Emails, voicemails and more! On this brand new international edition of that good old DOPEY show! notes - social media addiction - steroid psychosis - ocd, body dysmorphia - ephedrine - trying to run over her friends while drunk - cousins death - meth and chatroulette - bath salts (methcathinone) - childhood abuse - stealing money from her mom - swinging - boyfriend doses her with lsd - south african trap houses - ED treatment - fathers illness eywordsaddiction, recovery, drugs, support, community, music, personal stories, social media, kratom, alcoholism, alcoholism, addiction, trauma, clubbing culture, rehab, toxic relationships, crystal meth, identity, mental health, recovery, addiction, recovery, eating disorders, relationships, mental health, drug abuse, personal growth, community support, spiritual awakening, self-awareness summaryThis episode of Dopey dives deep into the struggles of addiction, recovery, and the personal stories that shape our understanding of these issues. The conversation explores the importance of support systems, the impact of music and loss, and the role of social media in addiction. It also touches on the emerging concerns around substances like kratom and the journey through alcoholism, culminating in the transition to harder drugs. In this conversation, David Manheim shares his harrowing journey through addiction, exploring the transformation he underwent due to alcohol, the vibrant yet dangerous clubbing culture, and the toxic relationships that fueled his substance abuse. He recounts his experiences in rehab, the impact of trauma on his life, and the chaotic descent into crystal meth addiction. David reflects on the romanticization of toxic relationships and the profound effects of childhood trauma, ultimately leading to a cycle of addiction and isolation. His story is a raw and honest portrayal of the struggles faced in the battle against addiction and the quest for identity and belonging. In this conversation, David Manheim and Tony Becker delve into the complexities of addiction, recovery, and personal growth. Tony shares her journey through relationships, substance abuse, and the impact of loss on her recovery process. The discussion highlights the importance of community support, self-awareness, and the challenges of navigating eating disorders in recovery. Ultimately, Tony's story is one of resilience, transformation, and the power of connection in overcoming addiction. takeaways

Addiction is a complex issue that requires compassion and connection.
Support systems play a crucial role in recovery.
Personal stories can help others feel less alone in their struggles.
Music can be a powerful tool for reflection and healing.
Community engagement is vital for those in recovery.
Kratom is a controversial substance with both benefits and risks.
Social media can become an addiction in itself.
The journey through addiction often starts with seemingly harmless substances.
Alcoholism can lead to severe consequences and treatment is often necessary.
The transition to harder drugs can happen quickly after initial substance use. David's transformation through alcohol led to dangerous behaviors.
Clubbing culture became a significant part of David's identity.
Rehab was initially seen as a way to appease others, not for self-help.
Tragedy struck with the loss of a loved one, escalating his addiction.
David's relationship with meth became intertwined with his identity.
Romanticizing toxic relationships led to further chaos in David's life.
Childhood trauma had a lasting impact on David's mental health.
The cycle of addiction often leads to isolation and despair.
Trusting the wrong people can lead to devastating consequences.
David's story highlights the complexities of addiction and recovery. Tony internalized a relationship that was more significant to her than to her partner.
The influence of a new relationship helped Tony let go of her past.
Tony's online activities provided affirmation but lacked monetization.
The turning point in recovery came from a counselor's tough love.
Tony's father's illness gave her perspective on her own struggles.
Recovery is a gradual process, not a linear path.
Community support was crucial for Tony's recovery journey.
Tony's eating disorder emerged as a hidden struggle during recovery.
The impact of loss can catalyze significant change in one's life.
Tony's story emphasizes that recovery is just the beginning of a new life.

titles

The Struggles of Addiction and Recovery
Support Systems in Recovery
Reflections on Halloween and Personal Stories
The Impact of Music and Loss
Voicemails and Community Engagement
Exploring Kratom and New Substances
Social Media and Addiction
Personal Stories of Drug Use
The Journey Through Alcoholism
The Transition to Harder Drugs
From Partying to Pain: A Journey Through Addiction
The Dark Side of Clubbing: Identity and Addiction

Sound Bites

"I wanna be where everybody does cocaine"
"Rest in peace Phil Lesh"
"I love Dopey stories from Grateful Dead"
"Kratom has helped a lot of people"
"I started to obsess over social media"
"I blacked out the first time I drank"
"I went to a party and got trashed"
"I met a guy and I was very drunk"
"I became a different person."
"I got naked and I run into the sun."
"I was kicked out of my house, rightfully so."
"I tried to run them over."
"I fell in love with meth."
"I wanted chaos."
"I found toxicity romantic."
"The dark side of trust and betrayal."
"I was terrified all the way home."
"I dodged a bullet."
"I was doing really well as an actress."
"I was in psychosis a lot, like severe psychosis."
"I thought I could manipulate the counselors."
"I was so tired. I was just so tired."
"I can choose recovery at this point, he can't."
"I realized I hadn't done it for months."
"My story started when I found recovery."

Chapters 00:00The Struggles of Addiction and Recovery 02:06Support Systems in Recovery 04:57Reflections on Halloween and Personal Stories 10:04The Impact of Music and Loss 15:08Voicemails and Community Engagement 19:59Exploring Kratom and New Substances 25:05Social Media and Addiction 29:53Personal Stories of Drug Use 35:10The Journey Through Alcoholism 39:57The Transition to Harder Drugs 42:21The Transformation Through Alcohol 46:56Clubbing Culture and Identity 51:08Entering Rehab: A False Sense of Control 53:01Tragedy and Escalation of Addiction 57:42The Descent into Chaos: Crystal Meth and Relationships 01:01:29Romanticizing Toxic Relationships 01:06:06Defining Trauma and Its Impact 01:09:12The Cycle of Addiction and Isolation 01:15:52The Dark Side of Trust and Betrayal 01:24:40Reflections on Relationships and Addiction 01:30:19The Descent into Addiction 01:36:34The Turning Point in Recovery 01:43:41The Impact of Loss on Recovery 01:50:19Navigating Eating Disorders in Recovery 01:56:29Finding Hope and Community in Recovery

Dopey Tuesday Ratreon Teaser! Ray Brown! A horrible incident! Drugs! Addiction and Dumb shit!

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:32:52 +0000

This week on the teaser Ray is back - PLUS we are doing a special event in Los Angeles on January 11th sponsored by ORO Recovery! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast keywords: Dopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, musicians, spirituality, community, events, media, public speaking, listener engagement summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, host David Manheim discusses various themes including reflections on the loss of musicians, personal struggles with recovery and spirituality, listener engagement through emails, upcoming events, and experiences with media and public speaking. The conversation highlights the importance of community in recovery and the impact of shared stories. takeaways

The Dopey Podcast continues to engage listeners through Patreon.
Reflections on the loss of musicians evoke deep emotions.
Personal struggles with recovery are common and relatable.
Listener emails provide insight into the community's experiences.
Upcoming events foster a sense of connection among listeners.
Public speaking experiences can be both challenging and rewarding.
The importance of finding new meetings in recovery.
Community support is vital for those in recovery.
Engaging with listeners enhances the podcast experience.
The podcast serves as a platform for sharing personal stories.

titles

Navigating Loss in the Music World
Struggles and Spirituality in Recovery

Sound Bites

"Rest in peace, Phil Lesh."
"I need to find another meeting."
"I love the long episodes."
"I want to be the hot redhead."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey Podcast and Patreon 03:12Reflections on Musicians and Loss 05:54Personal Struggles with Recovery and Spirituality 09:05Listener Emails and Community Engagement 11:59Upcoming Events and Special Guests 15:01Experiences with Media and Public Speaking

Dopey 502: The Devil and God, Angels and Demons, Bi Polar Disorder and the Blues with Jason Ricci! Crack! Heroin! Recovery!

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:11:30 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rejoice because top 5 Dopey Guest and Harmonica player Jason Ricci is back on Dopey! This time Jason takes us out of the occult and into his spiritual solution! Jason takes us through his last 5 years and some of the pitfalls in extended recovery! PLUS acoustic blues and serious dopey voicemails and emails! What AI says: notes - exploitation on dopey? - demons - "self-deification" - christianity - bandmate's death - sober experience of grief - balance of discipline and hedonism - morphine - seroquel - bipolar

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Steve Stevens! NYC, Music, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, Ozzy, Prince, Cocaine, Booze, Rock and Roll, Recov

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:47:26 +0000

This week on the Patreon teaser we bring out the big guns! Steve Stevens! The guitar genius that brought you all of the Billy Idol Classics! He talks old New York, coming up in the 70's and 80's, his drug experience and his recovery! So much good shit here! For the full interview: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast What AI SAYS: keywordsDopey, addiction, music, Steve Stevens, Billy Idol, Rebel Yell, drugs, fame, personal stories, recovery summaryIn this episode of Dopey, host David Manheim shares personal updates and introduces guest Steve Stevens, the iconic guitarist known for his work with Billy Idol. The conversation delves into the impact of addiction on the music industry, the creative process behind classic hits like 'Rebel Yell', and the challenges of navigating fame. Stevens reflects on his experiences with drugs in the music scene and the importance of maintaining personal connections amidst the chaos of celebrity life. The episode concludes with Manheim expressing gratitude for his recovery and family life. takeaways

David shares his recovery journey and gratitude for support.
Steve Stevens discusses his role in creating iconic music.
The impact of addiction on Billy Idol's career is explored.
Musicians often remain unaware of each other's struggles with addiction.
The creative process behind 'Rebel Yell' is revealed.
Fame brings both excitement and challenges for artists.
Drugs played a significant role in the music creation process.
Personal relationships are crucial in the music industry.
David reflects on the joys of family life amidst challenges.
The importance of staying sober and connected to loved ones.

titles

The Impact of Drugs on Music Creation
Billy Idol's Struggles with Addiction

Sound Bites

"I want to thank everybody in the Dopey Nation"
"Steve Stevens was the guitar player for Billy Idol"
"I was completely unaware of what Billy was doing"

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Personal Updates 04:16Guest Introduction: Steve Stevens 09:09Billy Idol and the Impact of Addiction 11:05Creating Iconic Music: Rebel Yell 13:50Navigating Fame and Its Challenges 17:12The Role of Drugs in Music Creation 19:08Personal Reflections and Family Life

Dopey 501: The Crazy Addiction and Inspiration of Dan DeLuis and Dave's On Oxys ! Blow Jobs in Rehab! Wim Hof, Breath!

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:06:09 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave recovers from surgery on drugs! Then is joined by Breath Work and Yoga Coach Dan DeLuis! Dan and Dave do breath work then shares his ultimately incredibly inspiring addiction and recovery story! Dan's sordid Canadian path, his traumatic injury and his road to sobriety through yoga nad breath work! Plus Dave's horrible recovery, a new classic Dopey email and mourning the death of Dopey Cunuck/Ashes to Awesome Podcast, Chris Horder. Plus a lot more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Podcast. https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast What AI says: keywordsaddiction, recovery, Dopey podcast, breathwork, community, relapse, personal stories, healing, mental health, support, childhood trauma, addiction, recovery, yoga, breathwork, generational trauma, mental health, biker lifestyle, opiate addiction, personal growth, detox, self-discovery, ashram, breathwork, sobriety, ayahuasca, healing, yoga, addiction recovery, mental health, Ayahuasca, anxiety, Wim Hof, breathwork, recovery, spirituality, growth mindset, addiction, personal transformation, mindfulness summaryThis episode of the Dopey podcast features David Manheim discussing his personal experiences with addiction, recovery, and the importance of community support. He reflects on his recent surgery and the challenges of managing pain medication, shares heartfelt tributes to lost friends in the recovery community, and explores the healing power of breathwork. The conversation emphasizes the significance of connection, compassion, and the ongoing journey of recovery. In this conversation, David Manheim shares his journey through childhood trauma, addiction, and recovery. He discusses the impact of his father's upbringing on his mental health, the struggles with anger and addiction, and the transformative power of yoga and breathwork in his recovery process. David reflects on his experiences in the biker lifestyle, the descent into opiate addiction, and ultimately finding hope and healing through self-discovery and personal growth. In this segment, David Manheim shares his transformative journey through detox, self-discovery, and healing. He recounts his experiences at an Indian ashram, the strict routines, and the profound impact of breathwork on his mental and physical health. David discusses the challenges of sobriety, the importance of self-awareness, and his eventual exploration of ayahuasca as a means of healing deep-seated trauma. His story highlights the interconnectedness of physical health, mental clarity, and spiritual growth. In this conversation, David Manheim shares his transformative experiences with ayahuasca, breathwork, and the Wim Hof method, emphasizing the profound impact these practices have had on his anxiety and personal growth. He discusses the importance of a growth mindset in recovery, the healing power of breathwork, and the significance of spirituality in overcoming cynicism and negativity. Through his journey, he highlights the interconnectedness of mental health, addiction recovery, and spiritual exploration, offering insights and practical advice for those seeking change. takeaways

Recovery is a journey filled with ups and downs.
Community support is crucial in overcoming addiction.
Personal experiences shape our understanding of recovery.
Loss in the recovery community can be deeply felt.
Breathwork can provide a path to healing and relaxation.
It's important to share our stories to help others.
Sober living requires ongoing effort and connection.
Finding joy in sobriety is a continuous process.
Therapy and support systems are vital for mental health.
Embracing our 'weirdness' can foster community and acceptance. Childhood trauma can have lasting effects on mental health.
Generational trauma often influences our behaviors and reactions.
Addiction can stem from unresolved emotional pain and anxiety.
Finding healthy coping mechanisms is crucial for recovery.
Yoga and breathwork can provide powerful tools for healing.
The biker lifestyle can mask deeper emotional issues.
Recovery is a journey that requires self-reflection and honesty.
Support from family can play a significant role in recovery.
Understanding the root of addiction is essential for healing.
Personal growth often comes from facing and overcoming challenges. Detoxing can lead to a profound sense of self-discovery.
Life at the ashram introduced strict routines that fostered healing.
Breathwork is a powerful tool for mental clarity and emotional release.
Sobriety often emerges as a byproduct of dedicated practice.
Ayahuasca can facilitate deep emotional healing and trauma release.
Self-awareness is crucial in overcoming addiction and anxiety.
The journey of healing is unique to each individual.
Traditional practices can offer modern solutions to mental health issues.
Finding balance in life requires understanding one's own needs.
Forgiveness and letting go are essential for personal growth. Ayahuasca can lead to significant personal transformation.
Overcoming anxiety is possible through various methods.
Breathwork and cold exposure can enhance mental clarity.
A growth mindset is essential for recovery and personal growth.
Spirituality can provide a pathway out of negativity.
Mindfulness practices can help in addiction recovery.
Breathwork can be a powerful tool for emotional release.
It's important to take small steps towards change.
Healing is a holistic process involving mind, body, and spirit.
Community and support are vital in the recovery journey.

titles

Finding Joy in Sobriety
Breathwork: A Path to Healing The Biker's Path: Addiction and Recovery
Yoga as a Lifeline: David's Transformation Ayahuasca: A Path to Healing Trauma
The Power of Breath: A New Beginning Conquering Anxiety: A Personal Story
Transformative Journeys: Ayahuasca and Beyond

Sound Bites

"Being sober is amazing."
"There aren't enough pills in the world to keep me happy."
"Rest in peace Chris Hoerter."
"He tried to beat it into me a little bit."
"I had so much anxiety, I would freeze."
"Your dad is a victim of a victim."
"I just want to be happy again."
"You're in an altered state of mind."
"This is a fucking cult."
"It's like 10 years of psychotherapy in that session."
"Your anxiety is gone. This is it. I don't have anxiety."
"Breathwork is so simple. You don't need any equipment."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Personal Reflections 11:00Community and Connection in Recovery 18:00The Impact of Loss in the Recovery Community 26:04A Journey of Healing and Breathwork 39:16The Impact of Childhood Trauma 47:18The Biker Lifestyle and Its Consequences 54:46The Descent into Opiate Addiction 01:01:12Finding Hope Through Yoga 01:10:20Transformative Power of Breathwork 01:16:35The Journey to Recovery and Self-Discovery 01:25:31The Power of Breathwork 01:32:40Finding Balance: Sobriety and Self-Awareness 01:40:12Ayahuasca Experience: Healing Through Purging 01:57:30The Power of Ayahuasca and Personal Transformation 02:02:38The Wim Hof Method: Breathwork and Cold Exposure 02:09:59Healing Through Breathwork and Mindfulness 02:22:12Growth Mindset in Recovery and Spirituality

Dopey Tuesday Teaser - Does Dave Relapse on Oxys Post Surgery??? Post Dopey Con 500, PLUS Handsome Evan

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:18:12 +0000

Dave does percocet! Post DopeyCon Review! Plus Dopey voicemails, poetry and more! Sign up for the full new episode with Handsome Evan only on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI says: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, surgery, pain management, television shows, listener stories, DopeyCon, community, fentanyl summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David Manheim shares his experiences following hernia surgery, including his struggles with pain management and the effects of Percocet. He reflects on the highs and lows of his recovery, discusses his favorite television shows, and engages with listener contributions, including poetry and personal stories. The conversation also covers the recent DopeyCon event, highlighting its successes and community engagement. takeaways

David shares his experience with post-surgery pain management.
He reflects on the similarities between withdrawal and phantom withdrawal.
Percocet provided a sense of euphoria during recovery.
Mad Men is highlighted as a top television show by David.
The Sopranos is debated as a contender for best show.
Listener contributions add depth to the conversation.
Kratom is discussed as a controversial substance in recovery.
DopeyCon is celebrated as a successful community event.
David emphasizes the importance of listener feedback.
The episode concludes with a message of support for the recovery community.

titles

Engaging with the Dopey Nation
DopeyCon: A Celebration of Community

Sound Bites

"I think I'm gonna milk this for as long as I can."
"I think I went through withdrawal."
"I enjoyed the Percocets. They made me feel really good."

Chapters 00:00Post-Surgery Reflections and Withdrawal Symptoms 03:11The Highs and Lows of Pain Management 06:05Television Show Debates: Mad Men vs. The Sopranos 08:53Listener Contributions: Poetry and Personal Stories 12:08DopeyCon Experience: Highlights and Reflections 15:11Community Engagement and Listener Feedback

Dopeycon 500! "I Put Stuff Up My Butt because I was Addicted to Heroin." Jason Biggs! Hank Azaria! John Joseph! Abbey Fickley! Rachel Elizab

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:44:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! On this very special 500th episode of Dopey we celebrate at DopeyCon 500! A Dopey Fan Convention and our 500th episode LIVE!!!!! It featured Jason Biggs and Hank Azaria playing me and Chris! John Joseph telling his truthful trauma! Kimber King and Brace Beldon! Abbey Fickley, Rachel Elizabeth Nicole, Brittany Jade, Handsome Evan, Lenny from the beach and Billy Jenson play the Stash Word! Novak gets honored - Again! Skinny Vinny tells his prison pocket story, Jeremy Turner tells the secret of Whitey Tighties, Bobby Dukes on a Crack house in Philly, Zack on Depression in recovery, Carl on getting sober and dealing with controversy in front of the World, Erin Khar runs Ask Erin, Ray Brown Sings! The Live Dopey debut of John Bukaty painting and talking recovery - and the smokey tones of Jake from West Virginia! It's all here! And more! Plus my dad and Linda making everyone cry and I tell the follow up to stealing a car in Bayport Long Island PLUS Fentanyl Jay and much much on this super long and emotional playback of Dopeycon 500! This is what AI says: keywordsDopey, addiction, recovery, community, DopeyCon, support, mental health, gratitude, storytelling, emotional journey, recovery, addiction, Safe Spot, Dopey Nation, drug use, community support, personal stories, mental health, relationships, Brandon Novak, Dopey, recovery, community, gratitude, storytelling, humor, imposter syndrome, personal growth, addiction, support, addiction, recovery, humor, community, storytelling, x-ray, attention, play, spirituality, DopeyCon summaryThe conversation centers around the 500th episode of the Dopey podcast, celebrating the community built around addiction recovery. The host reflects on personal experiences, gratitude towards supporters, and the emotional weight of sharing stories of addiction. The episode features a dramatic reenactment of past podcast moments and insights from guests about their journeys through recovery. In this segment of the conversation, the speakers share personal stories of survival, recovery, and the impact of community support in overcoming addiction. They discuss the importance of hotlines like Safe Spot, the challenges of navigating relationships in recovery, and the collective strength found within the Dopey Nation. The segment also honors those lost to addiction while celebrating the resilience of individuals in recovery, highlighted by Brandon Novak's inspiring journey. This conversation captures the essence of community, recovery, and personal growth within the Dopey Nation. It features heartfelt stories of gratitude, humorous anecdotes, and reflections on the challenges of sobriety, including imposter syndrome. The participants share their experiences, emphasizing the importance of honesty, vulnerability, and support in the recovery journey. The event is a celebration of resilience and transformation, showcasing the power of connection and shared experiences in overcoming addiction. This conversation explores the humorous yet profound journey of recovery from addiction, highlighting the importance of community, the healing power of play, and the transition from seeking attention through harmful behaviors to finding fulfillment in sobriety. The narrative is punctuated with anecdotes from DopeyCon, showcasing the camaraderie among those in recovery and the celebration of milestones in sobriety. takeaways

DopeyCon 500 was a celebration of community and support.
Gratitude is essential in the journey of recovery.
The emotional weight of addiction stories can be profound.
Dramatic reenactments can bring past podcast moments to life.
Support from sponsors is crucial for the podcast's success.
Personal experiences shared can resonate deeply with listeners.
The journey of recovery is filled with ups and downs.
Community events like DopeyCon foster connection and healing.
Acknowledging past struggles is part of the recovery process.
The importance of humor and lightness in discussing serious topics. Surviving on the streets can lead to traumatic experiences.
Hotlines like Safe Spot play a crucial role in recovery.
Navigating relationships can be challenging for those in recovery.
Community support is vital for maintaining sobriety.
Personal stories of loss and recovery resonate deeply with others.
The landscape of drug use has changed significantly over the years.
Honoring those lost to addiction is important for healing.
Brandon Novak serves as a beacon of hope for many in recovery.
Dopey Nation provides a sense of belonging and support.
Celebrating milestones in recovery fosters community and connection. The Dopey Nation provides a vital support system for recovery.
Personal stories of gratitude can inspire others in their journey.
Humor plays a significant role in coping with addiction.
Engaging activities can foster community and connection.
Working the steps around joy can enhance personal growth.
Imposter syndrome is a common struggle in recovery.
Honesty and vulnerability are crucial for healing.
Celebrating milestones in recovery strengthens community bonds.
Sharing experiences can help others feel less alone.
Transformation is possible through support and connection. The experience of putting items up one's butt became a humorous story of addiction.
Community plays a crucial role in recovery and healing.
Finding clarity often comes from surrendering to a higher power.
The healing power of play can help in recovery.
Sobriety is a journey that requires cooperation and support from others.
Humor can be a powerful tool in discussing serious topics like addiction.
Celebrating milestones in recovery fosters a sense of belonging.
Acknowledging the darkness is essential for personal growth.
The importance of sharing stories to connect with others in recovery.
Recovery is an ongoing process that involves continuous self-care and reflection.

titles

The Role of Humor in Recovery
The Power of Community in Healing The Impact of Safe Spot Hotline
Brandon Novak: A Beacon of Hope Reflections on Recovery and Joy
Humorous and Candid Storytelling The Prison Pocket Chronicles
From Addiction to Epic Adventures

Sound Bites

"Toodles for Chris at Dopey"
"Dopey wouldn't exist without Mountainside"
"If I die on the table tomorrow"
"I was traumatized by Oreo cookies."
"I love representing Safe Spot."
"Get the fuck out of that relationship."
"This is the live podcast portion."
"Dopey means Dopey Dave, first and foremost."
"I found the Dopey Nation."
"I put stuff up my butt because I was addicted to heroin."
"I kept the thing up my butt for 24 hours."
"I love that reaction every time."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to DopeyCon 500 05:30Reflections on Community and Support 12:25The Journey of Recovery and Gratitude 18:32The Emotional Weight of Addiction Stories 31:23Dramatic Reenactment of Dopey Podcast 39:06John Joseph's Journey and Insights 48:08Surviving the Streets: A Personal Tale 54:50The Changing Landscape of Drug Use 01:00:20Navigating Relationships in Recovery 01:06:13Honoring Loss and Celebrating Recovery 01:17:18Brandon Novak: A Beacon of Hope 01:26:41DopeyCon 500: A Celebration of Community 01:31:48Personal Stories of Gratitude and Growth 01:40:26Humorous and Candid Storytelling 01:54:22Navigating Imposter Syndrome in Recovery 02:02:09The Power of Honesty and Vulnerability 02:10:30A Journey of Transformation and Acceptance 02:18:09The Prison Pocket Experience 02:24:55From Addiction to Attention 02:30:12Finding Clarity in Darkness 02:35:50The Healing Power of Play 02:43:42The DopeyCon Finale

Tuesday Teaser for Patreon! Fentanyl Jay and Sober October Forever! Dopeycon 500! Booze! More!

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:07:41 +0000

This week on the Patreon teaser! Fentanyl Jay is back to talk about why he is on the path to attempt 'Sober October Forever'! We hear some of his latest bender stories and more! Plus Dopey Con 500 and I'm sick at home! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast for Patreon! What AI Thinks: keywords Dopey, addiction, recovery, community, sobriety, DopeyCon, Fentanyl J, Sober October, financial motivation, dreams summaryIn this episode of Dopey, host David Manheim reflects on the recent DopeyCon 500, sharing highlights and personal experiences. He discusses the importance of community in recovery, the challenges of sobriety, and the financial implications of addiction. The conversation also touches on the theme of pursuing dreams and the emotional journey of recovery, culminating in a heartfelt musical tribute. takeaways

DopeyCon 500 was a magical experience for attendees.
The importance of community in recovery cannot be overstated.
Pursuing dreams is a vital part of recovery.
Sobriety can lead to financial savings and better life choices.
Personal stories of recovery can inspire others.
Sober October is a commitment to lasting change.
The emotional impact of addiction is profound.
Celebrating small victories in recovery is essential.
Connection with others in recovery fosters strength.
Music can be a powerful outlet for expressing feelings.

titles

The Magic of DopeyCon 500
Sober October: A Fresh Start

Sound Bites

"DopeyCon was absolutely incredible."
"The dream of recovering your life is very special."
"Sober October forever."

Chapters 00:00Welcome to Dopey and DopeyCon 500 Highlights 03:11Reflections on Recovery and Dreams 06:03Community and Connection at DopeyCon 08:54Sober October: A New Beginning 12:14Financial Realities of Sobriety 15:05Closing Thoughts and Musical Tribute

Dopey 499: Lenny was busted selling Coke to the Cops - The Shocking Conclusion of Lenny's Story! Will He Go To Prison? Heroin! Fentanyl! Coc

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:55:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! Lenny V. is Back! After 2 other super Dopey appearances - we get to the conclusion of Lenny's story with the cops. Lenny tells us all about all of the details of his arrest, and what kind of time he is facing. We also go down memory lane on how it all happened and what he is doing now to stay sane. PLUS! Gnarly Voicemails! Emails! Anniversaries! And more on the 499th episode of that good old Dopey show! notes - selling to the undercover - addiction after arrest - collaborating with the cops - precipitated withdrawal - relationship with his kid - consequences - optimism about his situation - suboxone and weed - justifying drug use "it's just a plant" lol - gambling - preparing for prison

AA vs. NA - Patreon Tuesday Teaser with Giovanni of Don't Drink and Go to Meetings! Heroin! Withdrawal! Memes!

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:05:32 +0000

This week on the new Patreon Teaser - Meme Maker Giovanni of Instagram's Don't Drink and Go To Meetings tells his recovery story! Plus a few emails! Dopeycon updates and much more! Dopeycon is this Saturday 10/5 at 430 pm doors open at 4pm! Get tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast WHAT AI SAYS: keywordsDopey podcast, addiction, recovery, humor, community, DopeyCon, memes, personal stories, hernia, drug culture summaryIn this episode of the Dopey podcast, host David Manheim shares personal anecdotes about his struggles with a hernia and reflects on the upcoming DopeyCon event. He discusses the importance of community in recovery, the role of humor in addressing addiction, and the impact of memes in the recovery space. The conversation also touches on personal stories of addiction, treatment experiences, and the significance of celebrating milestones in recovery. takeaways

David shares his personal struggle with a hernia.
DopeyCon is a significant event for the Dopey community.
Humor can play a vital role in discussing addiction.
The concept of a 'heroin comedy' is explored.
Memes have a powerful impact on the recovery community.
Personal stories of addiction highlight the challenges faced.
Community support is crucial in recovery journeys.
David reflects on the importance of celebrating milestones.
The conversation emphasizes the complexity of addiction.
The podcast fosters a sense of belonging for listeners.

titles

A Deep Dive into DopeyCon
Humor and Heart in Recovery

Sound Bites

"It's fucking horrible. So anybody out there with a bad hernia, I feel bad for you."
"Giovanni from Don't Drink and Go to Meetings."
"It's our 500th episode and I'm super excited."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Personal Struggles 03:10DopeyCon and Community Engagement 06:07Reflections on Addiction and Recovery 11:52Humor in Addiction and Recovery 17:09Memes and Their Impact on Recovery

Dopey 498: Carl Radke Lost his Brother to Overdose while Recovering on Bravo's Summer House, Cali Sober, Designer Cocaine, Selling Weed,

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:31:05 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by Carl Radke of Bravo's Summer House! Carl shares his addiction recovery journey - starting on the mean streets of Pittsburgh, PA growing up a part of a hard working middle class family with his older brother Curtis who also struggled with substance abuse. We learn how alcohol and drugs became deeply engrained in Carl's life. We also hear how Carl got on Summer house in the first place and the bottom that got him to recovery! Carl starts around 30:00 DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast What Emilia Noted: - brother arrested at a family party - coke at syracuse - brother selling stuff from his family - buying bricks of weed to sell to college friends - reckless drinking/partying - buying ounces of coke in hollywood - pink coke - partying benders - selling bars - drinking/drugs and summer house - brother's addiction/OD portrayed on summer house What AI Said: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, community support, Carl Radke, Summer House, mental health, esoteric healing, reality TV, sobriety, recovery, addiction, reality TV, sobriety, mental health, personal growth, substance abuse, family dynamics, public scrutiny, sales career summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, host David Manheim reflects on the community's support following the loss of a beloved member, Annie. The conversation includes heartfelt tributes, voicemails from listeners sharing their recovery stories, and discussions about various recovery resources. The episode features an interview with Carl Radke from Bravo's Summer House, where he shares his journey through addiction, family struggles, and the impact of reality TV on his life. The episode emphasizes the importance of community, support, and personal growth in the recovery process. In this conversation, David Manheim shares his journey through the challenges of addiction, the impact of reality TV fame, and the complexities of personal relationships. He reflects on his struggles with substance abuse, the transition from a career in show business to sales, and the profound effects of family dynamics on his recovery. The discussion also touches on the role of THC in his sobriety journey and the launch of his new venture, Soft Bar, aimed at promoting mindful consumption. takeaways

Oro Recovery is a transformative place for addiction treatment.
The Dopey Nation provides incredible support for its members.
Community fundraising can help individuals in need.
Sunnyside offers a unique approach to alcohol moderation.
Esoteric healing practices can lead to unexpected emotional responses.
Reality TV can complicate personal recovery journeys.
Family dynamics play a significant role in addiction.
College life often involves experimentation with substances.
Fame can bring additional challenges to sobriety.
Personal stories of struggle and recovery resonate deeply with listeners. Public scrutiny can amplify personal struggles.
Transitioning from showbiz to sales can be challenging.
Substance use often intertwines with professional life.
Coping mechanisms can lead to further complications.
Reality TV fame can complicate personal relationships.
Grief can trigger a deeper understanding of addiction.
Sobriety requires constant self-reflection and growth.
Navigating social situations while sober is a skill.
THC can be a viable alternative for some in recovery.
Creating supportive environments for sober individuals is essential.

titles

Community and Healing: A Tribute to Annie
The Impact of Community Support in Addiction From Reality TV to Recovery: Carl's Story
The Journey from Addiction to Empowerment

Sound Bites

"Oro has changed their life."
"The Dopey Nation is nothing less than fucking incredible."
"Rest in peace, Tyler."
"I couldn't believe that something like this was going to be so public."
"I created even more problems around it by how I responded to it."
"I was really proud of it. It was really hard work."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Context of Dopey Podcast 10:09Voicemails and Community Stories 18:07Sponsorships and Recovery Resources 23:50Esoteric Healing and Personal Experiences 29:06Interview with Carl Radke: Background and Reality TV 40:00Carl's Journey: Family, Addiction, and Recovery 01:00:11Reflections on College Life and Substance Use 01:14:12Navigating Fame and Personal Struggles 01:19:58Conclusion and Final Thoughts 01:26:34The Role of Alcohol and Drugs in Sales 01:33:13The Escalation of Substance Use in New Environments 01:39:17Reality TV Fame and Family Dynamics 01:45:35The Challenges of Sober Living in a Party Culture 01:57:44Finding Strength in Loss and Recovery 02:06:27The Journey to Sobriety and Self-Discovery 02:11:48The Challenges of Sober Living in a Party Culture 02:20:28The Launch of Soft Bar and Mindful Consumption

Harm Reduction Doesn't Work? Dopey BONUS Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Alan on why his controversial take on harm reduction! Plus Heart Attack

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:08:09 +0000

On this new bonus tuesday teaser my dad dis back! and he just might change his tune about harm reduction and Safe Spot! If you are using and want to call them - their number is 1-800 972-0590. Then Heart Attack Doug from the Beach is back fat shaming me. Join Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Buy DopeyCon 500 Tickets at https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 $15 discounted tickets on Patreon! Here is what AI said: keywordsDopey, addiction, harm reduction, Safe Spot, drug use, recovery, overdose prevention, family dynamics, podcast, community summaryIn this episode of Dopey, David Manheim engages in a lively discussion with his father about harm reduction strategies in addiction treatment, particularly focusing on the Safe Spot hotline. The conversation explores the complexities of addiction, the effectiveness of harm reduction, and the personal experiences that shape their views. They also touch on community responses, critiques of harm reduction, and the upcoming DopeyCon event, emphasizing the importance of support and understanding in the recovery journey. takeaways

Harm reduction strategies can save lives if implemented effectively.
Safe Spot hotline provides a safety net for drug users.
Critiques of harm reduction often stem from personal experiences and beliefs.
The conversation around addiction is complex and multifaceted.
Community support plays a crucial role in recovery.
Personal reflections on addiction can influence opinions on treatment methods.
The importance of data in evaluating harm reduction effectiveness.
Engaging in open discussions can help bridge differing viewpoints.
DopeyCon serves as a platform for community engagement and support.
Humor and personal anecdotes can lighten serious discussions about addiction.

titles

Family Dynamics in Addiction Conversations
Exploring the Impact of Safe Spot on Users

Sound Bites

"Harm reduction doesn't work?"
"Safe Spot saves lives!"
"You might die anyway!"

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Controversy 03:06Harm Reduction Debate 06:12Safe Spot and Its Impact 09:08Critiques of Harm Reduction 12:02Personal Reflections on Addiction 15:01DopeyCon and Community Engagement

Dopey 497: Dabbing Crack and Tar with Duane Betts! Growing up Allman Brothers! MDMA, MALIBU! HEROIN! DEATH! RECOVERY!

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:46:14 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by brilliant singer/songwriter/guitar player Duane Betts! Duane grew up touring with the Allman Brothers Band with his father - the legendary Dickie Betts! Duane gets super honest and raw on his childhood on tour, his life bicoastal between Malibu and Florida. Getting into music, playing in bands and how he got lost in the world of addiction and how he found himself clean, sober and enjoying his life. PLUS! Voicemails! Emails and the return of Howard 'Beach' Buksbaum! All that and more on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show! notes from the editor: - growing up on tour - mdma youth - living in malibu at cher's house - various music projects - malibu black tar - allman brothers and heroin - car accident while scoring crack - crack and tar dabs - finding his friend dead - crack OD - possession arrest - making him choose between family in the game lol AI NOTES: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, harm reduction, Dwayne Betts, music, personal stories, community support, therapy, drug culture, addiction, recovery, music, family, relationships, heroin, opiates, community, DopeyCon, Dwayne Betts takeaways

David shares his struggles with addiction and love for drugs.
The importance of compassion in addiction treatment is emphasized.
Debate on whether harm reduction strategies enable drug use.
Community support is crucial in recovery, as seen in DopeyCon.
Listeners share their personal stories, highlighting the podcast's impact.
Therapy is presented as a vital tool for self-care and recovery.
David discusses his early experiences with drugs and music.
Dwayne Betts reflects on his father's legacy and his own musical journey.
The transition from fun to addiction is explored in depth.
Malibu's drug culture and its influence on David's life are discussed. Addiction can lead to a tumultuous journey filled with highs and lows.
Relationships often suffer due to the effects of addiction.
Recovery is a personal journey that can take many forms.
Music can serve as a powerful tool for healing and connection.
Community support is crucial in the recovery process.
Experiences with drugs can vary greatly depending on the environment.
Finding purpose in life after addiction is essential for long-term recovery.
The legacy of family can influence one's path in life and recovery.
Engaging with others who share similar experiences can foster healing.
Life can be beautiful and fulfilling after overcoming addiction.

titles

Celebrating Community: DopeyCon 500
Harm Reduction: A Double-Edged Sword? The Role of Community in Recovery
Reflections on Life After Addiction

summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David Manheim shares his personal struggles with addiction, the importance of compassion in treatment, and the ongoing debate surrounding harm reduction strategies. The conversation highlights community support through events like DopeyCon, the significance of therapy in recovery, and personal stories from listeners. David also interviews musician Dwayne Betts, discussing his father's legacy and the impact of growing up in a musical family amidst drug culture in Malibu. The episode explores the transition from fun to addiction and reflects on the challenges faced along the way. In this conversation, Dwayne Betts shares his journey through addiction, the impact it had on his relationships, and his path to recovery. He reflects on his experiences with drugs, the challenges of touring, and the importance of community and family in his life. Dwayne discusses how music has become a source of purpose and joy for him, and he emphasizes the beauty of life after addiction. The conversation also touches on the upcoming DopeyCon and the significance of community engagement in recovery. Sound Bites

"I'm a junkie"
"Compassion and connection are two things I strive to have."
"Does this enable users to go hard in the paint?"
"I just want this to end."
"I have all of these experiences from being in nice houses."
"I got probably 21."

Chapters 00:00Introduction to Dopey Podcast and Personal Struggles 02:55The Role of Compassion in Addiction Treatment 05:47Debate on Harm Reduction Strategies 09:07Celebrating Milestones and Community Support 11:59Voicemail Stories and Listener Engagement 18:05The Importance of Therapy and Self-Care 20:01Personal Stories of Addiction and Recovery 27:12Interview with Dwayne Betts: Musical Legacy and Personal Journey 34:10Growing Up in a Musical Family and Early Experiences with Drugs 39:50The Transition from Fun to Addiction 49:47Reflections on Malibu Life and Drug Culture 01:07:02The Journey Through Addiction 01:12:50The Impact of Addiction on Relationships 01:20:30Finding Recovery and New Beginnings 01:30:11Life After Addiction: Music and Purpose 01:34:01Reflections on Recovery and Community 01:40:06The Legacy of Family and Music 01:46:13The Future of Dopey and Community Engagement

Tuesday Raytreon Teaser with Alan (my dad) and a Special Guest, Religion, Safe Spot, Heroin, Fentanyl Death

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:33:18 +0000

On this very controversial teaser my dad and our special guest join in! My Dad gives his controversial take on Safe Spot! Plus DopeyCon info and much much more! AI Notes: keywordsDopey Podcast, DopeyCon, Safe Spot Hotline, drug addiction, Patreon, father-son conversation, podcast critiques, drug safety, humor, recovery summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David Manheim welcomes his father back to discuss various topics, including the benefits of joining their Patreon, critiques of the podcast, and a heated debate about the Safe Spot Hotline and its implications for drug users. The conversation is filled with humor, personal anecdotes, and insights into the complexities of drug addiction and recovery. takeaways

David's dad has been listening to recent episodes.
Patreon offers exclusive content and discounts for DopeyCon.
Merchandise is a perk for Patreon subscribers.
David's dad provides constructive criticism of the podcast.
The Safe Spot Hotline is a controversial topic.
There are pros and cons to the Safe Spot Hotline.
David believes the hotline saves lives.
Critics argue it may enable drug use.
The conversation touches on personal experiences with addiction.
DopeyCon 500 is highly anticipated and nearly sold out.

titles

The Return of Dad to Dopey
The Safe Spot Hotline Debate

Sound Bites

"I have listened to the last three or four..."
"If you want to join Patreon, you go to..."
"Real Patreon people get all this stuff."

Chapters 00:00Welcome Back to Dopey 03:13Patreon Benefits and DopeyCon 06:06Critiques and Improvements 08:57Safe Spot Hotline Discussion 17:47Debate on Drug Use and Safety 23:54Closing Thoughts and DopeyCon 500

Dopey 496: Psychosis and Parenting or Mind of a Junkie pt. 2, The Return of Anders Osborne, Loss, Grateful Dead, Meth, Heroin, Suboxone, Rec

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:24:35 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by singer/songwriter, guitar player and all around good guy and new(ish) friend Anders Osborne! Anders and I have a fun talk about next level recovery, spirituality and some of his last days of using! Plus his time playing with Toots and the Maytals and Phil Lesh! Twas a beautiful time! PLUS voicemails, emails, DopeyCon 500, Lux Dungeon's The Muffin Man and much much much more on this brand new episode of the good old Dopey show. NOTE: DopeyCon 500 doors open at 4pm show starts at 4:30pm! Dopeycon 500 Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 Patreon: whttps://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI said: keywordsDopey, addiction, recovery, community, compassion, sobriety, music, mental health, support, personal stories summaryIn this episode of Dopey, host David Manheim discusses the importance of compassion and connection in recovery, shares listener stories, and reflects on the journey of sobriety. The conversation features musician Anders Osborne, who shares insights on purification, self-discovery, and the duality of experience in recovery. The episode emphasizes the significance of community support, the role of music in healing, and the ongoing journey of personal growth and understanding. takeaways

Compassion and connection are essential in recovery.
Community engagement is vital for celebrating milestones.
Listener stories highlight the struggles and triumphs of sobriety.
Moderation in alcohol consumption can be beneficial for some.
Detox experiences can be challenging but transformative.
Purification in recovery involves self-discovery and awareness.
Loss and grief can significantly impact the recovery journey.
Music plays a crucial role in healing and recovery.
Ambition can coexist with recovery but should be balanced.
Finding purpose through suffering can lead to personal growth.

titles

The Role of Music in Healing
Navigating Ambition in Sobriety

Sound Bites

"Compassion and connection is just the way to do it."
"It's gonna sell out!"
"Leave a five-star review on iTunes!"

Chapters 00:00Introduction to DopeyCon and the Podcast's Mission 02:56The Importance of Compassion in Recovery 05:49Celebrating Milestones and Community Engagement 09:09Listener Stories: Struggles and Triumphs 12:04Sponsorships and Support for Recovery 14:48The Role of Moderation in Alcohol Consumption 18:07Reflections on Detox and Early Recovery Experiences 20:53Voicemail Stories: Precipitated Withdrawal 23:53Introducing Anders Osborne: A Journey Through Recovery 26:46Purification and Self-Discovery in Recovery 30:08The Impact of Loss and Grief in Recovery 33:12The Journey of Sobriety: From Darkness to Light 36:02The Role of Music in Healing and Recovery 38:54Ambition and Its Place in Recovery 41:48The Duality of Experience: Pain and Joy 44:51Finding Purpose Through Suffering 48:01The Importance of Community in Recovery 50:48Final Thoughts and Reflections on the Journey 54:08Closing Remarks and Future Aspirations

Dopey Tuesday Raytreon Teaser - Serious Dumb Shit - DOPEYCON THEME SONG CHALLENGE TEASER!!!!!! with a sery Special Guest.

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:22:30 +0000

This week on the teaser we are joined by a special guest! He doesn't like when i put his name in the description. We talk all about his plan of making a Banana Ball song! Just listen to the thing... Here is what AI said.... summaryThis episode of Dopey Tuesday Teaser discusses DopeyCon, the DopeyCon theme song challenge, and Ray's involvement in the Banana Ball game. The hosts also talk about their songs and their plans for DopeyCon. The conversation touches on various topics such as addiction, music, and pop culture. keywordsDopey, DopeyCon, theme song challenge, Banana Ball, addiction, music, pop culture takeaways

DopeyCon is an upcoming event that the hosts are excited about
The DopeyCon theme song challenge is happening on Patreon
Ray is involved in the Banana Ball game and has written a song about it
The hosts discuss their songs and plans for DopeyCon

titles

Songs and Plans for DopeyCon
Ray's Involvement in Banana Ball

Sound Bites

"DopeyCon is coming. It's our fifth DopeyCon. It's October 5th. It's in New York City."
"We will put up all the songs on Dopey Patreon, and the one with the most likes wins."
"Dopey con is October 5th. Yeah, do you have a song? No, you don't have a song. What's your plan?"

Chapters 00:00Introduction and DopeyCon 05:05DopeyCon Theme Song Challenge 08:13Ray's Involvement in Banana Ball 09:11Songs and Plans for DopeyCon

Dopey 495: Smoking Crack, Drunk and Homeless to Cookie Millionaire -Janie (Deegan)'s Life Changing Baked Goods, Crack, Booze, Recovery

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:26:32 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Cookie Magnate, creator of Janie's Life Changing Baked Goods - Janie Deegan! Janie might be the feel good Dopey of the year - a drunk and homeless New Yorker who saved her soul by making cookies! Janie's story starts off innocently enough before she tumbles down the stairs of total rock bottom insanity! Plus there are multiple voicemails, emails and much more on this sad, salty but ultimately super sweet new episode of the good old Dopey Show! AI Notes: summaryJanie Deegan, the founder of Janie's life-changing baked goods, joins the podcast to discuss her journey and the impact of her baked goods. She shares how she got sober at 25 and became a superintendent in the East Village. Janie also talks about her early experiences with alcohol and the thrill of drinking as a teenager. The conversation touches on the challenges of production and the potential collaboration between Janie's Cookies and Katz's Deli. Overall, the episode explores Janie's life-changing baked goods and her personal journey. Janie reflects on her early experiences with alcohol and drugs, from feeling like an outsider in her teenage years to finding her identity in partying. She discusses her codependent and abusive relationship in college, where she turned to alcohol as a way to cope. After graduating, she moved back to Ann Arbor and her alcoholism escalated, leading to financial and personal problems. Janie's behavior became increasingly out of control, causing concern among her friends and family. After experiencing the emotional bottom of her alcoholism, Janie enters a period of darkness and depression. She meets a sober guy who becomes a bright spot in her life, but she is unable to maintain a relationship with him due to her drinking. Janie's drinking escalates, leading to consequences and interventions from her friends and family. She goes through multiple rehab programs and detoxes, but struggles to fully commit to sobriety. Eventually, she ends up in a shelter and then in a therapeutic community on the Upper West Side. Janie Deegan shares her incredible journey from addiction and homelessness to becoming a successful entrepreneur. She talks about her experiences in rehab, her struggles with sobriety, and how baking became her outlet and passion. Janie's story is a testament to the power of resilience, determination, and finding purpose in life. keywordsJanie Deegan, Janie's life-changing baked goods, sobriety, alcohol, East Village, production challenges, collaboration, Katz's Deli, alcohol, drugs, identity, codependency, abuse, college, partying, coping, addiction, Ann Arbor, alcoholism, emotional bottom, depression, sober relationship, consequences, interventions, rehab, detox, shelter, therapeutic community, addiction, homelessness, sobriety, entrepreneurship, baking, resilience, determination, purpose takeaways

Janie Deegan got sober at 25 and became a superintendent in the East Village.
She had early experiences with alcohol, including drinking from her parents' liquor cabinet and attending a Halloween party in the West Village.
Janie's life-changing baked goods have had a significant impact on her life and the community.
The potential collaboration between Janie's Cookies and Katz's Deli is discussed.
The episode highlights the challenges of production and the importance of finding the right business plan and vendors. Janie's early experiences with alcohol and drugs were influenced by her desire to fit in and escape her anxiety and low self-esteem.
Her codependent and abusive relationship in college further fueled her reliance on alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Moving back to Ann Arbor after college intensified Janie's alcoholism, leading to financial and personal problems.
Janie's behavior became increasingly out of control, causing concern among her friends and family. Alcoholism can lead to a period of darkness and depression
Having a support system and a sober relationship can provide hope and motivation for recovery
Consequences and interventions from friends and family can be catalysts for change
Rehab programs and detoxes may not be effective without a genuine commitment to sobriety
Homelessness and living in a shelter can be a reality for individuals struggling with addiction Resilience and determination are key in overcoming addiction and rebuilding one's life.
Finding a passion or creative outlet can be instrumental in the recovery process.
Being authentic and embracing one's story can inspire and help others.
Support and mentorship from others can make a significant difference in one's journey to recovery.
Building a successful business requires hard work, perseverance, and a willingness to take risks.

titles

The Thrill of Drinking as a Teenager
From Superintendent to Baker: Janie Deegan's Journey The Downward Spiral in Ann Arbor
Concerns from Friends and Family The Challenges of Committing to Sobriety
Navigating Homelessness and Shelters in Addiction Finding Purpose and Passion in Baking: Janie's Story
From Addiction to Entrepreneurship: Janie Deegan's Journey

Sound Bites

"I'm making it really big with my pie crust cookies. I don't need your stupid fucking cookie."
"Come to me with a business plan and some vendors who are ready to place purchase orders."
"I just remember thinking it was so wild. There's cops everywhere and we're getting away with this."
"I don't remember having an identity before I started drinking."
"I was alone at some frat school in upstate New York and I was like, I don't know what else to do."
"I'm finally free. I'm at University of Michigan. I'm having a blast."
"I'm still a person. I'm still like a young lady who just graduated from like a really good school."
"Alcohol is a depression. It really is."
"He was like emanating this light."
"I'm like, this is great. I'm like back on the Upper West Side, like I'm not paying rent, know, I'm on Medicaid, whatever."
"What are you doing here? What's a nice girl like you doing here? And I'm like, I'm different."
"I guess I gotta leave right now, right? And so I was like, okay, let me go to the bathroom and I just leave and I all my clothing there."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Janie's Journey 27:31Janie's life-changing baked goods 38:05Finding Identity in Party Culture 46:32The Downward Spiral in Ann Arbor 01:09:00Concerns from Friends and Family 01:15:46The Emotional Bottom 01:23:02Moving to New York and Escalating Addiction 01:32:30From Rehab to Shelter 01:44:51The Illusion of Sobriety 01:53:42From Addiction to Entrepreneurship 02:04:55Building a Business and Finding Purpose 02:19:18The Invention of the Pie Crust Cookie 02:26:09Embracing Authenticity and Finding Success

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! Handsome Evan Get's Busted Rolling A Blunt with Subs! Plus a Paranoid LSD Story!

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 20:10:22 +0000

This week on the Teaser! Evan gets busted for rolling a blunt whilst having suboxone! PLUS meal plans! PLUS LSD shenanigans and much more! Join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 What AI THINKS: summary: In this episode of Dopey the podcast, Dave talks about his recent food choices and the upcoming Dopeycon event. He also plays a voicemail from a listener sharing a story about a drug-induced reality shift. Dave and Evan then have a conversation about Lake Ronkonkoma and share some personal stories. The episode ends with a song and a shoutout to a listener. keywordsDopey podcast, food choices, Dopeycon, voicemail, drug-induced reality shift, Lake Ronkonkoma, personal stories, song, shoutout takeaways

Dave shares his recent food choices and talks about barbecuing chicken thighs and air frying cauliflower
Dopeycon is an upcoming sober cultural event with various guests and influencers
A listener shares a story about a drug-induced reality shift
Dave and Evan discuss Lake Ronkonkoma and share personal stories
The episode ends with a song and a shoutout to a listener

titles

Food Choices and Cooking Habits
A Song and Shoutout to a Listener

Sound Bites

"I just made a banana peanut butter and chocolate powder protein smoothie and it was really good"
"Dopeycon looks to be the sober cultural event of the year, if not the decade"
"I'd been drinking all day with my boyfriend at the time and we went to go get a bag from one of our dealers"

Chapters 00:00Food Choices and Cooking Habits 02:14Dopeycon: The Sober Cultural Event 05:07A Listener's Drug-Induced Reality Shift 11:17Stories and Memories of Lake Ronkonkoma 20:59A Song and Shoutout to a Listener

Dopey 494: The Best Episode Ever with Steve Poltz; Bong Hits for Indegestion or Prehistoric Cocaine! Plus Spirituality with Thuann!

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:54:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are reunited with Dopey Legend, Folk Singer, Comedy Genius and Super Naturally Good Story Teller Steve Poltz! Steve plays tunes and takes us on a journey to the optimist and pessimist inside! PLUS the tackle box full of drugs and how Steve maintains his sunny disposition! Next Thuan from Mountainside is back to share with us how spirituality works and how it can be accessed! PLUS voicemails, emails and much more on this brand new, good timey episode of that Good Old Dopey Show! AI SAYS: summaryDavid Manheim shares his morning routine of eating oats and drinking coffee, and discusses his positive outlook on life and his love for people. He talks about building his career from gig to gig and the importance of staying grateful. David also mentions the impact of the Dopey Nation and the sense of community it has created. Steve Poults shares his practice of declaring every show as the greatest show he's ever played, and how it brings joy to both him and the audience. He emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself and enjoying the journey rather than focusing on external success. The conversation also touches on the pressure to always be positive and the occasional moments of doubt or sadness. David and Steve discuss their love for connecting with people and spreading positivity through their music and interactions. In this part of the conversation, Steve Poltz shares a deeply personal story about the tragic death of his friend due to drug addiction. He also discusses his own struggles with addiction and how it led him to quit drinking. The conversation touches on themes of loss, forgiveness, and the fragility of life. Steve also talks about his love for music and his experiences as a musician. Overall, the conversation is a mix of light-hearted moments and profound reflections on addiction and recovery. In this episode, David and Tuan discuss spirituality and its role in recovery. They explore the concept of higher power and how it can be accessed through various practices. Tuan shares his daily spiritual routine, including meditation, attending meetings, and using a mindfulness bell app. They also touch on the idea of quantum jumping and the importance of living a life centered around spiritual principles. The episode ends with a call for musicians to submit songs for the upcoming DopeyCon theme song contest. keywordsmorning routine, positivity, career, gratitude, Dopey Nation, greatest show, pressure, doubt, sadness, connection, spreading positivity, addiction, drug addiction, loss, forgiveness, fragility of life, music, musician, recovery, spirituality, higher power, recovery, meditation, meetings, mindfulness, quantum jumping, spiritual principles, DopeyCon takeaways

Having a positive outlook on life and spreading positivity can bring joy to oneself and others.
Building a career from gig to gig and staying grateful for the opportunities can lead to organic growth and fulfillment.
The Dopey Nation and the sense of community it has created can provide support and inspiration for those in recovery.
It's important to be true to oneself and enjoy the journey rather than focusing solely on external success.
While it's natural to experience moments of doubt or sadness, maintaining a positive mindset and connecting with others can help overcome these challenges. Addiction can have devastating consequences, leading to the loss of loved ones and personal struggles.
Quitting one substance may be necessary to break the cycle of addiction and prevent further harm.
Music can be a powerful outlet for expressing emotions and connecting with others.
Forgiveness is an important part of the healing process, both for oneself and for others.
Life is fragile, and it's important to appreciate the present moment and make choices that prioritize well-being. Spirituality can be accessed through various practices and beliefs, such as meditation, attending meetings, and living by spiritual principles.
A higher power can be a person, nature, or the universe, and it can provide guidance and support in recovery.
Being aware of and utilizing spirituality in moments of vulnerability can help bring ease and peace.
Living a life centered around love, compassion, gratitude, and humility can contribute to a more spiritual existence.
Musicians are encouraged to submit songs for the DopeyCon theme song contest.

titles

The Dopey Nation: A Community of Support and Inspiration
Embracing the Journey: Finding Fulfillment in the Present Moment The Power of Forgiveness
Embracing the Fragility of Life Calling for Musicians: DopeyCon Theme Song Contest
Exploring Spirituality and Higher Power in Recovery

Sound Bites

"Every day when I wake up, I go, this is the greatest day."
"I love people that are the addicts. I love them. I love them so much."
"Brand new song."
"I probably would still be drinking today had I not discovered my love of cocaine."
"Once you go into crack, it's a dark world."
"Life is a thing where you just think about, you know, there's a million things I wish I could go back and not have done."
"Being human and feeling all the emotions is a spiritual experience."
"Spirituality is accessing a higher power, whether seen, felt, heard, or just known."
"Releasing character defects is a moment-to-moment choice, and meditation can help expand the window between stimulus and response."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Morning Routine 09:46Spreading Positivity and Building a Career 19:46The Dopey Nation: A Community of Support 29:50Embracing the Journey and Overcoming Doubt 40:06Connection and Positivity in Recovery 47:49Music and Drug Stories 48:28The Tragic Consequences of Addiction 52:06Finding Healing and Sobriety Through Music 58:26The Power of Forgiveness 01:09:49Embracing the Fragility of Life 02:55Exploring Spirituality and Higher Power 15:01Daily Spiritual Practices for a Grounded and Peaceful Life 29:50Quantum Jumping and Setting Intentions 44:53Living by Spiritual Principles and Embracing a Higher Power 01:00:05Calling for Musicians: DopeyCon Theme Song Contest 01:15:03Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! Oasis Reunion! Liam and Noel on Crystal Meth! PCP, Weed, MDMA Cormac Chemical Corner with Selby!

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:51:10 +0000

This Tuesday is classic old school dumb shit. Me yelling at the Subway sandwich maker, fumbling and bumbling. We hear a Dopey story all about Oasis and their impending reunion. Plus we hear a tease from the PATREON show with Cormac and Selby all about weed, PCP and more on this Tuesday Patreon Teaser! PLUS DOPEYCON 2024 tickets are on sale at https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 Discounted Tickets on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast AI STUFF: summaryIn this episode, Dave talks about DopeyCon 2024, his love for Oasis, and shares some personal stories. He also discusses his early experiences with drugs and selling drugs in college. The conversation touches on topics such as drug business sense, the sacredness of psychedelics, and the effects of excessive drug use. keywordsDopeyCon 2024, Oasis, drugs, addiction, personal stories, drug business, psychedelics, excessive drug use takeaways

Tickets for DopeyCon 2024 are available to non-patrons
Dave shares his love for Oasis and their reunion
He talks about his early experiences with drugs and selling drugs in college
The conversation explores drug business sense and the sacredness of psychedelics
Dave reflects on the effects of excessive drug use

titles

Dave's Love for Oasis
DopeyCon 2024 and the Lineup

Sound Bites

"Tickets for DopeyCon 2024 are available to non-patrons"
"The big news is that Oasis got back together"
"It totally changed my life forever"

Chapters 00:00DopeyCon 2024 and the Lineup 05:03Dave's Love for Oasis 13:44Early Experiences with Drugs and Selling 16:16Drug Business Sense and the Sacredness of Psychedelics 18:41The Effects of Excessive Drug Use

Dopey 492: Facing Death 21 Years Sober - R.I.P Tim Kelly. Recovery, Cancer, Grateful Dead, LSD, Kratom

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 13:36:56 +0000

This week on Dopey - we had a very special opportunity to spend some time with Tim Kelly - a super inspirational alcoholic/drug addict in recovery. Tim and I did this talk 3 weeks ago - he was basically on his death bed. Last Friday morning Tim finally succumbed to his cancer and died. This episode allows Tim to tell his story of what its like to face death sober. It was humbling and powerful and I was extremely grateful to be able to do it. PLUS John 'Sugar Bear' Bukaty got to travel to 'Tim Fest' where a bunch of Tim's friends - and legendary musicians like Anders Osborne, Ivan Neville, Jason Ricci and Alex Orbison went to see them play. John also got to talk to some of them as well as his friends! All that plus some Dopey emails and more on this heart wrenching new episode of that good ol Dopey Show! AI SAYS: While he was episode of Dopey is dedicated to Tim Kelly, a man with 21 years of recovery who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Tim's friends organized Tim Fest, a concert event to celebrate his life. The episode features interviews with Tim and his friends, including musicians like Anders Osborne and Jason Ricci. Tim shares his journey of addiction, recovery, and his love for the Grateful Dead. The episode also includes stories from Dopey listeners and sponsors promoting addiction recovery centers. Tim shares his experiences of attending Grateful Dead shows and his struggles with alcoholism. He talks about his journey of finding spirituality through the 12-step program and the importance of willingness and vulnerability. Tim also discusses his current battle with cancer and his perspective on life and death. This conversation covers Tim Kelly's battle with cancer, his journey in recovery, and the impact he had on others. The themes include spirituality, family dynamics, addiction, sobriety, and acceptance. The conversation highlights the importance of support systems, the challenges of addiction and recovery, and the power of love and connection. The takeaways include the significance of living a meaningful life, the importance of being present, and the impact of Tim's legacy. The titles could be 'Finding Meaning in the Face of Adversity', 'The Power of Love and Connection', and 'Embracing Life's Challenges with Courage and Resilience'. keywordsTim Kelly, addiction, recovery, cancer, Tim Fest, Grateful Dead, music, Dopey listeners, sponsors, Grateful Dead, alcoholism, spirituality, 12-step program, cancer, life, death, Tim Kelly, cancer, recovery, spirituality, addiction, sobriety, family dynamics, support systems, love, connection takeaways

Tim Kelly, a man with 21 years of recovery, was diagnosed with terminal cancer
Tim Fest was organized to celebrate Tim's life and featured interviews with Tim and his friends
Tim shares his journey of addiction, recovery, and his love for the Grateful Dead
The episode includes stories from Dopey listeners and sponsors promoting addiction recovery centers The Grateful Dead played a significant role in Tim's life, and he attended numerous shows throughout the years.
Tim struggled with alcoholism and found solace and support in the 12-step program.
He emphasizes the importance of willingness and vulnerability in finding spirituality.
Tim is currently battling cancer and has a positive outlook on life and death. Living a meaningful life in the face of adversity
The importance of being present and embracing life's challenges
The power of love and connection in recovery
The impact of Tim Kelly's legacy

titles

From Addiction to Recovery: Tim's Journey
Stories of Hope and Healing from Dopey Listeners The Grateful Dead and the Impact on Tim's Life
Embracing Life and Death in the Face of Cancer The Power of Love and Connection
Finding Meaning in the Face of Adversity

Sound Bites

"Welcome to the show. Well, thank you for having me."
"I always say that AA, the Grateful Dead, and yoga have influenced my life."
"When I was at the top of Alpine Valley, I had arrived."
"John Belushi, I see the light."
"Violent Thumbs are opening up."
"People started coming around to me to get things done."
"And that's why I was so bummed. You know, obviously it was God's fucking tropical storm or whatever that, but I was so bummed because I, I never, don't say never. rarely go."
"Phenomenal man. Agreed. I want to talk more about, I want to talk about your son. Okay. Like when your son was at his worst, does he go straight to you? In two ways, in violent ways, and then when he's in remorse for help."
"But a wrestling altercation, you it's not punches, it's more wrestling. And he hates me. He hates me because he hates my recovery. He knows since then and he's made his amends to me. He says it was, I knew that's where I was going to be and you were cheating me."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Sponsor Promotion 02:22Reflecting on Loss and Life 03:20Life's Challenges and Gravitas 04:14Impactful Stories from Dopey Listeners 06:06Humorous and Disgusting Stories 10:19Encouraging Listener Stories 11:13Sponsor Promotion and Introduction to Tim Kelly 12:41Tim Kelly's Journey and Tim Fest 14:07The Last Recording of Tim Kelly 15:06Interview with John Bucati at Tim Fest 20:16Interview with Tim Kelly 41:00The Influence of the Grateful Dead and Yoga 45:52Falling in Love with the Grateful Dead 46:51Conclusion and Sponsor Promotion 48:19Struggles with Alcoholism 56:02Finding Spirituality through the 12-Step Program 01:19:43Love and Relationships in Recovery 01:28:32Embracing Life and Death 01:33:17Embracing Unexpected Opportunities 01:34:44Family Dynamics and Addiction 01:36:41Navigating Recovery and Rebuilding Relationships 01:39:07Acceptance and Finding Support 01:42:03Spirituality and Facing Mortality 01:45:26Managing Pain and Medication in Recovery 01:48:49Living a Meaningful Life in the Face of Adversity 01:52:44Reflecting on Life's Challenges and Legacy

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Sugar Bear John Bukaty - Park City Song Summit, Recovery!

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Tuesday Teaser with John Bukaty! We recap the park city song summit and talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. A bunch of recovery - the horrible review and more! summary: The conversation is a teaser for the Patreon show and includes discussions about the Park City Song Summit, DopeyCon tickets, TikTok series, and live painting. The hosts also talk about creativity and art in recovery, as well as the positive impact of Dopey on people's lives. The conversation ends with a song. keywordsPatreon show, Park City Song Summit, DopeyCon tickets, TikTok series, live painting, creativity, art, recovery takeaways

The Park City Song Summit was a great experience with amazing music and artists.
DopeyCon tickets are going on sale, and Patreon members can get a discount.
The hosts discuss the importance of creativity and art in recovery.
Dopey is a safe place for artists to share their stories and experiences.
The conversation ends with a song.

titles

A Musical Finale
Get Your DopeyCon Tickets

Sound Bites

"The Park City Song Summit was by far the best year"
"DopeyCon tickets are gonna go on sale to non-Patreon members"
"Dopey is a big cosmic ball of creativity through recovery"

Chapters 00:00Introduction 01:43Highlights from the Park City Song Summit 03:11Get Your DopeyCon Tickets 05:05The Power of Creativity in Recovery 07:20Dopey: A Safe Place for Artists 18:24A Musical Finale

Dopey 491: DOPEY DAY SPECIAL! Chris's Mom and Sister Remember Chris for ChrisMiss 2024, Remembering All the Fallen Dopes!

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:35:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! It is Dopey Day Again! We are celebrating ChrisMiss and remembering Chris and all of our fallen friends. We are joined by Chris's mom and sister today to remember Chris! We hear about some of their favorite memories and listen to what it's like living on after you lose someone! PLUS TONS OF VOICEMAILS, EMAILS, REMEMBERING THE FALLEN DOPES! FROM AI: This part of the conversation focuses on the ongoing impact of losing loved ones to addiction and the importance of remembering and honoring their memory. The hosts discuss their personal experiences of remembering those who have passed away and the comfort it brings. They also touch on the significance of anniversaries and milestones in relation to grief. The conversation transitions to Dopey Day, a holiday created to pay homage to those lost to addiction and celebrate those who are still fighting to stay alive. The hosts share messages and greetings from the Dopey Nation community, highlighting the support and connection within the community. They also discuss the grief and healing process, including visiting Chris's grave and engaging in activities that remind them of him. The chapter ends with a reflection on the complexity of addiction and the challenges of recognizing relapse in loved ones. In this part of the conversation, David and Arden discuss the pain and guilt that comes with losing a loved one to addiction. They reflect on their own experiences of not recognizing the signs and blame themselves for not being able to prevent the tragedy. They emphasize the importance of forgiveness and self-compassion in the healing process. They also discuss the difficulty of moving on and the bittersweet feeling of seeing others continue with their lives while their loved one is gone. They share their thoughts on how to support someone who has lost a child and offer advice on finding hope and healing after such a devastating loss. In this part of the conversation, Annie discusses her ambivalence towards the significance of the new year and reflects on her recovery journey. She shares her struggles with addiction, including relapses and the challenges of staying sober. Annie contemplates recommitting to the 12-step program despite her reservations about certain aspects of it. The conversation ends with messages from Dopey Nation members and a classic Dopey episode featuring Chris and Dave. In this final part of the conversation, David Manheim shares some personal stories and anecdotes about his experiences with drugs and recovery. He talks about his disease and the constant struggle to stay sober. He also discusses his experiments with psychedelics and the possibility of achieving similar experiences through meditation and spiritual practices. The conversation ends with various members of the Dopey Nation sharing their messages of love, remembrance, and gratitude. keywordsaddiction, grief, remembrance, Dopey Day, support, community, healing, relapse, addiction, loss, guilt, forgiveness, self-compassion, moving on, support, hope, healing, ambivalence, new year, recovery, addiction, relapse, 12-step program, messages, Dopey episode, personal stories, anecdotes, drugs, recovery, disease, sobriety, psychedelics, meditation, spiritual practices, love, remembrance, gratitude takeaways

Remembering and honoring loved ones who have passed away from addiction can bring comfort and a sense of connection.
Anniversaries and milestones can be significant triggers for grief and reflection.
Dopey Day is a holiday created to pay homage to those lost to addiction and celebrate those who are still fighting to stay alive.
The Dopey Nation community provides support and connection for individuals navigating addiction and recovery.
Visiting gravesites and engaging in activities that remind us of loved ones can be a way to feel connected and take care of their memory.
Recognizing relapse in loved ones can be challenging, especially when they are intelligent and convincing. Losing a loved one to addiction can bring feelings of guilt and self-blame, but it's important to forgive yourself and recognize that the outcome was out of your control.
It is not helpful or respectful to ask someone how they didn't know about their loved one's addiction. Each person's experience is unique, and blaming oneself or others does not change the outcome.
Over time, the acute grief and self-questioning may fade, but it can resurface on certain days or during difficult moments. It's important to give yourself time and space to process these emotions.
Seeing others move on with their lives can be bittersweet for those who have lost a loved one to addiction. It's a reminder of what could have been and can bring a mix of emotions, including hope and pain.
Finding support from others who have experienced similar losses can help alleviate feelings of loneliness and provide a sense of understanding and connection.
Engaging in acts of service and helping others can be a way to honor the memory of a loved one and find healing in the aftermath of loss. The new year may not hold significant meaning for everyone, and personal growth and change can happen at any time.
Recovery from addiction is a challenging journey with ups and downs, and it's important to seek support and make a commitment to change.
The 12-step program, while not perfect, can provide a supportive community and structure for recovery.
The Dopey Nation community continues to honor and remember Chris and Annie, and their stories inspire others to stay strong in their own recovery journeys. The constant struggle to stay sober and prioritize recovery
The potential for psychedelic experiences through meditation and spiritual practices
The importance of love, remembrance, and gratitude within the Dopey Nation

titles

Dopey Day: A Holiday of Remembrance and Celebration
Grief and Healing: Navigating the Loss of a Loved One Moving On and Finding Hope
Navigating Guilt and Self-Blame Messages from Dopey Nation
Contemplating the 12-Step Program Messages of Love, Remembrance, and Gratitude
The Struggle of Sobriety and the Disease of Addiction

Sound Bites

"To know that they're remembered in some capacity, I'm just assuming, you know what I mean?"
"Every August 16th, we celebrate Dopey Day, aka Christmas in August."
"Happy Christmas in August Dopey Day episode."
"The best gift they gave him is when we really suspected something was wrong, they said, doesn't matter what happened, we'll pay for the next rehab, we will get you, we will work with you so you get better."
"Even if we had known, even if we had the best interventionist and the best companion and the best treatment center, it doesn't matter, it still could have ended where it was."
"I don't think it's ever helpful to ask somebody, how don't you know? I actually find that really disrespectful and obnoxious and just not a helpful comment."
"How do you feel now we're coming up on the new year? Is the new year significant to you?"
"I've kind of decided I'm going to recommit to 12 step thing, which I'm not 100 % happy about."
"I would just like to wish the Dopey Nation a very, very happy new year and I hope to see you all at DopeyCon 2023."
"My disease is in the parking lot doing pushups, waiting for me to go out."
"I cannot imagine you found any sort of psychedelic experience without taking a hallucinogen."
"I got a bunch of this that DMT stuff it was what about dope stories the podcast with crazy Mike and the other guy from fish or whatever that thing I think that's ending didn't we see that was anything so yeah, we're gonna replace dope stories whatever that might be"

Chapters 00:00Remembering and Honoring: Finding Comfort in Remembrance 05:47Dopey Day: A Holiday of Remembrance and Celebration 14:20Grief and Healing: Navigating the Loss of a Loved One 27:01Visiting Graves and Engaging in Activities: Keeping Memories Alive 37:30Recognizing Relapse: The Challenges of Supporting Loved Ones 47:19Navigating Guilt and Self-Blame 56:19Finding Healing Through Acts of Service 01:36:28Reflecting on the Significance of the New Year 01:43:28Struggles and Commitment in Recovery 01:54:14Messages from Dopey Nation 02:17:15Classic Dopey Episode: The GHB Bottle 02:24:07Exploring Psychedelics and Alternative Spiritual Practices 02:37:38Coincidences and Strange Encounters 02:44:09Messages of Love, Remembrance, and Gratitude

Dopey 490: Is Dead Head 1 Word or 2? Shooting Methadone and John Comerford's NYC Hippie Punk Rock Opus! MDMA, Recovery, Jail

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 03:52:13 +0000

This Week on a super new bonus Dopey Tuesday! We are joined by filmmaker and recovering addict John Comerford! We hear all about his super psychedelic path of addiction and recovery! John tells about his unsupervised nyc youth- we learn the secrets of old New York's music scene and Grateful Dead culture and much more on this super duper bonus episode of that good old Dopey Show! PLUS SHOOTING METHADONE VOICEMAIL!!!!! and MORE! Emilia's Notes: - brothers intervention - realizing his mom was taking percs his whole childhood - lsd at red rocks - mdma sale arrest - bill w and huxley - bill w and belladonna - brother's death AI NOTES: In this part of the conversation, David Manheim discusses the purpose of the Dopey podcast and emphasizes the importance of real recovery work. He also shares personal experiences, including being alone in his house for the first time, dealing with a hernia, and celebrating his nine years of sobriety. The conversation then transitions to a voicemail from a listener who shares his experience of shooting methadone and being prescribed benzos at a methadone clinic. The episode concludes with an interview with John Comerford, a film producer and music presenter, where they discuss their love for jazz and their experiences with alcohol and drugs. David Manheim reflects on his early experiences with music and drugs, including attending jazz shows and experimenting with acid at a young age. He discusses his identity formation and the role of feeling and experience in his life. He shares stories of his tumultuous family life and the impact of addiction on his brother. David also talks about his introduction to the Grateful Dead and the transformative power of their music. He delves into his own struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, including selling ecstasy and his eventual decision to get sober. In this final part of the conversation, David and John discuss their experiences with addiction and recovery. They share personal stories of their struggles with drugs and alcohol, including John's time in jail and David's journey to sobriety. They also talk about the importance of community and support in the recovery process. David shares some of the projects he is currently working on, including a documentary about General Yamashita's gold and a character study of Sarah Jane Moore, the woman who attempted to assassinate President Ford. keywords: Dopey podcast, recovery work, personal experiences, hernia, sobriety, methadone, benzos, film producer, jazz, alcohol, drugs, music, drugs, jazz, acid, identity, addiction, family, Grateful Dead, alcoholism, sobriety, addiction, recovery, jail, sobriety, community, support, documentary, General Yamashita's gold, Sarah Jane Moore takeaways

The Dopey podcast is meant to be supplemental to someone with a recovery program and is not a substitute for real recovery work.
Personal experiences, such as being alone in the house, dealing with a hernia, and celebrating sobriety milestones, can be shared openly to reduce shame and judgment.
The listener's voicemail highlights the dangers of shooting methadone and the inappropriate prescribing of benzos at a methadone clinic.
The interview with John Comerford explores their love for jazz and their experiences with alcohol and drugs.
Music, such as jazz, can have a profound impact on emotions and enhance the experience of substances like cannabis and alcohol. Early experiences with music and drugs can shape one's identity and worldview.
Addiction can have a profound impact on individuals and their families.
The transformative power of music can provide solace and inspiration.
Recovery from addiction requires a shift in focus from the problem to the solution. Addiction can lead to serious consequences, including jail time and death.
Recovery requires a commitment to change and a willingness to seek help and support.
Community and connection are essential in the recovery process.
Sobriety opens up new opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment.
Projects like More Than Music Foundation aim to foster wellness and educational opportunities for musicians and audiences.

titles

The Importance of Real Recovery Work
Listener Voicemail: Shooting Methadone and Prescribed Benzos Finding Sobriety and a New Path
The Impact of Addiction on Family The Power of Community in Recovery
Finding Purpose and Fulfillment in Sobriety

Sound Bites

"Good morning, Dopey. Good morning, Dopey. Ay -ay -ay."
"This Friday is Dopey Day, AKA Christmas in August."
"I'm on the methadone program here in my state, in my home state, and I've been on it since 2013."
"What these guys are putting out there has magnitude, and it has power."
"I didn't really develop an intellectual life until I was like in my mid-late 30s."
"That's why she's an hour late all the time. That's why she doesn't know why I'm at Irving Plaza at 13."
"I mean, you jails, institutions and death is where we're headed. If we don't change it"
"I reapplied to Boulder. I got in because I told them the story of what happened."
"It's completely life-changing because I mean, Tommy had been my friend for a long time and was involved with the fellowship and always talked about how he wouldn't give up his sobriety for anything."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Overview 01:15The Importance of Real Recovery Work 03:41Personal Experiences: Alone in the House and Dealing with a Hernia 09:09Listener Voicemail: Shooting Methadone and Prescribed Benzos 18:58Interview with John Comerford: Love for Jazz and Experiences with Alcohol and Drugs 36:04Early Experiences with Music and Drugs 39:01Family Dynamics and Addiction 44:12The Transformative Power of Music 46:04Navigating Addiction 57:45Selling Drugs and Consequences 01:08:13Finding Sobriety 01:11:01From Jail to Filmmaking 01:18:08The Power of Community in Recovery 01:21:00Uncovering Hidden Stories 01:27:19Finding Purpose and Fulfillment in Sobriety 01:34:15More Than Music: Fostering Wellness and Education

Dopey 489: The Hollywood Dope Game with Reno from It's All Bad and Remembering Annie Ellie! Overdose, Heroin, Meth, Recovery, Death

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:26:22 +0000

This week on Dopey! We got horrible news that our dear friend, contributor and all around beloved OG favorite Dope - Annie Ellie died this week. We remember her and play her first voicemail which was, tragically and ironically all about a time she overdosed and almost died. We also play her review of DopeyCon 2022 and another thing she had sent in. Then Reno from the 'It's All Bad' podcast came to meet me at Jeremy's house when I was in Los Angeles - ironically for the Rich Roll show which aired last week! Reno tells his gnarly story of addiction and recovery! We hear all about his crazy beginnings in addict life and the hell he went through before it all got pretty good for him. Plus Dopey emails and much more on a brand new super tragic episode of that good old bitter sweet Dopey Show! FROM AI: yIn this episode of Dopey, Dave mourns the loss of Annie Ellie, a beloved member of the Dopey Nation who died of an overdose. He shares voicemails and memories of Annie, emphasizing the importance of reaching out for help and support. Dave also interviews Reno from the podcast It's All Bad, discussing their experiences with addiction and the challenges they faced. They talk about their early drug use, encounters with the law, and the journey to recovery. Reno shares his insights on navigating the prison system and finding a path to a better life. David Manheim shares his experiences with addiction and relapse, highlighting the importance of community and connectivity in recovery. He discusses his time in rehab and the intense group therapy sessions that helped him confront his character defects. David also talks about his Neapolitan background and how his natural skills of connecting with people served him both in his addiction and in his recovery. He reflects on the shame and guilt that came with his relapse and the impact it had on his personal and professional life. David emphasizes the importance of sharing stories of addiction and recovery to combat loneliness and provide hope to others. In this final part of the conversation, Reno reviews his drug use experiences, including his encounters with PCP, GHB, DMT, Ibogaine, and ketamine. He also shares a wild story about trying to access his tax refund while in the midst of addiction. Annie, a fan of the show, provides a review of DopeyCon 2022 and expresses her love for Brandon Novak. The episode concludes with Annie's tribute song to Brandon Novak. keywordsaddiction, overdose, mourning, support, recovery, podcast, interview, drug use, law, prison, life, addiction, recovery, community, connectivity, rehab, character defects, Neapolitan, shame, guilt, relapse, personal life, professional life, sharing stories, drug use, PCP, GHB, DMT, Ibogaine, ketamine, tax refund, addiction, DopeyCon, Brandon Novak takeaways

The loss of a loved one to addiction is a tragic reminder of the importance of reaching out for help and support.
Sharing memories and voicemails can be a way to honor and remember those who have passed away.
Early drug use and encounters with the law can be wake-up calls that lead to a desire for change and recovery.
Navigating the prison system can be challenging, but finding a community and seeking help can lead to a better life.
Recovery is a journey that requires commitment, support, and a willingness to change. Loneliness and disconnection are breeding grounds for addiction, while community and connectivity are essential for recovery.
Group therapy sessions in rehab can help individuals confront their character defects and work towards personal growth.
Natural skills, such as connecting with people, can serve both in addiction and in recovery.
Relapse can be a part of the recovery journey, and it's important to learn from it and seek help.
Sharing stories of addiction and recovery can combat loneliness and provide hope to others. Reno reflects on his experiences with various drugs, highlighting the dangers and consequences of addiction.
Annie's review of DopeyCon 2022 showcases the sense of community and connection among Dopey fans.
The tribute song to Brandon Novak demonstrates the impact and admiration he has among the Dopey Nation.

titles

Mourning the Loss of Annie Ellie
Finding Community and Support in Recovery Confronting Character Defects in Rehab
The Role of Community and Connectivity in Recovery A Tribute to Brandon Novak
Annie's Review of DopeyCon 2022

Sound Bites

"If you're using and you're really, you don't want to die and you don't want to get really hurt, call that number."
"I love Annie and I will totally miss her."
"Discover Recovery: An Amazing Treatment Facility in the Pacific Northwest"
"Addiction is a disease. Loneliness really thrives. Addiction really thrives in loneliness. Connectivity is one of the bigger things that unlocks addiction."
"They did this thing called the game where they would circle up chairs in the middle of a room and there were no rules whatsoever, except for no violence."
"I'm Neapolitan. And that's one of the characteristics. Is Neapolitan besides chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry?"
"Love all the acts, crack, smack, and Brandon Novak."
"Oh Mr. Novak, this is Mrs. Novak."
"Mr. Novak is good, Mr. Novak is kind, Mr. Novak don't care."

Chapters 00:00Mourning the Loss of Annie Ellie 10:48Recovery and Support 19:46Interview with Reno from It's All Bad 32:11Early Drug Use and Encounters with the Law 44:47Finding a Path to Recovery 46:59The Role of Community and Connectivity in Recovery 48:19Confronting Character Defects in Rehab 55:42The Impact of Relapse on Personal and Professional Life 01:14:46The Power of Sharing Stories of Addiction and Recovery 01:32:17Wild Drug Use Experiences 01:57:33Annie's Review of DopeyCon 2022 02:06:14A Tribute to Brandon Novak

Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Cormac Chemical Corner - featuring Scott Wic plus Chris reads an email about FLAKKA plus a voicemail about Fenta

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:59:34 +0000

This week on Patreon Teaser! We first hear from Micro! Who tells us how he accidentally got addicted to fentanyl - then we take a walk down memory lane with Cormac and Scott Wic - and hear when Chris read Wic's first email all about Flakka! DopeyCon 2024 Tickets only available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI says: summaryIn this episode of Cormac's Chemical Corner, Cormac and Scott Wick discuss their experiences with drugs, including Flakka and cocaine. They share stories of addiction, paranoia, and the challenges they faced. The conversation also touches on the upcoming DopeyCon event and the celebration of Dopey Day in honor of Chris's birthday. The episode concludes with a musical performance by Scott Wick. keywordsCormac's Chemical Corner, drugs, addiction, Flakka, cocaine, DopeyCon, Dopey Day, celebration, music takeaways

Flakka is a synthetic street drug that can induce intense paranoia and hallucinations.
Addiction can lead to desperate and dangerous behavior, such as flushing drugs down the toilet in a panic.
DopeyCon is an upcoming event that offers savings for Patreon subscribers.
Dopey Day is a celebration of Chris's birthday and a show of solidarity with addicts in recovery.
Scott Wick showcases his musical talent with a performance at the end of the episode.

titles

Remembering Chris: Dopey Day Celebration
DopeyCon: A Gathering of the Dopey Nation

Sound Bites

"My thing is stored in Coke, but I did have a short run with a synthetic street drug called Flakka. It's a stimulant similar to Coke, but one tiny bump is probably equal to two huge rails of good Coke."
"As I am taking the second bump, there is a loud pounding at the door. I run to the people to see who it was, and I see what appears to be an entire SWAT team. Red lights flashing, dogs, detectives with megaphones, Raider trucks the whole night."
"Dopey Day, AKA Christmas in August, where we all put the Dopey logo over our eyes in solidarity with addicts who are still suffering, also celebrating addicts who are in recovery, and paying homage to those we lost, including Chris."

Dopey 487: Potentially Gayer than all other Gayest Episodes Ever! Brian W. on Meth, Chemex, Sexual Trauma, Sex Sling andRecovery

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:24:22 +0000

This week on Dopey! We had the absolutely sweetest guest ever - filmmaker and Breathe Life Healing Center Regional LGBTQIA+ Outreach Representative - Brian Whisenant! Straight out of Mississippi and the Dopey Nation, Brian came to my dad's house to tell his insane tell of Meth Addiction, crazy chem sex, and heart breaking trauma! Brian's journey is one of the dopiest ever told! PLUS lots of nitrous, recovery and dumb shit! Plus loads of dumb shit including a 'sex sling! Loads of debauchery, heart break and recovery in the latesrt new episode of the good old Dopey show! Summary: Brian Wisnand shares his personal story of growing up gay in Mississippi, experiencing molestation and rape, and the impact it had on his sexuality and addiction. He discusses the importance of addressing trauma and the stigma surrounding it. Brian also talks about his movie, which explores his experiences and the journey of healing and recovery. David Manheim shares his experience with meth addiction and the connection between meth use and sex parties in the gay community. In this final part of the conversation, Brian discusses his experience with sex parties and the fusion of drugs and sex. He talks about his struggles with meth addiction and his transition to using Adderall. Brian also reflects on his relationship with his mother and the challenges of coming out as gay. He shares his thoughts on Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and the importance of honesty in recovery. The conversation concludes with Brian discussing his short film, Wrath Mercy, and his hopes for its release. KeywordsBrian Wisnand, Mississippi, gay, molestation, rape, trauma, addiction, healing, recovery, movie, meth addiction, sex parties, gay community, recovery, psychosis, sex parties, meth addiction, Adderall, coming out, Narcotics Anonymous, honesty in recovery, short film Takeaways

Growing up gay in Mississippi in the 90s was challenging due to the lack of understanding and acceptance.
Brian experienced molestation and rape by an older man, which had a profound impact on his understanding of his own sexuality.
The trauma and confusion surrounding the abuse contributed to Brian's addiction and disassociation.
Addressing and sharing his story has been a crucial part of Brian's healing and recovery journey.
The stigma surrounding trauma and the need for open conversations and support are highlighted in Brian's experiences. Meth addiction can lead to engaging in risky sexual behavior, such as participating in sex parties.
The use of meth in the gay community is more common compared to other communities.
Meth use can lead to psychosis and paranoia, causing individuals to have distorted perceptions and beliefs.
Recovery from meth addiction often involves addressing underlying trauma and patterns of behavior.
The intertwined nature of meth use and sex parties can create a cycle of seeking pleasure and escape. Brian shares his experiences with sex parties and the fusion of drugs and sex
He discusses his struggles with meth addiction and his transition to using Adderall
Brian reflects on his relationship with his mother and the challenges of coming out as gay
He emphasizes the importance of honesty in recovery and shares his thoughts on Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
The conversation concludes with Brian discussing his short film, Wrath Mercy, and his hopes for its release

Titles

The Impact of Trauma on Sexuality and Addiction
Navigating the Challenges of Growing Up Gay in Mississippi The Impact of Meth Use on Mental Health and Perception
The Cycle of Seeking Pleasure and Escape in Meth Addiction The Power of Honesty in Recovery
Coming Out and Navigating Relationships

Sound Bites

"I was molested like a lot of people like when I was 15 years old"
"I didn't even know what rape was. I didn't know what any of these things were."
"I got triggered. Not triggered to use, but triggered to be traumatized."
"Why do some drug addicts live and some don't?"
"There may be a video of me out there wearing a wrestling outfit"
"I remember saying, 'Are you a homosexual?'"
"Sniffy's like, why did I even bring that up?"
"Sniffy's has sex parties"
"You unfuse meth, sex, and technology"

Chapters 00:00Introduction: Brian Wisnand's Story 30:17Growing Up Gay in Mississippi 38:09Trauma and its Impact 43:38Addressing Trauma and Healing 46:00The Connection Between Meth Addiction and Sex Parties 54:25Addressing Sexual Identity and Coming Out 01:05:34The Gay Pillowcase Story 01:19:16The Impact of Meth Use on Behavior 01:22:39The Role of Technology in Meth Use and Sex Parties 01:27:27The Intertwined Nature of Meth Use and Sexual Behavior 01:28:54Exploring the World of Sex Parties and Drug Use 01:33:13From Meth Addiction to Adderall: Brian's Journey 01:38:27Coming Out and Navigating Relationships 01:45:13The Power of Honesty in Recovery 01:49:59Wrath Mercy: Brian's Short Film and Future Plans AI show notes are experimental. Did you find them useful?

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Doug Bopst - The Gifts of Quitting Weed! Rich Roll Gratitude! CRAZY KIMBER KING VOICEMAIL!

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:16:31 +0000

This week on the Dopey Patreon Tuesday Teaser mini show we first take a moment of gratitude for Rich Roll and the Rich Roll Show for having me on! It was an unbelievably cool experience and welcome to any Rich Roll people!!!! Then we get into the usual Patreon Tuesday stuff! Join Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Buy DopeyCon Tickets only on PATREON!!!!! Dopeycon is October 5th in New York City! Then we hear a crazy Dopey story from Kimber King and read a nice note from the Dopey Nation before listening to a snippet from the super funny and informative talk with Doug Bopst! Send in emails and voicemails to dopeypodcast@gmail.com Here is the AI Stuff! SummaryIn this teaser episode of the Dopey podcast, David Manheim expresses his gratitude for being a guest on the Rich Roll show and welcomes listeners from the Rich Roll community. He promotes the Patreon episode with Dopey Fitness guru Doug Bopes and discusses the upcoming DopeyCon event. David also shares a voicemail from Kimber King, who tells a story about a drug-related incident involving her ex-boyfriend. The episode concludes with a conversation between David and Doug about the impact of quitting weed. KeywordsDopey podcast, Rich Roll, Patreon, DopeyCon, addiction, recovery, drug-related incident, weed Takeaways

David expresses gratitude for being a guest on the Rich Roll show and welcomes listeners from the Rich Roll community.
The Patreon episode features a conversation with Dopey Fitness guru Doug Bopes about the impact of quitting weed.
DopeyCon is an upcoming event that includes guests such as Hank Azaria, Jason Biggs, and John Joseph.
Kimber King shares a story about a drug-related incident involving her ex-boyfriend.
David and Doug discuss their experiences with weed and the challenges of quitting.

Titles

David and Doug's Conversation: Weed and Quitting
DopeyCon: An Exciting Event with Celebrity Guests

Sound Bites

"Welcome to any refugees who heard the Rich Roll show"
"Patreon is still the only place to buy tickets for DopeyCon 5"
"They're gonna stay on the phone with you while you use, and if you die, they're gonna send help"

Chapters 00:00Gratitude for Rich Roll and Welcome to Rich Roll Listeners 01:45Patreon Episode with Doug Bopes: The Impact of Quitting Weed 02:14DopeyCon: An Exciting Event with Celebrity Guests 04:09Voicemail Story: Kimber King's Drug-Related Incident 11:24David and Doug's Conversation: Weed and Quitting

Dopey 486: Peter 'Chappy' Meyerhoff! Crazy Prison Episode! Running the Yard! Selling and Shooting Heroin! Turning Out the CO, ODing on Fenta

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:34:20 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by 'Against All Odds' author, and 'Roll Call with Chappy' podcaster - Peter 'Chappy' Meyerhoff! We leave no stone unturned in this junky prison opus. Chappy gives us the good bad and the ugly from early incarceration to 12 long years in prison where he was the shot caller on multiple prison yards. His story goes nuts when he gets involved with a female corrections officer who smuggles him heroin which he deals then becomes hopelessly addicted to. I'm not gonna give it all away in this write up! But it's seriously beautiful and Chappy cries! PLUS We commemorate the loss of Brian 'Hotwheelz' Connelly and play his first voicemail - plus poetic emails extra voicemails and much much more on this new prison flavored episode of that good old Dopey Show! Summary: Peter 'Chappy' Meyerhoff, a former prisoner and recovering addict, shares his story and mission to help others in this episode of Dopey. He discusses his experiences in prison, his near-death fentanyl overdose, and his journey to sobriety. Chappie opens up about the challenges of aligning his past prison persona with his current role as a mentor and advocate for prisoners. He also reflects on the impact of becoming a father and the struggles he faces in navigating his new life. Despite the difficulties, Chappie remains committed to inspiring and supporting others in their recovery journeys. David Manheim discusses his strained relationship with his father and the decision to cut ties with him. He shares his experience of growing up in a dysfunctional family and the resentment he feels towards his father. David also opens up about his journey into drug addiction, starting from alcohol and weed at a young age and eventually progressing to harder drugs like crystal meth and heroin. He talks about his time in prison and the power dynamics and politics that exist within the prison system. David reflects on his past actions and the impact they have had on his life. Chappie shares his story of addiction, prison, and recovery. He talks about his early experiences with drugs and how he quickly became addicted. He describes his time in prison, including the challenges of withdrawal and the prison politics he had to navigate. Chappie also discusses his relapse after his first release from prison and the near-death experience that led him to finally get sober. He emphasizes the importance of staying sober and helping others, and how his perspective on God and spirituality has evolved throughout his journey. Keywordsprison, addiction, recovery, sobriety, near-death overdose, fatherhood, vulnerability, father-son relationship, drug addiction, prison, power dynamics, politics, addiction, prison, recovery, drugs, withdrawal, prison politics, relapse, sobriety, God, spirituality Takeaways

Peter Chappie Meyerhoff shares his experiences as a former prisoner and recovering addict
He discusses the challenges of aligning his past prison persona with his current role as a mentor and advocate for prisoners
Chappie reflects on the impact of becoming a father and the struggles he faces in navigating his new life
Despite the difficulties, Chappie remains committed to inspiring and supporting others in their recovery journeys David's strained relationship with his father led him to cut ties with him
He reflects on his journey into drug addiction, starting from alcohol and weed and eventually progressing to harder drugs
David shares his experiences in prison and the power dynamics and politics that exist within the system
He reflects on his past actions and the impact they have had on his life Addiction can quickly take hold and lead to a life of crime and incarceration.
Prison can be a challenging environment, but it can also provide an opportunity for self-reflection and growth.
Relapse is a common part of the recovery process, but it's important to learn from it and make a commitment to sobriety.
Spirituality and a belief in a higher power can play a role in recovery, even for those who were initially skeptical.
Helping others and staying connected to a supportive community are crucial for maintaining long-term sobriety.

Titles

Aligning Past and Present: Chappie's Transformation
Navigating the Challenges of Recovery and Fatherhood Journey into Drug Addiction
Power Dynamics and Politics in Prison From Addiction to Incarceration: Chappie's Story
Navigating Prison Politics: Chappie's Experience

Sound Bites

"I've been struggling in life lately, man, like... I have really, really bad imposter syndrome now."
"In recovery, vulnerability is strength."
"It's like real life stuff. And that's what me and my dad's relationship is still... tough, man."
"I don't need his shitty advice and to be honest I think he's fucking grumpy as shit"
"I'm just done with this relationship, you know?"
"He's whipped to her and she does whatever, he does whatever the hell she says and she runs shit"
"I felt like stuff is like just finally going to go my way when I got out"
"I had this argument with my mom the other day, because was like, know, depressed, been going through this shit. And mom was like, you're making more money than you've ever made in your life. like, the literal reverberating. Money doesn't make you fucking happy, mom."
"I was like, holy shit, maybe this is God's sign of showing, like, I'm gonna start catching some breaks now or something"

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Background 25:27Challenges of Aligning Past and Present 35:22Struggles of Recovery and Fatherhood 38:07Dealing with Depression and Imposter Syndrome 40:24Complicated Relationship with Father 41:24Strained Father-Son Relationship 48:31Journey into Drug Addiction 57:18Power Dynamics and Politics in Prison 01:06:57Reflecting on Past Actions 02:51From Addiction to Incarceration: Chappie's Story 23:01Navigating Prison Politics: Chappie's Experience 42:52The Near-Death Experience that Led to Sobriety: Chappie's Turning Point 01:02:46Evolution of Belief: Chappie's Journey with God and Spirituality 01:23:09Staying Sober and Helping Others: Chappie's Commitment to Recovery 01:56:04Conclusion

Tuesday Patreon Teaser! "I don't think you know the difference between tonic water and seltzer." My Dad is Back with Erin plus a crazy voice

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:26:00 +0000

Alright Tuesday Lovers! Dopey Tuesday is back with a vengence! Go to https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast for the full episode! BUT - there is stuff here that is not available anywhere else!!! Like Wylie's insane voicemail and me bickering with my sweet father! SummaryIn this conversation, David Manheim talks with his father about various topics, including toilet paper, tonic water, Patreon, DopeyCon, and a voicemail from a listener. They also discuss the difference between seltzer and tonic water, and David plays a song he wrote. Keywordsdrugs, addiction, dumb shit, toilet paper, tonic water, Patreon, DopeyCon, voicemail, seltzer, song Takeaways

The conversation covers a range of lighthearted topics, including toilet paper and tonic water.
They discuss the importance of supporting Dopey on Patreon and the upcoming DopeyCon event.
David's father shares his thoughts on the show and his experiences as a listener.
David plays a song he wrote, showcasing his musical talent.

Titles

A Voicemail from a Dopey Listener
David's Musical Talent: A Song Showcase

Sound Bites

"I don't think you know the difference between tonic water and seltzer."
"Somebody made a comment that you should be kinder to your father."
"I need some money, money in my pocket like this"

Dopey 485: The Wicked Dangers of Smoke Shop Drugs: Tianeptine and Kratom, Jed Returns! Remembering Chris! Stephen Murray! Don't Die!

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:28:14 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are paying homage to Chris on the 6th anniversary of his tragic death. We are joined by Jed Payne from Church and Other Drugs Podcast and talk about his harrowing Kratom recovery and how he got to celebrate his first father's day! PLUS Stephen Murray from the Safe Spot Hotline calls in to help us celebrate Dopey Day AKA ChrisMiss in August with the new CALL-A-DOPE piece of Dopey Day! If anyone is using please call 1-800-972-0590 to help prevent overdose! PLUS emails, voicemails, tattoos, Dopeycon, Dopey Day! PLUS we sneak The This American Life Dopey Segment just to fuck everybody up! All that and more on a brand spanking new but. eerily familiar episode of that good ol Dopey Podcast!!!! In this part of the conversation, David Manheim discusses various topics including Bob Marley, Dopey Day, DopeyCon, and his personal experiences with addiction and recovery. He also shares an email from a listener and announces anniversaries of Dopey Nation members. Jed from Church and Other Drugs Podcast joins the conversation and talks about his journey of addiction, relapse, and recovery. In this part of the conversation, David and Jed discuss Jed's harrowing experiences with addiction, including his relapses and the impact on his personal life. They also touch on the dangers of using substances like kratom and the importance of seeking help and treatment. The conversation concludes with a discussion about the upcoming Dopey con and the partnership with Safe Spot to provide support for addicts. The conversation in this part of the recording focuses on the Save Spot hotline, a helpline for people who use drugs and want to ensure their safety. The hotline provides support and guidance to individuals before and during drug use, with the goal of preventing fatal overdoses. The hosts discuss the importance of the hotline and how it can save lives. They also emphasize the non-judgmental and supportive nature of the hotline, as well as the sense of community it fosters. The episode concludes with a tribute to a friend who died from an overdose. In this final part of the conversation, David Manheim reflects on the tragic death of his co-host Chris and the future of the Dopey podcast. He shares the events leading up to Chris's relapse and overdose, including their last episode together and the signs of Chris's drug use. David grapples with feelings of guilt and responsibility, but ultimately decides to continue the show as a way to honor Chris's memory and raise awareness about addiction. The episode ends with a lighthearted banjo cover of Dave's song and a message of hope for the future. KeywordsBob Marley, Dopey Day, DopeyCon, addiction, recovery, email, anniversaries, Church and Other Drugs Podcast, addiction, relapse, treatment, kratom, Dopey con, Safe Spot, Save Spot hotline, drug use, safety, fatal overdose, support, community, non-judgmental, tribute, addiction, relapse, overdose, grief, podcast, Dopey, memory, awareness Takeaways

Bob Marley's music is loved by many, and David Manheim and his guest discuss their favorite songs.
Dopey Day is celebrated on August 16th, and listeners are encouraged to record messages to be included in the Dopey Day show.
DopeyCon is an upcoming event that will feature various guests and activities.
David Manheim shares an email from a listener who found strength and inspiration from the Dopey podcast.
Jed from Church and Other Drugs Podcast shares his personal journey of addiction, relapse, and recovery. Addiction can lead to devastating consequences, including relapses and strained relationships.
Substances like kratom can be addictive and have negative effects on one's quality of life.
Seeking help and treatment is crucial for recovery and maintaining sobriety.
The Dopey con event provides an opportunity for individuals in recovery to connect and support each other.
Partnerships with organizations like Safe Spot can offer valuable resources and support for addicts. The Save Spot hotline provides support and guidance to individuals who use drugs and want to ensure their safety.
The hotline aims to prevent fatal overdoses by offering non-judgmental and supportive assistance before and during drug use.
The hotline creates a sense of community among its operators and callers, who share a common experience.
The hosts emphasize the importance of reaching out for help and the potential to save lives through the hotline.
The episode concludes with a tribute to a friend who died from an overdose, highlighting the devastating impact of addiction. The tragic death of Chris highlights the devastating impact of addiction and the constant risk of relapse
Guilt and responsibility are common emotions experienced by loved ones after a relapse or overdose
Continuing the podcast is a way for David to honor Chris's memory and raise awareness about addiction
The banjo cover at the end of the episode serves as a reminder of the importance of finding joy and hope in the midst of grief

Titles

Dopey Day and DopeyCon
Celebrating Bob Marley's Music Celebrating Sobriety at Dopey con
Jed's Harrowing Journey Through Addiction Building a Supportive Community: The Save Spot Hotline
Preventing Fatal Overdoses: The Role of the Save Spot Hotline Reflecting on Tragedy: Chris's Relapse and Death
Guilt and Responsibility: Navigating the Aftermath
Titles
- The Dangers of Smoke Shop Drugs: Tianeptine and Kratom
- From Counselor to Patient: Navigating Treatment and Rehab Exploring the Symbolism of Dreams
- Overcoming Kratom Addiction: Jed's Story
Sound Bites
- "Vivitrol is just naltrexone, so it is only an opioid antagonist."
- "The sublicate shot you do the first three days after the shot, you are blasted, dude."
- "I got just blindsided with cravings like you wouldn't believe."
- "You're such a fucking piece of work. I swear to God."
- "I woke up in was the intense feeling of impending doom and unbelievable fear and panic attack, dude."
- "Yeah, I'm still on Vivitrol."

Sound Bites

"What's my favorite Bob Marley? We're doing Joby, we're not doing Bob Marley."
"Welcome to Dopey, the podcast on drugs, addiction, and other dumb shit."
"Call a Dope on Dopey Day."
"I got sick. Oh, God. I was on an eight-hour bus ride from Puerto Vallarta to Guadalajara and I was just in the bus bathroom puking my guts out, dude."
"I'm just struggling to get honest. So I just, I tell my parents and I tell my boss that, hey, don't worry, but I am extremely suicidal. So I'm going to go to a mental institution for 30 days."
"The reason that I'm doing all of this is just like immediately plucked away and it's just, it's... I can't even really accurately convey like the fucking emotions."
"If Chris, when he was using, could have called this number, maybe we wouldn't be doing all this."
"You can still get high, but if it goes wrong, you don't have to die."
"How do we scale this hotline to the point where we make what we would call a population level impact?"
"The worst thing that could have ever happened happened, and Chris relapsed and died."
"Dopey, as the nation knew it, is gone, along with Chris."
"The show is mostly a recovery show now. I guess that is true. But it always was in its own way."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Bob Marley 05:54Email from a Listener 21:20Remembering Chris and His Legacy 28:00Jed's Journey of Turning His Life Around 39:08Jed's Experience with TNeptine 50:43The Dangers of Kratom and the Importance of Seeking Help 56:02The Consequences of Relapse 01:08:24Partnering with Safe Spot to Support Addicts 01:26:16The Importance of the Save Spot Hotline 01:31:19The Unpredictability of the Dope Supply 01:41:40The Impact of the This American Life Episode 01:49:09Todd as the Foil to the Sober Good Life 02:00:11The Tragic Loss of Todd 02:07:01Tragedy Strikes: Chris's Relapse and Death 02:14:29Guilt and Responsibility: Navigating the Aftermath 02:19:49Honoring Chris's Memory: Continuing the Dopey Podcast 02:35:19Finding Joy in Grief: A Banjo Cover and Message of Hope

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with Jeremy and Greg! Greg's Sex Appeal, Smuggling mushrooms PLUS SMOKING CRACK AND MAGGOTS VOICEMAIL!!!!

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:08:16 +0000

Whats up everyone! This is our Tuesday Patreon Teaser! Please subscribe to Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast JD sent a fire dopey voicemail! Plus a clip of me, Jeremy and Greg hanging out talking about Greg's sex appeal and smuggling Mushrooms to Ithaca many years ago. DopeyCon 2024 - DC5/DCV is coming! Who is ready???? Here are AI notes: SummaryIn this episode of Dopey, Dave introduces the Dopey Tuesday episode available on Patreon and promotes DopeyCon tickets. He then plays a voicemail from a former hater who shares a story about smoking maggots. Dave discusses the Patreon Zoom meeting and the attraction people have towards Greg and Jeremy. They talk about their charisma and sexual power, and share stories about their past adventures. The episode ends with a song. KeywordsDopey, podcast, drugs, addiction, dumb shit, Patreon, DopeyCon, lineup, voicemail, hater, smoking maggots, Patreon Zoom, charisma, sexual power, adventures, song Takeaways

Dopey Tuesday episodes are available on Patreon
DopeyCon tickets are on sale on Patreon
Even former haters can become contributors to the show
Greg and Jeremy have a certain charisma and sexual power
They share stories about their past adventures
The episode ends with a song

Titles

Charisma and Sexual Power
The Dopey Tuesday Teaser Song

Sound Bites

"Join Patreon, buy a ticket to DopeyCon"
"I smoked maggots somehow"
"Greg is incredibly attracted to people"

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Patreon Promotion 03:12Voicemail: Smoking Maggots 13:23Discussion: Charisma and Sexual Power 17:05Story: Bringing a Bag of Drugs 21:04The Dopey Tuesday Teaser Song

Dopey 483: Sexual Trauma, Coke, Heroin, Pills, Stealing, Ketamine "I started doing a lot of coke to try and combat the sickness because, yo

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:45:43 +0000

This week on dopey! We are joined by Alexis Okarmus! She gets into the super nitty gritty of her experiences of drugs, addiction and dumb shit! Daughter of a Christian Scientist Mother and Soprano's Actor Father(he played Tony's dad - Johnny Boy on thje show) Alexis ran the gamut of all things Dopey! From getting kicked out of Mountainside for romance - to her connection to Chris, her overcome serious sexual trauma, dibilitating drug addiction to managing the continuing care program for Mountainside her journey had it all! PLUS voicemails, emails, celebration and more this week on a brand new fucked up episode of that good old Dopey show! Emilia's Notes: - kicked out of mountainside - chris's facebook messages - vape built into the dash of a truck - mdma - mom's religion - sexual assault, sexual trauma - xanax blackouts - accidental k-hole - outdoing her friends with drugs - sex for heroin - boyfriend's seizures, selling heroin on craigslist - arrested for shoplifting - pulled a knife on her boyfriend - robbing tourists - sponsoring - relapse without drugs - reminiscing about mountainside - faltering recovery - dad's death - sober parenting AI's Notes: Summary: In this episode of Dopey, Dave talks about upcoming events and shares stories from listeners. He also interviews Allegra O'Karmis, a manager of Continuing Care at Mountainside Recovery. They discuss Allegra's journey to recovery and her role in helping clients transition from residential treatment to aftercare. The conversation touches on the importance of continuing care and the challenges of staying sober after treatment. Allegra shares her experiences of drug addiction and trauma, including instances of rape. She discusses her upbringing in a strict and religious household, her early experimentation with drugs, and her move to St. Thomas and later Tampa. Allegra reflects on her identity as a party girl and the role drugs played in her life. She also explores the complex emotions and confusion surrounding her experiences of rape. The chapter ends with Allegra being sent back to New York by her mother. In this part of the conversation, David Manheim discusses his descent into addiction and the challenges he faced during that time. He talks about his struggle with withdrawal, his use of various drugs, and the consequences of his addiction on his relationships and life. Eventually, he reaches a turning point and seeks help at a treatment center. In this final part of the conversation, David and Allegra discuss their experiences in recovery and the challenges they face as sober parents. They emphasize the importance of finding joy and replacing old behaviors with healthier ones. They also touch on the fear of relapse and the need for community and support. The episode ends with a cover of Dave's song 'Good So Bad' on the banjo by a listener named Jake. KeywordsDopey, addiction, recovery, treatment, continuing care, Mountainside Recovery, drug addiction, trauma, rape, upbringing, experimentation, party girl, identity, addiction, withdrawal, drugs, heroin, cocaine, treatment, recovery, recovery, sober parenting, joy, replacing behaviors, fear of relapse, community, support Takeaways

Continuing care is an essential part of the recovery process, helping individuals transition from residential treatment to aftercare
Treatment can provide support and structure, but it's what individuals do after treatment that determines their long-term sobriety
The availability of free resources and support can vary, making it challenging for individuals to navigate their recovery journey
Reading messages from deceased loved ones can be a way to process grief and feel connected to them
Recovery is a personal journey, and what works for one person may not work for another The influence of upbringing and environment on drug addiction
The complex emotions and confusion surrounding experiences of rape
The role of drugs in shaping identity and relationships
The impact of strict religious beliefs on personal choices and behaviors David's addiction led him to use various drugs, including opiates, cocaine, and ketamine.
He experienced withdrawal symptoms and used other drugs to combat the sickness.
His addiction affected his relationships and led to risky behavior, such as sleeping with others for drugs.
David's father tried to intervene and get him help, but he resisted initially.
Eventually, David reached a breaking point and sought treatment at a rehab center. Finding joy and replacing old behaviors with healthier ones is crucial in recovery.
Being a sober parent comes with its own challenges, but putting oneself first is essential for being able to show up for the children.
Having a community and support system is important in maintaining sobriety.
The fear of relapse is a common concern, but staying connected to a recovery program can help prevent it.
Sharing personal experiences and stories can provide hope and inspiration to others in recovery.

Titles

Personalizing the Recovery Journey
The Importance of Continuing Care in Recovery The Party Girl Persona: Drugs and Identity
Navigating Trauma: Allegra's Experience of Rape The Descent into Addiction
Intervention and Seeking Help Managing the Fear of Relapse
The Challenges of Sober Parenting

Sound Bites

"Treatment never was the answer for me, but I think it answers a lot of questions when you're there."
"I struggle to feel feelings in general. I dissociate like nobody's business and I kind of love it because it's gotten me through life."
"Continuing care is an essential part of the recovery process, helping individuals transition from residential treatment to aftercare."
"I don't know if it's better to have been the victim of something, because I'm sure you did fucked up shit, too."
"It's like all this talk about smoking really makes me want to have a cigarette."
"I loved smoking. There's something wonderful about it."
"I was more fucked up then. I was sober when I was yelling about, like that was me with my best thinking."
"I started doing a lot of coke to try and combat the sickness because, you know, science."
"So yeah, so I moved back into the apartment, luckily."
"Time is the best commodity I can give you."
"I didn't get where I am today in drug addict-wise because I didn't want to have fun."
"Replacing the obsessive thinking and bad behavior with something else is key in recovery."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Sponsor Message 09:21Celebrating Sobriety and Personal Achievements 16:04DopeyCon Contests and Announcements 25:06Sharing Dopey Stories and Listener Experiences 39:17Reflecting on Past Relationships and Loss 57:19Navigating Trauma 01:14:29The Party Girl Persona 01:25:58The Influence of Upbringing 01:38:18Risky Behavior and the Impact on Relationships 01:44:12Intervention and Seeking Help 02:44:11Finding Joy and Replacing Behaviors

Handsome Evan Teaser with Jeremy! Fitness! House of the Dragon, Seizures! More! Dopey Patreon Teaser

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 21:36:02 +0000

DOPEY TUESDAY TEASER with JEREMY!!!!! This week for the Tuesday Teaser we are joined by my old friend Jeremy! We catch up on Patreon, reminiscing and other dumb shit! Then we play the Handsome Evan Teaser! Oh in other giant news: Jason Biggs has signed up for DopeyCon! Get your tickets at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CREATED NOTES! Me and Jeremy talk Summary: In this conversation, David Manheim and his friend Jeremy discuss various topics, including the Dopey Tuesday Patreon teaser, DopeyCon, their favorite TV shows, and their personal experiences. They also touch on subjects like religion, fitness, and childhood memories. The conversation is light-hearted and filled with humor. KeywordsDopey, Patreon, teaser, DopeyCon, TV shows, religion, fitness, childhood memories Takeaways

The Dopey Tuesday Patreon teaser is a way to draw people to Patreon and get exclusive content.
DopeyCon is an annual event that features various speakers and is catered by Katz's.
Jeremy is into fitness and has been working on his physical shape.
They discuss their favorite TV shows, including House of the Dragon and X-Men 97.
David and Jeremy reminisce about their childhood and share funny stories.
They touch on topics like religion and spirituality.
David mentions the controversy surrounding a guest named Jesse Schwanker.
They talk about their love for Lord of the Rings and other movies.
David shares a song he wrote called 'So Bad, So Good.'

Titles

Religion and Spirituality
The Song 'So Bad, So Good'

Sound Bites

"Tuesday Dopey Teaser. Tuesday Dopey Teaser for the podcast Dopey on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit."
"We have this thing we do every year. It's called Dopey con. I know you're aware of it. Of course. It's on this block. Everyone is. OK. So everyone knows about Dopey con. Everyone."
"I bet you don't. Not really, no. Do you know how much Dopey Patreon costs? A dollar. 12 cents a day. Oh my god. 15 cents a day. That's a bargain."

Chapters 00:00The Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser and DopeyCon 07:30Fitness and Favorite TV Shows 12:18Childhood Memories and Funny Stories 18:53Religion and Spirituality 25:14Controversial Guest and Lord of the Rings 31:57The Song 'So Bad, So Good'

Dopey 483: Brace Belden Returns! "One of my favorite things was being on MDMA and Heroin at the same time. It rules and is It's not talked a

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:47:22 +0000

In this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David Manheim discusses his recent experiences and travels, including a political tribunal in the Philippines. He also talks about his struggles with sleep and the importance of having a sponsor in recovery. The conversation touches on serious topics such as addiction, racism, and human rights abuses, but is infused with David's signature humor. In this part of the conversation, the hosts discuss their experiences with addiction, rehab, and politics. They share personal stories and anecdotes, including their interactions with famous individuals. They also touch on topics such as the Biden family, the future of the economy, and the state of American politics. The conversation is filled with humor, sarcasm, and candid reflections on their own journeys. In this part of the conversation, David and Brace discuss their experiences with different drugs, including ketamine, Ibogaine, ayahuasca, LSD, mushrooms, ecstasy, and heroin. They share personal anecdotes and preferences, highlighting the effects and experiences they had with each substance. They also touch on the topic of God and spirituality, with Brace expressing his skepticism and David sharing his belief in a higher power. The conversation concludes with a lighthearted game of choosing between two options. In this final part of the conversation, David and Chris discuss the challenges of answering questions about drug use during treatment intake calls. They also explore how to find the right therapist and the importance of the therapeutic relationship. They touch on topics such as spiritual trauma, the different age groups and substance use patterns, and the potential dangers of new drugs like kratom. The conversation ends with David sharing his recent cravings and Aurora joining in for a brief chat. KeywordsDopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, sleep issues, politics, Philippines, racism, human rights abuses, addiction, rehab, politics, Biden family, economy, American politics, drugs, ketamine, Ibogaine, ayahuasca, LSD, mushrooms, ecstasy, heroin, God, spirituality, treatment intake calls, finding the right therapist, therapeutic relationship, spiritual trauma, age groups and substance use, new drugs, cravings Takeaways

David shares his recent experiences and travels, including a political tribunal in the Philippines.
He discusses his struggles with sleep and the importance of having a sponsor in recovery.
The conversation touches on serious topics such as addiction, racism, and human rights abuses.
David's humor adds a lighthearted touch to the conversation. Rehab romances can be complicated and often lead to relapse
The hosts express their disillusionment with the current political landscape
They discuss the need for radical changes in the economy and society
The conversation highlights the challenges and guilt associated with addiction and recovery
The hosts share personal stories and anecdotes, providing a candid and humorous perspective on their experiences Different drugs have different effects and experiences, and individuals may have different preferences and reactions to them.
Personal anecdotes can provide insight into the experiences and effects of various substances.
Beliefs about God and spirituality can vary among individuals, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Engaging in lighthearted games and discussions can add a fun element to conversations. Answering questions about drug use during treatment intake calls can be challenging and may require balancing honesty with potential consequences.
When looking for a therapist, it's important to consider what you're looking for and ask questions about their approach and theoretical orientation.
Spiritual trauma can be a real issue for individuals who have experienced a disconnection from their faith or culture.
Substance use patterns can vary across different age groups, with alcohol being more prevalent among older individuals and fentanyl/methamphetamine among younger individuals.
New drugs like kratom can present unique challenges, and it's important to consider the potential risks and lack of quality control.
Cravings for drugs can still arise even after years of recovery, and it's important to utilize support systems and coping strategies to navigate these urges.

Titles

The Importance of Having a Sponsor in Recovery
From Political Tribunals to Sleep Issues: David's Recent Experiences Rehab Romances and the Challenges of Recovery
Disillusionment with the Current Political Landscape The Skepticism and Belief in God
A Lighthearted Game of Choosing Between Options Managing Cravings and Urges in Recovery
Substance Use Patterns Across Different Age Groups

Sound Bites

"Welcome to another episode of Dopey, the podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit."
"None of us are alone when we're together."
"I love coming back."
"I just want to be accountable to the dopey audience right now."
"I'm going to break it to you, Dave. I don't think he wants to do the show."
"I think a lot of people understand right now there's a shift happening, uh, in when it comes to technology, when it comes to the economy, that is, is something like the industrial revolution."
"Anytime I ever heard a description of Ibogaine, I would rather have diarrhea for four days in like a detox surrounded by a bunch of crack heads than like a shaman."
"One of my favorite things was being on MDMA and heroin at the same time. It's like one of the greatest combinations. It probably rules. It's not talked about enough."
"I believe in the power of human beings working together in a concerted effort to help other human beings."
"Treatment what you know had I been to treatment ones the last time I went to treatment whatever whatever Nora gets in the car and the next question is How much cocaine were you using?"
"Well, are you in any kind of ongoing group? Like, are you a member of Narcotics Anonymous? I was like, lady, it's fucking anonymous. I'm not gonna tell you on the phone."
"How would you advise a horrible drug addict on how to answer that? Let's have this be the first ask a therapist question. You're coming up on nine years of abstinence."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Dopey Podcast Theme Song 11:54The Importance of Having a Sponsor in Recovery 42:48Addiction, Rehab, and Personal Reflections 48:33Disillusionment with Politics and the Economy 54:56Hunter Biden's Behavior and Self-Sabotage 01:06:39A Listener's Journey through Alcoholism and Rehab 01:19:16Unconventional Solutions and Rehab Romances 01:25:18Exploring Different Drugs and Personal Experiences 01:32:27A Lighthearted Game of Choosing Between Options 02:07:52Navigating Questions About Drug Use During Treatment Intake Calls 02:13:11Finding the Right Therapist: Considerations and Questions to Ask 02:19:51Exploring Spiritual Trauma and its Impact on Recovery 02:27:01The Rise of New Drugs: Understanding the Challenges of Kratom 02:34:55Managing Cravings and Urges in Recovery

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! New Dopey Beef! The Debate! The Quirky Habit of Cereal Mixing! Alan! "I got naked for him. "He checked me from head to

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:28:44 +0000

The Tuesday teaser with my dad is up! New Dopey Beef! Talk of the debate! Lots of talk about cereal and dessert! Email! And loads of other dumb shit!!!!! AI NOTES: SummaryIn this conversation, David Manheim discusses the benefits of joining the Dopey Patreon, his visit to the dermatologist, his participation in an AA Zoom meeting, and his appreciation for receiving socks and stickers from a Patreon member. He also talks about his father's quirks, including his unique cereal mixing habits and his thoughts on the recent presidential debate. The conversation ends with David sharing a teaser for the Dopey Patreon Tuesday show where he and his dad listen to another podcast talking about Dopey. KeywordsDopey, Patreon, benefits, dermatologist, AA Zoom, socks, stickers, father, cereal mixing, presidential debate, podcast Takeaways

Joining the Dopey Patreon provides access to additional Dopey content, including extra episodes, videos, and songs.
David visited the dermatologist due to concerns about skin issues and was relieved to find out he was all clear.
He participated in an AA Zoom meeting and enjoyed connecting with other members.
David's father has a unique habit of mixing different cereals together to create his own perfect mix.
They discuss the recent presidential debate and express their disappointment in the candidates.
The conversation ends with a teaser for the Dopey Patreon Tuesday show, where they listen to another podcast talking about Dopey.

Titles

A Visit to the Dermatologist
Appreciating Socks and Stickers

Sound Bites

"If you're a serious Dopey listener and you want more Dopey and you wonder what will you get from joining Dopey Patreon, you get so much stuff, man."
"I put out an extra dopey episode every Tuesday and usually a few videos and songs and lots of shit. It's a lot of bang for the buck."
"I got naked for him. He checked me from head to toe, found nothing. Thank God. Thank Jesus. I'm all clear."

Chapters 00:00Introduction and Benefits of Joining Dopey Patreon 02:12A Visit to the Dermatologist 03:09Participating in an AA Zoom Meeting 04:36Appreciating Socks and Stickers 06:33The Quirky Habit of Cereal Mixing 16:02Disappointment in the Presidential Debate

Dopey 482: The All Consuming Crack Binge of the Ass-pirational - Rachel Elizabeth Slocum - 'I smoked crack in order to get off of heroin -

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:15:41 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by serious fucking Dopey guest Rachel Elizabeth Slocum! Rachel is a super funny yet super serious drug addict in recovery with a crazy Dopey story to tell and an Ass-Spirational spirit. She gives up all of the Dopey in this extra long and extra super dopey episode! PLUS vintage voicemails and emails on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show! AI BIZNESS: n this part of the conversation, David Manheim discusses his experience with drugs and addiction, as well as the importance of compassion and connection in recovery. He also pays tribute to the lead singer of Crazy Town, Shifty Shellshock, who died of an accidental drug overdose. The conversation then transitions to an interview with Rachel Elizabeth Slocum, a TikTok star known for her comedic content. Rachel shares her journey with addiction, including her first experiences with drugs and her struggle with crack cocaine and opiates. Rachel reflects on her addiction to drugs, particularly oxys and heroin, and the impact it had on her life and relationships. She describes the intense cravings and the lengths she went to in order to obtain drugs. She also discusses the toxic relationship she had with her partner and the challenges of being a young mother while struggling with addiction. Rachel shares her experiences in detox and rehab, including her time at Crossroads in Antigua. She talks about her journey to recovery and the importance of finding the right support system. Rachel reflects on her drug-fueled relationship and the progression of her addiction, from pills to heroin to crack. She describes the all-consuming nature of her addiction and the lengths she went to in order to maintain her habit. Despite facing numerous challenges and near-death experiences, Rachel continued to use drugs until a friend called CPS on her. This event, along with her son's arrest and subsequent sobriety, prompted Rachel to seek help and eventually get sober. Rachel Elizabeth Slocum shares her journey of addiction, recovery, and finding love and stability in her life. She discusses her struggles with crack addiction, the impact it had on her relationships and mental health, and the turning point that led her to seek treatment. Rachel emphasizes the importance of reaching out to those who are struggling with addiction and the potential to save someone's life by offering support. She also talks about the challenges of being a single mother and the strength she found in sobriety to provide a stable and loving environment for her children. Throughout the conversation, Rachel's humor and resilience shine through, highlighting her ability to find joy and laughter even in the darkest moments. Keywordsdrugs, addiction, recovery, compassion, connection, tribute, TikTok, Rachel Elizabeth Slocum, crack cocaine, opiates, addiction, drugs, oxys, heroin, cravings, detox, rehab, relationships, motherhood, recovery, drug addiction, pills, heroin, crack, relationship, addiction progression, near-death experiences, CPS, sobriety, addiction, recovery, crack addiction, treatment, support, single mother, sobriety, resilience, humor Takeaways

The importance of compassion and connection in addiction recovery
The tragic consequences of drug addiction, as seen in the death of Shifty Shellshock
The power of storytelling and humor in discussing addiction and recovery
The impact of early drug experiences and the search for a 'favorite' drug Addiction can consume every aspect of a person's life, affecting relationships, parenting, and overall well-being.
The intense cravings for drugs can lead individuals to go to great lengths to obtain them, even at the expense of their own health and safety.
Recovery is a journey that often involves multiple attempts and different treatment approaches. Finding the right support system and treatment program is crucial for long-term success.
The stigma surrounding addiction can make it difficult for individuals to seek help and find understanding from others.
Recovery is possible, and with the right support and determination, individuals can rebuild their lives and find a path to a healthier future. Rachel's addiction escalated from pills to heroin to crack, leading to a destructive and all-consuming lifestyle.
She went to great lengths to maintain her habit, including manipulating others, robbing people, and hiding her drug use while working as a dental assistant.
Despite facing numerous challenges and near-death experiences, Rachel continued to use drugs until a friend called CPS on her, prompting her to seek help.
Her son's arrest and subsequent sobriety also played a role in her decision to get sober and turn her life around. Addiction can lead to isolation and a loss of connection with others, but reaching out and offering support can make a significant difference in someone's life.
Recovery requires putting sobriety first and making it a priority above all else.
Being a single mother while in recovery can be challenging, but finding strength in sobriety can provide stability and a loving environment for children.
Humor and resilience can be powerful tools in navigating the challenges of addiction and recovery.

Titles

Compassion and Connection in Recovery
Remembering Shifty Shellshock: The Tragic Consequences of Addiction Finding Hope and Recovery in Detox and Rehab
The Desperation and Lengths People Go to Obtain Drugs The All-Consuming Nature of Addiction
A Turning Point: CPS and Son's Arrest The Power of Reaching Out: How Support Can Save Lives
Finding Strength in Sobriety: A Single Mother's Story

Sound Bites

"Compassion and connection rather than control that is the blueprint for recovery"
"Addiction ultimately played a role in Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town's death"
"From TikTok to addiction recovery advocate"
"I just wanted to do it as much as possible."
"I knew I was different. Like I never, as soon as I found substances, I think I realized that the way that I used them was different than everyone else."
"I felt calm. I didn't feel like I wanted to fucking end my life anymore because I couldn't get an EPIL."
"I'm an all or nothing type of bitch."
"That's like the most exciting moment of your life."
"I was really good at playing the victim."
"No one's ever checked on me ever."
"Maybe you'll save their life."
"I'm gonna do every drug on my way there and you're gonna deal with it."

Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Drugs and Addiction 01:08 ORO AD Compassion and Connection in Recovery 15:14 Rachel Elizabeth Slocum: From TikTok Star to Addiction Recovery Advocate 36:46The Devastating Impact of Addiction 45:29 The Recognition of Being an Addict 58:05 Admitting the Problem and Seeking Help 01:05:07 The Delusion of Managing Addiction 01:09:25 Struggling with Alcohol and Heroin 01:12:12 Escalation of Addiction 01:19:19 Living a Double Life 01:28:56 The All-Consuming Crack Binge 01:33:39 Breaking into Houses and Overdose Barbecues 01:46:57Delusions and CPS Intervention 00:07Introduction and Rachel's Background 06:07The Turning Point: Seeking Treatment 09:01The Impact of Addiction on Relationships 11:51Reaching Out and Saving Lives 14:58Becoming a Single Mother in Recovery 20:49Humor and Resilience in Addiction and Recovery 24:11Conclusion and Takeaways

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser - RIP Shifty Shellshock, Ask Erin Khar, Hawk Tua, Porn, Parenting, Advice, Recovery

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:26:43 +0000

This week on the Dopey Patreon teaser I tell Erin a crazy parenting story plus i read an email, and we do a bunch of advice stuff! Also to be completely honest the porn hawk tuah is only available on patreon! so sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast What AI says: SummaryIn this episode of the Dopey podcast, Dave discusses recent deaths in the addiction community and shares stories about addicts who have passed away. He also talks about his Patreon subscription and encourages listeners to join. The episode features a conversation with Erin Carr, author of the addiction memoir 'Strung Out', where they discuss various topics including unlicensed advice columns and a parenting mishap involving a kayak. KeywordsDopey podcast, drugs, addiction, deaths, Patreon, Erin Carr, memoir, unlicensed advice columnist, parenting mishap, kayak Takeaways

The Dopey podcast covers topics related to drugs, addiction, and recovery.
The addiction community has experienced recent deaths, including Seth Binzer of the band Crazy Town.
Dave encourages listeners to join the Dopey Patreon for additional content.
The episode features a conversation with Erin Carr, author of the addiction memoir 'Strung Out'.

Titles

Join the Dopey Patreon for More Content
Recent Deaths in the Addiction Community

Sound Bites

"Rest in peace Seth Binzer of Crazy Town"
"Rest in peace Pat, who died sober"
"Conversation with Erin Carr, the author of 'Strung Out'"

Dopey 481: My Brother Died from a Fentanyl Overdose. The Todd Shot Part 4. Weed, PCP, "I'm a f^cking waste of time, a lost cause. Nothing ha

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:45:42 +0000

This week on Dopey! This week is 6 years since we lost our dear friend and Dopey Legend, Todd. We are rejoined by Todd's sister Aly who tells us what it is like living with the loss of her brother. The nature of family years after a tragedy and tells the story of what we know actually happened to Todd. Then we play a classic episode with me, Chris and Todd. With some of the craziest Dopey stories in the history of the show - plus emails, voicemails and more on the brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! AI MADE THIS STUFF: This episode of Dopey is a tribute to Todd, who passed away six years ago. David and Todd's sister, Allie, discuss Todd's notes, his struggles with addiction, and the impact of his death on their family. They reflect on Todd's moments of sobriety, his love for celebration, and the denial that surrounded his addiction. The conversation also touches on the grief experienced by David's parents and the absence of Todd's presence in family gatherings. The episode concludes with a discussion about the lack of a funeral or memorial for Todd and the compartmentalization of his addiction. In this part of the conversation, David Manheim and Todd's sister, Allie, discuss Todd's struggles with addiction and the impact it had on his life and their family. They reflect on Todd's participation in the Dopey podcast and the humor he brought to the show. Allie shares her concerns about the genetic factor of addiction and how it affects her own children. They also discuss the lack of a funeral for Todd and the reasons behind it. The conversation ends with a reflection on Todd's life and the impact he had on others. In this final part of the conversation, David and Todd discuss Todd's struggles with addiction and their shared experiences. They reflect on their past drug use and the challenges they faced. They also make plans for Todd's recovery and discuss the importance of taking small steps towards sobriety. The episode ends with a tribute to Chris and Todd, as well as a reminder to stay strong and support each other in the Dopey Nation. KeywordsDopey, tribute, Todd, addiction, sobriety, celebration, denial, grief, family, funeral, memorial, compartmentalization, addiction, struggles, family, Dopey podcast, genetic factor, funeral, reflection, addiction, struggles, drug use, recovery, sobriety, support Takeaways

Todd's notes revealed his struggles with addiction, including drug debts and moments of despair
The family experienced denial and shame surrounding Todd's addiction
The absence of Todd's presence in family gatherings is deeply felt
The lack of a funeral or memorial for Todd reflects the family's compartmentalization of his addiction
Grief is a lifelong process and time does not necessarily make it easier Todd's addiction had a significant impact on his life and his family
The Dopey podcast provided a platform for Todd to share his experiences and humor
The genetic factor of addiction is a concern for Todd's family
The lack of a funeral for Todd raises questions about the family's response to his death
Todd's life and humor continue to be remembered and appreciated Addiction can be a lifelong struggle, and denial can be a major obstacle to recovery.
Taking small steps towards sobriety and building positive habits can make a difference.
Support from friends and loved ones is crucial in the recovery process.
Reflecting on past experiences and sharing stories can help in the healing process.
Remembering and honoring those who have lost their lives to addiction is important.

Titles

The Lifelong Process of Grief
The Impact of Todd's Addiction on the Family The Absence of a Funeral for Todd
Remembering Todd's Life and Humor Reflecting on Past Experiences
Honoring Those Lost to Addiction

Sound Bites

"I'm a fucking waste of time, a lost cause. Nothing has changed. I can't stand being inside my head any longer."
"He always had this secret life that he didn't want anyone knowing about."
"I've never heard anyone scream like the way you screamed."
"His life was miserable. It couldn't get better."
"The whole nature of the show was a huge chunk of the reason the show happened in the slightest."
"Todd would tell people he liked the show."
"So to me, he gave like..."
"Not to mention that Todd has this, the thing that's kept Todd using more than anything is this incredible denial sense, like that it's not happening."
"Whenever I did it, I was just like, I can't believe, you know, I was like full on, you know, when I, and I was like, you were like, I don't think I'm going to use tonight. I was like, we're using that's it. You know what I mean? Like he would like, be like, I don't think I'm going to use, I don't think I'm going to use. And then like at two in the morning, he just like surreptitiously pick up the phone. He would never say we're getting it tonight. He would just wind up with the fucking dough, coke, you know, for me, I would be like, it's it. I'm on, I'm not getting off. That's it. Yeah. You know, whereas."

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser with The Return of Moshe Kosher! Artie Lange! Drinking! Burning Man! Recovery! AA!

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:07:16 +0000

This is the Patreon Teaser! Moshe is one of our favorite guests - he is super funny and long time sober! If you want to hear the whole talk with Moshe please join us at: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Here is what AI said: David Manheim and Moshe Kosher discuss addiction, recovery, and their experiences in the comedy world. They touch on topics such as drug use, blurbs for books, the challenges of being in the entertainment industry, and the importance of service in recovery. The conversation is filled with humor and personal anecdotes, providing insights into their lives and perspectives. Keywordsaddiction, recovery, comedy, drug use, entertainment industry, service, humor, personal anecdotes Takeaways:

Addiction and recovery are recurring themes in the conversation.
The challenges of being in the entertainment industry and dealing with fame are discussed.
The importance of service in recovery is highlighted.
Humor and personal anecdotes are used to convey messages and connect with the audience.

Titles:

The Power of Service in Recovery
Using Humor and Personal Anecdotes to Connect

Sound Bites

"You're obviously a drug addict."
"Welcome to Dopey, the podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit."
"Moshe Koshar is back."

Dopey 480: Relapsing after 3 years clean! Kicking OC 80's, Heroin, Benzos and Suboxone with The Junky Barber of Mastic Shirley! Jail! Rehab!

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:03:07 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by Christian from the beach! Christian delivers the serious Dopey with a side order of the power of LOVE. Christian tells all from weed to ecstacy to oxys to heroin. PLUS kicking suboxone - using in jail and much more! PLUS THE RETURN OF JT aka Whitey Tighties! Sugar Bear Bukaty! Dopey notes and much more! Here is AI on christian talk: SummaryIn this conversation, David Manheim interviews Christian Carbone about his experience with addiction. Christian shares his journey from smoking weed as a teenager to becoming a drug dealer and developing a dependence on opiates. He discusses the culture of selling and using pills, as well as the progression from eating to sniffing them. Christian also talks about his relationship with his wife and how his addiction affected their life together. The conversation highlights the allure and destructive nature of addiction. In this part of the conversation, David Manheim shares his journey of addiction and recovery. He talks about how his life changed after getting sober and starting the Dopey podcast. He also discusses the impact of the opioid crisis and the role of prescription drugs in his addiction. David reflects on the moments that led him to see himself as a drug addict and the challenges he faced during his addiction. He emphasizes the importance of finding a higher power and the power of love in his recovery. David Manheim shares his experiences during his relapse and the consequences he faced. He talks about his involvement in the shoe business and the success he achieved. However, he also reveals his increasing use of drugs and alcohol, including weed, ecstasy, and cocaine. He describes how he ignored the signs of his addiction and continued to justify his behavior. The chapter ends with his realization that he had a drinking problem after a series of incidents, including a car accident. In this final part of the conversation, David Manheim shares his experiences of relapse and the turning point that led him to take his sobriety seriously. He talks about the importance of sponsorship and service in his recovery journey. He emphasizes the need to help others and stay connected to the program to maintain sobriety. David also reflects on the fallibility of humans and the importance of staying vigilant in recovery. Keywordsaddiction, drugs, weed, pills, opiates, drug dealer, culture, progression, sniffing, relationship, addiction, recovery, sobriety, Dopey podcast, opioid crisis, prescription drugs, drug addict, higher power, love, relapse, consequences, shoe business, drugs, alcohol, addiction, weed, ecstasy, cocaine, drinking problem, car accident, relapse, turning point, sobriety, sponsorship, service, recovery journey, help others, staying connected, fallibility, vigilance Takeaways

Christian's addiction started with smoking weed as a teenager and quickly progressed to using and selling pills.
The culture of selling and using pills was prevalent during Christian's addiction, with corrupt pharmacies and various sources for obtaining drugs.
Christian's addiction led to destructive behavior and strained relationships, including his marriage.
The allure of opiates, particularly the feeling of going from sick to well, was a driving force in Christian's addiction.
Christian's story highlights the destructive nature of addiction and the need for support and recovery. Addiction can have a profound impact on a person's life, but recovery is possible with the right support and resources.
The opioid crisis has had devastating effects on individuals and communities, highlighting the need for better education and prevention strategies.
Recognizing oneself as a drug addict is a crucial step towards recovery, and it often comes after experiencing negative consequences and hitting rock bottom.
Finding a higher power and tapping into the power of love can be transformative in the recovery process.
Support from family, friends, and a sponsor is essential in maintaining sobriety and navigating the challenges of addiction. The power of addiction can lead to relapse, even after a period of sobriety.
Justifying and ignoring the signs of addiction can prevent individuals from seeking help.
Engaging in other activities, such as starting a business, may provide temporary distractions but can also enable addictive behaviors.
Consequences, such as car accidents, can serve as wake-up calls and highlight the severity of addiction.
Recognizing and accepting the presence of a drinking problem is a crucial step towards recovery. Relapse can happen even after a period of sobriety, and it is important to recognize the signs and take action.
Sponsorship and service play a crucial role in recovery, providing support and guidance to others.
Helping others and staying connected to the program are essential for maintaining sobriety.
Humans are fallible, and it is important to stay vigilant and committed to recovery.
Sharing one's story and experiences can inspire and help others in their own recovery journeys.

Titles

The Culture of Selling and Using Pills
The Allure of Opiates: Going from Sick to Well Recognizing and Accepting Addiction
The Power of a Higher Power and Love in Recovery The Illusion of Control
The Consequences of Denial The Turning Point: A Wake-Up Call to Sobriety
Helping Others: A Key to Maintaining Sobriety

Sound Bites

"I remember thinking, yeah, I like smoking weed. But that opiate feeling was the feeling that I just felt everything I wanted to feel in life."
"For about a four year period, I was picking up one to 240 80s a day."
"I remember just, like, just wow, like holy shit, like, within five minutes, I was more rocked than eating too, and I just loved it."
"I heard how it works and my life totally changed."
"At what point do you start to see yourself as a drug addict?"
"I never came across anything that was any good."
"I had so much love and support. This is a kid."
"I let my foot off the gas and I stopped giving God the credit"
"I put myself down instead of put God up"
"I just want to be helpful."
"I got married October 1st, 100% because of this program."
"If I can help someone have a day, I made a difference in this world."

Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser! Doug the Viking Guitar Player tells his story of how he was neglected and became a horrible alcoholic!

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:49:27 +0000

On a very special Dopey Patreon Tuesday Teaser we finally hear from my dear friend Doug from the beach! Doug tells all about my surprise 50th birthday party, my weight gain and his development as a horrible alcoholic! PLUS we hear from Australian Dopey OG Gabbie! For the first time in 6 years!!!! Go to Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 479: "I fcked it up. Literally, you said, right as I went, don't fck it up, and then I f*cked it up." Relapsing on Nitrous, Kava and

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:07:32 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dove and Thuann are back! Dove relapses in sober living and shares her experience of what went wrong! We deep delve into Dove's relapse and what her plans are now to stay on the right path! PLUS Thuonn from Mountainside is back with a great talk on 'How to Cultivate Hope!' Plus a crazy voicemail about attempted sex wearing a diaper, emails aplenty and the return of my dad! PLUS much more on this brand new jam packed episode of the good old Dopey show! Here's a bunch of AI Notes: They talk about the factors that led to their relapse, including seeking validation from others and engaging in risky behavior. Dove discusses their mindset during this time and the rationalizations they made to justify their actions. They also talk about the effects of misusing medication and the allure of substances. Eventually, Dove realizes the need for a structured program and enters inpatient treatment again. David and Dove discuss their experiences with spirituality and sobriety. They talk about the resistance to spirituality, the importance of being all in, and the gift of desperation. They also touch on the application of principles to drug use, the similarities between eating disorders and addiction, and the challenges of living in a sober living house. Dove shares her aspirations to go to law school and work on the criminalization of addiction. Keywords: relapse, inpatient treatment, sober living, validation, risky behavior, mindset, rationalization, medication misuse, structured program.

Keywords: spirituality, sobriety, resistance, all in, gift of desperation, principles, drug use, eating disorders, addiction, sober living, law school, criminalization of addiction

Takeaways

Seeking validation from others can lead to risky behavior and relapse.
Misusing medication can be a red flag and a slippery slope towards relapse.
Having a structured program and working the steps can help in maintaining recovery.
Honesty and rigorous self-reflection are crucial in the recovery process.
Resistance to spirituality can hinder progress in sobriety, but being all in and embracing spirituality can be beneficial.
Applying principles to drug use can help in recovery, but it's important to address other destructive behaviors as well.
Eating disorders and addiction share similar compulsive patterns and can be equally destructive.
Living in a sober living house can have its challenges, including dealing with difficult roommates.
Dove aspires to go to law school and work on the criminalization of addiction.

Titles

The Importance of a Structured Program
The Slippery Slope of Seeking Validation

Sound Bites

"I fucked it up. Literally, you said, right as I went, don't fuck it up, and then I fucked it up."
"I started crushing up my well-being trend. That was like the beginning of my relapse."
"I'm just desperate to feel okay in my own skin. And there's only so long I can sit in it."
"I've been pretty resistant to spirituality."
"I feel like I was taking that a little too far."
"I was still doing all this other fucked up shit." AI THUANN NOTES: Summary: In this conversation, David and Thuan discuss the concept of cultivating hope and finding purpose in life. Thuan shares his perspective on how hope is always present, but our negative thoughts and beliefs can block us from accessing it. They also explore the idea of hitting rock bottom and the role of surrender and asking for help in recovery. Thuan emphasizes the importance of taking small, attainable steps and finding support in community. They discuss the Dopey Zoom meetings and the power of vulnerability and rawness in sharing experiences. Thuan shares his belief that sobriety is not the end goal, but rather living one's life purpose and helping others. They touch on the role of spirituality in finding solutions to life's challenges and the importance of staying humble and open-minded. The conversation concludes with a reflection on the meaning of a life well-lived and the value of doing good and avoiding harm. Keywords: hope, purpose, rock bottom, surrender, asking for help, small goals, community, vulnerability, Dopey Zoom, sobriety, spirituality, solutions, humility, doing good, avoiding harm Takeaways
- Hope is always present, but our negative thoughts and beliefs can block us from accessing it.
- Hitting rock bottom can be a catalyst for change and surrendering to the need for help.
- Taking small, attainable steps and finding support in community can help in the recovery process.
- Sobriety is not the end goal, but rather living one's life purpose and helping others.
- Spirituality can provide solutions to life's challenges and bring a sense of peace and fulfillment.
- Staying humble, open-minded, and focused on doing good and avoiding harm can lead to a meaningful and fulfilling life.
Titles
- Rock Bottom and the Power of Surrender
- Small Steps and Community Support in Recovery
Sound Bites
- "The hope is always there. It's just my mind that's telling me that I'm worthless, that I can't get out of this."
- "When we're at our worst, where does the hope go? The hope doesn't go anywhere. It's just that my mind has checked out of the hope."
- "Hope is getting to the meeting. It's the energy of hope. Like maybe there's something here that can help me in this moment when I just don't feel like I can do it on my own."

Dopey Patreon Teaser! Cormac's Chemical Corner! Psychedlics! LSD! MDMA! Toosie! Orange Sunshine! Recovery

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:10:28 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a stupid teaser move we give away a free Cormac's Chemical Corner! Rejoice! As Cormac and I? take a semi deep dive into psychedelicas and the idiosyncrasies of the dopey nation! SummaryThe conversation covers a deep dive into the world of Dopey Reddit, chemical experiences, and the history of LSD. It also delves into personal experiences with psychedelics, addiction, and the impact of Dopey on listeners. The discussion includes references to influential figures in the drug culture and the impact of addiction on individuals and families. Keywords: Dopey, Reddit, chemical experiences, LSD, psychedelics, addiction, drug culture, influential figures, personal experiences, impact of Dopey Takeaways

Insights into the world of Dopey Reddit and the impact of the podcast on listeners.
Personal experiences with psychedelics and the impact of addiction on individuals and families.
Exploration of the history of LSD and influential figures in the drug culture.

Titles

Diving into Dopey Reddit and Chemical Experiences
Personal Journeys with Psychedelics and Addiction

Sound Bites

"We just recorded a fun, serious deep dive into the world of Dopey Reddit and I revealed some things about Dopey that I probably shouldn't have revealed to Cormac and Selby."
"The orange sunshine was busted out of a trusted friend's vault and taken during the days at Jazz Fest about five years ago. It was exactly what it was named. Just pure sunshine for about 12 hours."
"Nicholas Sand, creator of Orange Sunshine LSD dies at age 75. He launched tens of millions of acid trips across generations by producing arguably the most pure LSD known as orange sunshine."

Chapters 00:00Diving into Dopey Reddit and Chemical Experiences 02:14Personal Journeys with Psychedelics and Addiction 06:31Uncovering the History of LSD and Influential Figures

Dopey 478: How David Riggins Burned off his Leg While Super High on Fentanyl and Found Recovery and Other Dumb Sh!t, Ketamine, God, Xylazine

Fri, 31 May 2024 17:17:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a wicked fire doozy of a Dopey story - David Riggins comes to the show and tells his insane story. David did it all from weed to fentanyl and every drug under the sun in between!Starting as a drug dealer, joining the military and descending down a path to total insanity. David did it all from weed to fentanyl and every drug under the sun in between! David's mission is to now help as many people as possible! PLUS a Novak Song, Emails, Stories, more, more, more!!!! Check out David Riggin's Movement: www.heal-family.com notes: - kingpin aspirations, preteen thugging - dealing pills and weed for a pedo at 9-10 years old - joining the military after 9/11, breaks his legs - prescribed morphine and oxycodone - brick of mexican coke - led into heroin by new pharmaceutical opiate restrictions - estranged relationship with his kids - effects of fent vs. other opiates vs. xylazine - homelessness - scamming the VA - burn accident - ketamine drip, opiate smorgasbord in the hospital - amputation - spiritual experience that removed social anxiety at a meeting - depression, making videos as an escape, living with disability

Dopey Tuesday Teaser! Alan and Robbie! Mushrooms! Trouble for our 50th! Booze, Recovery

Tue, 28 May 2024 15:53:15 +0000

This teaser is a classic moment where my childhood friend Robbie and I are recording at our friend Greg's house out East when trouble strikes! Plus my dad makes fun of Robbie for being too woo woo and more in this tiny teaser! For the full show join Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Help me get out of the Deli and sign up for Patreon! Boat loads of Dopey on tap!

Dopey 477: Hunting Serial Killers Operating Under the Cloak of America's Opioid Epidemic, Billy Jensen, Alcohol, Recovery, Chris Paulson

Sat, 25 May 2024 00:43:14 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined byt author, true crime journalist, crime fighter and recovering alcoholic Billy Jensen! We hear all about the deaths of opiate addicted sex workers in Ohio and how Billy Jensen tried to help solve the crimes! Plus Billy's own recovery from alcoholism, and how he dealt with being 'cancelled'. PLUS my dad returns and we listen to multiple Dopey emails and Dopey Voicemails! PLUS Chris Paulson returns for the new Dopey Segment 'ASK A THERAPIST'! ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE ON THE BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THAT GOOD OLD DOPEY SHOW! notes : - the "perfect victim," true crime stories often centering "normal" white women - apathy of cops; crowd-sourced crime solving - parents were addicts/alcoholics - late bloomer - alcoholism began age 34 - weirdly responsible about his alcoholism - journalism and media conglomerates - writing and drinking (write sober, edit drunk) - Michelle McNamara - true crime cultural fascination - murders in the drug/sex work world - reporting factually vs. producing a good show - corrupt cops - the ohio story - drunken misconduct - suicidal ideation - infantalization in treatment - childhood sexual assault - apology - recovery

Dopey Matisyahu Patreon Teaser! Weed! LSD! Sex! Reggae! Hip hop! Judaism! Religion! Brooklyn! Phish!

Wed, 22 May 2024 00:13:58 +0000

The Big Dopey Tease! Reggae Superstar Matisyahu is the first guest to drink and smoke weed on the show! We hear all about his transformation from mild mannered suburban hippie kid into Reggae Legend Matisyahu! Hear about his love of Phish, the Grateful Dead and hippie culture! But this is only a short teaser! The full 2 plus hour episode is available only on Dopey Patreon! Join Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Plus a crazy Meth Story from Ivy! Support Dopey and join Patreon!!!!!

Dopey 476: Thursday's Geoff Rickly Trips Ibogaine to get off of Heroin! Boofing! Oxys! Withdrawal! Fentanyl DMT! Recovery!

Fri, 17 May 2024 23:55:14 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are super excited to be joined by legendary Geoff Rickly the lead singer of THURSDAY! Geoff takes us on his incredible rise to meteoric fame as the front man for Thursday and then the horrible decent into oxy and ultimately heroin addiction. And the unlikely turn of events when Geoff decided to take a chance at recovery through the incredible process of treatment via the ancient psychedelic substances of ibogaine and DMT! It is world class Dopey! PLUS! Dopey emails and voicemails! geoff notes: - emo - sudden rise to fame - codeine from the vocal doctor - fentanyl lollipop - cold water extraction - doctor coming to shows with a briefcase of drugs - electrocuting himself jumping off a stage at reading - boofing heroin - morning glory and poppy seeds - martin shkreli - quotes from his book - heroin "investments" - ibogaine and the black panthers - ibogaine retreat in mexico - dmt - early recovery - selling guitars and banksys for heroin - jedd's questions

Dopey Raytreon - Hatreon - Teaser! Heroin! Cum! Recovery! SEX WORK! Meth! Coke! Ray!

Wed, 15 May 2024 17:18:20 +0000

RAYTREON TEASER with Special guest! PLUS SUPER DOPEY VOICE MAIL FROM MIKE 'MICK' 'MR.' POHAM! Go to https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast for the super dopey special with a super special guest!!!!!

Dopey 475: Dopey Tuesday: How to Stop Being Depressed or Even Guru's Get Depressed with Dopey Guru Thuann Nguyen, Addiction, Meth, Recovery,

Tue, 14 May 2024 16:20:46 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a radical new twist we do a show all about overcoming depression with Mountainside Director of Mind, Body and Spirit, Thuann Nguyen. Thuann tells us all about a shaky period he recently went through and how he got out of it! Plus Dopey emails and much more on this super inspirational episode of your favorite podcast all about drugs, addiction and dumb shit! notes: - imposter syndrome - both working in treatment and needing to utilize treatment - isolating - emotional/spiritual relapse - thuann's depression checklist - meditation If you want TONS of more Dopey then join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 474: The Great Opiate Capers of Matt Lieb, Boofing Dilauded, Homemade Rigs, Stealing Prescription Pad, TRAUMA, Recovery

Fri, 10 May 2024 23:49:44 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by Comedian, Podcaster and Satirist, Matt Lieb! Matt comes on and brings the serious Dopey - starting with his first opiate experience at 8! His complex trauma and how his addiction blossomed into full blown opiate dependency! PLUS interning at the needle exchange and so much more! PLUS super Dopey voicemails and emails and much much more on a brand new episode of Dopey! Check out Matt at: https://www.instagram.com/mattliebjokes/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-hasbara-the-worlds-most-moral-podcast/id1721813926 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-yourself-a-gun-a-rewatch-podcast/id1449785792 Notes for the Show: - zionist propaganda learned in hebrew school - dilaudid in nantucket at 8 - suspicious naming of pharmaceutical opiates (di-LAUDED) - complex trauma - trying to cop at NA, then needle exchange, then doctors office - "they don't know i'm a functioning heroin addict" meme - elaborate cheating in school - stolen prescription pad - tramadol overdose + opiate withdrawal = grand mal seizure - homemade rig - boofing dilaudid - intervention actually leading to getting clean eventually

Dopey Tuesday - BABY REINDEER DEEP DIVE/ASK ERIN TEASER!!!!! Heroin, GHB, Crack! Recovery!

Tue, 07 May 2024 19:05:32 +0000

This week on Dopey Tuesday! THIS IS A TEASER - The real thing is up on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast However I play one of the most emotional voicemail's i've ever heard on this TEASER! Erin Khar is Back!!! Someone has a crush on someone else in the Dopey Nation and writes an Ask Erin question about it! Plus a look inside our families Passover this year! A Deep Dive into Baby Reindeer and tons of other dumb shit! And an email too! Please join Patreon! It's a teaser! The real thing is up on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 473: How I Smuggled Dope from India in a Dildo Made of Heroin with Louie M! The Ultimate Gay Drug Smuggler Episode! MDMA! Bolivian Coc

Fri, 03 May 2024 18:40:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a super special new Dopey! We are joined by one of the greatest Dopey storytellers in the history of the show! Louie Mandrapillias - the gay weed kingpin of Houston tells a Dopey story unlike all Dopey stories which starts innocently enough in Shreveport Louisiana and winds up in India smuggling heroin back to New York City up his butt in a dildo shaped condom. There are too many incredible Dopey stories to ruin in this description! PLUS voicemails from Australia, a letter from prison and so much more in a super extra special new episode of the good old Dopey Show! NOTES! - MDA and studio 54 - speedballs - trafficking drugs from india - opium den - bhagwan compound - smuggling heroin in a condom - DEA search at the airport - projecting drug use onto random people when you're high - bolivian cocaine, getting caught - avoids jail time with nepotism - heroin from bangkok smuggling tek - HIV positive - spontaneous recovery awakening - LA AA scene

Dopey 472: Dopey Tuesday: The Return of Amy Dresner! Surviving Depression in Recovery! Shooting Meth! F#cking in the Laundry Room! Sober Dat

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:46:52 +0000

This week on Dopey Tuesday! Amy Dresner is Back!!!! And fills us in on her experiences with loss, medical problems, and mental health challenges while maintaining her recovery. She shares her journey with epilepsy, including the triggers and treatments she has encountered. Amy also opens up about her struggles with depression and suicidal ideation, emphasizing the importance of seeking professional help and using coping skills! Despite the hardships she has faced, Amy remains committed to her recovery and offers support to others who may be going through similar challenges. In this part of the conversation, Amy and David discuss their experiences with sober dating and the benefits of dating someone in recovery. https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/ftg17xhz Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 471: Boofing Heroin! Drinking Mouthwash! Hearing Demons! Brittany Jade is a Sober Super Star! PLUS Todd Shot part 4! TikTok! Parentin

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:59:24 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by content creator and recovery advocate - Brittany Jade and hear a super crazy Dopey story of debauchery, recovery and redemption! It's all here! From punching walls and going to the drunk tank! To suboxone, meth and heroin! Plus how Brittany recovered her family and the crazy supernatural revelation on the way! Plus so much more! PLUS! Voice mails, emails and looking back at what would have been Todd's 50th birthday by revisiting the one time he actually came in to record with Chris and I in Person! Serious debauchery, comedy, recovery and tenderness in this extra long, extra dopey episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy notes - evicted bc she punched a hole through a wall while drunk - getting roofied - intervention - stealing boyfriends' suboxone - drinking mouthwash - sent home from treatment with a stockpile of benzos - miraculously got sober on her own and had a few years of solidity before relapsing - "demons" - parenting while drinking - hotel minibar relapse - psychosis - ^ husband thinking it was a christian awakening - valium - boyfriend smuggling from mexico - boofing heroin - overdosing at the casino - restraining order - custody drama - parasocial relationships - getting cancelled - mental health around social media

DOPEY TUESDAY - The 420 Special with Jeremy Live in Los Angeles Patreon Teaser! Weed! Heroin! Todd Shot!

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:56:28 +0000

FIRST PATREON TEASER! Me and Jeremy talk 420! Remembering Todd! PLUS a brand new Voicemail! If you wanna hear the whole thing listen here (it gets better:)): https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

Dopey 470: Is Kimber King the Dopey Savior? Vaped Meth from her Vape! Cocaine Christmas! Crack, Fentanyl Trauma, Recovery!,

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 23:17:00 +0000

Thjis week on an extra Special new Dopey! We are reunited with 'The Call's' Kimber King! Kimber brings the Dopey like very few guests have brought the Dopey. Kimber has been through the mill and now she is here to represent for all the serious Dopes out there in nDopeyland! PLUS! 2 NEW VOICEMAILS! Candyflipping, 2 shitting in pants stories and much much more on a brand new classic episode of that good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic. - how her mom's addiction fed into hers (literally), mom on percocet catching her smoking weed and giving her a brownie sundae - coke at family christmas - trauma bonding, generational trauma - brother's murder, mom unjustly charged for "withholding information" - adderall and ritalin - bulimia - shooting up routine - nitrous - pinching from garbage bags of bundles - vivitrol - shitting in a bush - meth vape - friend using meth to lose weight for bonnaroo - punched in the face by nazi - aryan meth compound (have you seen the movie Green Room? this is the image i'm getting, terrifying) - "farm to table meth" - ending up random places on benzos - xanax/fent/coke/ketamine nasal spray - overdoses - high speed car chase - homelessness

Dopey 469: Dopey Tuesday: John Bukaty Returns! The Wooks vs. The Hippies! Smuggling Drugs for Van Halen! WEED, Sugar, Cocaine, Sleep, Recov

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:29:08 +0000

This week on a brand new episode of Dopey Tuesday we are joined by our friend, and brilliant painter, and budding author John 'Sugar Bear' Bukaty! We hear all about his weed smuggling days with Van Halen. His love for sugar and 'booger sugar' how he learned to sleep getting sober and so much more! Plus my favorite new bit in years! All that and more on a brand new edition of Dopey Tuesday! Highlights include: -new texting persistence lol - mis en place - "booger sugar" - drug courier for van halen - how to sleep after getting sober - wooks vs. hippies - wellbutrin - "calm" - pocky - grateful dead on red meat - stoicism - controlling impulses More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 468: Hank Azaria's Epic Return! On Recovery! Matthew Perry! Celebrity Deaths! Trauma!, Codependency! Overdose! WEED! Psychedlics!

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:46:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! American actor, comedian, and producer Hank Azaria is back! And brings some recovery for a nice change of pace on this week's Dopey! We hear all about his friendship with Matthew Perry an what his loss meant as well as the impact of celebrity deaths in general. PLUS way way more on possibly an even better than the first appearance on Dopey! PLUS the First Ever: CORMAC'S CHEMICAL CORNER with the great Cormac! Plus emails and voicemails from the Dopey Nation! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 467: Dopey Tuesday: Total Eclipse of Doug Bopst, Prison, Oxycontin, Percocet, Weed, Trauma, Fitness, My Dad!

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:41:02 +0000

This week on Dopey Tuesday! We are joined by fitness guru, my friend and friend of the show and host of The Adversity Advantage - Doug Bopst! Doug tells his crazy story and how going to prison might just have saved his life! PLUS: BONUS WITH MY DAD! And Emails! Doug's Highlights include: - throwing a party while his mom was in the hospital - going to the hospital for a panic attack - percocet and oxys - sniffing pills prep - weed dealing - stealing from people you know, manipulation - getting arrested - was about to get out of the game but his grandparents wouldn't lend him the money, then got arrested - owing the dealer $ - shitting in his jail cell - tough love - losing weight/getting fit in jail - almost getting arrested the day after getting out of jail - reaching a goal and still not being happy More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 466: The Most Unlikely Dopey Love Story or Selling Your Ass for Oxys! Trans Love, Gang Life, Heroin, Crips, Trauma, Sex Work, Porn, Co

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by inspirational content creator, fitness instructor, adult film star and ex plumber, Jesse Shwenker. Jesse drops a super hard core Dopey tale on us starting with his traumatic and violent Suffolk County upbringing with 1% motorcycle gangs, dealing pills and his time in the crips. Hear all about his insane journey down the coast to his current life and love in Del Ray Beach Florida. It gets super nuts! PLUS Dopey emails, Voicemails, my dad is back and much much more on a brand new fuck-o style episode of that good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 465: Dopey Tuesday: DOPEY SECRETS REVEALED! Is Nitrous a Relapse? or What is Your Problem with Feeling Uncomfortable? Erin Khar Return

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:47:08 +0000

This week on Dopey Tuesday! Strung Out Author, Unlicensed Advise Columnist and Elite Equestrian Erin Khar is back! This week we kick it around old school and read emails, and talk TV, Ice Cream and much more on this Tuesday hang out with Erin! PLUS Ask Erin and the revealing of Dopey secrets! On this weeks new episode of that good old Dopey Tuesday Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 464: Truanon's Brace Belden Hates Hippies! But Loves Nazi Punk Rock and Heroin and Sometimes has Cravings! Dina LaFonte has Recovery T

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are reunited with Brace Belden and Dina LaFonte - but separately! First Brace comes back on and is hilarious! He tells of an old school Acid romp and why he hates hippies and so much more! Plus Dina LaFonte returns and gives some straight up recovery advice and how she helps addicts in recovery! PLUS emails, a voicemail from Australia, IG notes and much more on a brand new hilarious new episode of that good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 463: Dopey Tuesday! How Margaret Cho Avoided Getting Beaten Up by Mariah Carey and nearly became a Weed Billionaire, Snoop Dogg, Benzo

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:48:00 +0000

This Tuesday on Dopey! We are reunited with comedy and dopey legend, author, actor, singer/songwriter, playwrite and all around amazing dope-of-all-trade and super friend of the show! Margaret Cho! Margaret had me over at her house and we kicked the dopey around - from lean to kratom to hobnobbing with the rich and famous and almost starting a weed empire! Plus Dopey Reddit - emails and much more on the newest in new editions of that old/new Dopey Tuesday show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 462: Kimber Shot Fentanyl in her Neck called a Hotline and Died. Stephen Brought her Back to Life. Anatomy of an Overdose. Mass overdo

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on a very special, very long new episode of Dopey! We take a super deep dive exploring the This American Life episode 'The Call' all about the Mass Overdose Prevention Hotline and Never Use Alone. All about the story of Kimber and Stephen her near fatal overdose - and how he saved her life! PLUS Stephen's journey to recovery - Kimber's crazy Dopeyness and much much more. ALSO a hand written letter from Montana in Texas Prison! All that plus voicemails, emails and much more on a brand new episode of that good old dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 461: Dopey Tuesday: How to Not Brawl in the Streets and Write a Book and not Loz of Brutal Recovery, All about Dissociation, Mindful

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:36:12 +0000

This week on Dopey! We have a super fun catch up with LOZ of Brutal Recovery! We talk all about Loz's 6 year sober anniversary, and learn how she copes with social media addiction and stays mindful! Plus how to avoid jealousy and how to write a book and so much more! PLUS Dopey emails and a brand NEW Song by Brer Brian! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 460: Smoking Fentanyl and Crack & Joining the Crips OR Relapsing on Kratom with 'TikTok Daddy' and 'Thirst Trap', Benji Gleason aka 8e

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey Legend Alert! When I heard about Benji Gleason, I had no idea what was coming down the pike. Benjamin Gleason aka 8enjamin3orderline has lived as Dopey a life as I have ever heard. From a deeple traumatic upstate New York upbringing in and out of institutions to selling MDMA and Ketamine up and down the west coast of America. Plus joining the crips, Ayahuasca, jail time - and how can we forget blowing up on TikTok to the tune of 1.2 million followers! His story will live on in Dopey infamy for eternity. PLUS fucking up your teeth on methadone, voicemails and loads of other dumb shit on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SHOW SPONSORS:: Oro Recovery - https://www.ororecovery.com/ Mountainside Recovery - https://mountainside.com/dopey Discovery Recovery - https://discoverrecovery.com Sober Link - https://www.soberlink.com/partners/dopey Recovery in the Middle Ages - https://middleagesrecovery.com/ Loosid - https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/myzopg17 https://try-loosid-today.onelink.me/rb8T/opb5k3oc https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/ftg17xhz https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/5c4q0a4p https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/9hicqcym https://loosiddating.onelink.me/CAgW/ccer1320

Dopey 459: DOPEY TUESDAY: Jakob Nowell! Trauma! Meth! Booze! Sublime! Jakobs Castle! Recovery!

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:50:20 +0000

This Week on Dopey Tuesday! We are joined by Jakob Nowell, the creative force of Jakobs Castle also a drug addict in recovery! Jakob was born into SoCal Rock and Roll Royalty. His father Bradley Nowell was the lead singer, songwriter and guitar player in legendary So-Cal punk/reggae/alternative legendary band SUBLIME. Bradley tragically died at age 28 when Jakob was only a 1 year old. Now, Jakob is 28 and is the new lead singer and guitar player for SUBLIME. Jakob tells his whole story of drug addiction and recovery and what it was like with the pain, pleasure and pressure of being a musician in Southern California and the intensity of stepping into the shoes of his dead in order to be a 'custodian of the legacy' of SUBLIME! It is a heavy talk with a super talented singer, songwriter and guitar player in long term recovery! More About Dopey:

Dopey 458: Welcome to Anniewood! Annie Lederman! trauma! BOOFING ketamine! Psychedelic therapy! cocaine! ayahuaska! MDMA! drinking! comedy!

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by comedy and podcast legend, Annie Lederman!!!! Straight from the heart of Anniewood in Venice Beach California! Listen to Annie’s harrowing story overcoming alcoholism and deep trauma. Plus hilarious takes on her painful childhood, tragedy and the healing power of psychedelics! All that and more on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 457: DOPEY TUESDAY: What Happened to Fentanyl Jay? Heroin, Alcohol, Booze, Prison, Xanax, Recovery?,

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 18:15:59 +0000

First Tuesday Show! Lot's of people have been dying to know - what happened to Fentanyl Jay? For those who don't know - Jay was busted in Ohio 3 years ago. What happened with that? Well some of the answer is right here! For those who love or hate Jay - please listen and let us know what you thought at dopeypodcast@gmail.com Plus voicemails, emails and more on our new vamped up old Tuesday dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 456: Tweaking Out Naked in a Bathtub full of Coke with Dina La Fonte, Trauma, Adderall Psychosis, Poverty, Homeless, Molly, Ketamine,

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dina gets super vulnerable on her intensely traumatic childhood and how she was drinking at 10, couch surfing, basically homeless at age 13. And how a life of neglect turned into a life of addiction and ultimately recovery and deep service! PLUS emails, Voicemails and tons of Dopey Stories! PLUS the return of my dad and much much more on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 455: "I Busted Less Nuts Than I Sh!t, Which was None." - Truanon's Brace Belden, Shooting heroin, meth, Syria, TRAUMA, DETOX, Recovery

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary podcaster, rabble rouser and substance abuser, from the Truanon Podcast, Brace Belden! Brace brings some serious old school Dopey recounting his intense decline into absolute debauchery. From surviving unsurmountable childhood tragedy and trauma, to starting a war mongering punk band in the Bay Area to fighting in the Syrian Civil War! Did we mention he was also a florist?!?!?! Brace is a true Dopey Legend and we were thrilled to have him! PLUS voicemails, anniversaries and much more on a super old school new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 454: Deaf Mother Masturbates with Really Loud Vibrator! Part 1: Moshe Kosher Renounces AA! PLUS Junkies Doing Good Stuff with Sam Qui

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:00:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the incredible comedian, writer, podcaster and all around super smart and funny guest Moshe Kasher! Moshe recently wrote an incredible memoir called Subculture Vulture all about his life within 6 scenes! He starts with AA and we learn all about his rough and tumble younger days before he got sober. It is a very different kind of Dopey! Then we are joined by best selling journalist and author Sam Quinones for the first installment of 'Junkies Doing Good Stuff'! Where we learn about junkies who are doing good stuff! PLUS emails voicemails and more! For this brand new episode of the good old dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 452: How I Learned to Shoot Heroin at Rehab or Why My Dad Pressed the Charges with Abbey Fickley, Young Pregnancy, Benzos, Snorting Ta

Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:17:10 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by content creator, YouTube phenom, Co Parnt Expert and recovering Dope Fiend, Abbey Fickley! On a super old school episode of Dopey we learn all about Abbey's humble upbringing in Pittsburgh PA and her gradually then suddenly crazy descent into super hard core drug addiction. All the while while trying to be a mother to a baby girl. This is a classic tale of how a young heroin addicted woman got sober, relapsed, got sober again, relapsed and ultimately got her shit together to be a super mom to her young daughter. PLUS Emails, Voicemails and much more on a crazy inspirational new episode of the good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 452: Rest in Peace Brother Wayne Kramer Replay! MC5, Heroin, Kicking in Jail, Meth, Trauma, Depression, Psychedelic Medicine, Recovery

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 14:59:33 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rock and Roll legend, Wayne Kramer comes on the show to kick out the serious Dopey, mother fucker! We hear all about the beginnings of the seminal rock and roll band the MC5 and Wayne's earliest days of taking drugs in the 1960's in Detroit. That's when the shit hit's the fan and Wayne's career gets sidetracked, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 451: Stripping and Sex Work! Coke and Booze! Meth and Trauma! Steroids! Full Nudity! Pimping Ain't Easy with Aaron Berg! Recovery and

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Dopeycon IV alumni, comedian Aaron Berg to hear his dark alcoholic story of stripping in Canada and the dark world of sex, booze, coke and pimping he fell into. PLUS steroids! Comedy and more! PLUS crazy meth voicemails and emails from Australia! And the return of an old friend to the show! All that and much more on this weeks brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 450: Lenny from the Beach faces Jail Time for Dealing Coke, Meth Addict and Meditation Master Thuan Nguyentells his story, fear, faith

Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:04:53 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In our 450th episode we are possibly somehow visited by Chris during my sponsees father-in-law's wake. Then! Lenny from the Beach returns to update us on a potentially sticky situation he is in - facing serious jail time for allegedly dealing coke. We talk faith and fear, and much more. THEN Thuan Nguyen joins us to tell his unlikely story from meth addict to meditation master! All that and still much more! Voicemails, emails, Disney, and more more more on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 449: The Demonic Paranoid Super Meth Sex Extravaganza with Boston 2% and the Return of DJ Don! Meth, Kratom, Trauma, Psych Ward, Recov

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! In an insane new comprehensive crystal meth soaked episode of Dopey we meet Boston 2% - A recovering meth/SEX addict who went to the darkest of places on an obsessive meth mission to the brink of destruction only to find redemption after being locked away in jail and in a mental institution. PLUS DJ DON returns to tell of his last meth relapse - and his return to recovery! ALSO SUPER JUICY DOPEY VOICEMAILS, EMAILS and MUCH MUCH MORE on the BRAND NEW EPISODE OF THE GOOD OL DOPEY SHOW! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 448: Buying Fake Crack at Gunpoint, Endless Ketamine & Jessica Kent Tells All! Surviving Domestic Narcissistic Abuse, Relapse, Divorce

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:03:46 +0000

This week on Dopey! Jessica Kent returns! And gives us the heart wrenching but ultimately inspiring story of her current domestic situation. How she dealt with her long time partners relapse and how she parents their two daughters. PLUS my dad returns and gives his take on Dopey Beef! PLUS crazy fucked up voicemails and emails and much much more on this weeks super hard core addition of the good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 447: Robbing the Pharmacy with Andre from Ronkonkoma, Heroin, OC 80’s, KRATOM, Suboxone, ACA, Recovery, TRAUMA, Sex Addiction

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:00:20 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by local Dope, Andre! Andre tells a very comprehensive story of his very complicated journey from trauma with his dad to crazy heroin and crack addiction all the way back to recovery. All along the way with kratom, suboxone, norcos, delta 8 gummies! We learn how ultimately Andre became a loving parent to himself! It was very beautiful - and extremely Dopey! PLUS voicemails on chem sex, emails on meth sex, sober anniversaries and so much more on the brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 446: Maia Szalavitz is the World’s Greatest Addict Champion!(and she sold Jerry Garcia Cocaine!) PLUS Chem Sex! Dank Bud! Harm Reducti

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:35:08 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In a super deluxe, extra large and comprehensive Dopey New Years Episode we cover a lot of ground! Starting with NY TIMES contributor, author and world renowned Harm Reductionist Maia Szalavitz makes a state of the Dopey Nation address on the status of all things drugs addiction and some dumb shit. Including safe injection sites, Kratom, legal weed and much much more. Then Artist and friend of the show John Bukaty talks kicking sugar and other dumb shit AND Jake from West Virginia finally calls in after listening to the show for years and years and years. PLUS A BRAND NEW SONG FROM STEVE POLTZ! Featuring: Margaret Cho, Ashley Hamilton, Ethan Suplee, Dopey Dres, Jess Kent, Doug Bobst, and Jeanine Coulter and a glowing universe of Dopes!

Dopey 445: Shooting Molly in an Iowa Trap House on Ibogaine with Kratom and Liquid LSD on A Very Special Dopey Christmas 2023

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:06:27 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's beginning to look a lot like Dopey! In our old school brand new Christmas special we catch up with Dopey OG Matthew Weidemeir-Carroll and hear all about his relapse and return this holiday season! PLUS Dove's struggle with Kratom and her experience with Ibogaine! Paulina Pinsky's 2 Year Anniversary and her first meeting! PLUS a cavalcade of Dopes! And much much more on this very special Dopey Christmas!!! Merry Christmas Dopey Nation and Fucking Toodles for Chris! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 444: Punching Crack Dealers for More Crack on Long Island with Gary, Demonology, Weed, Recovery, DETOX, Trauma,

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 22:59:00 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We have a local superstar from the Beach! Gary the Suffolk County Crack Connoisseur! Gary tells a seriously comprehensive and touching story of his deep journey to the edge and back! PLUS two voicemails! Emails! And the return of my Dad on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 443: The Return of Bob Forrest, Remembering Mike Martt! Christmas, LSD, Fentanyl, Heroin, DETOX, Trauma, Recovery

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:21:39 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey legend and old time champion of the show Bob Forrest is back to remember his departed songwriting partner, podcast producer and life long friend Mike Martt! We hear how they linked up and some of their misadventures together as well as Mike's impact on Don't Die, Thelonious Monster, Punk Rock and Los Angeles Recovery. PLUS we hear from Mike himself in segments from his 2020 Dopey appearance. ALSO: Dopey Nation Legend Axel's voicemail on fentanyl in weed, emails and much more on this brand new emotional pre holiday episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 442: Michael Dowd: The Most Corrupt Cop in New York City, Pink Cocaine Ring on Long Island, Crack, Crime, Booze, Heroin, Prison

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:19:41 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by infamous corrupt New York City police officer, Michael Dowd. We hear about his rise in East New York's legendary 75th precinct. We learn about how Michael Dowd broke bad and get the story on what happened after teaming up with nefarious Dominican drug kingpin Adam Diaz. PLUS how Dowd's alcoholism and addiction to action(and cocaine) drove him ultimately to 12 years in prison. EMAILS! VOICEMAILS, The Return of Ask Erin! and much more on this brand new super gritty corrupt morally shaky episode of that good old Dopey show. Also a short homage to friend of the show and Los Angeles legend - Mike Martt. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 441: Xylazine! Fent Laced Weed! Psychedelic Therapy!Tthe return of Dr. Nzinga Harrison and a very special guest!

Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by Dr. Nzinga Harrison and a very very special Dopey guest! We go over so much stuff on the nature of addiction including - addiction susceptibility! Nature vs. nurture! Race-based alienation in 12 step recovery! Serious questions and answers with the Dopey Nation! Plus so much more - Emails AND Voicemails! the return of a very special anonymous guest and tons more on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! ALSO - My Dad is doing well recovering from hip surgery. He will update you guys next week - thanks for all of the concern! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 440: The Thanksgiving Show! Home Grown Opium with Margaret Cho, Remembering Bill Blaber, Speed, Fen-Phen, Weed, Opiates, Shooting Meth

Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:51:46 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In a seriously Special Thanksgiving Special we are joined by comedy icon, and Super-Dopey OG Margaret Cho! We learn more about her early days of becoming an addict. Her obsession with weed! A birthday party with Hollywood royalty, living in sobriety and much more! PLUS we remember our friend Bill Blaber and play one of his legendary Dopey appearances. PLUS Thanksgiving messages from Dopes, emails, voicemails and even more on a super smattering of gratitude Thanksgiving extravaganza of the good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 439: Crazy Fraternity Xanax Ring! Dopey True Crime! Murder! Benzos! Cocaine! Recovery! Max Marshall’s Among the Bros! The Return of Au

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 00:03:32 +0000

This Week On Dopey! In an all new episode we tackle the super hot genre of true crime - Dopey style with author/journalist Max Marshall and his thrilling new book 'Among the Bro's! We learn all about a crazy drug ring and the diabolical lengths these frat bros go to make money and the crazy spread of benzos in the college coke dealer community! Plus! Voicemails, Emails, and the return of Aurora and my Dad! On this week's brand new installment of that Good Old Dopey Show! More On Dopey! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 438: Do Heroic Doses of Mushrooms Conquer Addiction or Liquid Liters of Ketamine from India! MDMA, Spirituality, Trauma, WEED, Cocaine

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:05:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! English stand up, actor, video game voice over artist and EDM DJ and overall content creator/ARTIST -Jeff Leach! Jeff brings a heroic dose of psychedelic Dopey this week on the show! We hear all about his incredibly versatile path through entertainment and addiction. Plus Jeff's thoughts on childhood, being a step father, depression and how mushrooms super charged his recovery journey! PLUS voicemails! Emails and much much more on this brand spanking new, very English, EXTRA LONG new episode of that good ol Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 437: A Tale of Two Dopes! The Tale of a Homeless Crackhead! The Funeral on Benzos! Diarrhea on Crack! Mowing the Lawn on Meth! Death!

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:10:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a multi-Dope episode we are first joined by Chris P. and hear his heart wrenching story from homeless crackhead to successful therapist in recovery with a world of pain, trauma and substance abuse in between. Then we are joined by renowned poet and comic C. Cimmone and hear an even more heart wrenching tale of love, loss, hope and redemption! Plus! Voicemails, Emails and much much more on this weeks brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 436: Demonic Biker Bar Angel Dust Murder City with John Joseph! Recovery, PCP, Heroin, Weed, Hare Krishna, Glory Holes, Method Man, P

Sat, 21 Oct 2023 00:31:48 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rejoice! Rejoice! For Dopey Legend John Joseph of Bloodclot, the Cro-Mags and author of countless books has returned! Listen as John takes us back on his oral tour of an old New York City full of punk rock, the origins of Angel Dust, and how he found recovery! PLUS JJ's weed delivery service, classic voicemails, emails and bonus goodies! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 434: DopeyCon IV! With Hank Azaria, Aaron Berg, Dr. Drew, Bobby Dukes, Brandon Novak, Lili Taylor, Paulina Pinsky, Mackenzie Phillips,

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! DopeyCon IV!!!! A cavalcade of Dopes! A treasure Trove ofand Dopey Stories! It's all here! Bobby Dukes burning a dude's dick with a crack pipe in a glory hole to Jessa Reed's Opus Owl Story! Plus great recovery with Hank Azaria, Joe Schrank, Ask Erin Khar! Music by Ray Brown and so very much more on this weeks brand new spanking episode of that good old Dopey Show! DopeyCon IV!!!!! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 433: Overdosing on Barbiturates, Shooting Meth with Your Best Friend’s Mom, Kicking Methadone in Alaska, Relapsing after 15 Years Clea

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In a crazy old school super banana firey installment of Dopey we are joined by Tommy 2 Wolves AKA Dutch - who delivers the old school Dopey! We hear a wall to wall, non stop ridiculously debauched tale of an old school New Yorker and his journey through hell to return to carry a serious message of beautiful recovery. PLUS we get a voicemail from Acey Slade and one from John Bukaty and read some psychedelic emails! PLUS getting ready for DOPEYCON IV!!!! ALL THAT AND MORE ON A CRAZY TOWN NEW EPISODE OF THAT GOOD OLD DOPEY SHOW!

Dopey 432: Hank Azaria makes Amends for Apu, Al-Anon, Codependency, all things addiction and social justice Alannon

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Dopey dream guest, and Emmy Award Winner, Hank Azaria comes on the show for an epic talk all about his recovery, alcoholism and his life and career! Get ready for a serious deep dopey dive with Hank on how his alcoholism/addict-ness developed, his rise to fame and how he discovered his true addiction. PLUS all of the inside information on the rise and fall of Apu on the Simpsons! And how Hank got a crash course in social justice and the efforts he is making to make proper amends. All that plus crazy stoner voicemails! Crazy nitrous notes! And Dave's horrible addiction to sugar and hatred of Trader Joe's, and how he stole AA's money on a seriously high quality new episode of that good old dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 431: Injecting LSD and (finally)Putting it into your Eyes with Harold Owens, ’Chef’ Jeff Mauro and the Rough Return of Fentanyl Jay, H

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:19:01 +0000

This week on Dopey! In another Park City Song Summit based episode - we are joined by recovery legend and the former Director of Music Cares Harold Owens! Harold takes us on a trip back in the day of growing up in Los Angeles, shooting barbiturates and ultimately succumbing to heroin addiction. Before experiencing the old school therapeutic community of Synanon! Then we hear how Harold turned it around becoming a recovery advocate and helping hundreds of addicts and alcoholic as a facilitator, interventionist and eventually as the Executive Director of Music Cares. Then we stumble onto celebrity Chef Jeff Mauro who tells us of a lost stoner adventure in Amsterdam. All leading up to the Rough Return of Fentanyl Jay. It is a bumpy ride, buckle up for the brand new epidsoe of the Good Old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.

Dopey 430: The Booze, Brilliance and Horrible Crack Addiction of Steve Poltz, Jewel, psilocybin, recovery

Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:06:49 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In one of my very favorite interviews, we are joined by world renowned singer/songwriter Steve Poltz. It all happened on location at the Park City Song Summit where we got to meet and I I had the pleasure of hearing some of the greatest Dopey stories I'd ever heard. Getting hired on acid, preposterous drinking on stage, waking up to an elephant while in a benzo blackout all culminating to his musical romance with folk/pop sensation Jewel and the story of 'You Were Meant for Me' followed by the classic decent into Rock and Roll excess and misery before rising like a phoenix into recovery! So much good stuff in here! PLUS Dopeycon IV INFO! Voicemails, emails and much, much more on this brand new episode of the good old dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 429: A Tale of Two Junkies; Eddie Furlong pt.1 and Lenny(from the beach)! Heroin, Fentanyl, Crack, Recovery

Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Hollywood legend, the star of Terminator 2, American History X, Pecker, Detroit Rock City, The Forrest Hills and so much more! Eddie drops the young holiday Dopey on us in an epic tale of debaucherousness! Then we are joined by young Lenny from the Beach! Lennny is in early recovery and sheds light on the truth about Fentanyl. PLUS emails, voicemails and more on this brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 428: Paulina Pinsky: The Summer of Pegging, Dabs, Covid and Research Chemicals with Dr. Drew’s Daughter, Trauma, Detox, Brutal Recover

Sat, 02 Sep 2023 00:13:18 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a very special grrrl power addiction - we are joined by Paulina Pinsky the brilliant author and daughter of Dr. Drew! Paulina went deep into her Dopey origin story and how she bottomed out on THC concentrates and research chemical's and tells what it's like to be raised by the famed TV doctor and esteemed Dopey regular. PLUS PEGGING! Then Loz from Instagram's Brutal Recovery is back in person! We hear all about shoplifting, thievery ,writing, my new beef with Johan Hari and the nature of recovery i general! PLUS emails, voicemails and more on this extra long, extra feminine version of that good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 427: Jessa Reed: Shootin’ Meth into the Jugular or Happiness is an Inside Job, Antabuse for Lyme! Aliens! Trauma! Making your own Tee

Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! After years apart - Dopey Original, Jessa Reed is back! And she definitely brought the dopey with her update on managing her lyme disease and then launching into her rich history of addiction and recovery! Some topics we cover: - people pleasing - miscarriage and the "galactic bus station" - first drug use - the result of not wanting to participate in a magic-less, mundane reality - mom shooting up her Ritalin, - Childhood ADHD - chronic running away from home - DXM OD aftermath - LSD at church, born again - Drunken lying - The meth community being a safe space for awakening - trying to do stand-up on meth... driving on meth... - routes of administration (OG boof-er) - "reality is a reflection of an internal experience" - self-dentistry - reality algorithms and manifestation - dream reality PLUS Ben Anderson from the Park City Song Summit gives us a day by day breakdown of the upcoming Park City Song Summit. September 7th-9th! www.parkcitysongsummit.com www.ororecovery.com www.thephoenix.org/dopey www.evolution-accounting.com www.betterhelp.com/dopeypodcast www.middleagerecovery.com More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 426: Mike Majlak’s SMI, OCD, SEX ADDICTION! OCD, Anxiety, Mental Health, Oxycontin, Cocaine, Logan Paul, Depression, Trauma

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:37:15 +0000

This week on Dopey! The return of bestselling author of The Fifth Vital, Night Shift host and creator, Impaulsive host and creator,10/10 Owner and well endowed content creator Mike Majlak returns to the show! The Highlights: - the Character vs. the Actor - Jesse Pinkman vs. Aaron Paul - Crypto Scams - Meeting with drug traffickers in the Middle East - Dave Chappelle - Toxicity of mental health denial mentality - Fear of Intimacy - OCD - Addiction Creating Trauma - Loneliness of feeling outcasted by mental illness within a friend group - Feuding with Logan Paul - Sex Addiction! - Ignoring Medical Problems -Why he's chosen not to be a successful Only Fans Creator PLUS Emails, Voicemails and the return of Doug Bopst and The Dopey Fitness Challenge! All that and more on a brand new episode of that good ol Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 425: Dopey Day 2023 aka ChrisMiss in August, Robbing Drug Dealers, Fentanyl, Death, Recovery, Detox, Trauma, Withdrawal

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 00:16:09 +0000

This week on Dopey! August 16th would've been Chris's 39th birthday and we celebrate like we always do - in Dopey style! We play a bunch of super Dopey Classics, get an update from Annie, hear from some very emotional Dopes, and get an update on my Dad's broken hip! PLUS: Emails, Voicemails and oodles of toodles and Chris! DON'T FORGET TO PUT THE DOPEY LOGO ON YOUR EYES FOR DOPEY DAY!!!! AUGUST 16th!!!!!! Stay Strong Dopey Nation and F*cking Toodles for Chris! check out www.thephoenix.org/dopey Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 424: Doggy Cream Pies, Foot Jobs, Oxycontin, MDMA, Cocaine and more with Adult Content Creator & Only Fan’s MILF Cougar Superstar Mrs.

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 23:00:00 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by Adult Content Creator and MILF/Cougar Porn Superstar Mrs. Robinson! She lays down the Dopey like an old pro with stories about her falling in love with cocaine and how her endometriosis introduced her to opiates. All leading up to her losing her teaching job to Oxycontin, and suicide attempts along the way. Mrs. Robinson then finds her way to years of serene recovery before becoming an Only Fans tycoon!There's so much more! But we don't want to spoil the episode! PLUS emails, voicemails and much much more on this very risque new episode of the Good Ol' Dopey Show! Find Mrs. Robinson:https://hoo.be/mrsrobinson https://www.instagram.com/mrsrobinsonxox/ More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey29: Angel Dust, PCP, Dope

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:11:30 +0000

The Time an Addict Accidentally Shot Two Bags of Angel Dust Instead of Dope... with a Very Special Guest More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 422: Sex, Cravings & Jacob and the Masturbation Machine, Dr. Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence a

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:10:09 +0000

This week on Dopey. Dopey Nation Legend and old time friend and contributor to the show, Brian 'HottWheels' Connolly tragically dies. It all happened the same day we hit 10 million downloads and the day before we acknowledge the five year anniversary of Chris's horrific death. If that wasn't enough we also were featured in SPIN magazine the same day. Is it odd or is it Todd? We are also joined by brilliant New York Times best seller, Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. Her book Dopamine Nation has been flying off the shelves and is an incredibly accesable look at addiction and recovery. PLUS emails, voicemails and the return of my dad! Here is the link to Matt Thompson's heart wrenching SPIN piece: https://www.spin.com/2023/07/dopey-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-the-worlds-greatest-podcast/ More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 421: 5 Years Missing Chris & Fentanyl Jay Squirts Meth up his Ass, shooting cocaine, prison, boofing, recovery, DMT, trauma, death

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:06:55 +0000

This week on Dopey marks 5 years since Chris died of a fentanyl overdose. We replay the classic episode where Chris doesn't know the difference between Prince, Michael Jackson or Freddie Mercury and hear him tell a hauntingly insane story about overdosing on cocaine before his ritualistic IV coke shower. PLUS Fentanyl Jay is back! He updates us on his legal status, explores his previous anal adventures with meth and cocaine, eating THC edibles, vaping weed and recounts the horrific details of his arrest. PLUS emails, classic Chris bits and much more on this debaucherously traumatic new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 420: Flatlining in Bloomingdales is not as fun as the La Jolla Lotion Party on Ecstasy, Busted Smuggling Pounds of Weed, Oxys, Percoc

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:01:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! In our 420th episode we are joined by a mysterious old friend of the show. She takes us down a crazy romp through her past dating cocaine dealers, drinking to near death and gobbling MDMA. Then she also shares how she found recovery and her life was totally transformed. Then we are joined by Upful Life Podcast host and creator B. Getz and hear his crazy fucked up weed smuggling bust story! PLUS emails and more on the brand new 420th episode of the old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 419: The Trauma of Jason Biggs and and the truth behind that time his wife got them a Sex Worker, Incredibly Pure Molly, Cocaine, Weed

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:11:34 +0000

This week on Dopey! Movie star, actor, comedian, game show host Jason Biggs RETURNS and gets very close and personal! We hear all about his old super pure MDMA connect, his OCD, his incredible old addict travels, living in sobriety and TRAUMA! PLUS TWO super Dopey voicemails, the road to Dopeycon, I get mistaken for Ted Cruz AGAIN and so much more! On this brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 418:Qualudes at 9! Kidnapping! Trauma! Incest! Sexual Abuse! Parenting on Heroin! Crack! Overdose! Death and Recovery with Suki Jones

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:15:27 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a super strong feminine show we are joined by Dopey Nation OG and Sea Swallow Me author, journalist and model Suki Jones! We hear her incredible journey from her traumatic childhood to her San Francisco heroin abuse! All the way from her motherhood on drugs all the way to her long term sobriety! PLUS Strung Out author, unlicensed advice columnist, and ex-elite equestrian Erin Khar is back mourning the tragic death of her ex Blackie Onassis the drummer from Urge Overkill! PLUS emails, my dad and a super special guest on a brand new grrrrl power episode of that good old Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company.Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 417: The Time When Ethan Suplee Auditioned for BLOW high on Heroin, got the part, got sober and lost 250 pounds! PLUS Fentanyl Jay! My

Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:39:38 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by award winning actor, podcaster,fitness influencer and all around good guy - Ethan Suplee! You probably know Ethan from Remember the Titans, My Name is Earl, American History X, Without A Paddle, Cold Mountain or a host of other projects. What you don't know is how Ethan brings all sorts of unexpected Dopey in this tour de force talk! From his origin as actor and food addict to the time he shit his pants and how he got sober! PLUS My Dad is back! And the LATEST FROM FENTANYL JAY! Plus emails, voicemails, reviews and much much more and a brand new episode of that good old dopey show! PLUS BIG OTHELLO ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy! Sponsors: www.ororecovery.com www.yoursoberbuddy.com www.soberlink.com www.JoinDeleteMe.com/dopey

Dopey 416: Zac Clark, who came to fame on the Bachelorette, talks heroin, Crack, Dopesickness, recovery AND Fentanyl Jay gets DRUGGED WITH G

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:28:11 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the founder of Release Recovery and participant in the Bachelorette, 2020, Zac Clark! Zac brings the old school Dopey; meeting Chris at the Loft, dope sick on his vacation to Aruba, getting unnecessary gallbladder surgery, and so much more, before finding recovery and starting Release Recovery. Then after many weeks of waiting we finally catch up with Fentanyl Jay and learn of his latest trials and tribulations. PLUS Dove's Ibogaine treatment, and Dopey emails on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 415: Dr. Drew Gets High! The Todd Shot pt. 3! ”Can you please just tip me in heroin?” Trauma, Death, Heroin, Recovery, LSD, Psychosis,

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We recognize the 5th anniversary of Todd's Death and celebrate Todd's life! PLUS we are joined by Dr.DREW at TIME MAGAZINE PODCAST STUDIO'S to talk about a ton of stuff. Including the importance of Dopey, Kratom, Weed, Psychedelics, Boofing and much much more! PLUS we unearth a lost tape of Todd's best friend Galloo on the importance of Todd and remembering him. PLUS we go back in time and replay Todd's last appearance on the show with CHRIS! All that plus a voicemail from Oregon and a bit more on another extra long episode of that good ol' Dopey Show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy

Dopey 414: Getting Dusted with Dante Ross, Hip Hop, PCP, Beastie Boys, Trauma, Cocaine, Alcohol, Weed, Recovery

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:20:53 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Hip Hop pioneer, A&R Maestro, Producer, Writer, Creator, Author Dante Ross! Dante came up on the Lower East Side in the mid seventies. He was known as a friend to the Beastie Boys and worked with RUSH management and Def Jam records. Selling cocaine with Mike D! Making fun of Joey Ramone! That was before his music career kicked off working with De La Soul, and grew as hip hop grew. Dante signed and worked with acts including Brand Nubian, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Queen Latifah, Leaders of the New School, Busta Rhymes, Everlast and Carlos Santana among many others. All along the way drinking and partying until he found himself nestled in long term recovery. PLUS emails, a voicemail from Florida and much much more on a hip hop heavy episode of the good old Dopey Show More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 413: Steve Earle on Dopey! The Trauma of losing his Son to Fentanyl Overdose and Death, LSD, Heroin, Music, Jail, Recovery

Fri, 26 May 2023 23:59:00 +0000

This Week on Dopey! After many many years of trying we finally are joined by Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, author, actor, activist, advocate and more - Steve Earle! Steve comes on the show and tells us how he stumbled into his rock and roll life, and how he found drugs, addiction and ultimately recovery. Many years into his recovery the worst happened - Steve's super talented son, Justin Townes Earle died from a fentanyl overdose. Steve tells the tragic story and how he has remained sober living with such pain PLUS we have a special guest who hates to be named, my Dad, and emails and voicemails and reviews on a heartbreaking new episode of Dopey. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 412: The Deep Demonic, Traumatic Dark Side of the Dopey or Sucking D!CK for FUN with Jason Ricci, Blues, Thelema, Crack, Occult, Alist

Fri, 19 May 2023 20:25:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary bluesman and harmonica virtuoso and addict in recovery - Jason Ricci. Jason delivers the super hardcore Dopey on every front. Possible top 5 of all time Starting with his childhood - raised in a recovery cult, becoming a punk rock skater that turned to the Blues for salvation. And that's just the warm up! Hear Jason become completely enslaved by cocaine, crack and heroin until he miraculously crawled his way into recovery. PLUS a primer all about Alister Crowley! PLUS emails, voicemails and more on this brand new crazy episode of the good old Dopey Show. More about Dopey - Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 411: Sex on Acid! Dealing Ecstacy! Trauma! Fentanyl Overdose! Recovery! Rehab! Linda! Ray! Kosha Dillz!

Sat, 13 May 2023 01:21:33 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a GIANT SIZED new episode we meet Rami aka Kosha Dillz - a New York City based MC who tells his debaucherous tale of addiction and drug dealing and how he came out on the other side! PLUS Jersey Jerry on Chet Hanks! Ray on the road in New Orleans! And the glorious return of Linda! All that plus emails and much more on a brand new episode of that good ol' Dopey show. More about Dopey..Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 410: What happened to Fentanyl Jay? DOPEY LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS-Jail, Trauma, Heroin, Crack, LSD, Oxycontin, kratom Recovery, Fitness

Sat, 06 May 2023 00:57:19 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We stay down yonder in New Orleans to hear our live panel/podcast on getting clean, last days using, and how to become comfortable in recovery(when you're a horrible drug addict). Featuring Imagine Recovery's Clinical Director - August Boyd, Harmonica Player Extraordinaire -Jason Ricci and legendary Interventionist/all around great guy Harold Owens. Then we hear from everyone's favorite ex fentanyl dealer - Fentanyl Jay on waiting on sentencing and living on the edge - and finally we celebrate 15 years since Doug Bopst went to jail for opiates and weed distribution! PLUS the Dopey Fitness Challenge, Voicemails, Emails and much much more on the brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! More about Dopey- Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy

Dopey 409: The Return of Margaret Cho aka the Boofing & Kratom Spectacular! Heroin, Fentanyl, Trauma, Meth, Recovery, New Orleans, Jazz Fest

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 04:26:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by super friend of the show and legendary comedian and actor, Margaret Cho. Margaret comes out of the closet as a super Dopey fan and a recovering kratom addict! Plus why boofing THC oil was so tempting! This information really kicked the boofing and kratom spectacular into high gear - because while putting the show togeher we are joind by OG Dope - Whitey Tightey aka Jeremy Turner who had lots of experience with kratom AND with boofing! PLUS The Upful Life podcast creator, B. Getz turns up to come clean about his own Kratom use. All of that plusemails, voicemails and more -on a brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! More on Dopey... Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 408: The Traumatic Junky Skulluggery of Bobby Dukes or Have you ever put Suboxone in your Eyes? Shooting Gallery Doorman, Heroin, Trau

Sat, 22 Apr 2023 01:51:09 +0000

This week on Dopey! In an extra long, extra dopey episode of Dopey we are joined by Bobby Dukes who brings the seriously debaucherousness back to the show! From the mean streets shooting galleries of Philadelphia to pulling a geographic to Australia. Bobby did it all plus more stealing then you could shake a stick at! PLUS emails, voicemails and a surprise call ins from Friend of Jerry's Jersey Jerry and It's All Bad's Ukranian Danny More about Dopey; Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 407: From Junkie to Judge: One Womans Triumph Over Trauma and Addiction, Meth, Self Harm, Rape, Secular Recovery

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 01:08:30 +0000

This week on Dopey! TRIGGER WARNING!! We are joined by Federal Judge, recovery advocate and author, Mary Beth O'Connor - and she hits us full force with the unfiltered Dopey. From shooting meth, sexual abuse, cutting, draining abscesses and much more. Mary Beth delivered the diabolically debauched Dopey - and still explained her non 12 step style of recovery and how she made it out! It is a not to be missed episode! PLUS! Emails, Voicemails, My Dad vs Seymour, the return of Joey Pepper and much more on this new classic of that good old Dopey show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 406: Andre Royo! Was Bubbles the Greatest Junky in TV History? Drinking in America! Recovery, Heroin, Alcohol, Kratom, The Wire

Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:22:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary actor of the stage and screen, Andre Royo. Andre recounts his journey growing up in the Bronx and inhabiting arguably the greatest heroin addict in television history playing 'Bubbles' on the Wire. PLUS his personal journey into recovery, reminiscing on his 'method style' on playing a homeless heroin addict, his current run - playing the lead in Eric Bogosian's 'Drinking in America' and tons of other stuff PLUS emails! voicemails! My dad! The All New Dopey Fitness Challenge with Doug Bopst and much much more on this all new all classic version of that good ol' Dopey Show! MORE ON DOPEY! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 405: The Playboy Playmate who Huffs Deodorant, Mayra Dias Gomes comes clean(and smells great!) & Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer 5:Fe

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:32:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! Would you believe we are joined by a best selling author, a Playboy cover girl, an NWA wrestler, a host from MTV and a serious rock and roll journalist? And would you believe she was at DOPEYCON 2023?? It's all true! PLUS she is the first Dopey guest to ever have a serious deodorant huffing problem Her name is Mayra Dias Gomes! Check out her incredible story! PLUS the return of the simultaneously loved and hated Fentanyl Jay! PLUS emails and Dopey stories galore! On the brand new sparkling edition of that good ol' Dopey show! MORE ABOUT DOPEY Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 404: The Jew and the Catholic! Lizzy Savetsky and Loz from Brutal Recovery on Adderall, Booze, Shame and Kratom

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 01:27:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Real Housewives of New York former star Lizzy Savetsky and diabolical addiction recovery Instagram meme maker-Loz from the brilliant Brutal Recovery! Lizzy delivered a true alcoholic tale of growing up Jewish in Texas - and making the great pilgrimage to New York City where both her Judaism and her alcoholism exploded. Lizzy told her story with brutal honesty and courage - really capturing the shame that many alcoholics and addicts experience. Loz shared her own experiences around shame in recovery - telling stories of being a sexual predator and singing like an angel! PLUS crazy KRATOM voicemail, emails, and the triumphant return of my dad - in an extra long episode of that good old Dopey show! More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 403: Confessions of an Ecstasy Dealer. Plus Fentanyl Jay’s Last Hoorah, Weed, Molly, Heroin, Coaine, LSD, Recovery

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:46:51 +0000

This Week on Dopey! In another rough and tumble homespun Dopey we introduce Paulie-a Suffolk county recovering heroin addict and former ecstasy dealer. Paul tells us of his journey to hell and back through the strip malls of Long Island to the projects of the Bronx all leading toward his wicked relapse before his triumphant return to recovery. PLU Fentanyl Jay is back to tell the story of his 'last kiss goodnight'. Plus emails, anniversaries and much much more on this brand new edition of that Good Ol Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 402: Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer pt. 4 with Fentanyl Jay plus Stoner Sex with Pam Gaslow, Heroin, Benzos, Crack, weed, recovery

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:11:22 +0000

This week on Dopey! (NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME SHOW FROM LAST WEEK - WE ARE EXPERIENCING MINOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES-THERE WILL BE A NEW SHOW TONIGHT(3/17) DON'T FRET!) We are joined by journalist, humorist and author Pam Gaslow - and hear all about her new book 'Don't Bring Your Vibrator to Rehab' a super funny memoir on her stoner relapse and journey to recovery! Plus! Fentanyl Jay is back with the super crazy Dopey! Including a crazy drug dealer robbery PLUS Dopey voicemails and emails to boot! On a brand spanking new episode of the good old Dopey show! More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 401: Skateboarding, Suicide, Synchronicity, Spirituality, PCP, Marines, MMA, Opiates, LSD, Recovery The Life and Times of Tim Lodgen

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 02:06:29 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by a very special and truly rugged individual, former marine, skateboarder, and MMA competitor-Tim Lodgen. Tim tells his incredible story! After over 27 years of alcoholism and multiple suicide attempts, Tim shares how his final suicide attempt jump started his recovery journey. It is an extra long Dopey story you won't believe! PLUS emails, sober fun, and more on the brand new episode of that good old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission -which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 400: Looking back at 400 Episodes of Dopey! Jake The Snake Roberts! Crack, heroin, speed, recovery, death, prison

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 04:40:16 +0000

This week on Dopey! For our 400th Episode we bring you an extra long Dopey - with Wrestling Superstar Jake The Snake Roberts, Jed from Church and Other Drugs, My Dad, and a cavalcade of Dopes in emails, voicemails and more. It's three hours plus so what can really be said about this show - except it is chock full of drugs, addiction and other dumb shit. Rest in Peace to Jay, Chris, Todd, Colleen, Dave, Troy, Andrew and all the others we've lost over the years! Stay Strong Dopey Nation and Fucking Toodles for Chris! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 399: Johann Hari on Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Reclaim Your Focus/LOZ on Shoplifting, Bar Fights, Alcoholism, Heroin Chic

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 01:14:06 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Back for his second appearance on the show is journalist & multiple New York Times bestselling author Johann Hari, who, when confronted with his own deteriorating attention span, dove deep into the individual and systemic solutions to this dispiriting collective trend. Johann has written for the LA Times, Le Monde, and many other outlets, has two of the most-watched TED Talks, and has been profiled in essentially every prominent media outlet. His books include Chasing The Scream and Lost Connections, which explores the roots of addiction, and was the subject of our first exchange back on episode #416. But today, he’s here to share big lessons from his latest book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention, which is a provoking journey into the forces robbing us of our attention and a look at how we might begin to reclaim our minds, and our lives. PLUS Loz from the amazing addiction/recovery Instagram meme page Brutal Recovery talking about how she copes with being a super popular memer, her sobriety and how her signature move in a pub brawl was to throw chairs! PLUS Dopey a voicemail, email and much much more on this all new 399th addition of that good ol' Dopey show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 398: Confessions of a Ketamine Dealer, Psychedelics, Oxys, Heroin, Overdose, Prison, Recovery with Chris Spallina, Erin Khar & Fentan

Sat, 11 Feb 2023 01:02:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a knock down drag out new episode we are joined by heroin addict in recovery, Chris Spallina an we hear his crazy journey from totally messed up Junky to recovering fitness guy who works for non proit recovery foundation, and new Dopey Sponsor - The Phoenix! It's all in there; ODing with cops, eating acid and getting busted PLUS much more! PLUS Erin Khar, the return of Fentanyl Jay, CRAZY Dopey emails! and much much more in a brand new episode of the good old Dopey Show! PLUS a brand new home grown Dopey theme song!!! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 397: Darryl ’DMC’ McDaniels! RUN DMC, Alcohol, Weed, Cocaine, Depression, Hip Hop, Adoption, Hope, Recovery

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:35:24 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary MC, musician, writer, entrepreneur, and all around legendaryAmerican hero, Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels! DMC comes to my Dad's house and we totally hit it off! We hear all about the roots of hip hop and the meteoric rise of the first multi platinum selling hip hop group - RUN DMC. Darryl also shares his fall into deep deep alcoholism, depression and what he had to do to get out of it! We hear about some classic hip hop artists along the way on an amazing journey back to Hollis Queens and back again! PLUS Dopey email, voicemail and more on this super new episode of that good ol dopey show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 396:The Full On Low Down Dopey with Chloe La Branche and Fentanyl Jay, Prison, Ketamine, Kratom, Xanax, heroin, recovery

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 01:26:40 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Chloe LaBranche and Fentanyl Jay for a full throttle journey into drugs, addiction and dumb shit! Jay prepares for the possibility of prison - while Chloe catches us up on her journey into recovery. BIG LAUGHS ABOUND on this super Dopey new episode of that good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 395: Dr. Drew on TRAUMA! PLUS Sex with Dwarves on Meth! Fentanyl, Pills, Addiction, Recovery

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 02:24:01 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave heads over to Dr. Drew's apartment on the great return episode of Dr. Drew! We learn all about being a Dad to a newly sober daughter and the pressure of being a TV doctor in the public eye as Dr Drew Pinsky gets super vulnerable! PLUS we hear one of the greatest voicemails of all time! PLUS GAY SEX WITH A DWARF ON METH! And MUCH MUCH MORE! On this brand new spanking episode of that good ol' Dopey Show!

Dopey 394: Trauma! Quaaludes! Cocaine! Recovery! Michelle Esrick, Erin Khar and the new conscience of Fentanyl Jay!

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 01:02:15 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Documentary Filmmaker Michelle Esrick! We discuss her films about Darrell Hammond and Wavy Gravy and take a deep dive into her addiction and recovery! PLUS Strung Out author, Erin Khar! Dopey emails! Dopey Voicemail! And does fentanyl Jay have a guilty conscience???? Find out about all of that and more on this brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 393: The Story of SAYNOSLEEP and SLAM; NYC Graffiti Artist and ex Drug Dealer; Cocaine, MDMA, LSD, Recovery and keeping drugs in my ol

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 02:03:02 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a Dopey instant classic new episode we are joined by legendary New York City graffiti artist and former drug dealer, addict and alcoholic SAYNOSLEEP. Hear all about his back story with Dave aka SLAM, and how they met and reconnected during COVID. PLUS SAYNOSLEEP's storied history in a life bombing and slinging on the streets of Chelsea and the East Village. PLUS 2 Dopey Voicemails - emails and more on a crazy old school/new episode of that good old dopey show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 392: Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer Pt. 3 with Jay PLUS Annie and Shaun Weiss, meth, crack, jail, fights, coke, recovery, detox!

Sat, 31 Dec 2022 01:32:15 +0000

This week on Dopey! In an extra long New Year's cavalcade of addiction and recovery we are joined by three stellar Dopey heroes! First up - from the UK is Dopey OG, Annie Ellie, who shares her struggles relapsing this year - and her plan for 2023. Second we have Mighty Duck's star and Dopey legend Shaun Weiss who tells of the ups and downs of living in a sober house. And finally we are joined by Sayville local, Jay aka Fentanyl Jay. Who talks about his year relapsing and his tentative plans for the unknown future. Happy New Year Dopey Nation!!!!! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 391: The Dopey Christmas Classic 2022 Brandon Novak, Dr. Drew, Loz from Brutal Recovery, heroin, addiction, recovery

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 03:08:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! In the brand new yule tide special we are joined by a cavalcade of Dopes! Brandon Novak tells a crazy Christmas story! Loz from Brutal Recovery talks about recovery in Scotland! Dr. Drew talks about the holidays in treatment! BGetz talks about Christmas in the ganja farm! Plus Dopes from all over the world! And my Dad on that old timey chestnut roasting, Tourrette's syndrome having, weed growing brand new episode of that good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 390: Confessions of a Crackhead Burglar; Gambling, Sex, Crime, Booze, Mescaline and Recovery PLUS Jeremy Jackson of Bay Watch!

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:10:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a super, crazy ultra-debauched new installment, we are joined by Johnny Jukebox. A recovering alcoholic, crackhead Long Islander who goes to the same meeting as Dave. Buckle up because this is a bumpy ride, from his early years of being a teenage mescaline kingpin to his rock bottom of endless scratch offs and happy endings. Culminating in his psychic change of recovery! PLUS special guests RB, and finally the Dopey Fitness Challenge with Jeremy Jackson! PLUS emails and more on a brand new bananas dopey episode of that good old Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comed

Dopey 389: Remembering Chris Farley with Brother Tom; SNL, Alcohol, Coke, Heroin, Death, Comedy, Family, Recovery

Sat, 10 Dec 2022 02:18:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey and the Family with Tom Farley! Tom recalls the life and times of his uber talented brother Chris. We learn about growing up in the Farley family - and how Chris' rise to fame coincided with his drug addiction and death. Then how Tom's career of running the Chris Farley foundation lead him to his own recovery. PLUS voicemails! My Dad! and much, much more, on a family style pre holiday episode of that good ole Dopey show!

Dopey 388: Confessions of a Crystal Meth Dealer; Rehab, Jail, Alcohol, Wealth, Aspen, Cocaine, Recovery

Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:49:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a whopper of a Dopey episode, we are joined by Ditty and we hear possibly some of the Dopiest stories in the history of our show. From his first experiences with alcohol and cocaine to his insane crystal meth empire. With stints in rehab and jail, and coast to coast misadventures along the way! PLUS emails, stories and much more on a top 5, all new EXTRA LONG, EXTRA DOPEY new episode of that good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV drug addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 387: The Thanksgiving Parenting Special with Jess Lahey! Alcohol, Ecstacy, Recovery, Ketamine

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 01:23:07 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the brilliant writer, journalist, teacher and attorney, Jessica Lahey! Jess is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Jess tells us all about her journey to recovery, and what she learned to help kids not make the same mistakes we did! PLUS! EMAILS, VOICEMAILS and tons of Gratitude! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission -which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

BONUS DOPEY 386: Ketamine for Depression? Psychedelics Ketamine, psilocybin, MDMA,

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 19:19:54 +0000

BONUS EPISODE!!!!! In this Bonus Dopey episode we are joined by a special guest! PLUS we sit down with Doctors Scott Bienenfeld and Dana Lerman of Skylight Psychedelics to learn all about Ketamine treatment for depression, psychedelics and much more! PLUS emails, music, and fun! On a brand NEW BONUS EPISODE of That good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 385: Co-Managing Aerosmith! Deep Childhood Trauma! Cocaine up the A$$! The Power of Love with Keith Garde!

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:06:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by a deep thinking, philosophizing, entrepreneurial, former co-manager of Aerosmith, Keith Garde! Keith tells us all about growing up in a traumatic, brutalizing house hold, and how his addiction lead him to overachievement, and ultimately to depraved debauchery only to rise into long term recovery! PLUS my Dad! Emails, voicemails and much much more on a brand spanking new episode of that good ol' Dopey show! MORE ON DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 384: The Incredible Maia Szalavitz; From Dealing Cocaine to Jerry Garcia and JFK Jr. to being a NY Times writer and the world’s foremo

Sat, 12 Nov 2022 01:20:07 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a brand new super high quality episode of Dopey we are joined by 'Undoing Drugs' author and New York Times reporter, Maia Szalavitz! Maia is a world foremost authority on addiction and harm reduction but she is also a recovering drug addict and ex drug dealer. Listen to her epic tale from pure insanity to profound insight! Also check out her incredible book; Undoing Drugs. PLUS Erin Khar is back! Voicemails! Emails and much more on this unforgettable new classic episode of that good old dopey show. MORE ON DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 383: From Disney Child Star to Homeless Junky Tweaker, the improbable heroic story of Shaun Weiss

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 01:20:53 +0000

This week on Dopey! In an unforgettable new episode, we are joined by actor comedian, writer and goalie, Greg Goldberg of the Disney movie franchise, The Mighty Ducks - Shaun Weiss. Shaun tells us his incredible rise to movie stardom as a child actor, and how alcoholism and drug addiction slowly took him over. At his worse Shaun lost everything including his home, and lived on the streets of Los Angeles for an extended period, completely addicted to meth and heroin. Hear Shaun's incredible recovery and more on this very special episode of Dopey! PLUS my Dad is back - with COVID on an all new, new episode of that good ol' Dopey Show. More about Dopey! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 382: Kat Von D on Cocaine! the Occult! Parenthood! Art! Tattoos! Addiction and recovery!!

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:38:08 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by artist, author, model, reality TV star, entrepreneur and much more, the one and only Kat Von D!We learn all about Kat's origin and how she ascended to the heights of the tattoo world and beyond only to come back down to Earth in suffering with cocaine and alcoholism. PLUS Aurora is back to celebrate her upcoming 7 years! PLUS a crazy weed at Rikers Island story and more, more more! On a super spooky new episode of your favorite podcast about drugs, addiction and dumb shit More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 381: Crystal Meth! Sex Work! Trauma! Loneliness! Recovery! Strip with Hanna Sward

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:12:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Hannah Sward, the author of the super beautiful and still seriously debaucherous new memoir STRIP! Hannah brings a super honest and vulnerable story to Dopey. She gets super honest about her life whilst in active addiction becoming a prostitute and exotic dancer before succumbing to horrible alcoholism and crystal meth use. PLUS Strung Out author and unlicensed advice columnist, Erin Khar is back! PLUS DOPEY hippie voicemails, attachment theory, and more on this brand new super hones and vulnerable new Dopey! MORE ABOUT DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 380: Marc Maron Returns! On Grief, Co-Dependency, Alcoholism, To Leslie, Recovery

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:54:52 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by podcaster, stand up comedy legend, actor, writer, musician and Dopey super friend, Marc Maron! Marc was recently in a cool new movie all about alcoholism, called To Leslie. We talk all about it, and how its themes of alcoholism and codependency hit so close to home for Marc. Then we talked about how Marc stayed sober and lived through the grief of losing his partner to Leukemia during the heart of Covid. PLUS- A total Dopeycon recap with my dad, plus voicemails from Annie Elle, Brady and more on a brand new episode of the good old Dopey show, MORE ABOUT DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 379: DopeyCon 2022, Shaving your A$$hole for Heroin Money with Brandon Novak PLUS Andy Roy, Maia Szalavitz, Marc Maron

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:42:27 +0000

This week on Dopey! Finally we got back to an in person DopeyCon! Featuring Chloe LaBranche, Erin Khar, Ray Brown, Brandon Novak, Andy Roy, Smiling Joe, Maia Szalavitz, Annie, Joe Schrank, MC Serch, Linda, my dad and tons of Dopey Nation fun!!!! NOTE: Nick from Dark Side of the Spoon and Brian from Str8 Pepper Diet were at the event - and killed it - but since they had visual presentations they were not included in the audio version of the show. More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 378: Jason Biggs: F*cking the Pie on Ecstacy, coke, booze, fame, recovery

Sat, 01 Oct 2022 01:00:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a crazy turn of events - we are joined by the star of American Pie, Loser, Boys and Girls and so much more, star of stage and screen, the great Jason Biggs! Jason tells his epic journey from struggling child actor to international film star and then shares how drugs and alcohol crept into his life and why he sought out a life in recovery. PLUS super Dopey emails, and a fire Dopey Poem/Story in the style of Dr. Suess, Jacob P MORE ABOUT DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 377: Rock N Roll Royalty with Carnie Wilson! the Beach Boys, Weed, Booze, Ambien, Anxiety, Ghost Stories and Recovery

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:42:29 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Wilson Phillips founding member, talk show host, author, baker, mother and daughter of the Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson! Carnie tells of her unique childhood and how she became an addict! PLUS her rise to super stardom, finding recovery and how her family changed her life. PLUS a special guest, more on Dopeycon, the DopeyCon theme song challenge. David Bowie and much much more on this crazy new episode of the good ol' Dopey Show. MORE ABOUT DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 376: Performance Artist, John Bukaty and his journey to overcome trauma and a life of excess. Art, cocaine, booze, psychedelics, weed,

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:35:59 +0000

This week on Dopey! More from the Park City Song Summit! We are joined by my new friend, painter, performance artist and hippy, John Bukaty. John lays it down on his journey from childhood trauma to Artist to High School Football and how he ended up a crazy drug taking hippy painter doing high end performance art in the mountains of Colorado. PLUS John's recovery his take on psychedelics and more! ALSO: The Return of Ray Brown, the return of ISMAEL, the return of the Dopey Dane and MORE on this brand new episode of the good ol Dopey Show. More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 375: Better call Stahl! Jerry Stahl is on Dopey! Heroin! Crack! Opium up the ass whilst doing headstands, depression, Permanent Midnig

Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:14:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! After almost 7 years of trying to get him, acclaimed junky memoirist, screenwriter and all around great guy - Jerry Stahl calls in! We hear all about his supreme, best selling junky memoir - Permanent Midnight, and how he decended into horrible drug addiction. Jerry then tells us about his new book Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man's Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust. And how he copes with his depression. Plus Live from the Park City Song Summit with B Getz! Bee tells a teenage LSD story. PLUS even crazier, emails! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 374: “Jersey” Jerry from Barstool Sports, growing up with a hardcore dealing dad, the Steelers ,selling pills, sex on opiates, infinit

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 23:20:37 +0000

This week on dopey! I am sick as f%ck in bed with 102.3 fever! We follow up the cokiest dopey ever with a great conversation with barstool sports own “Jersey Jerry”! Jerry tells his story of growing up with a gun and drug dealing dad, and details his journey from selling Percocet in high school to robbing drug dealers for the ultimate score of his true love: Crack! Jerry also talks about the dozen plus rehabs he went to, living behind a Dunkin’ Donuts until his mom finds him, and ultimately recovery! Plus!… we hear from the one and only Ray Brown! A DopeyCon update, a couple of wild emails including some true south of the border debauchery, and of course Alan! Jersey Jerry starts at around 20 minutes in. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 373: The Cocaine Episode with Ingrid Casares, freebase, making Sex with Madonna, Miami, Club Life, Addiction, Rehab, Recovery

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:10:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! In probably the "Cokiest" Dopey episode in the history of the show we have club owner, model, entrepreneur and bestie of Madonna, Ingrid Casares! Ingrid lays it down, one crazy story after another. And just when you thought the Dopey would slow down she came with more! So buckle in and get ready for easily the Cokiest episode in the history of Dopey! PLUS my Dad and much more on the brand new coke smoking, frog catching lake swimming new episode of the good ol' Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 372: Overdosing on cocaine and MDMA, Adderall, alcoholism, recovery with Max of F*[king Sober

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 01:13:07 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Instagram Meme Legend Max from F*cking Sober! He worried his story wasn't Dopey enough for the show - but we felt like he delivered the frackin dopey as well as the forking sober! PLUS Erin Khar is back! Emails, and a weird Daily Reflection with my Dad all on this brand new episode of the Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 371: Dopey Day AKA ChrisMiss in August 2022 with Annie and Annie, Heroin, Crack, Death, Relapse, Recovery, LSD

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:12:23 +0000

This week on Dopey! Happy Dopey Day! Merry Chris-Miss in August! We are joined by two Annie's! The first an OG Dope and founding member of Dopey Zoom from the UK and hear her harrowing relapse story. Second we have Annie, Chris's ex girlfriend who found his body after his tragic overdose. In between we have Dopey Nation songs, voicemails, emails and an extended old school dopey playback with me and Chris! Stay Strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 370: The Return of John Joseph on surviving deep family trauma, the Navy, drug dealing, dust, crack, LSD, fighting, Hare Krishna, Punk

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:26:38 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey Nation rejoice in the return of John Joseph to the show! In this weeks episode you will finally hear basically everything that was cut out of the last John Joseph appearance! More on his book the PMA Affect, the end of the Cro-Mags and how he strives to stay positive in the wake of insane trauma. Plus! Emails, an extended phone call from my dad and a weird bit from Washington Square Park. All that and more on an all new episode of the good ol' Dopey show. About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 369: Keri Blakinger on surviving an eating disorder, heroin, prison, rape, sex work, suicide and the world of competitive figure skati

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 01:10:14 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a super powerful new episode, Journalist, memoirist, and former ivy league sex worker, heroin dealer, and competitive figure skater, Keri Blakinger comes on to tell her gnarly story. PLUS! Erin Khar is back with advice, and recounts her rehab experience with Elliott Smith and Rick James! PLUS fire voicemails, emails, and much more on a powerful new episode of the good ol dopey show. About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 368: The 4th Anniversary of Chris’s Death, DJ Returns from a Crack and Fentanyl relapse, heroin, recovery

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:08:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! We commemorate four years since Chris tragically died from a fentanyl overdose. DJ returns to tell his recovery from a gnarly crack and fentanyl relapse. PLUS Chris's sponsor and good friend Dylan reflects on Chris, the nature of long term sobriety, sponsorship and psychedelics. All that plus a bunch of Chris clips on this new episode of Dopey About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 367: Josh Peck dishes on all things addiction with Fentanyl Jay, Food, Cocaine, Heroin, recovery

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 02:28:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! Television, Film and Internet Star Josh Peck calls into the show to share his experience, strength and hope! We hear his crazy story from Nickelodeon super star to drug addict to movie star to recovery to social media sensation! We get a lot of tasty recovery nuggets. PLUS Fentanyl Jay is back with extensive shout outs and a story on the time he burned his fathers house down. PLUS a killer voice mail from Koka Kobra straight out of LA, emails and more on this weeks new episode of the god ol' Dopey Show. About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 366: The Junky Safe Cracking Misadventures of Leah McSweeney and the return of Linda!

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 01:09:34 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Street Wear Mogul Real Housewives of New York City Star Author and serious New Yorker, Leah McSweeney. We hear all about Leah's youth as a club kid in Manhattan and her progression to serious drug addict. Plus Dave's partner Linda returns along with Dave's dad Alan. All on a classic old New York episode of that Good Ol' Dopey Show

Dopey 365: Rest in Peace Ryan Leone Replay Episode PART 2 with Seth Ferranti

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:30:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! To honor and celebrate our friend, author and Dopey legend, Ryan Leone, we got one of his closest friends, and godfather to his first son, Seth Ferranti to share a bit about his friendship with Ryan. Then we replay his second appearance on Dopey This was the original show description for this episode: This week on Dopey! Hold on to your hats Dopey Nation! Ryan Leone comes back from the edge of oblivion, and thank God he has lived to tell the tail Starting with a gram of coke, Ryan winds up in full blown addiction battling his demons, and winding up completely addicted to fentanyl. It is a topsy turvy emotional roller coaster, with twists and turns you never could have seen coming. PLUS Howie's first proper episode on the Dopey Show, we read an email and talk dumb shit on a totally debauched LSD shooting, Ketamine infused, relapsing brand new episode of Dopey! We are proud to be Sponsored by Sober Link! Check them out here They help keeping people off of alcohol through accountability! https://bitly.com/Soberlink About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 364: Ryan Leone Rest in Peace. Replay Show part 1.

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:02:23 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are putting out two Ryan Leone Replay episodes. This is the first time Ryan came on the show to promote his incredible novel, Wasting Talent. Ryan was an incredible writer, unabashed self promoter and crazy dreamer. He is survived by his parents, his fiancé and his two young sons. This was the original show description for this episode This week on Dopey! If you missed the full on, hard core Dopey, don't fret, because this week is wall to wall debauchery with author, ex-con, recovering drug addict Ryan Leone. When we say no stone is unturned, believe that! Listen to Ryan's insane addict journey from a boyhood on Adderall, to teen years on weed accelerated to crack, heroin and everything else. And how he stumbled into high stakes drug dealing, and serving some serious time in prison. Ryan now is an accomplished memoirist, novelist and Youtuber with many, many exciting projects in the works! All that and a whole lot more on an OPUS Sized, action packed, pimped out special deluxe episode of Dopey! Rest in Peace Ryan! You will be missed! Palabra! About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 363: The Strong Island Dope Fiend Spectacular with Fentanyl Jay and Evan the Drug Counseling Bowling Nurse, heroin, coke, pills, recov

Sat, 02 Jul 2022 01:58:53 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by two local dope fiends! First we catch up with fentanyl Jay! Then, Evan 'the drug counseling bowler' nurse tells his crazy journey through weed, oxy's, benzos, coke and heroin. Plus emails and more on a seriously all in person, all strong island, all dope fiend episode of Dopey! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 362: Carolyn ’Mountain Girl’ Garcia, Psychedelic OG, Merry Prankster, Wife of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 01:01:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! Carolyn 'Mountain Girl' Garcia tells her story! From ibogaine in Palo Alto, to LSD with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Going on the road and starting a family with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead. Ultimately enduring a marriage with a total heroin and cocaine addict as husband and father of her children. This is a very, very special Dopey indeed! Plus emails, and a bit more on an extra long, extra heady episode of the good ol' Dopey show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission- which was at its core to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 361: Andy Roy skateboards through a long tunnel wasted on GHB, Heroin, Micro Dosing mushrooms, Recovery

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 01:18:44 +0000

This week on Dopey This week commemorates 4 years without Todd, and Jeremy was in town to contribute to the remembrance. Then world class skater Andy Roy returns! He updates us on his recovery and still hits us with the Dopey! Then our Strung Out author and unlicensed advice columnist Erin Khar is back to answer some questions and chill and finally Dave's Dad Alan calls in to read some of the latest reviews. All that plus Dopey emails and more on a brand new episode of the Good Ol' Dopey Show! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 360: The Return of Brandon Novak, Shooting Dope, Robbing his Ex, Stealing a bottle of Xanax up his in jail

Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:53:10 +0000

This week on Dopey! Brandon Novak is back in person for the first time and he lays down the dopey! Chronicling insane stories from his incredible memoir, The Streets of Baltimore. There is too much in this episode to ruin it in the description. Let's just say Brandon goes to hell and back and now he is out in the world helping addicts to recover. PLUS emails, voicemails and the time Novak snorted coke off of Bam Margera's dick. And much much more on his triumphant return to Dopey! Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 359: Walker Hayes on drinking to near death, the mega success of ’Fancy Like’ and the tragedy of losing a child.

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:49:56 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by 'Fancy Like' Country Super Star Walker Hayes! Walker talks all about working the graveyard shift at Costco becoming a singer/songwriter and hitting rock bottom with alcohol. Then things get beyond tragic, in early recovery Walker mourns the death of his newborn daughter Then he finds strength in his faith and becomes a country superstar with his viral internet hit 'Fancy Like'. PLUS my friend Dave returns for our 30th high school reunion! Plus Dopey emails and more on a Southern fried new episode of the ol' Dopey show.

Dopey 358: Fentanyl Dealing, Cocaine Orgies, Anal Meth Play, Demons, heroin, PCP and Recovery with Fentanyl Jay and Jed

Sat, 28 May 2022 01:37:18 +0000

This week on Dopey! The return of Fentanyl Jay, Jed from Church and Other Drugs and my Dad, Alan! This is a crazy breakneck, old school dopey episode chocked full of drugs, addiction, Church, demons and tons of dumb shit! PLUS my Dad meets Fentanyl Jay! Old School emails and a bit more on this weeks brand spanking new episode of that old Dopey show

Dopey 357: Stealing drugs from your dead Grandma with Ryley Walker, Midwest, heroin, ketamine, PCP recovery

Fri, 20 May 2022 21:51:29 +0000

This week on Dopey! The return of indie rocker, Ryley Walker - in person! We hear about getting drugs in Europe, getting sober in NYC, PCP, Ketamine and the nature of drug addiction in general. Then 'toodles for Chris' scholarship recipient and overall Dopey OG -Josh Clark returns to the show to talk all about administering drugs for her end of life care. PLUS voicemails, emails and much much more on a brand new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 356: Heroin Bags on the Lower East Side and Sex Addiction with Clayton Patterson and Erin Khar

Sat, 14 May 2022 00:32:33 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Artist, Activist and Lower East Side Archivist Clayton Patterson. We hear all about the not so good old days of the crime side on the Lower East Side and what it was like in the legendary days of grit in New York City in the 1980s. PLUS we are joined by Strung Out author Erin Khar and discuss the new wave of relapses in the Dopey Nation. PLUS sex addiction, crack and much much more on a streetwise new episode of that old Dopey Show!

Dopey 355: Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer pt. 2 featuring Namaste at Home Dad, Heroin, Recovery

Fri, 06 May 2022 03:06:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! Wall to Wall Dopey as Jay returns to cohost and go over more of his debaucherous past and his present in recovery. Then we have the honor of welcoming DopeyCon veteran,Joelle the comic genius behind the Instagram account 'Namaste at Home Dad' Joelle brings the Dopey as well telling the story of how her grandfather participated in her opiate addiction! Plus much much more on an all new crazy town new episode of Dopey

Dopey 354: Tom MacDonald on Drugs, Alcohol, his Psychotic Break, Racism, Eminem and Hip Hop

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 01:41:56 +0000

This week on Dopey Tom MacDonald goes super deep on his journey through severe mental illness, alcoholism, and drug addiction all the way to YouTube super stardom and the very top of the Billboard charts. PLUS the story about his Eminem produced track and the truth on his racist allegations and political leanings! PLUS it's Todd's birthday and much more on a powder keg of a new episode of that old Dopey Show!

Dopey 353: Eric ‘Smelly’ from NOFX, the journey from the worst junkie Courtney love ever met to sobriety, love & acceptance

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:49:27 +0000

This week on Dopey! World class heroin addict in recovery and drummer from NOFX Eric 'Smelly' Sandin calls into the show! Hear a lifetime of debauchery from a very young age and how recovery might've inadvertently propelled NOFX into being the most important independent punk rock band in the last 20 years! World Class Dopey right here! Punk rock, vomiting, pharma farts, getting sobriety right the first time, and having a life of honesty and love! Plus crazy emails, a Dopeycon 3 preview and much more on this weeks brand new installment of that old Dopey show More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 352: Busted with 10 Thousand Doses! Faked Suicide! LSD Outlaw, Author and filmmaker Seth Ferranti! ACID, WEED Plus Alan!

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:58:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Seth Ferranti, an American journalist, writer, LSD kingpin ex convict and big time film maker! In this harrowing Dopey episode we hear the mind blowing story of Seth Ferranti and his journey from self admitted army brat to LSD kingpin. Discover how and why he made the nefarious list of being one of the countries 15 Most Wanted Fugitives, and what happened to this felon turned phenom film maker. PLUS a whole lot of Alan! Alan on Gilbert Gottfried. Alan on Passover, Alan on pain killers and much much more on this brand new episode of that sweet sweet Dopey.

Dopey 351: Taking Quaaludes with Eddie Van Halen - The Return of Mackenzie Phillips! Opiates, Pain, addiction

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:38:55 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined once again by Dopey legend Mackenzie Phillips! The multi talented movie TV and music legend shares about the challenges in taking opiates as prescribed in long term recovery and recalls some super fun old school dopey stories of the old days with Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli PLUS Strung Out author, unlicensed advice columnist and elite ex-equestrian returns to talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit on a brand new episode of the good ol' Dopey Show!

Dopey 350: Cooking up Meth and Starring on Baywatch with Jeremy Jackson! Relapse, Fitness, Recovery

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:34:30 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Baywatch star and Dopey legend, Jeremy Jackson! Jeremy delivers the super high intensity Dopey starting at childhood through his meteoric rise to super stardom as Hobie Buchanon on the worldwide number one television show Baywatch! We hear how he went from TV stardom to drug addict, and then how he broke even badder to becoming a meth cook in Southern California. Jeremy gives the super honest struggle from deep addiction to recovery to relapse and back again on a Dopey for the ages! Plus Dave makes amends and a tiny bit more on this epic 350th episode of Dopey!

Dopey 349: The Addiction of Validation with Peter Rosenberg, Relapse , Recovery, Addiction

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:34:52 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by multi media superstar, Peter Rosenberg! He's the cohost of the Hot 97 Morning Show, cohost of ESPN in the afternoon with Michael Kay, a WWE commentator and cohost of legendary hip hop podcast Juan Ep! Peter tells us of his rise in radio and his unusual road to recovery! Plus! A special old guest comes on and tells us of his relapse PLUS voicemails and more on a brand spanking new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 348: The Great White Dope - Robbing Cocaine Dealers with Jack Russell, Addiction, Recover

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:52:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the frontman of Great White, Jack Russell! We hear all about Jack's drug history in one of the 1980's great hard rock bands! We learn about weird drugs he did as a kid and his forays into addiction and recovery We also hear about the tragic fire at The Station Night Club in Rhode Island. PLUS my dad joins us to make a huge Dopey announcement! AND we hear from OG Dope and Toodles for Chris Scholarship recipient Charlotte! Also amazing Dopey emails, reviews, video voicemails and more! On a brand new episode of that old Dopey Show!

Dopey 347: Meeting Obama whilst on Heroin with Ryan Hampton, Opiates, Activism, Politics, Recovery

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 01:37:33 +0000

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by author, activist and recovering opiate addict, Ryan Hampton! Ryan brings the serious in person Dopey at my dad's kitchen table and takes us through his serious history of debauchery and recovery. Working at the White House for Bill Clinton's administration to homelessness on skid row, Ryan tells it all! Plus we learn all about his new book about the Sackler case, and the future of Mobilize Recovery! PLUS! Serious Dopey emails and a brand new cover of Good So Bad! Plus a bottle of liquid xanax on a brand new episode of the old Dopey Show!

Dopey 346: Fentanyl Dreamland with Sam Quinones, Erin Khar, heroin, meth, coke,

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 01:43:08 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by legendary journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author - Sam Quinones. Sam comes on to tell us all about the current climate of struggle around the fentanyl epidemic and it's impact on America. Sam initially made a huge impact on the addiction/recovery community with his award winning book; Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. His most recent book is called 'The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth' PLUS Dopey super friend, unlicensed advice columnist and Strung Out author, Erin Khar joins us and we hang out and read emails! PLUS much more on a very special new episode of the old Dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 345: Dopey Down Under with Colin Hay, Jessica Kent, Alcohol, Heroin, Recovery

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:08:01 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are super excited to have three stellar guests on the show! First and foremost we have the award winning and smash hit singer/songwriter, Colin Hay! Colin is best known for his work as the front man and singer/songwriter behind the 1980's Australian phenomenon Men at Work. Colin candidly shares his story of fame, fortune and excess and tells us what he had to do in order to get sober. He also tells the crazy fallout from the smash hit 'Down Under'. Then Dave's Dad, Alan returns to the show to update the Dopey Nation and criticize Dave a bit. And finally we kick off our newest segment 'Behind the Dope with YouTube superstar Jessica Kent who drops a dopey tale of withdrawal and getting well on a GreyHound bus. All that and a tiny bit more on this week's edition of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 344: Confessions of a Fentanyl Dealer; The Secret Origin of Fentanyl Jay, Prison, rehab, crack, body brokering, arrests, recovery

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:41:15 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a doozy of an episode, we are joined by my friend Jay who tells his ridiculously epic Dopey journey. Jay grew up in bucolic Sayville, Long Island and fell into the classic addict abyss of alcohol, drugs, violence and crime. It all culminated in a crazy lucrative business selling weed, coke, pills, heroin and eventually fentanyl. From there it went as downhill as it could go, to treatments in Florida where he got involved in the infamous practice of body brokering. Tune in this week to one of the Dopiest stories we've ever had the privilege to tell. Stay Strong Dopey Nation and fucking toodles for Chris. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 343: Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe, The Heroin Diaries, The First 21,Relapse, Recovery

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:47:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey dream guest, Nikki Sixx calls in to talk about his incredible origin before the debauchery of sex, drugs and rock and roll with Mötley Crüe. He shares a bit about his upbringing, his brief time dealing chocolate mescaline and a ton of rock and roll stories. PLUS Good Morning Dopey star, Howie, Dopey emails and a whole lot more on a legendary new episode of Dopey! MORE ABOUT DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 342: The Dark Comedy of Chloe La Branche, Alcoholism, Relapse, Recovery, Fentanyl, Trauma

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:21:41 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by super vulnerable and yet still hilarious, Chloe La Branche. Chloe comes fresh off a Vivitrol shot and gets super honest about her recent relapse and struggle in staying clean and sober. Then she takes us back into her addiction history laying out the good, the bad and the ugly for the everyone to hear. Plus! Author ERIN KHAR is back hanging out, and talking drugs, addiction and dumb shit! Also Willie from Katz's is back and much more on this brand new rough and rugged new episode of Dopey! This episode of Dopey is sponsored by our friends at Sober Link! If you know anyone that could use a little help with accountability around alcohol click here and save $50 on your first device https://bit.ly/3ANYTdL More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 341:The Relapse & Return of Ryan Leone, Fentanyl, LSD, heroin, Relapse, Recovery

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 01:25:09 +0000

This week on Dopey! Hold on to your hats Dopey Nation! Ryan Leone comes back from the edge of oblivion, and thank God he has lived to tell the tail. Starting with a gram of coke, Ryan winds up in full blown addiction battling his demons, and winding up completely addicted to fentanyl. It is a topsy turvy emotional roller coaster, with twists and turns you never could have seen coming. PLUS Howie's first proper episode on the Dopey Show, we read an email and talk dumb shit on a totally debauched LSD shooting, Ketamine infused, relapsing brand new episode of Dopey! We are proud to be Sponsored by Sober Link! Check them out here! They help keeping people off of alcohol through accountability! https://bitly.com/Soberlink

Dopey 340: Brutal Dopey.Recovery, Loz, Alcoholism, Scotland, Opera, Erin Khar, Recovery, Yale

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 02:06:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the brilliant mind behind the Brutal Recovery Instagram account, Scotland's own- Loz! Join us as we hear Loz's epic journey - starting out on the sheep farm in rural Scotland, taking a long, rough detour through eating disorders and an elite music career winding up rock bottom singing Opera at Yale grad school! Loz currently resides in London where she teaches music, makes an epic new podcast called Brutal Vulnerability and entertains tens of thousands of addicts and alcoholics with her wicked sense of humor on her legendary IG meme account, BRUTAL RECOVERY. Plus the return of author and unlicensed Dopey advice giver Erin Khar! All this and a tiny bit more on a spanking new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 339: The return of Andy Dick! Fentanyl, Suicide, Booze, AA, Recovery, Cocaine, Relapse, Rehab, Recovery, TRAUMA

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:52:12 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are honored to be graced by the return of a legend of the big and little screen, the one and only, the outrageously fun, funny and fabulous Andy Dick! Andy gets brutally honest about his troubles with recovery, his recent troubles with the law, his upcoming engagement and so much more! Then we are joined by Dopey OG - Butchie, and get his take on Andy, addiction and recovery. PLUS a wicked fiah voicemail and more on this brand new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 338: In the Realm of Dopey Ghosts, Dr. Gabor Mate, TRAUMA, Linda, Maron, Weed, Heroin, Dab

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:18:12 +0000

This week on Dopey! After many years of trying we are joined by addiction expert, best selling author, physician, and renowned lecturer, Dr. Gabor Mate. Dr. Mate calls in and drops some of his theories about addiction as well ADD and trauma. Plus Linda is back and we read Dopey emails, catch up on the Marc Maron episode and more! On this brand new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 337: Happy Dopey New Years aka The Sam Show! aka Sam’s Last Show, Crack, Booze, Relapse, Recovery

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 01:00:17 +0000

This week on Dopey! It is with a heavy heart that we wish a nice Bona Fortuna to Dopey Producer, Sam! Sam drops the bombshell that he is taking an extended hiatus from the Dopey Show starting...now! We recount some of Sam's Dopey history, and what working on Dopey has meant to him personally and to his recovery. We play some of Sam's Greatest Hits and cry our eye's out on a super emotional Dopey Show! PLUS Linda has Covid, Dave breaks his foot, and realizes his fantasy of going on a gigantic podcast! All that and a tiny bit more on this rough and tumble but emotionally agonizing brand new episode of that ol' Dopey magic. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 336: Dopey Christmas Special ’21, Drugs, Addiction, Heroin, Alcohol, Recovery, Christmas, Cocaine

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:49:21 +0000

This week on Dopey! It’s Christmastime once again and we have scoured the globe to bring you the Dopiest Christmas Show ever! Featuring old friends: Erin Khar, Skinny Vinny, and Jessica Kent and introducing our newest member of the Dopey Family - Ray the Clammer straight out of Eastern Long Island! Expect tons of debauchery, drug dealing, blow job machines, heroin withdrawal, homemade laudenum and so much more!!! So settle in, roast some chestnuts and fire up the vape and celebrate the season with your Dopey Family on this yule tide Dopey Special! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 335: Jason Wahler, Adderall, Booze, Relapse, Cocaine, MTV, Recovery, Gambling, Trauma

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 01:28:37 +0000

This week on Dopey! The Hills are alive - With the sound of Dopey! (if you sing it, it sounds better). This week Dave travels to Los Angeles and records with old and dear friend Aurora! They reminisce about past relapses, recovery and Aurora's dad. Then we are joined by MTV's The Hills and Laguna Beach's Jason Wahler. Jason lets it all fly on his journey to stardom, addiction and alcoholism. Jason shares his recovery story and then talks about his last relapse on Adderral and how he stays clean and gives back to the addict community in Southern California and beyond. PLUS a voicemail from Instagram Addiction meme Super Star, @Brutal Recovery! All that and maybe a bit more on a brand new episode of your favorite old podcast. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 334: Mackenzie Phillips! Fame, IV Cocaine, trauma, arrest, heroin, recovery, Crack

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 01:29:02 +0000

This week on Dopey! After near felonious persistence, Film and Television icon and drug addict extraordinaire Mackenzie Phillips calls into the show! We get a potent dose of honesty as McKenzie takes us on a wild tour of her storied past. The daughter of The Mommas and the Papa's architect and legendary junky, John Phillips, Mackenzie has seen it, done it, smoked it and shot it all. Appearing in the classic 70's film, American Graffiti, and then starring in Norman Lear's hit TV show, One Day at a Time. We hear the rise and fall of a true Dopey Legend. From sexual trauma, to arrests, recovery, relapse and back to recovery again. We are overjoyed to present a Dopey for the ages! This episode is Rated F for FIRE!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ***This episode was sponsored by Zencastre! So, if you want to make a podcast without all the hassle we fumbled our way through, check out https://zencastr.com/pricing?coupon=dopeypodcast&fpr=pjxts and be sure to enter the code dopeypodcast (no spaces) or access the link in the notes for a 30% discount on your subscription. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 333: Can Dopey America Recover? Evan Haines, LSD, Recovery, Mysticism, TRAUMA, AA

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 03:59:04 +0000

This week on Dopey! Author, co founder of Oro Recovery, husband of Alexis Haines, longtime super supporter of the show and recovering addict and alcoholic, Evan Haines finally calls in. Evan talks about his new book that he cowrote with Bob Forrest called Can America Recover? Which ponders that very question. We hear all about the origins of Oro, Evan's traumatic and sometime tragic childhood, and his eventual triumph in his recovery and in founding Oro. Then Evan reports on the great AA myth: "was Bill Wilson totally tripping on LSD?", mysticism in 12 step and so much more on a deep dive into the history and ideology within addiction and recovery. Check it out! ***This episode was sponsored by Zencastre! So, if you want to make a podcast without all the hassle we fumbled our way through, check out zencastr.com and be sure to enter the code dopeypodcast (no spaces) or access the link in the notes for a 30% discount on your subscription. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 332: An Old School Smattering of Gratitude! Thanksgiving with Amy Dresner, TRAUMA, heroin, kratom, weed, recovery, sex

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:58:08 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's Thanksgiving and we are thrilled to share the holiday with some old friends. A special guest returns and talks about his recent trip to Mexico, the Beatles special and a bunch of other dumb shit. Then Amy Dresner returns to talk about her recent Propyfol experience, shaving her asshole and more! Plus my dad pops in and some emails and messages of gratitude on a super not corny but still super grateful new episode of Dopey! ***This episode was sponsored by Zencastre! So, if you want to make a podcast without all the hassle we fumbled our way through, check out zencastr.com and be sure to enter the code dopeypodcast (no spaces) or access the link in the notes for a 30% discount on your subscription. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 331: Erin Lee Carr, TRAUMA, Britney vs. Spears, Alcohol, Cocaine, David Carr, Workaholic, Recovery

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:33:55 +0000

This week on Dopey! At long last, we are joined by the prolific documentary film maker and brilliant memoirist, Erin Lee Carr. She walks us through her life as a child of two serious addicts and her experience as a fantastic alcoholic in her own right. We talk about her father, renowned author and NY Times journalist, David Carr and the hard lessons he taught Erin. We discuss her new smash Netflix Documentary Britney vs. Spears, and the balance between workaholism and ambition and the importance of having a crack sober support network to pace her recovery. PLUS a nitrous fueled voicemail, King Baby and much more on this fresh episode of Dopey. Get it while it’s hot! ***This episode was sponsored by Zencastre! So, if you want to make a podcast without all the hassle we fumbled our way through, check out zencastr.com and be sure to enter the code dopeypodcast (no spaces) or access the link in the notes for a 30% discount on your subscription. More On Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 330: Drug Store Cowboys with Michael Todd, TRAUMA, Heroin, Coke, Coheed and Cambria, Robbery, Jail

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:29:28 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by founding Coheed and Cambria bass player, Michael Todd who courageously shares his epic Dopey journey from upstate New York and back again. Touring the world, culminating in opiate addiction and a crime that would forever change his life. Michael brings the Dopey, the humility and the honesty on a super raw foray down the road of drugs, addiction and of course a little bit of dumb shit! Also, unlicensed advice columnist and author, Erin Khar joins us for a little recap and an ask Erin question and answer! PLUS! My dad pops in before the ending of a super powerful new episode of Dopey! More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 329: Two Fingers Up the Butt Hole with Jeremy Turner, Suboxone, Meth, Fentanyl, Jail, Alan, Relapse, Recovery, TRAUMA

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:16:55 +0000

This week on a homegrown episode of Dopey! Mr. Whitey Tighties himself, the king of the mighty Mississippi, Jeremy Turner checks in. Jeremy shares the ups and downs of his time before and during the pandemic in Louisiana. He raw dogs the truth on relapse and his path back to recovery. JT then drops a top 5 Dopey Jail Story, PLUS Dave reads a classic email, fucks up at work, almost catches up with Artie Lange and bashes The Many Shades of Newark(again). ALSO Alan drops in to read some reviews and criticize Dave and the show. All that and more on this dank return to Old School Dopey. Fire it up! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 328: Go Puck Yourself wth Theo Fleury, Hockey, Coke, Booze, Trauma, Suicide, Rape, Recovery

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:53:54 +0000

This week week on Dopey! We are joined by Stanley Cup winner, National Hockey League bad boy, author, and recovering drug addict and alcoholic, Theo Fleury. Theo is the first ever pro Hockey player to come on Dopey. He talks about the difficult balance of being an elite addict/athlete. Theo also shares up about living with extreme trauma, surviving rape at the hands of a coach in his teen years. It is a very important listen. Also Erin Khar is back with the newest installment of Ask Erin! PLUS a whole lot more dumb shit on this High stickin', meth snortin', power playin', homeless hangin out with old school, new episode of Dopey! Don't be a Hoser or will stick you in the Sin-Bin! Shout out to our listeners in Canadia, this one's for you! Eh? More On Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 327: Langhorne Slim and the Dopey Blues, Pills, Booze, Relapse, Music, Recovery, Trauma, Cocaine

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 01:21:59 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the soulful singer-songwriter, Langhorne Slim! He lays down his story of finding music, while his addiction and alcoholism found him. Listen to some of Langhorne's greatest highs and lows, on the road and all over the world. This interview would have taken place at the Park City Song Summit, but we’re doing it here, now, Wow! Plus Linda gets stung by a bee, Dopey email and much much more on a super anti-folk new episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 326: Mohr will be Revealed! Jay Mohr, Adderal, Fame, Comedy, Sex, Detox, Recovery, Trauma, Meth, Speed

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 01:15:10 +0000

This week on a very special episode of Dopey! Dave is joined by real life movie star - Jay Mohr! We have a super raw and honest conversation around addiction, spirituality and recovery. Jay comes clean about his history around alcoholism and addiction and gives a Dopey exclusive around his recent experience in detox. PLUS the return to the Dopey poetry corner and much more on a star studded new episode of Dopey. More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 325: Drug Use for Grown Ups, Dr. Carl Hart, Heroin, Coke, Ecstecy, Addiction, Recovery, Harm Reduction

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 01:20:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by psychologist, neuroscientist and author, Dr. Carl Hart. Dr. Hart comes on the show to explain his findings in the provocative new book Drug Use for Grown Ups. We discuss Dr. Hart's thoughts and experiences around recreational drug use and some of his theories around addiction and recovery. PLUS Erin Khar is back for another exciting titillating installment of Ask Erin where we answer some hard hitting new questions in addiction, relationships and other dumb shit! PLUS much more on a well educated new episode of your favorite dumb podcast - Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 324: The Deep Dark Dopey with Sammytown, Dope, Fang, LSD, Murder, Prison, Recovery, Heroin, Punk Rock, detox, withdrawal

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:30:42 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Bay Area punk rock legend Sam 'Sammytown' McBride. Sammytown takes us on a deep dark journey into high octane punk rock, drug dealing, drug addiction and ultimately to homicide. After shooting speed for the first time at a very young age Sammytown had a lucrative hustle selling hundreds of thousands of doses, and becoming a heroin addict all the while touring the world with Fang, a Northern California punk rock institution. It is a journey unlike any we've ever heard before on Dopey. Listen at your own risk. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 323: Backstreet‘s Back! AJ McClean, Cocaine, Booze, Alan, heroin, Recovery, Covid

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 20:36:52 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by pop royalty! AJ McClean of the Backstreet Boys calls into the show to tell his own story of debauchery turned recovery! We learn of access to excess and much more in his triumphant journey! PLUS the return of my dad! And he has a really cool new idea! ALSO! ERIN KHAR returns as promise to kick the Dopey around, answer some fucked up questions and give some helpful advice! All this week on an all new episode of Dopey!!!! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 322:Strung Out with Erin Khar, heroin, trauma, crack, sex, love, recovery

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:47:14 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by writer, advice columnist, blogger Erin Khar! Erin drops the major league Dopey on how she started shooting heroin at age 13 and lived a secret life of addiction and danger! We had a ton of fun on this traumatic travelogue of life in and out of addiction! Plus Erin read some hard core Dopey emails and much much more on a brand new crazy dopey episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 321: Ryley Walker, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Music, Suicide, Recovery, Trauma, Alt, Music, Christianity

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 01:14:42 +0000

This week on Dopey! Hear the crazy Dopey with the speed balling, psychedelic folk rocker, Ryley Walker! Ryley shares his journey from getting kicked out of his Illinois Church Youth band to opening for Robert Plant in Europe. He also gets super honest about his lowest lows to reaching out for help, to the realization that the best of his art has happened in recovery. Tune in for a rollicking good-time, super slack keyed Dopey Folk Fest! All that, plus Riley reads an email and more on this weeks new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 320: FYL with NEMS, heroin, hip hop, dealing, recovery, Coney Island, Methadone, Brooklyn, Crime

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:35:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the self proclaimed Mayor of Coney Island himself, the one and only Gorilla NEMS. Dave journeys to the wilds of Brooklyn to chop it up with this legendary battle rapper. NEMS reveals his long struggle with addiction, and comes clean about some seriously gnarly shit in his recovery! It is an episode not to be missed! The wicked fiah fall is here, and it all starts with NEMS. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 319: BONUS EPISODE! The Primal Dopey with Gregory Koufacos, Addiction, Recovery, Mentoring, Alcoholism, Men and Boys

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:55:18 +0000

This week on an extra long Dopey Patreon we have author and counselor/clinician Gregory Koufacos. Gregory talks about his own experience with substance abuse and gambling addiction. Gregory worked with Chris years ago and we hear about their relationship and their sometimes opposing views on treatment. We also hear about Gregory's 'primal method' of helping young men deal with addiction and recovery! Plus a Dopey email and much much more! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 318: Juggling the Jenkins, Tiffany Jenkins, Opiates, Prison, Suicide, Family, Recovery, TRAUMA, Crime

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:16:34 +0000

This week on Dopey! Writer and internet phenom, Tiffany Jenkins zooms into the show to kick the Dopey around for a bit. While deep in addiction she makes a really bad choice by taking something from her Police Officer boyfriend that lands her in prison… tune in, it’s a doozy and she’s a delight…and that is just the tip of the iceberg as Tiffany reaches a cataclysmic bottom in jail before finding inspiration to turn her life around. PLUS a great email from the legendary Joey Pepper and MORE on this weeks Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 317: SMI, Sascha Dubrul, Bipolar Disorder, NYC, punk, anarchist, recovery, drugs, alcoholism, SMI, LSD

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:31:48 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a super different type of show we are joined by Dave’s childhood friend Sascha Altman DuBrul. Dave and Sacha talk about growing up in Manhattan, and the major sign posts on Sascha’s incredible journey through the anarchist punk rock wonderland of the Lower East Side, where he got deep into the scene, playing bass and writing songs for the renowned NYC ska punk band, Choking Victim. Sascha then hopped freight trains across the country and ultimately had a psychotic break getting diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He became an American activist, and co-founded The Icarus Project, an international community support network and media project, redefining the language and culture of mental health and illness. Plus Dopey legend of law enforcement, Butchie a.k.a T.J comes over to Dave’s house on Long Island to hang out on the show! We also hear a classic Dopey voicemail and much much more on this new style, old school episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 316: Dopey Day 2021 aka Chris Miss in August!, TRAUMA, death, recovery, drugs, heroin, relapse

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 02:32:46 +0000

This week on Dopey! We celebrate what would have been Chris's 37th birthday on Dopey Day with Chris and Dave's old friend Colin. We listen to some old classic Chris moments and reflect on his his greatness and his absence. Lots of good stuff in here including some voice memos from the Dopey Nation, Aurora returns and Chris is celebrated! It's Chris-Miss in August! Happy Dopey Day Everybody! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 315: Tom Arnold, Fame, Trauma, Crack, Meth, Rosanne, Relapse, Recovery, Cocaine, Sexual Abuse

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 00:00:54 +0000

This week on Dopey! Comedian, actor, writer, philanthropist, producer, Jew and stand up comic Tom Arnold is on the show! He was super cool and vulnerable and shared all about his lowest of lows in addiction and some of his trials and tribulations in recovery. I would tell you everything he said here, but I feel like it would spoil the show! PLUS we recorded the rest of this episode upstate at my Dad's palatial lake house, so my Dad pops in to make an important announcement and read some great Dopey reviews! Plus a tiny bit more on this extremely special episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 314: Danny Bonaduce, Crack, Steroids, rage, Alcohol, Fame, Relapse, Weed, Trauma, TV, Recovery, Radio

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:13:34 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by pop culture icon and Dopey legend, Danny Bonaduce! Listen to him recount his journey from the Partridge family to total crackhead oblivion and share some of the more debaucherous and hilarious stops along the way to utter desperation including group sex with Gilbert Godfried and almost getting a whale trainer killed. Ultimately listen to how Danny found happiness in recovery! PLUS Dave almost smokes weed with some of his Dominican co workers AND a wicked fire Dopey voicemail from a crazy hippy girl in Pennsylvania! AND WAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT on a brand new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 313: Bonus Episode with my old friend Jon! Mushrooms, tripping, Alcohol, LSD, NYC

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:11:17 +0000

NEW BONUS DOPEY! My old friend from Queens and my introduction to punk rock music, Jon comes on the show! Listen to Jon and I recount our early days of friendship and drug taking in New York City. We talk about the line between hard drinker and alcoholic, and drug taker and addict. It was super cool to catch up with Jon, he always reminds me how lucky I am to still be around to talk about those days! Plus much, much more! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 312: Still Missing Chris (3 years later) with Dylan and Misty, Kratom, Heroin, Suboxone, recovery, psych ward, Trauma,

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 01:30:32 +0000

This week on Dopey! It was three years ago this week that we lost Chris to a fentanyl overdose. His sponsor Dylan returns to the show to help us remember him and to talk about living without him as well as drugs addiction and dumb shit! (even Kratom). We also read an email, hear a crazy classic Dopey voicemail and Dylan drops a pretty insane story himself! Misty, the dopey fairy calls in to explain how Chris’s death affected her. All that and more on a special new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 311: Gilbert Trejo, Heroin, Meth, Fame, Addiction, Secrets, Recovery, TRAUMA, Methadone

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 01:16:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! When asked who could follow the great Danny Trejo, the answer seemed obvious, Danny’s pride and joy, Gilbert Trejo! That's right, Gilbert calls in! He’s a filmmaker, an artist, an actor, and addict extraordinaire in recovery. Tune in and hear the life and times of a young man raised in recovery, but still managing to find super gnarly addiction himself. Strap yourself in, it's going to be a bumpy ride! Mora About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 310: Danny Trejo, Heroin, Prison, Recovery, Skinny Vinny, Relapse, Acceptance, FAME, Trauma

Sat, 10 Jul 2021 10:03:27 +0000

This week on a very special Dopey! Film, television, tough guy and recovery super star, Danny Trejo joins us on the show! Danny recounts his debaucherous origin story and the hard life that eventually turned beyond his wildest dreams. PLUS Skinny Vinny joins in and we discuss acceptance, expectations, Sasquatch suits made of human pubic hair, dopey emails and much more. On a very special taco-rific episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 309: A Tale of Three Dopes. Heroin, Crack, Fentanyl, Meth, Recovery, Trauma, Psychedelics, Wook

Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:12:40 +0000

This week on Dopey! We take a stroll down memory lane to check on 3 great Dopiates! We celebrate Matt’s 4 years of sobriety and check in on his life in the great state of Iowa! We hear from Josh, the first ever recipient of the Toodles For Chris scholarship. And we get updated about Dopey Head of Sales, DJ! Check him out dropping the possibly craziest Dopey story in the history of Dopey. It is a full fire, double barrel crazy dopey episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 308: The Return of Jack Osbourne; Drugs, Recovery, UFOs, Ozzy, Family, Sobriety, Pills, Trauma

Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:32:24 +0000

This week on Dopey! Jack Osbourne calls in and chills on the show. We hear where his recovery is at! What drew him to the paranormal! Would he eat ibogaine in recovery? Why Ozzy is obsessed with UFO's! Getting drunk with Sharon and Pantera! Eating qualludes on tour and almost drowning in a pool! Plus a Dopey email and much more on a brand new super special episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 307: Bonus Episode: Sex with Corrections Officers, Death By Incarceration Collaboration, prison, drugs, dealing, recovery

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:44:26 +0000

This week as the Bonus Patreon Episode! Kevin and Suave from the Death by Incarceration podcast comes through the show to talk drugs, addiction, dumb shit, prison life and prison reform. We hear the tragic story of Suave who was arrested at 17 for murder and served 30 years of a life sentence before being released and fighting for prisoner's rights with Kevin, a recovering heroin addict! This dynamic duo is putting in work to effect change in America's penal system! Check it out! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 306: Kathy Valentine, The Go-Go’s, Alcohol, Cocaine, Rock and Roll, Recovery, SEX, trauma

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 01:04:56 +0000

This week on Dopey! 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and member of the Go Go's Kathy Valentine calls into the show. Kathy shares her history around her humble beginnings in rock and roll as well as her start as an addict and alcoholic! We hear all about her rise in the biggest all female rock and roll group the Go Go's! We even get to hear about one time when she dropped acid just before her first super major record store signing! Plus her journey to sobriety and recovery! Plus! Dave tells a nice story! ALSO a Dopey email AND Alan in person back on the show reading a review and being critical! All that and more on a brand new edition of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 305: Hitting ’em with the Maximum Fire Dopey with Skinny Vinny! Nitrous, Liquid LSD, Heroin, Dealing, Homelessness, Jackass, Recovery,

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:19:56 +0000

This week on Dopey! The flood gates open again with this straight up, crazy town fire episode with Skinny Vinny. We hear Vinny's comprehensive and robust Dopey history as he begins his fantastic drug journey getting high with his mom. His use escalates as does his business acumen and we find Vinny slinging 5 dollar fatties at Phish shows, and soon after going deep into opiates only to bottom out homeless living in a port-o-potty. Vinny eventually finds his sweet sobriety while making the rounds at sober livings in California where he discovers Zach-ass, and his life long dream of making crazy comedy videos and having fun is finally achieved. All that plus Dopey emails on an impossibly Dopey episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 304: The Katz’s Deli Dopey Spectacular, drugs, addiction, dumb shit, heroin, pills, suboxone, recovery

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 03:47:01 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey Podcast is proud to present the Katz’s Deli Dopey Special! The episode you didn’t know you were waiting for. We hear all about Dave’s rise and fall working at the oldest and most famous deli on earth! Featuring Dave’s boss, the prince of pastrami, the king of knishes, the maestro of matzo balls, Jake Dell. Jake tells about his experience taking over as the owner of New York’s famous culinary and mental institution. We also hear from a smattering of Katz’s personalities on the specialness of the deli and the demise of Dave. Plus Dopey voicemails and much more on this almost kosher style podcast. Order up! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 303: Confessions of an Obsolete Child Actor/DrugAddict; Rivkah Reyes, School of Rock, Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, Recovery, Jack Black

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 20:45:40 +0000

This week on the Dopey bonus episode! School of Rock Star, and recovering addict and alcoholic, Rivkah Reyes calls into the show! We hear all about the incredible early rise and fall of childhood stardom and how it impacted Rivkah's adulthood. Now firmly in recovery, Rivkah reflects on past forays into sex addiction, alcoholism, and drug addiction - only to have found a spiritual solution in recovery. Rest in Peace Kevin Clark! SSDN & FTFC More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 302: Sober Sex with Louisahhh! Drugs, EDM, BDSM, DMT, FU, Recovery, Trauma

Sat, 29 May 2021 00:11:57 +0000

This week on Dopey! Techno DJ and Sober Sex podcast host, Louisahhh comes on the show to talk all about her addiction, recovery, sex inventory and why she is a total ‘kinky perv’. We hear all about her bottom as a drug addict and a DJ and the role BDSM plays in her life in recovery. PLUS a Dopey voicemail, a doey email, a story from Dave’s Bar Mitzvah and much much more on this brand new pervey episode of Dopey! (Go NY, Go NY - Go!!!!) More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 301: The Dopey Housewife of the OC, Braunwyn Windham-Burke, sexuality, booze, coke, ibogaine, recovery, trauma, LGBTQ

Sat, 22 May 2021 00:49:11 +0000

This week on Dopey! Real Housewives of the OC star, Braunwyn Windham-Burke gets super brave and honest, telling her truth about the year she came out on National television not only as an alcoholic but also as a lesbian! We hear of her struggles to find sobriety, taking ibogaine, relapsing and much more! PLUS we play a super dank voicemail, read an email from a psychic who connected to Chris and much much more on a brand spanking new new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 300: Patrick Radden Keefe, The Sacklers, OxyContin, Death, Addiction, Recovery, Family, Trauma

Sat, 15 May 2021 04:35:44 +0000

This week for the 300th episode of Dopey! Patrick Radden Keefe comes on to talk about his book Empire of Pain which chronicles the rise of The Sackler family and the scourge of OxyContin in America. Also! Linda joins us to celebrate the milestone and to give her inimitable take on drugs, addiction, apologies and other dumb shit. Plus Alan, Voicemails and emails galore on this 300th Special Episode of Dopey. More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 299: The Seriously Dopey Dopey with Wayne Kramer, MC5, heroin, crime, coke, recovery, trauma, prison

Sat, 08 May 2021 01:35:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rock and Roll legend, Wayne Kramer comes on the show to kick out the serious Dopey, mother fucker! We hear all about the beginnings of the seminal rock and roll band the MC5 and Wayne's earliest days of taking drugs in the 1960's in Detroit. That's when the shit hit's the fan and Wayne's career gets sidetracked, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. PLUS Alan, emails and more on a brand spanking new episode of the Dopey Show. More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 298: Hit ’em with the Black Tar Dopey with Alice ’Malice’ McMunn, Heroin, Sex Work, Prison, Recovery, Trauma

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:42:59 +0000

This week on Dopey! We're hitting you with the serious black tar Dopey! Actress, model and erotic and exotic dancer, Alice 'Malice' McMunn calls in and drenches us in debauchery from the streets of the Pacific Northwest to the alleyways of Austin Texas. Alice's addiction took her to the brink, when somehow she found recovery! It is an action packed good time tale of not so good times! PLUS old friend Jeremy calls into the show to celebrate what would've been Todd's 47th birthday. We also talk about internet dating in Covid, play voicemails and much more on a rootin', shootin' hit 'em with the Dopey old school episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 297: Jackson Galaxy, My Cat From Hell, Food Addiction, Benzos, Booze, recovery, pets, trauma, cocaine

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:53:40 +0000

This week on Dopey! The star of Animal Planet's My Cat From Hell, Jackson Galaxy calls into the show! We learn about his rock and roll, drug addict life and how it lead him to become one of the world's leading cat behaviorists, Animal Planet stars and sober! PLUS! Dave's Dad, Alan sticks around for longer than usual! Also Emails and Reviews on an all new, super special actual waiting for tonight, episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 296: Rich Roll Finding Ultra Dopey; Alcohol, Cocaine Vegan, Sobriety, Wellness, Trauma, Fitness

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 23:04:01 +0000

This week on Dopey! Legendary endurance athlete, podcaster, author and plant powered madman, Rich Roll calls into the show. Rich tells us how his world class swimming career was drowned by alcoholism, and how he epically transformed his life. It is impossible to hear Rich tell his amazing story without feeling a bit horrible about yourself. But never fear! Listen up and we guarantee that you too will be inspired to become physically and spiritually fit on this Iron Man Episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 295: This Naked Dopey Mind with Annie Grace, Alcoholism, Family, Sobriety, Movies, trauma, wellness, alcohol

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 01:14:57 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by podcaster and This Naked Mind author, Annie Grace. Annie tells us about her journey to sobriety, and the thoughts and theories behind her beloved and controversial book This Naked Mind. PLUS! Dopey Nation hall of famer, and the host of the Movie Cellar Podcast, Dan Allen Sr. comes on to talk about his sobriety, his daughter’s diabetes and how he his podcast is helping in the fundraising to help end Juvenile Diabetes. Plus Dan and Dave nerd out on comic book movies, plus a few dopey emails and a story about Dave’s family! All that and a bit more on this week’s new alcoholic episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 294: Bonus Dopey Episode with Misty J, Meth, Crack, Weed, Recovery, Trauma

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:03:21 +0000

This week we play one of my favorite Dopey Patreon talks with the super pure hearted Misty J! We hear some truly simultaneously heart wrenching and heart warming stuff from the Dopey Fairy herself on this weeks bonus episode! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 292: Dog the Bounty Hunter, Prison, Crack, Spirituality, Recovery, Trauma, Crime

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 01:26:38 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a crazy series of events - Duane 'Dog The Bounty Hunter' Chapman called into the show! Dog tells us all about his origins running in an outlaw motorcycle club and the beginnings of his famous vocation(bounty hunting). We learn about his drug history and the pleasure he gets from putting addicts and criminals onto the right path. Dog also gets super emotional about the loss of his wife, Beth and coming to terms with finding new love with his current wife, Francie. PLUS emails and voicemails and more on a star studded new episode of your favorite podcast Armchair Expert. (Just kidding it's still Dopey). More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 291: Bonus Episode with Tim Ryan, Cocaine, Heroin, Prison, Tragedy, Recovery, Trauma, Death,

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:56:22 +0000

On this BONUS episode of Dopey! Tim Ryan, author and addict advocate calls into the show and tells us of his epic, debaucherously heart wrenching life around drugs, addiction and recovery. It is one of the hardest stories we've ever heard on Dopey, but ends in a hopeful place. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 290: Those Dopey Vibes with Mike Dillon, Heroin, Rock and Roll, Methadone, Meth, Recovery, Drums, Trauma

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:53:39 +0000

This week on Dopey! We have a real old school Dopey show with the great Jam Band, Punk/Funk, Junky legend and Vibraphonist, Mike Dillon. We get the goods on a life and music career steeped in raucous and debaucherous addiction and recovery! ALSO! Alan comes home from Florida and a special guest returns to the show! PLUS voicemails, emails, and much much more on a very very special old time episode of that old Dopey show. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 289: BONUS EPISODE with A.J. Eaton, David Crosby, Addiction, Drugs, Rock and Roll, Trauma

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:57:09 +0000

BONUS DOPEY from the PATREON ARCHIVE! Documentary Filmmaker A.J. Eaton calls in to talk about his brilliant heart wrenching documentary film 'Remember My Name' all about Rock & Roll and Dopey Legend, David Crosby. We talk all things Cros, and dream about making a potential dopey documentary. PLUS a great running from the law voicemail and a tiny bit more on a new/old BONUS PATREON SPECIAL DOPEY EPISODE! More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 288: Dopey Dumpster Fire with Bridget Phetasy, Heroin, Alcohol, coke, recovery, YouTube, heroin

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:24:48 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by writer, comedian, youTuber, podcaster and all around internet superstar, the vivacious and hilarious, Bridget Phetasy! Bridget lays it all out there, on her rocky road from addiction to recovery! Listen as Bridget finds recovery from heroin at 19, only to go back out to do further research. Sit back relax and listen to the recovering Dumpster Fire that is Bridget Phetasy on Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 287: The Alt. Recovery Movement part 2, Dr.Nzinga Harrison and Jessica Kent, Weed, Cannabis, harm reduction, addiction, drugs, trauma

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 05:15:05 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are taking a deeper dive into things Alt. Recovery! We start out checking in with our old friend Dr. Nzinga Harrison and discuss the ins and outs of harm reduction, and the myths and reality of weed addiction vs. cannabis recovery. Then we are joined by YouTube sensation, and ex con Jessica Kent, in an exclusive conversation where she reveals her medicinal use of cannabis. Throw your preconceptions out the window, and prepare to have your mind blown! On a not sacred chillum smoking, joint toking, bong icing, dab taking, recovery making, super green new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 286: BONUS DOPEY with Larry ’Ratso’ Sloman, Weed, Speed, High Times, Bob Dylan, Mike Tyson, Howard Stern, Anthony Kiedis

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:13:39 +0000

This week on the Bonus Dopey show! We were lucky enough to have New York City legend and raconteur - Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman to actually show up at Dave’s father’s opulent apartment to kibbitz. Ratso talks all about his illustrious rise to prominence starting out writing for Rolling Stone Magazine joining Bob Dylan on the infamous Rolling Thunder tour, and then becoming the editor in chief for National Lampoon, and High Times before reinventing himself as one of the most sought after ghostwriters around. He co-wrote Scar Tissue with Anthony Kiedis, and Private Parts and Miss America with Howard Stern, among others. Sit back and enjoy two old school New Yorkers doing what they do best on this week’s bonus episode Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 285: The Bombastic Dopey with Ryan Leone, Prison, Heroin, Dealing, Hollywood, methadone, Trauma, RIP

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 23:23:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! If you miss the full on, hard core Dopey, don't fret, because this week is wall to wall debauchery with author, ex-con, recovering drug addict Ryan Leone. When we say no stone is unturned, believe that! Listen to Ryan's insane addict journey from a boyhood on Adderall, to teen years on weed accelerated to crack, heroin and everything else. And how he stumbled into high stakes drug dealing, and serving some serious time in prison. Ryan now is an accomplished memoirist, novelist and Youtuber with many, many exciting projects in the works! All that and a whole lot more on an OPUS Sized, action packed, pimped out special deluxe episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 284: Bonus Episode with Mike Bocchetti, Alcoholism, Recovery, New York City, Artie Lange, trauma, Staten Island

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:38:58 +0000

Bonus Dopey Episode! New York City Comedy legend, Mike Bochetti calls into Dopey! Mike tells us of his younger days as a hard core alcoholic, and what it took to get off the sauce! We also hear a bit about his career with Dopey legend Artie Lange, and some great old school New York City musings. Enjoy the Bonus! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 283: The Return of Kristen Johnston, Dope, Sex, TV, Meth, Recovery, Trauma, Cocaine

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:38:39 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are fortunate enough to have legendary actress, writer, addict, alcoholic and star of Third Rock from the Sun and Mom call back in to the show. She tells us all about the end of Mom, and the realities of life on life's terms in sobriety. PLUS a special guest who talks about sexual obsession, doing the next right thing and more. Plus voicemails, emails, reviews and some Dominican shit and much much more on a mouth watering brand new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 282: Tony Cavalero, Alcoholism, Recovery, Cocaine, Ozzie Osborne, HBO, Trauma, Booze

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:28:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! Actor, comedian, alcoholic and addict, the man who played Ozzie Osborne, in Netflix's Motley Crue biopic, The Dirt as well as 'Mr. Keefe Chambers' of The Righteous Gemstones on HBO, the one and only Tony Cavalero! Tony calls in to tell us of his unpredictable yet still very Dopey path to Hollywood and recovery. Plus! Voicemail from New Zealand, and a bit more on this weeks new Hollywood edition of the Dopey Show! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 281: BONUS EPISODE with Jen Cutting, Prison, Heroin, Coke, Meth, Survival, Recovery, TRAUMA

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:28:30 +0000

This week on Dopey! In an unprecedented Dopey experiment, YouTuber, ex-dope fiend, ex-convict and ex-exotic dancer, Jen Cutting has me on her YouTube show to interview her for Dopey. And Jen doesn’t skimp on the Dopey, from her first line of blow as a dancer in Florida to her first and only child born in a prison in upstate New York. Jen’s story is not to be missed! On a shoplifting, dope shooting, meth dealing, pole dancing, Staten Island leaving BONUS episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 280: Slaine, Hip Hop, Ecstacy, Drugs, Cocaine, Recovery, The Things We Can’t Forgive, Trauma

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:29:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! Boston Legend, hip hop artist, Hollywood refugee and solid friend of the show, Slaine makes his return. We talk about his career and his brand new album, The Things We Can't Forgive. Slaine explains how he got out of his addiction, and how his art works for his sobriety. and. He also talks about what a bottom in recovery looks like and how to get out of it in some seriously deep program shit. All that, plus the grand return of Alan and a little bit more on an ecstacy eating, hot dog slinging, Brittney Freeing, Florida road tripping, new style episode of Dopey.

Dopey 279: It’s All Bad with Russian Danny, Heroin, Meth, Recovery, Jail, Rehab, Methadone, Trauma

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 02:38:59 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by podcasting brethren and sober Dopey story teller, Russian Danny from the It’s All Bad podcast. Danny lays down some serious Dopey shit, running the gamut from stoner fun to homeless debaucherousness. His prolific tale of transformation is one for the Dopey Ages! Plus the G-Folk is back, and much much more including a never before heard song by Dave! On a meth shooting, car stealing, police officer 69ing, driveway shoveling, edible making new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 278: The Old School Punk Rock Dopey with Mike Martt, Aurora and copious amounts of LSD.Needles, Trauma

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:26:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! Super friend of the show Mike Martt, the guitarist from Thelonious Monster and Tex and the Horseheads as well as one third of the Don't Die Podcast finally comes on to Dopey! We hear all about growing up in Southern California and coming up in the classic punk scene in the 1980's. Mike tells us of the highs and lows of touring as a drug addict in a punk rock band. Ultimately we learn how the community of sober musicians in LA helped bring Mike into recovery. ALSO! Dave's old friend Aurora is back, talking trauma, her 5 year itch, and reminiscing about LSD and cookies laced with THC. PLUS an international Dopey voicemail and a little bit more! On a chicken stock making, cocaine smoking, needle boot cramming, meeting maker making classic new old school episode of Dopey. We also talk about our new stickers from Sticker Mule that will be coming out this week! We love Sticker Mule! Their stickers are super high end and they make a ton of other cool stuff! Check them out at www.stickermule.com More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 277: The Five Year Dopey Anniversary Show! Heroin, Drugs, Cocaine, Withdrawal, Detox, Trauma

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:06:23 +0000

This week on the 5th anniversary of Dopey! The lovely Linda joins us as we turn back the clock to remember the good, bad, and tragic days and shows of the last 5 years. We also hear from Sam and my Dad as they pick some of their favorite moments in Dopey show history. It has been a pleasure and an honor to make this show for you guys and I am excited about the next 5 years to come! All that and more on a wicked dark beer drinking, acid eating, methadone getting, Cat Marnell Kvetching, Artie Lange stalking, Dopey Podcast listening 5 year Anniversary episode of Dopey. re About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 276: Mike Catherwood, radio, coke, heroin, fitness, podcasting, Bonus Episode, Trauma

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:36:44 +0000

Dopey Bonus Episode on Patreon!!! Mike Catherwood joins us at long last. We hear all about his struggles with alcohol and drugs, and some of the crazy scenarios he got into. We also hear how he got clean and how he got into the broadcasting business. Plus Dave reflects on a heroin filled winter’s night from years ago. Plus What happened to the Dopey Fitness Challenge! Also Super dope, Amber Renee tells a crazy orgy ecstacy story. All that and a tiny bit more on this week’s Bonus episode of the Dopey Show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 275: A Rehab Reunion with Bobby Altman, Meth, Crack, addiction, relapse, Trauma and recovery

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:44:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave is joined by old friend, comrade in recovery, and celebrated Director of Photography, Bobby Altman. Dave and Bobby reminisce on their time together in recovery mecca, Delray Beach Florida. We hear the pressures that Bobby faced growing up the son of legendary filmmaker, Robert Altman, and how that fueled his addiction and recovery. Bobby also shares his experiences around relapse, and codependency in an all around nice rehab style reunion. We also discuss halfway house pornography, hear a killer voicemail, and check in on the wild world of Dopey Reddit! All that and a little bit more on a low flying, crack smoking, house master blowing, Nashville shooting, 4th step continuing homespun new episode of Dopey. More aBout Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 274: The Legend of Dave’s old Sponsor, DJ DB, Heroin, Jungle, Punk Rock, Trauma, EDM, Recovery

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 22:16:50 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave’s old sponsor and pioneer of drum and bass music, DJ DB calls in and tells his own epic Dopey story. From sniffing glue and punk rock to heroin addiction and recovery. We then hear his incredible story of reinventing himself in sobriety as a legendary DJ, author, sticker curator, NYC scenester and art aficionado. On a break beat mixing, capital insurrecting, 30 dose taking, Nico heroin selling, Dave sponsoring, brand new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 273: Bob Forrest and the New Year’s Day Dopey! Heroin, Coke, Recovery, Trauma, Detox, Rehab

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 04:56:48 +0000

This week on a very special New Year’s Day episode of Dopey! We welcome Dopey super friend Bob Forrest back to the show! He talks about the current covid situation, and the radical revolution that is sobriety. He also tells a crazy story about when he was homeless in New York for about two weeks. We also hear a profound voicemail, a great tune from Dopey Mailman Damon, and Dave talks about his own struggles working a program, and suffers a bit of euphoric recall in the process.Happy Fucking New Years Dopey Nation! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 272: Christmastime in Kensington, heroin, recovery, fentanyl, Christmas, trauma, junk, detox

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:37:09 +0000

This week on a very special Christmas episode of Dopey. We celebrate Christmas in Kensington with the great Tina M. We hear what a disaster Kensington in Philadelphia really is and what it’s like to get sober there. We also hear all about what Tina is doing to help out. It will bring a tear to your addict eyes. Plus we hear great Dopey emails and voicemails and much much more on a seriously making the yule tide gay episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 271: Mourning Colleen MC, Colin ’Scummy’ Morrison, Trauma, heroin, cocaine, recovery

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 05:54:31 +0000

This week on Dopey! We celebrate the 5 millionth download, we mourn the loss of Dopey Nation legend, Colleen MC and we hear from freestyle motocross champ Colin ‘Scummy’ Morrison. Scummy really puts his tattooed neck and his heart on the line, showing how important courage and honesty are when getting sober. Plus we hear all about his gnarly dust off run. Alan chimes in at the end on what Dopey means to him, the Knicks amazing preseason performance and his own nebishy foibles. All that and even more on a heroin smoking, customer service call taking, train jumping, cocaine shooting, bugged out 5 millionth download getting episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 270: Dopey Con 2, Marc Maron, Bam Margera, Nzinga Harrison, Bob Forrest, Mike Majlak, heroin, cocaine, comedy & more!

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:47:15 +0000

The first ever virtual convention and You Tube extravaganza for alcoholics and drug addicts. It's like the Grammy Awards for Junkies, only without any awards or the Thanksgiving Day Parade for crackheads without any floats! Featuring Marc Maron, Bam Margera, Lili Taylor, Nick Flynn Brandon Novak, Scout Willis, Anders Osborne, Mike Martt, DJ Fat Tony, Bob Forrest, Alexis Haines, Andy Roy, Robert Iler, Colichee, Dr. Drew, Jessica Kent, and a cast of Dopey Nation Dopes from all over the world! Dedicated to the memory of all the addicts and alcoholics we lost too soon. Stay Strong Dopey Nation and Fucking Toodles for Chris! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 269: The Return of Brandon Novak, Recovery, Dreamseller, Heroin, Addiction, Bam Margera, Trauma

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 04:16:46 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dopey mainstay, professional skateboarder, TV star and author, Brandon Novak comes back to the show for arguably his best appearance yet. We hear the entire backstory for his classic addiction memoir, Dreamseller and where the name came from. We also learn that you don’t have to be in recovery to write an addiction memoir. His story goes from the streets, to a life of professional skateboarding to the glamour of TV and down the shoot back out to the streets. Brandon leaves no gnarly stone unturned, but ultimately it is his recovery which is the most impressive part of his crazy story. All that and much much more on a coke snorting, street hustling, never ending 4th step doing, chopped liver getting, recovery house opening new episode of Dopey! CHECK OUT ALL THINGS BRANDON NOVAK AT https://brandonnovak.com/ More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 268: Patty Schemel, Hole, Heroin, Crack, Recovery, Kurt & Courtney, street hustling, trauma, detox

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 03:48:16 +0000

This week on Dopey! Hard hitting drummer of Hole, author, and one of the Dopeyest women ever to come on our show, the great Patty Schemel! Listen to Patty’s incredible rise to glory with Hole and hear her cataclysmic fall into some of the worst addiction stories we’ve ever heard on Dopey. In the end Patty makes an incredible comeback and saves her life by finding happiness in her recovery, it is a truly remarkable story. PLUS killer Dopey voicemail’s with research chemicals, killer Dopey emails with crack dealing and much much more. On a hard hitting, swiss cheese shooting, arctic drug smuggling, feline prozac taking new episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 267: BONUS EPISODE - Steve Gorman, Black Crowes, Addiction, Rock and Roll, Heroin, Codependency, LSD

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:53:59 +0000

Dopey Bonus Episode! We had the great pleasure of talking to one of the founding members of one of America's premier bands, Steve Gorman. We learn all about the evolution, success and disintegration of the Black Crowe's and the role drugs and addiction played in their trajectory. Steve also talks codependency and lets his own Dopey fly a bit in a super fun conversation. Plus we have a crazy Dopey voicemail and much much more on the first ever bonus episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 266: SLAINE, Ecstacy, Ben Affleck, la Coka Nostra, Cocaine, Alcoholism, Recovery, Trauma

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:29:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Bostonian hip-hop legend and Hollywood actor extraordinaire, Slaine. Slaine brings the Dopey, as he takes us through his addict timeline from his terrible PCP smoking teens to his alcoholic and coke head bottom. Slaine found himself in a state of desperate oblivion after finding huge success with Ben Affleck and touring the world in legendary hip hop group, La Coka Nostra. He then gets super honest about his recovery and how he reclaimed his life in the early years of fatherhood. PLUS a sobering and bananas voicemail straight out of Kensington, a bad review and much more on this love addicted, acid eating, bath salts snorting, Ben Affleck movie acting in, all that and more on the number one rated alternative health podcast in El Salvador also known as Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 265: Ivan Neville, New Orleans, funk, crack, booze, recovery, rock and roll, Trauma, DETOX

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:40:38 +0000

This week on Dopey! Rock and roll royalty, and legend of New Orleans, Ivan Neville calls into the Show! Dave and Ivan reflect on the magic of the keyboards role in funk and soul music. Then Ivan gets brutally honest on a charmed career that detours onto the dark end of the street. We hear all about his downward trajectory into full on crack addiction and the noble hustle that is required to keep it going. Then Ivan breaks down how he got clean and how he transformed his life. PLUS a super funny Dopey Voice Mail and much, much more on a bad check writing, Keith Richards scolding, crack rock smoking, hammond b-3 playing super funkified new episode of the Dopey Show. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 264: The Dopey Dominatrix with Melissa Febos, BDSM, heroin, speedballs, recovery, SEX WORK, Trauma,

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:46:04 +0000

This week on a doozey of a Dopey! Dave is joined by critically acclaimed author, professor, and ex dominatrix, Melissa Febos. We learn all about Melissa's final using days as a heroin and speedball addict as well as a professional mistress working the dungeons of New York City. Melissa shares her multifaceted journey from administering pain and pleasure to kicking dope and finally finding recovery. PLUS dopey emails, a secret guest, and the RETURN of Alan! On a face slapping, speedball shooting, trump facing, brown showering new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 263: That Classic Dopey Shit with CK, Heroin, Cocaine, Recovery, Freedom, Detox, Trauma

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 21:44:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! Friend of Chris, Dopey Nation member, Great Barrington Native, Dope fiend, coke shooter and recovering alcoholic/addict CK calls in to tell his monstrous drug history and his fight to get back to sanity and sobriety. CK brought the dopey and ended it telling a story of shooting coke whilst on acid whilst camping, a dopey gem! Plus his sincere recovery and his work helping other addicts. PLUS a voicemail update from the latest Dopey 'toodles for Chris' scholarship recipient, Dave's disgusting needles, Dave's trouble driving and much more. On a paper towel chewing, tooth chipping, alias giving, nitrous wanting, Halloween hating new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 262: Dopey Drez, Lane Filler, Garden Variety Drunks, Meth, Coke, Heroin, Recovery

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 01:22:16 +0000

This week on Dopey! After months away, Amy 'Dopey Drez' Dresner is back on the show along with New York Newsday columnist Lane Filler. Hear about the resentment that kept Amy away from the show and Dave's apology that brought her back! PLUS we get to hear from writer, alcoholic and drug addict in recovery, Lane Filler. Lane gets very honest about his alcoholic mind and how he found his way to recovery! We also have some new Dopey segments with Amy, Dopey emails and much much more on an acid tripping, neck hitting, garden variety drunk being, pussy smelling, newspaper writing new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 261: Jake ’The Snake’ Roberts, coke, relapse, recovery, sex addiction, Trauma, Oxys

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:56:56 +0000

This week on Dopey! We have a legendary figure from the world of professional wrestling, none other than the great Jake 'The Snake' Roberts. Jake gets raw when telling his epic story of his traumatic upbringing, his early success and ultimately his over-the-top excessive lifestyle. In his story we learn how his addiction took him to the bottom and how his recovery is giving him a new shot at happiness. PLUS lots of dumb shit! On an appliance buying, toilet licking, body slamming, pants peeing, brand new spanking episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 260: Lesley Arfin and the Dopey Ecstacy, Heroin, Vice, Cocaine, Recovery

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:54:45 +0000

This week on Dopey! Prolific artist, writer and producer, Lesley Arfin calls in to tell her sordid Dopey tale. Lesley takes us back to her first using days on Long Island as a young teen in the hardcore scene, mixing ecstacy, crystal meth and ketamine. She put a match to gasoline fell into the junky scene and made her spot at Vice magazine. She then got clean, enjoyed some Ween and now she writes for the small screen. *She also got married and has a kid. Plus a crazy Dopey email! On a coke selling, dust off huffing, scooter riding, Girls writing, good timing, wind chiming and description rhyming new episode of Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 259: Hazzie and the Belly Dancing Drunk Dopey, Booze, Muslim, Parenting, Pills, Coke, Meth Relapse, Trauma

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 03:11:14 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave and a special guest get an alarming text from Dopey Super fan Matt W.C who is contemplating cashing in his 3 years clean and relapsing on meth. Then we hear from Dopey Super Woman Hazzie, a first generation New Yorker and first responder. Hasnie lays down her Dopey truth and her spiritual path through Islam to recovery. All that PLUS emails, music and much much more on a belly dancing, 12 step romancing, carnival pants shitting, heroin quitting, side splitting new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 258: DJ Fat Tony spins some serious Dopey, coke, meth, heroin, Madonna, Prince, Cookie Monster, Trauma, Detox, Dental

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:26:23 +0000

This week on Dopey! Straight from the West End of London, legendary Disc Jockey, taste maker and super hardcore drug addict, DJ Fat Tony calls in and drops the ridiculous Dopey! We hear all about his first line of coke with Freddie Mercury and his meteoric rise on the London club scene. He tells us of his evolution as a drug addict DJ, spinning records for some of the biggest legends in music history, staying as high as possible, before plummeting into catastrophic cocaine and meth psychosis. It is a doozy! All that plus bad reviews, good voicemails and much much more, on a cookie baking, money taking, teeth yanking, glory hole wanking, opium booting, never shooting new episode of your favorite podcast My Favorite Murder, just kidding it's Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 257: Tank Sinatra, Recovery, Booze, Cocaine, pills, Heroin, Sober, Reggae, Instagram, Trauma

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:43:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! Legendary meme creator and Strong Island native, Tank Sinatra, joins Dave in his cricket ridden, luxurious 2 car garage/ new recording studio for its inaugural interview. We hear Tank's journey from hard core alcoholic and drug addict to successful recovery social media mogul. Alan also returns to the show to help make sense of the new Dopey Patreon phenomenon that started this week! All that plus much, much more. On a social media addicted, cookie copping, meme making, head faking, Good So Bad Jaking new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 256: The Wicked Fiah Summah Wrap Up with Linda & the Godfather of G-Folk! Alcoholism, Cocaine, Opiates, Recovery, Overdose, Relapse, T

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 04:40:38 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave and Company celebrate the end of the wicked fiah summah and reminisce on some dumb shit from the past. Dave retells the classic sober car stealing story, and we learn about the trials and tribulations Dave and Linda face with their new cat. PLUS crazy voicemails from the West Coast and the Land Down Under! AND we finally put all the Cat Marnell bullshit to bed. All that and more on a dumb shit heavy, super beef laden, summer lovin', speedball shootin', blanket pissing, episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 255: That Gnarly Dopey with Todd ’Z-Man’ Zalkins, Sublime, Opiates, Fentanyl, Cocaine, Recovery, Detox

Sat, 05 Sep 2020 01:29:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! Long time Long Beach Punker and Sublime confidant, Todd Zalkins joins us to drop some seriously gnarly Dopey. Todd shares some intimate stories from coming up and touring with Sublime and other Long Beach Punk bands. We hear all about his cataclysmic drop off into opiate and cocaine oblivion. Including his propensity for fentanyl lollypops. We also get to hear of his heroic long way back to recovery and sanity. PLUS Dave finds his once lost spirituality! The glorious return of Alan! Dave covers Sublime's Garden Grove, a wicked Fiah email and Dave defends himself from an annoying voicemail from New Zealand. All that and more on a beak packing, norco eating, mashed potatoe fucking, skanking, moshing, whiskey drinking, fentanyl licking and eventually biting epic episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 254: Smiling Joe and the Old School Dopey, Heroin, Coke, Speedballs, Methadone, Recovery, Trauma

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 04:12:43 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave shares about his 5 year itch, and comes clean about his struggles in recovery. Meanwhile, Strong Island legend, Smiling Joe swings in with the serious fire Dopey that spans decades of debauchery. We hear all about the robberies, the speedballs, methadone and much much more. Plus an email where a dope fiend gets paid for a dead dog that wasn't his own. We hear fire reviews, learn more about Dave's fascination with Nyquil and a great 80's TV parody song. On a glue sniffing, panties dropin, petty thieving, brand spanking new yet old episode of the Dopey Show. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 253: Rock & Roll Relapse with Matt Pinfield, Booze, Coke, Relapse and Recovery, Trauma

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:59:30 +0000

This week on Dopey, legendary musicologist and friend of the show, Matt Pinfield returns! We hear all about his near death experience, and Covid related relapse plus his return to recovery with a little help from his friends. PLUS we are joined by a special G-Folk legend, hear some serious Dopey emails and Linda and Norah even pop by! All that and much much more on a relapsing and yet still somewhat relaxing episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 252: Dopey in the Family: Family Vacation! 5 years clean & sober, Chris’s Birthday, Heroin, Weed, Trauma

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 23:59:27 +0000

This week on Dopey! The family goes upstate for their summer vacation on the same week that Dave gets 5 years clean and Chris would've turned 36! Linda joins Dave for the vacation special as they share details of their misadventures on the road. They also look back at the transformative moment in their relationship and Dave's sobriety, when 5 years earlier they went on a much different kind of trip. Also we get a super cool voicemail, a crazy deep and timely email and Alan pitches in at the last second with a not so stellar review. All that and much much more on a countrified, opulent, excessive cheap cookie eating episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 251: Growing Up Soprano with Robert Iler, Xanax, Percocet, Ecstasy, Molly, Trauma, Detox

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:45:00 +0000

This week on Dopey! Robert Iler, the man who played A.J. Soprano calls in and lays down some serious Dopey! Hear all about how he got the job on arguably the best television show of all time, when his addiction kicked in and that time he took 30 hits of Molly at Madison Square Garden! PLUS the return of Jim! A crazy meth email, some bad reviews and much much more. On an ecstasy rolling, Xanax eating, AJ Soprano acting, poker playing, green drink drinking episode of Dopey!

Dopey 250: Colicchie and Drug Addiction, Heroin, Coke, Relapse, Recovery, Redemption, Trauma, Detox

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 01:12:18 +0000

This week on the 250th episode of Dopey! The Wicked Fiah Summah continues with Colicchie, the YouTube king of addiction hip hop. He lays down his unbelievable story of debauchery, recovery, relapse and repeat in a full on Dopey tutorial! We hear about his highs and lows and how he discovered his gift for rhyming at his very bottom. PLUS old friends, psychedelic dentistry, a cracked out email from a listener celebrating 22 years and much much more on a rarified, dopified, crackified, bonafide hell of a ride episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 249: Dopey Day aka ChrisMiss in July with Chris’s family and Linda, Relapse, Death, Mourning, Trauma, Overdose, Heroin, Alanon

Sat, 25 Jul 2020 04:14:18 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's Dopey Day aka ChisMiss in July! In a very special Dopey in the Family episode, Dave travels to South Hampton to visit Chris's family. We learn of their heartache around the tragic loss of their son and brother, Chris who died two years ago today (on July 24th). PLUS Dave and Linda reminisce on the greatness that was Chris and the first 142 episodes of Dopey. On a tear jerking, free fallin', Baby Back Rib eating tribute to our dearly departed friend, Chris on Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 248: Cookin’ Up Some MORE Dopey with Meatball Shop Creator, Michael Chernow, Dope, Coke, Booze, Fitness, Recovery, Detox

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 03:49:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! Famed New York City Restauranteur Michael Chernow joins us as he tells his epic Dopey Story. From leaving his family home at 15 to dealing ecstacy in High School to cocaine and heroin addiction on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Only to come out clean on the other side slinging legendary Meatballs and launching a prestigious NYC seafood empire in Seamores. PLUS the return of Aurora, more on the Othello, fitness, spirituality and other dumb shit. On a mouth watering, toe tapping, ab crunching new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 247: Cooking up some Dopey with Top Chef’s Gregory Gourdet, cocaine, psychedelics, gardening, alcohol, recovery, EDM, LGBTQ

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:38:10 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's old home week on Dopey as we are joined by a special friend of the show. Then Top Chef's Gregory Gourdet calls in and tells us of his life in and out of the kitchen, on and off of drugs. We hear about his love affair with cocaine, booze, psychedelics and the rave scene and learn how he found a sober second act to his life. We hear about the harrowing end to this last season of Top Chef All Star's in Italy. Plus amazing emails, voicemails, special guests and the triumphant return of Alan! All that and a bag of chips on a special farm to table episode of the dopey show! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 246: Mike Majlak and the Super Crazy Bananas Dopey. Heroin, dealing, crack, recovery, Logan Paul, Harm Reduction

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 01:08:48 +0000

This week on Dopey! YouTube sensation Mike Majlak calls into the show to unleash the Dopey like no one has done in a while. Hear insane stories of Mike dealing Oxy-80's in suburban Connecticut before shit got truly off the wall, and he became a major heroin and cocaine dealer out of a bunker in Bridgeport. Mike shares trials and tribulations of getting on and eventually off of methadone, and his end of the road addiction to smoking crack cocaine. Just when you thought he would be counted out, Mike rose like a phoenix from the ashes to internet superstardom alongside YouTube phenom Logan Paul on ImPaulsive and eventually in his own right on The Night Shift, and in his crazy fire memoir, The Fifth Vital. It is a truly wild ride, and a serious 'hit 'em with the dopey' episode of Dopey. Enjoy! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 245: Blow and the Origins of Smuggling Coke with George Jung, Cocaine, Addiction, LSD, weed, trauma

Sat, 27 Jun 2020 02:16:46 +0000

This week on Dopey! Legendary narcotics smuggler and the inspiration for the movie Blow, George Jung finally calls in to Dopey! We hear all about his storied life as a cocaine pirate of the seventies and eighties running product for Pablo Escobar. Hear George's who's who of cultural icons and drug takers he got to know during his infamous career. Also a super special guest, and Alan returns bringing the Dopey! All that plus voicemails, emails and reviews from the Dopey Nation as the WICKED FIAH SUMMAH marches on with this super dee duper ridiculously special special special episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 244: Johann Hari on Addiction and Connection, Rat Park, Coke, Heroin, Portugal, Trauma, ADD

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:17:19 +0000

This week on Dopey: Johann Hari calls in and lays it down on the truth about addiction, depression and the unlimited resilience of the human spirit. He takes us through the findings of the famous Rat Park experiment, and guides us through the drug decriminalization in Portugal. We also hear all about the crucial role of purpose in an addicts recovery, and of course how connection is the opposite of addiction. PLUS Dopey legendary story teller Mick drops a fire voicemail, and Alan finishes it all up with a classic review read from his opulent lake house with Kayak launch ramp. All that plus pets, disgusting habits and more on this weeks stunningly smarter edition of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 243: Wicked Fiah Summah! w/ Jennifer Gimenez and Jeremy, Coke, Heroin, Booze, Recovery, Trauma

Sat, 13 Jun 2020 01:12:03 +0000

This week on Dopey! We reflect on a historic day in Dopey history which is 100 episodes without Chris and 2 years to the day of Todd's tragic overdose and death. We are joined by actress, model and amazing example of recovery and debauchery, Jennifer Gimenez. She brings another level of Dopey to our little show. We hear all about her humble Argentinian beginnings, her rise to fame in Hollywood and how addiction almost destroyed her, before she found recovery. Now with 14 plus years she is doing great things for addicts. Also we are joined by Dave's old friend Jeremy and we hear a reenactment of a horrible script they wrote high in 1999. All that, plus a killer Dopey voicemail, a beautiful email and a letter that accuses Dave of animal cruelty. It's the beginning of a wicked fiah summah that should prove to be a skaw-cha! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 242: Power to the People with Dr. Nzinga Harrison and Bob Forrest, Heroin, Fentanyl, Race, Relapse, Riots, Covid, Recovery

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 03:25:44 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave talks with Dr. Nzinga Harrison and Dopey great Bob Forrest to help make sense of this unprecedented, nonsensical time. PLUS we hear a crazy road tripping, stimulant taking story featuring Anthony from the Chili Peppers AND we celebrate the 45th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary psychedelic no hitter on LSD. Also Alan makes an appearance, complains as usual and reads a review. Dave shmaltzes it up for his birthday and much much much more on a brand new hitchhiking, cocaine injecting, protesting in the streets episode of Dopey!

Dopey 241: The Super Smart Dopey with Jim and Dr. Nzinga Harrison, withdrawal, heroin draught, riots, death, Suboxone, harm reduction

Sat, 30 May 2020 01:16:58 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a totally different kind of Dopey we are joined by super cool and very smart psychiatrist, Dr. Nzinga Harrison to learn more about drugs and addiction and a little less about dumb shit. Although she does eventually reveal her favorite ice cream flavor. We learn all about the science behind cravings, withdrawal, addiction and even treatment. Then super old friend of the show Jim calls in and he and Dave talk compulsions, crickets and read some crazy fire emails. We learn of the Covid related heroin drought and much much more on a radically progressive and straight up different kind of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 240: Hit ’em with the Dopey with Jessica Kent; Heroin, Meth, Prison, Guns, Trauma, CRIME

Sat, 23 May 2020 01:57:10 +0000

This week on Dopey! Youtube and podcast sensation, ex-convict Jessica Kent calls in and hits us with the super hardcore dopey. We learn all about Jessica's sordid past; dealing heroin, going on the lamb and eventually getting busted selling meth in Arkansas. Just when it couldn't get crazier, Jessica discovers that she is a few weeks pregnant when she got to prison. She regales us with tales of prison life including some gnarly fights over 50 cent pizza sauce packets. Plus we hear from Alan on the run in upstate New York to criticize Dave, and read some reviews. Also! a special bonus song from Bob Forrest and Mike Mart. All that and a little bit more a super duper, dopey ass, wicked fire episode of dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 239: More is More with Michael Alago and friends, crack, LSD, Little Richard, Dildo Stashbox, Metallica, trauma

Sat, 16 May 2020 02:18:52 +0000

This week on Dopey is the gift that keeps on giving! With the man who signed Metallica, Michael Alago! Michael talks of his wild club days around New York City and some of the biggest names in music. Plus his crippling crack and alcohol addiction. Dave's college roommate 'Simon' calls in to talk about the good old days of smoking the kind, dealing doses and college suspension. Plus a tribute to Little Richard, and even Sam makes an appearance at the end to play a stupid game. All that and more on a depraved yet surprisingly diverse, and simultaneously dildo stashing new episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 238: Sex, Lies and Dopey. Holly Randall, Alcoholism, Recovery, Dick Pics, Methadone, SEX, PORN, Trauma

Sat, 09 May 2020 02:28:54 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave is joined by Erotic Superstar film maker Holly Randall. They kick it around old school on the adult film industry, alcoholism, relapse and of course recovery. We also hear from an old friend whoo eats pubic hair and is known to sometimes lick urine off of the toilet. Plus a super fucking dopey email, a surprise family visit and Alan predicts the 4 millionth download. All that plus much, much more on an orgasmic, OH-MY-GOD, it's so good episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 237: Danny Boy O’Connor, Amy Dresner, Relapse, Recovery, Covid, Meth, Covid, Trauma

Sat, 02 May 2020 02:44:53 +0000

This week on Dopey! Long time friend of the show and Dopey's first celebrity guest ever, Danny Boy O'Connor of The House of Pain returns to celebrate 15 years in recovery! We hear all about his sordid tale from the depths of depravity and back to a happy, joyous and free life. Plus Dopey Dres aka Amy Dresner comes back to Dopey to tell us all about her experience around the Covid age, recovery and another mini monologue about her vagina. All of that plus Alan, emails, reviews and more on a brand spanking, and extremely special new episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 236: The Todd Shot Part 2, Heroin, Overdose, Death, Trauma, Mourning, Weed, Phish, Grateful Dead

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 04:35:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave and Linda remember their old friend Todd on what would have been his 46th birthday. They talk about the good, the bad and the extremely dopey. Also Todd's sister, Aly calls in with bittersweet memories of her brother. Plus we play a clip from Todd's first time on the show with Chris. All that and more on a tear jerking, Todd fest that is this week's Dopey! More about Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 235: Scout Willis & the Vape Pen full of DMT, love, drugs, trauma, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore and recovery

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:45:17 +0000

This week on Dopey! We are joined by the vivacious, bright and funny Scout Willis. Scout brings the unbelievable Dopey in the form of a New York City arrest and a vape pen full of DMT but she also brings a serious truth about the nature of healing and recovery. We also get some ridiculously fire emails, voicemails and international check ins from the Dopey Nation. Also Alan, and much much much more, on a seductively special episode of Dopey. PLUS I? think you can hear Bruce Willis in the background for a second. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 234: The Low Bottom Cookie featuring Josh Eppard from Coheed and Cambria and my friend, Aurora, Trauma

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 01:06:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! Aurora joins us as we continue on how we cope in the age of Covid-19. Then special guest Josh Eppard from Coheed and Cambria and Weerd Science lets it rip on his long time heroin addiction to a better life on Suboxone. Plus we check in on Alan in New York City, we read a crazy dopey email, and much much more on a low bottom cookie buying, covid-19 having super duper episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 233: Dave and Linda have the Corona Virus, Dr. Drew, Andy Roy, Dopey Nation, Heroin, OD, Relapse

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:50:53 +0000

This week on Dopey!!!! The beautiful and vivacious Linda returns to the show to announce that her and Dave have tested positive for the Coronavirus. Dr. Drew calls in to give his take on the global pandemic. Andy Roy finally checks back in on his relapse, and his return to recovery! Brandon from SRO Prints launches the new Dopey Store! Plus members of the Dopey Nation, voicemails, emails, Alan and reviews. Plus much much more on a new, new, new, special, special, special episode of Dopey!!! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 232: Chef Andrew Zimmern, the Coronavirus saga continues, Heroin, Coke, Alcohol, Recovery, TV

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 02:16:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! Junky, alcoholic, culinary superstar, and all around nice guy in recovery, Chef Andrew Zimmern calls in and lays the Dopey on us. We hear all about his rise and fall and triumphant rise again as he scratched and clawed his way back to the top of the food chain. Chef Andrew also talked about the impact of Covid-19 on the plight of the over 7 million restaurant workers in America. We also get to hear some truly Dopey tales from hard living in New York City. Then we hear from a certain pubic hair gobbling/toilet rim licking friend of the show, my dad (who's never licked a toilet) and much, much more! Including emails, voicemails and reviews!!!! On a super special covid-19 recovering laden episode of Dopey! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 231: The Corona Virus Special! Pandemic Heroin, LSD, Trauma, Relapse, Detox, Crack, cocaine

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 04:36:26 +0000

This week on Dopey! It's the Coronavirus special aka the Covid-19 extravaganza! Join me and Linda as we take a psychedelic, opiatic journey into the newest pandemic sweeping the globe! We check in from Bob Forest in California, The Secret Drug Addict in London, My dad and Ray in Manhattan plus members of the Dopey Nation all over the globe! We get voicemails, emails and more on this rough and tumble socially distant super special episode. Plus a special musical number! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 230: Dopey in the Family, My ’mother-in-law’ Susan, Nitrus, Corona Virus, lies, pregnancy, relapse, recovery, heroin, weed

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:28:34 +0000

This week on a very, very special episode of Dopey! I am joined by Linda's mother Susan to learn what it's like when your daughter winds up getting knocked up by a heroin addict. We recap the hell I put her and her family through, and other fun stuff. Also we get a super Dopey email and voicemail! All that and more on a very intimate and al-anonic episode of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 229: That Old Time Dopey Show, Alan, Harold, Joe, Bath Salts, DMT, Copping Dope, Corona Virus, Crack, Howard Stern, relapse

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:23:24 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave and company go super old school, we hear everything on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. From copping, to abuse to crashing to recovery. Hear about Dave's broken tooth, Alan on the Corona Virus. Harold celebrating 1 year! Joe Schrank on Chris Taylor and the power of compassion. Plus emails, voice mails, and much much more including Dave's Dominican friend Toast's debut on the show. Also finally hear Dave's appearance on the Howard Stern show from 1999, and a new Dopey verse! Plus much, much, much more on a brand spanking new uber dopey episode of dopey. Putting the drugs, addiction and dumb shit back into the best podcast about drugs, addiction and dumb shit! Don't miss it!!!!! More on Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey 228: Dopey Two Times, Dan Peres, Alexis Haines, Pills, Heroin, Sober, Trauma

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:55:21 +0000

This week on Dopey! Former Details magazine editor-in-chief, and pill popper extraordinaire and, Dan Peres comes to my dad's apartment to bring the Dopey! We hear all about his new addiction memoir, As Needed For Pain, and his struggles with pills, career and copping heroin on skid row. Also joining us in my dad's kitchen is long time Dopey friend, Alexis Haines. Who regales us with tales of depravity, drug policy and living with trauma. Plus my dad, Alan sits in, we hear about his take with the Corona Virus, my dinner with Marc Maron, the stupid dog and much much more on a spine tingly-dingly episode of Dopey!

Dopey 227: John Joseph, crack, trauma, jail, recovery

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:57:37 +0000

This week on Dopey. Major league Dopey guest, lead singer of The Cro Mags, Iron Man competitor, Hare Krishna devotee and all around amazing guy John Joseph comes through to hit us with the dopey. Plus Ismael pops in, emails and much, much more on a crazy hardcore, positive mental attitude, crack relapse, Hare Krishna chanting, scholarship giving away, great Karneef sighting episode of Dopey!

Dopey 226: Sexed out, Love Sick, Heart Broke, and Crack smoke, Bob Forrest, Relapse

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 01:23:58 +0000

This week on Dopey! The nitty gritty on love addiction, obsession, heartbreak and relapse. We also hear super high octane Dopey Sex stories. Bob Forrest calls in with a bad flu, to tell us about his crazy weekend playing with Thelonious Monster, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction and Fishbone. Dave talks dogs, the show, and more! Plus multiple international voicemails, emails Alan and much much more. On a very obsessive, and seriously debauched new drug store wine buying, super vodka drinking, vending machine cracked out, mile high club episode of Dopey.

Dopey 225: gay rehab sex, heroin, meth, Trading Doses for Reviews, DMT

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:23:15 +0000

This week on Dopey! Bill Blaber is back! He and Dave reminisce on some of their experiences in treatment. Dave tells a story how he 'Nyquil-dialed' Artie Lange to less than stellar results. Alan pops in to share some of his thrifty shopping techniques. Plus emails, reviews and super Dopey comedian Be Casper tells some crazy stories about tripping and getting arrested. Plus much much more on super sober, but also tres-trippy new new new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 224: Fear, Anger & Love, Liquid PCP, 12 Step, AA, Alcohol, Rage, Garrett

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 22:38:18 +0000

This week on Dopey! In a nice change of pace we get a shorty strong Island episode. Crazy Dopey recovery Jedi type, Garrett tells his story of debauchery to recovery! We hear all about how through deep soul searching rage, anger and fear can turn into deep spiritual L-O-V-E! Plus emails, the wonders of ketosis, sponsorship and more! All that in a rock 'em, knock' em, sock' em, if it were star trek it would be spock 'em episode of your favorite podcast about dumb shit, addiction and drugs!

Dopey 223: Kristen Johnston, Alan's 76th Birthday, Robbie, pills, mushrooms, stealing drugs

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:31:34 +0000

It's Alan's 76th birthday this week on Dopey! We celebrated by having the Emmy award winning actress/drug addict/alcoholic extraordinaire Kristen Johnston calling in and laying down the Dopey. We hear all about Third Rock From the Sun, succumbing to opiate addiction and the long road back to recovery. Plus Dave's old friend Robbie tells a cataclysmic mushroom story. Plus emails, voicemails, reviews and an extra dose of Alan, (the birthday boy!!!)

Dopey 222: Stealing Dopey, Helping Addicts, Ketosis, Heroin Withdrawal, Ecstacy

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 06:07:24 +0000

This week on Dopey! First old friend and collaborator Brad calls in to stake his claim on Dopey. Then Brad and I take a walk down memory lane to recount how I fucked up our TV show and my life. After that we are joined by addict/alcoholic/podcast host/sober living owner and most importantly Rabbi, Asher G to hear his story of how his life of trauma, depression, addiction and suicidal tendencies turned to a spiritual life in recovery. And lastly, Linda finally returns to talk ketosis and to hear voicemails, read emails and reviews! PLUS a new original song by Alien Thing!!!! And much much more on a play the tape out, dope kicking, Suge Knight Blessing, Ketosis missing episode of Dopey!

Dopey 221: Handsome Dick Manitoba, Dope Sick, Love Sick, Punk Rock, Recovery

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:11:49 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave and his mysterious cohost are joined by punk rock legend, Handsome Dick Manitoba of the world famous Dictators. Here debaucherous tales of the lower east side in the 1970's. The glorious return of Alan criticizing the show! Plus Emails, Reviews and the winner of the Mountainside Scholarship! On a punks not dead, dope sick, love sick super emotional roller coaster of a podcast episode of Dopey! You'll laugh, you'll cry you'll want to listen again and again!

Dopey 220: The 'Al Anonic Episode', Stephanie Wittels Wachs, PCP, Overdose, Heroin Last Day

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:43:16 +0000

This week on Dopey! We get all Al Anonic! First we hear from my friend from work, Alex and what working with me when I was still high was like. And then we get into the tragic overdose of his brother, Fermin. Then we hear from Stephanie Wittels Wachs the sister of comedian Harris Wittels and the host and producer of Last Day podcast. She talks about the opioid epidemic, losing her brother and the mission of Last Day. All that plus: Emails, Voicemails, review and much much more on a straight Al-anon vomiting while you run high on heroin type episode of Dopey!

Dopey 219: Amy Dresner, Jeremy Turner, New Years, Dope, Meth, Crack, Relapse, Sober

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 07:22:00 +0000

This week on a very Dopey New Year's Special! We are joined by two old time Dopey friends in very different places in their addiction, and recovery. First up author of My Fair Junkie, Amy Dresner returns to the show to drop a little Dopey recovery on the nation. Then we are joined by Mr. Tighty Whities himself, Jeremy Turner. We learn all about his relapse, and his journey back toward recovery. Plus emails, music, and a quick classic memory of Chris. All that and more on a crack smoking, finger smelling, fentanyl popping, New Years Episode of Dopey!

Dopey 218: A Very Dopey Christmas, Andy Roy, Peter and Bob Forrest

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 03:13:57 +0000

This year on a Very Dopey Christmas Special we are joined by my old friend Peter, we learn a bit about the old days and Peter's new show handicapping sporting events. Then we hear some classic Dopey Christmas stories from special friends of the show Bob Forrest and Andy Roy. Alan pops in briefly and we hear from some heads in the Dopey nation! Merry Christmas Dopes! Keep your fucking heads up!

Dopey 217: Old School Dopey with Reggie Brown, Freebase, Crack, Dope, Sober

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:21:45 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dave has a lot of company as he and his mysterious friend, R.B are joined by NFL great, Reggie Brown, friend of the show and big time journalist Emily Sullivan and Alan. PLUS we get an update from Billy Barroo, and hear some tragic awful news from a new friend of the show. All that plus voicemails, emails, an unfortunate Artie update and much much more. On a straight learning disabled, bananas flambe episode of Dopey.

Dopey 216: Chris Dangerfield, Documenting Dopey, Relapse, Meth, Ecstasy, Phish

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:58:41 +0000

This week on Dopey! The British invasion continues with Chris Dangerfield coming straight outta Cambodia and dropping Dopey like napalm on the nation. Then we hear from an old friend of the show on his recent relapse and Dave's old boss Danny shows up to document the Dopey. All that, PLUS Alan predicting the 3 million download mark, a straight fire Kiwi Voicemail, Dopey reviews, a new Dopey theme from Jon and much much much more on a down and dirty, straight up danger filled installment of Dopey!

Dopey 215: Michael Des Barres, Alan, Ryan, LSD, Coke, Booze, Occult

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:47:43 +0000

This week on Dopey! Television, film and Rock and Roll legend, Michael Des Barres calls in to kick around the Dopey. We hear all about coming up in the 70's, doing coke, the occult and much much more. Plus Alan pops in to wish the Dopey Nation a happy Holiday! And if you thought that was too much, Dave's college roommate Ryan calls in to talk about the time he and Dave robbed a kindly old weed dealer plus talk about his new website and podcast, Real Music History. Sit back relax and turn it way up to eleven for a rockin, rollin, rollicking, rehab needing episode of Dopey!

Dopey 214: Lili Taylor, long term recovery, coke, heroin, showbiz, movies

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 03:11:19 +0000

This week on Dopey! Film legend Lili Taylor comes to my dad's apartment to talk about her life in active addiction, her very long term recovery and her prolific Hollywood career. Dave also talks about doing the show without Chris and what it's like on his own. Plus a voicemail about copping abroad and the Dopey email to end all Dopey emails. Plus much much more on a domestically docile yet still disturbingly debauched episode of Dopey.

Dopey 213: Andy Roy, Heroin, Sobriety, Home invasion, Skateboarding

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:40:51 +0000

This week on Dopey! Legendary drug addict and pro skater, the great Andy Roy calls in and delivers the Dopey. From crazy chases evading the law to home invasions, to his amazing resurgence in recovery. Andy lets it all hang out. Plus! Dave gets cut at work, sober people carrying meth and much much more. On a rooting tooting, backside 720 degree danger fest episode of Dopey! Also check out Andy Roy's podcast Ripride wherever you get your podcasts!

Dopey 212: The Alt. Recovery Movement, Artie, Detox, Heroin, Fashion, Coke

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 02:33:20 +0000

This week on Dopey! Aurora is back in New York City to celebrate 4 years clean! Alan returns to the show with a big announcement. English Dopey legend Mick comes through with the hard core Dopey Voicemail. Plus an Artie Lange sighting(stalking)! With emails, reviews and the humble beginnings of the alt recovery movement. All that and more on a rag tag, renegade and ragamuffin, recovery type rendition of Dopey.

Dopey 211: Working Class Dopey, Johnny Irish, MDMA, Coke, Halloween, Sugar

Sat, 02 Nov 2019 00:42:01 +0000

This week on Dopey, a very working class New York City episode with the lower east side's own Johnny Irish shining a light on the early coke copping days in the East Village. Also we recap Dopeycon and hear some emails. Plus songs, an unpredictable Artie update, drug dreams and much much more on a wonderful, wastrel and working class episode of Dopey.

Dopey 210: Cat Marnell, Overdose, PCP, NBA Basketball, Self Tanner for the Soul

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 03:34:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! The legendary Cat Marnell stops by my dad's apartment proclaiming her last ever interview on drugs, addiction and dumb shit! We hear all about her sordid past, her meteoric rise, fall and rise again in the literary world. Plus Cat's thoughts on Artie Lange, her love of the NBA, TMZ, and her teen zine that started it all. All that PLUS the return of the Stash Word, emails, and much, much more on a cosmically comical yet still cacophonously carefree new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 209: DOPEYCON!

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:17:45 +0000

Allright all you Dopes out there, here's the moment you've all been waiting for DOPEYCON! On October 12th around 100 lucky Dopes got together in Manhattan to attend the first ever DOPEYCON! It was awesome featuring: Bill B. Rae, G-RAY, Namaste at Home Dad, Nick Flynn, Tim from Dank Recovery, Chris's sister, Arden O'Connor and my dad, Alan. We left we cried, we heard great music, ate black and white cookies and heard great stories about drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Sit back, relax and enjoy the magic that was Dopeycon. (Next year, we'll get a bigger venue and you all better come!)

Dopey 208: Jack Osbourne & The Road to DOPEYCON

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 00:50:13 +0000

This week on Dopey! The one and only Jack Osborne calls in to talk a bit about growing up in a famous Rock and Roll family, his addiction and his recovery. We learn why you shouldn't mix Ambien and alcohol, and how he lives with Multiple Sclerosis. PLUS Bill rejoins us to hear about his dinner with Obama, shooting meth and the devil. All that plus voicemails, Freddie Kruger and other dumb shit!

Dopey 207: The Appalachian Sensation Sweeping the (Dopey) Nation

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 02:44:39 +0000

This Week on Dopey! It's the Healing Appalachia Festival(Finally!) Ray and I travel down to Lewisberg, West Virginia to participate in the festival festivities. We met a ton of cool addicts and hear some wicked fiyah dopey stories as we go. So strap yourself in for some meth making, ambulance stealing, stripper robbing, hoodie smoldering, barn burning, DMT smoking, festival emceeing, bar b cue eating, DC flying spanking new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 206: The Return of Peter & Garren James (cocaine, escorts, depression, heroin addicts)

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:17:04 +0000

This week on Dopey! Fan favorite and old timey friend of Dave, Peter returns to the show. We hear how his depression has developed, some gambling insights and some old material he's been wanting to try out. PLUS recovering addict, and entrepreneur of Showtime's Gigolo's, Garren James joins us on the phone with some crazy dopey stuff. PLUS! Rocker T, Voicemails, Psychedelic Debauchery and much much more on a chronically not depressing, Artie Lange stalking episode of DOPEY!

Dopey 205: Michael Imperioli, Bill Blaber, Meth, Relapse and Art

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 00:54:20 +0000

This week on Dopey! First, we get a crazy meth story from IV meth addict in recovery, and fellow Mountainside alumni, Bill Blaber. Then we are joined by Sopranos, and Goodfellas star, Michael Imperioli. We hear about his process playing othe Dopey Nation voted 'favorite fictional addict' Christopher. Plus beatniks, New York City, Voicemails and much much more on a robust, reenacting, ridiculous, relapsing meth shooting, book writing, New York City loving episode of Dopey!

Dopey 204: Margaret Cho, molly, relapse, mushrooms, Roxies, sober

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 01:18:36 +0000

This week on Dopey! The great Margaret Cho calls in to tell some of her sordid history in and out of recovery. Including her magical encounter with the ice vagina of Anna Nicole Smith. Plus Linda and Alan return to the show along with voicemails, emails and the Dopey Nation/Dopey Reddit war! All that plus Ben Anderson on his addiction and recovery, the Send Me a Friend program plus the Park City Songwriter Festival and much, much more on this racy, radical, and ridiculously raucous and debauched new, new new episode of Dopey.

Dopey 203: Psychedelically Distraught with Jesse Reed (meth, acid, tripping face, mormons)

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:52:21 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Jessa Reed returns to the show, this time in person! She revisits her meth classics and journeys into some psychedelically twisted alien terrain. Plus her take on relationships, addiction, sobriety and more dumb shit then you can shake a dead owl at. Plus much, much more! On a psychedelically disturbing episode of your favorite podcast, Serial. (Just kidding, Dopey.)

Dopey 202: The Summertime Blues

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 04:24:38 +0000

On a brand new spanking end of summer episode of Dopey! Aurora is back in New York City, where she meets up with Dave to finally record an episode of Dopey in person! They talk smoothies, 12 step and other dumb shit on a voice mail laden, email filled old school romp which celebrates DopeyCon, Appalachian Healing and grooming ones testicles! All that and much, much more on a silky smooth new episode of Dopey.

Dopey 201: Devan and the Chrismiss Addendum

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:02:11 +0000

This week on Dopey! One of Dave's oldest and best friends comes on. Devan tells how he and Dave became on-air hosts on MTV back in the day. We also hear Alan's point of view from this tale of triumph that turned into tragedy that had Dave suspended from high school, and forced to go to summer school after he 'graduated'. Plus ACTUAL DOPEY voicemails, straggler 200TH episode voicemails, a lost Hottwheels voicemail plus more Chris! On yet another radioactively scrubby, yet still quite special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 200: CHRISMISS & The Glory of the Dopey Nation. With Marc Maron, Dr. Drew, Brandon Novak, Bob Forrest, Amy Dresner and Jamie Lee Curti

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 06:38:58 +0000

It's Chrismiss time again! On this epic, longest Dopey ever we are joined by a cavalcade of Dopey Stars, Participants, and Well Wishers including: Dr. Drew, Brandon Novak, Marc Maron, Amy Dresner, Bob Forrest, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Dave and Linda recount much of the history of the show, and we hear from tons of Dopey Nation members! We also get to hear from Alan, Sam and even Chris himself as we celebrate what would've been his 35th birthday. So please sit back, relax and enjoy the most special-est, tear Jerking, laugh making extravaganza, CHRISMISS also known as the 200th episode of Dopey.

Dopey 199: Welcome to Methodonia, Euphoria & Alan

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 03:21:10 +0000

On the new episode of Dopey! We inch toward the 200th episode also known as Chrismiss but take a layover stop in Methodonia, where we hear Alan a little rilled up. We then hear from classic Dopey caller Jesse, who actually works in a Methadone Clinic! Then TV/Film critic Devin Feraci takes a look at the crazy Dopey HBO series Euphoria! Plus voicemails, emails, DOPEYCON and much much more on a methadonian, mayham induced melange of diabolically deviant Dopey.

Dopey 198: Alaska Thunderfuck & Aurora on Weed, relapse and other dumb shit

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:46:34 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Drag queen extraordinaire Alaska Thunderfuck calls in to talk a little dopey about her past, present and future. We hear about her take on drag, love, drugs and sobriety. Including! Her time on RuPaul's Drag Race, and getting kicked out of a bar while kicking the dopey around. PLUS! Aurora is back from France to talk 12 steps and fuck with Dave a bit while pining away for some chilled red wine. All that plus voicemails, reviews, and the great victory over iTunes and more on a special drag racing, wine sipping, super dank, chainsaw breaking, cigarette not smoking episode of Dopey!

Dopey 196 - Remembering Chris

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 04:08:46 +0000

One year ago this week Chris relapsed, overdosed and tragically died. In this episode of Dopey, Dave travelled to Great Barrington to sit with some of Chris's closest friends; Dylan, Alex, Ted, Colin, and Mark to share stories and remember how special a person Chris was and how tragic and horrific his sudden death was to us all.

Dopey 195: The Return of Jim and the Praying Mantises, Acid, Dope, Betrayal, Twitter, Big Bird

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 03:03:41 +0000

This week on Dopey! Dear friend Jim shows up and we take a nice stroll down memory lane, Dopey Style! We hear about some of the most classic Dopey Stories, and relive some of Jimmy's greatest trips. Plus! Questions from the Dopey Nation on Twitter, voicemails, emails, reviews and much much more on a kick off your jeans put on your pajamas special kind of loosey goosey episode of Dopey.

Dopey 194: Dopesick at Boston Garden; Chris Herren, NBA, Basketball, Heroin, withdrawal

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:56:10 +0000

This week on Dopey! Ex-NBA, and college basketball standout plus ridiculous junky, Chris Herren calls into the show to tell some of his incredible story. From the wilds of Fall River, Massachusetts, we hear of Chris's ridiculously dopey journey from the bottom to the top and back again. Buckle up, because it gets super dopey! PLUS! Voicemails, reviews, Dopey poetry and much much more on an extraordinarily rootin' tootin' jump shot AND heroin shooting episode of Dopey.

Dopey 193: Another Bullshit Night in Dopey Nation, Nick Flynn, Meth, Booze, Weed

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:27:11 +0000

This week on Dopey! New friend, author, addict and Alcoholic, Nick Flynn comes to Dave's dads house to talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. We hear about him meeting his homeless father at a shelter he worked at and documented in his first memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. Plus Alan returns, Dopey Con, Dopey poetry corner and much much more on an especially special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 192: The Mind of a Junky; Anders Osborne and the DK, freebasing naked in the woods, buddhism, bee keeping, and kicking dope upstate

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 01:08:23 +0000

On this weeks episode of Dopey, Dave gets to talk awhile with super talented singer, songwriter, guitar player Anders Osborne and hear a bit about his last using days, a bit about his recovery, his amazing SEND A FRIEND program and of course bee keeping! Then we go down memory lane with DK, plus the 2 MILLIONTH DOWNLOAD, emails, voicemails and much, much more on an action packed yet still relatively tranquil and obviously smashingly special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 191: Dopey on the BBC, Dopey and the Family Vol. 3, THC, Not for Free

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:05:23 +0000

This week on Dopey, Vicky Baker, a journalist for the BBC comes to Dave's dad's apartment to record an episode of Dopey. Linda and Alan recount some of the origins of Dopey and their experiences around Dave's addiction. Also Dave and Linda remember their dear friend Todd on what would be the one year anniversary of his tragic overdose and death. Plus emails, voicemails, the 2 millionth download prediction contest, and finally the sensory depravation tank story! All that and so much more on a family sized special episode of Dopey! Stay Tuned!

Dopey 190: AJ Daulerio, The Small Bow, Gawker, Cocaine, Suicide

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 03:00:12 +0000

On the new episode of Dopey, we get to know the creator of the recovery newsletter; The Small Bow, AJ Daulerio. We hear about the time he was sued for 115 million dollars by Hulk Hogan, and the end of the infamous blog, Gawker. PLUS: the NEW predict the 2 millionth download contest and win a free 'just the head' Tee or Long Sleeve shirt! All that plus new voicemails, emails, and OTHER dumb shit, on a delightfully decadent and super swell and synergistically special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 189: Alexis Haines, kicking in jail, Plastic Surgery, Holistic Hottie, heroin, pills, and the Dopey Business

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:24:18 +0000

This week on Dopey! Alexis Haines calls in to talk down and dirty dopey. Hear about the robbery that launched her into infamy as well as kicking dope in solitary confinement. Not to mention recovery and a bunch of good stuff. Plus! Emails voicemails, Nick Flynn's Dopey poetry and much, much more on a scandalously special new episode of Dopey!

Dopey 188: Dopey and Depression, Peter, Devin, Heroin, Mushrooms, Game of Thrones

Sat, 25 May 2019 02:01:41 +0000

In this weeks Dopey, long time friend and band mate Peter comes by Alan's apartment to kick it around. We hear about Dave and Peter's adolescence, Peter's crippling depression and his career in handicapping sporting events. We also hear stories about Dave and Todd's early addict days when Peter lived with them. Then Devin of www.cinemasangha.com comes on to critique the series finale of Game of Thrones. All that plus voicemails, emails reviews and much much more on a depression riddled, but still uplifting and super special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 187: Warren Boyd & The Girl with the Dopey Tattoo. Getting Clean and shooting crack and heroin

Sat, 18 May 2019 04:57:25 +0000

This week on Dopey. Warren Boyd, the true story behind the A & E show 'The Cleaner' talks a bit about what got him on the righteous path and the crooked life he left behind. Plus crazy getting celebrities clean stories and jail time. Then Hanna AKA 'The Girl with the Dopey Tattoo' returns to the show to talk about her experience with Medicated Assisted Treatment, specifically Methadone and how getting off of it might've contributed to her latest relapse. Plus my dad, reviews, songs and more on a wicked, fire, pisser super special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 186 Amy Dresner and the Dopey Business; Meth, Woke, White Privilege, Heroin, seizures, Higher Power, Bachelor Party, Recovery

Sat, 11 May 2019 04:52:44 +0000

This week on Dopey! We get back to some old school Dopey with Author of 'My Fair Junkie' and dear friend of the show, Amy Dresner. We talk Woke/white privilege, recovery, drugs and of course dumb shit. Dave takes some Twitter questions, and emails and voicemail galore! All that and even more on a remarkably privileged and especially woke and super special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 185: AJ Benza, Justin, Tupac, Cocaine, heroin, booze, pills

Sat, 04 May 2019 01:52:38 +0000

This week on Dopey! Gossip columnist, writer, TV host AJ Benza comes on and delivers some star studded Dopey. Including a crazy scene with Tupac, Mickey Rourke and an unbelievable lost Artie Lange Tale. Then old time friend of the show Justin calls in to recall an old Spring Break dopey adventure with Dave during the height of his first major heroin run. Plus emails, voicemails, a flash of Chris and a new instrumental cover of Good So Bad, also some contrarian shit. All of this and more! On this week's surreptitiously special episode of Dopey. ***EDITED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND NOT SO INNOCENT***

Dopey 184: Dopey and the Dead; Justin Kreutzmann, Aurora, Alan, Grateful Dead, Game of Thrones, White Privilege

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:18:13 +0000

This week on Dopey, film maker and son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, Justin Kreutzmann calls into the show to talk a bit about his life in and out of recovery. We hear what it was like coming up on tour with the Dead and all of the good and not so good opportunities it afforded him. Then we talk Game of Thrones and Dopey history with Aurora, and finally Alan returns to the show offering criticism and giving his take on the 'white privilege' inherent in Dopey. Plus emails, voicemails and the return of Stash Word on another scintillatingly special, special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 183: The Todd Shot

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:48:30 +0000

This week would've been Todd's 45th birthday had he not tragically overdosed and died last summer. To commemorate his life we have brought in his sister and some of his best friends to reflect on Todd on the longest Dopey episode ever recorded. We hear the good, the bad and the ridiculously dopey on this one! He was one in a billion and now he's gone because of addiction, we will always miss him. Rest in Peace my old friend.

Dopey 182: Deeply Debaucherous Dopey with Dylan(Chris's Sponsor)

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:43:39 +0000

This week on Dopey we hear from Chris's friend and sponsor Dylan. To say that it is some crazy Dopey shit doesn't do it justice. From inter-coastal crack runs to a resurgence in a spiritual life in recovery, we basically hear it all. Plus the return of Ishmael, and a new controversial segment of Chopped and Screwed by Worchester all that plus much, much more. On a supremely spectacular and still quite especially special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 181: Jason Ellis, Aurora, Heroin, Sex, Pills, Game of Thrones, Coke

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:49:32 +0000

This Week on Dopey! Australian Pro Skater and host of Sirius XM's The Jason Ellis Show, Jason Ellis calls in from his jacuzzi in Los Angeles to spin a few Dopey yarns. We learn of his foray into recovery and why it didn't work out for him. We also hear about an Australian heroin adventure involving prostitutes, and more cocaine then you could shake a stick at. Then dear friend of the show Aurora calls in to give an update on her less glamorous but more sober life in LA complete with new sponsees, Game of Thrones predictions and more. Plus Ismael's first show appearance, voicemails, a new Chopped and Screwed, and other classic Dopey shenanigans on a truly, truly extra special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 180: Ashley Hamilton Pt.2, Fentanyl, Dilaudid, Dope, Trauma, Eating Disorders, Ice cream

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:47:06 +0000

This week on Dopey! As promised Ashley Hamilton returns to the show give us a little bit more of his Dopey truth. We hear about getting speedballs through an IV-Drip at the hospital on his rough road from recovery to relapse and back again. We also hear about what it is to live with trauma, and what Ashley is trying to do to get passed it. We also play games, hear voicemails and talk cake and ice cream on another especially special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 179: Baseball Legend, Convicted Felon, Addict Extraordinaire Lenny Dykstra

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:30:47 +0000

In this weeks episode of Dopey the unthinkable happens. World Series Champion, three time Major League All Star, and world class drug addict and alcoholic Lenny Dykstra comes to my dad's house to talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. We hear all about the 1986 Mets, Rehab with Robert Downey Jr, Rapid Opiate Detox in Israel, and much much more on a remarkably special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 178: Beautiful Boy writer David Sheff, Jeremy Turner, Meth, Heroin, Crack, Recovery

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:48:26 +0000

After years of trying to get him, Beautiful Boy author, David Sheff finally calls into Dopey. Also Dopey Nation master voicemail maker, Jeremy Turner calls in on the night before he goes to rehab. Plus new voicemails, emails, a new amazing Dopey tune by Jake from West Virginia and much, much more on an unbelievably special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 177: Darren Prince & Amy Dresner; Ring Worm, Magic Johnson, Pills, Phish

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:24:58 +0000

This week on Dopey we hear from 'Super Agent' Darren Prince and his journey from baseball card mastermind to representing legends like Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, Chevy Chase and more. And the fateful night he began his spiral into extreme opioid addiction. Then super Dope, and author of debaucherous memoir My Fair Junkie, Amy Dresner returns to discuss her latest issues and kick it around on an extremely special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 176: Seriously Dopey with Dr. Drew and Tracey Helton.

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 03:37:35 +0000

This week on Dopey we return to the Upper West Side of Manhattan to the luxurious penthouse apartment of Dr. Drew Pinsky. There we learn the 'Origin of Dr. Drew' to find out what makes Dr. Drew tick. We also kick the dopey around with huge gaged needles, crack, fake heroin and a glorious return of 'The Narcan Queen' Tracey Helton Mitchell as she celebrates 21 years in recovery. All that and more on a seriously super duper special episode of Dopey.

Dopey Episode 175 - Dave's old friend Robbie. ADD, Alcohol, adderall, Heroin, Methadone, Death, Recovery

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:52:58 +0000

This week Dave's old and dear friend Roberto joins us on the show for some laughs, memories and insights. We hear the first time Dave blacked out and almost died from excessive vomiting. We also hear about growing up in New York City, and living with a dear friend near death on heroin. Plus a voicemail from Jeremy Turner, emails and much more on an abnormally special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 174: Jamie Lee Curtis, Sam, Crack, Pills, Recovery, Heroin, Sick, Weed, Ecstacy

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 14:20:01 +0000

This week the great Jamie Lee Curtis finally calls in to talk a little about her own addiction, career and recovery! We hear from Sam and hear about his last crack binge, alcoholic relapse and update of when he will finally get out of the hospital. Plus Chopped and Screwed, ecstacy-laced voicemails with Cookie Crisp hallucinations, emails and more on a ridiculously special, special, special new Dopey.

Dopey 173 - Bob Forrest, Aurora, Alan, Weed, Dope, Recovery, Booze, Vaping

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:40:35 +0000

Dopey Episode 173 is up! It's old home week on Dopey. The great Bob Forrest returns to the show to talk This American Life, Getting clean, shooting dope and suicidal tendencies. Aurora calls in to add her 2 cents, talk recovery and more. PLUS: SUPER SPECIAL Dopey Chopped & Screwed Episode 2: 'YOU'RE RUINING THE PODCAST' And finally Dave's Dad, Alan fails miserably at the stash word, but also talks of the rise and love of our little podcast and the tragic loss of our friends. All that and much, much more on a very, very, very special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 172: More Dopey and the Family, Linda, Death, Heroin, Weed, This American Life

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 02:29:43 +0000

This week on Dopey we are graced with the presence of my beautiful partner-in-life Linda! We announce to the world that this weekend This American Life with Ira Glass covered Dopey for a very sad, yet beautiful piece. We hear a bit of old school Dopey on the new/old 'Dopey: Chopped and Screwed' . We have a social worker section with Linda and the Dopey Nation on when to tell children about our addiction. Plus fire voicemails, Magnolia upcake, 7-11 Brookies, cookies, Gumby, Pokey and more on a very, very special episode of Dopey...

Dopey 171: Dave's oldest friend Dave, On growing up in NYC, betrayal, heroin, terrariums, weed, recovery.

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 04:20:00 +0000

This week on Dopey, Dave's oldest friend Dave comes on the show! They talk about growing up in NYC, and what it its like when your best friends start doing drugs when you don't. And ultimately what it's like to be betrayed by one of your closest friends. All that plus a super dopey voicemail from Hotwheels, emails and much much more on a very special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 170: Ashley Hamilton, Heroin, Dilaudid, Crack Recovery, Relapse, Scott Weiland

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 03:05:12 +0000

This week on Dopey we are joined by Hollywood royalty, the great Ashley Hamilton. We learn all about the dark side of Los Angeles, smoking crack with Scott Weiland, his first heroin, relapse, fatherhood, and his 33 stints in rehab. Plus emails, voicemails, the Dopey Nation and much, much more on a very very special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 169: Chuk from Don't Die, Aurora, Heroin, Coke, Meth, Recovery, Death, Addiction

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:52:00 +0000

In this weeks episode we are joined by Bob Forrest's Don't Die cohort Chuk Davis and learn of his past addiction and current recovery. We hear from Aurora on Japan, recovery and a bit on her 'Champagne phase'. Dave tells of an old Dopey chestnut. Plus Angry Emails, classic Dopey voicemail and much much more on an extra special tooth extracted, highly feverish episode of Dopey.

Dopey 168 - Joe Schrank, Laurie Dhue, Linda, MAT, Sober House, Weed, Suboxone, Methadone Coke at the White House, Artie Lange

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 01:51:31 +0000

In the first show of 2019 we welcome back Remedy Recovery owner, friend of the show and all around big mouth, Joe Schrank. We hear his opinion on medicated assisted treatment and some of his remembrances of Chris. Like that time Chris tripped Ecstacy while managing Joe's sober loft in Brooklyn surrounded by bottles of clients urine. Then we hear from major Network News anchor Laurie Dhue. Laurie drops a little Dopey, like the time she was blowing lines before meeting George Bush at the White House. She also reflects on her many years in recovery. Lastly, but certainly not leastly, the vivacious, beautiful and brilliant Linda joins Dave. They talk about his recent and traumatic trip to the dentist for a dreaded tooth extraction, and on breaking the million downloads barrier. They also get into thoughts on New Years and we hear the latest in the Dopey saga that is Artie Lange. Plus reviews, a voicemail, a new, possibly worst installment of the Stash Word and much much more on the first Dopey Episode of the year.

Dopey 167 - Acid, Weed, Heroin, Parenting, Relapse, Death, Mary Poppins, Jim, Jeremy, Alan

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:15:35 +0000

Dopey 167, 'A very Dopey New Years'. Jim and Jeremy return to Dopey to talk drugs, addiction, Todd, Chris, Dave and more. Jeremy recounts his famous 'smoking weed on the plane' story. Jim reminisces on past LSD and mushroom trips. They all remember Todd's life and tragic death. Jim psychoanalyzes Dave, there are voicemails, emails and reviews. Jeremy reviews Mary Poppins, Dave reviews Spiderman. Finally Alan comes in and a good time is had by all. Happy New Years Dopey Nation! Stay Strong and toodles!

A Very Dopey Christmas. The returns of Jay, Annie, Nick Reiner and Dave's dad, Alan

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 03:19:01 +0000

On this very Dopey Christmas, old school dopey guest, indie rocker, and sober heroin addict, Jay returns to kick a little Dopey and a bit of recovery. We hear some classic tales of huffing computer cleaner, smoking crack in high school and shooting speedballs. We also reflect on Chris's death and hear from his beloved girlfriend Annie about how she is doing 5 months after his tragic death. Nick Reiner then begins gaying up the yule tied in the form of a seasons greetings phone call and an announcement that he is supposedly newly sober. And finally we hear some old school Dopey criticism form beloved Dopey contributor and Dave's dad, Alan. All that plus voicemails, Free Fallin', Amy Dressner, Bob Forrest and more on a very Dopey Christmas.

Dopey 165: Killer Mike, Don, Justin, Heroin, shooting coke, Crack, Hip Hop, Trap Music, Buju Banton, Artie Lange

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 05:24:17 +0000

In this weeks edition of Dopey, southern rap superstar, barber shop impresario, civic leader and social activist Killer Mike calls in! He recalls his old crack selling days as well as his love of marijuana and passion for social justice. Also old school Dopey classic guest DJ aka Don returns to the show to talk about his crazy path in and out of addiction and recovery. We hear about his days shooting coke and heroin, recovery, relapse and back to recovery. Also Dave's friend Justin calls in to announce the prison release of dancehall reggae legend Buju Banton. Plus emails, voicemails and more on a very, very special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 164: The Literary Episode. Anna David comes debaucherously clean and Anthony Bozza tells tales of Artie Lange, Slash, Tommy Lee and mo

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:52:37 +0000

This week on the Dopey Literary Episode, Anna David, author of 'Party Girl' calls in to talk about her book, addiction, and recovery. She tells a crazy ecstacy story and we play a new Dopey game, 'THE STASHWORD'. Then Anthony Bozza, co author wth Artie Lange, Slash, Mick Fleetwood, Tommy Lee and much much more. Plus crazy British OD voicemail, Forever In Debt and much more! On a very literary episode of Dopey...

Dopey 163 - A Very Dopey Chanukah Relapser Special part 1. Heroin, Alcohol, Rehab, Sober, Ecstacy, One Day at a Time

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 22:53:00 +0000

Anti Semites don't fear! The very Dopey Chanukah has very little Chanukah in it. Instead it's jam packed with recovery and Dopey! First Chris's grand sponsor, Tim Walsh returns to bring the Recovery! Tim talks about his drug addiction, his career around treatment, spirituality, holiday relapsing, outdoor adventuring and much much more. Then author, and champion of the show, Emily Sullivan calls in to bring the Dopey! She talks of of some crazy meth behavior; hiding in a tree to find drugs, holiday using, Andy Dick and her new book proposal. All that, Dave plays the theme song to One Day at a Time, crazy Dopey email and much, much more on a not-too-Jewish Dopey Chanukah Classic. (part 1)

Dopey 162 - The Dopey Thanksgiving Spectacular with Bob Forrest and Andy Dick!

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 03:10:10 +0000

Happy Fucking Thanksgiving Dopes! In a special Thanksgiving release in honor of gratitude, turkey and what not, here is the Dopey Thanksgiving Spectacular featuring the great Bob Forrest and Andy Dick! First Bob lays it down on gratitude, the brush fires that recently raged through California, his thoughts on Suboxone, his past on Methadone, lipstick lesbians, and a killer Steve Jones story. Then the hilarious and legendary ne'er do well Andy Dick graces us with a phone call where he tells of his dissatisfaction with recovery, his sex addiction, alcoholism, his love of hotel life, and an eerie GHB story that totally recalls our old friend Chris. All this plus much much more on a very special Dopey Thanksgiving Spectacular!

Dopey 161 - Growing up Dopey and Other Tales, heroin, methadone, rehab, coke, AIDS, suicide, Vice

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 04:51:21 +0000

In the latest Dopey we hear from Dave's old friend Aurora and learn of her tumultuous childhood, her drug addiction and the road to her recovery. We also recap a bit on the Marc Maron episode, as well as some potential Christmas presents. Sam calls in to blast Dopesick Nation play a new dumb game and kick it around. Kamal leaves a voicemail, we hear about a psychedelic journey with Jake, a new tune, and much, much more on this weeks very special episode of Dopey! Excelsior!

Dopey 160 - Marc Maron on Dopey!

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 02:00:18 +0000

This week on Dopey, Marc Maron gets Dopey! We learn of his penchant for Jewish deli, his beginnings in comedy, drugs and alcohol. We hear about some of his finest interviews on WTF, his love of music and his humble beginnings on the lower east side. All that and much, much more on an incredibly special episode of Dopey. Do it up!

Dopey 159 - A Dopey Marathon - Linda, Heroin, Overdosing on the Mississippi with Jeremy and Buzz, Weed, Marc Maron, Tim from Dank Recovery M

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 03:46:25 +0000

Dopey 159 - In another 2 hour plus episode of Dopey we are once again joined by Dave's lovely partner, Linda to reminisce on some of the dumb things that Dave did to almost cost them their family. We hear an unbelievably amazing voicemail from Jeremy Turner and Buzz on overdosing on the Mississippi River. We discuss the nature of trust in a relationship with addicts and children. Fucking Marc Maron shows up on the street where Dave works, and joins Dave for breakfast. Tim from Dank Recovery Memes calls in to tell about how he tried to sell most of his organs. He also talks meme making, using, and most important his recovery. Maria leaves a celebratory voicemail, Forever in Debt and much much more on another extremely long episode of Dopey.

Dopey 158 - LOST EPISODE #2 (actual Dopey episode 4) - detox, rehab, heroin, private eye and The Howard Stern Show Story

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:19:16 +0000

For all the Dopey super fans out there here is the second 'Lost Episode' of Dopey. It was actually the 4th episode of Dopey where Dave and Chris recount some old stories. Dave talks about his love of detox and rehab. Chris reveals his love for hospital stays and retells of his multiple tenures in treatment. Dave tells his private eye story and caps it off with his epic story of sneaking onto The Howard Stern Show.

Dopey 157: Wall to Wall Dopey. Sam, from Heroin to Crack, Methadone Minute: Sizzurp, Acid trip to bloody near Death, Brian's Drug collectio

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:18:03 +0000

Wall to Wall Dopey. Dave's friend Sam returns on the phone and tells how he started his crippling crack addiction. He also shares a horrible drunk driving tale, smashing his car into a cabin. Dave takes the temperature of the Dopey Nation on the potential of Dopey Con 2019. In a controversial Methadone Minute: we hear possibly the most horrible voice memo ever played on dopey all about the terrifying substance known as Sizzurp. Dave reads his super shmaltzy Dopey speech award for the Enlighten Wellness Symposium. We play an amazing voicemail from Evan in Atlanta where he almost dies during a crazy acid trip. And finally Brian Unc Albert call in to catch us up on his recovery, his relapses, his drug collection and his latest overdose, where he was revived with 4 hits of Narcan. All that, plus the vestiges of the Vice feud and much, much more on a very long, yet special drug fueled episode of Dopey.

Dopey 156: The Vice Wars: Dopesick Nation, Allie Severino, Vice, Viceland, relapse, Florida, Hotgirlfuckedbylife, Anal sex, poppy seed tea

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:36:54 +0000

In Episode 156, Dave's friends Jim and Greg return to finally delve into the story of the Viceland 'Dopesick Nation' contreversy. We hear from Sam and Alana aka 'Hot Girl Fucked By Life' and their take on the war with Dopesick Nation and Viceland. We also hear about Alana's sobriety and what it's like living in sobriety with people who aren't sober. We also actually hear from Alli Severino of Dopesick Nation, to hear her take on the feud. We also hear about her show, her recovery and hear a story from her using days. We also read a crazy email from Ace who tells some crazy stories of poppy seeed tea, getting high and seeking recovery. Also my dad tell's his famous 7-11 story, the future of the Othello cookie, Greg's freestyle and much, much more on this weeks Dopey!

Dopey 155: Dopey in Vice! Brian, Emily Sullivan, Needle love, Crack, heroin, Relapse, Crystal Meth, and more

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 02:36:15 +0000

In Episode 155, Brian aka the crackhead lawyer returns to the show to celebrate getting Dopey finally into Vice. It's all thanks to writer extrordinaire, Emily Sullivan, who comes on the show and talks of her love for needles, her children and how she came to write about Dopey. Dave tells about some possibly relapse-esque behavior. Jeremy Turner leaves a very Dopey Voicemail involving crack, crystal meth, prostitutes and his underwear. Brian gets super emotional about Chris, and Dave's dad pops in to say tootles. All that and much, much more, on a very special episode of Dopey.

Dopey 154: Finally an Actual Dopey Episode: Amy Dresner, Aurora, Nick Reiner

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 04:01:56 +0000

Finally an actual Dopey episode where a bunch of drug addicts in recovery talk about drugs, addiction, recovery and dumb shit. This week, Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junkie makes her triumphant return to Dopey. Sharing some killer Dopey tales including seizing on a plane and doing coke in a cancer ward. Aurora in her stunning Dopey debut talks cocaine and God's will, Nick Reiner eulogizes Chris on Don't Die: Sacramento. And much, much more on a finally dopey episode of Dopey.

Dopey 153: Jake Fogelnest, the Methadone Minute, Remembering Chris, Live Dopey, Rehab, People Watching

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 03:55:48 +0000

This week on Dopey we hear from talkshow host, comedian, tv writer, producer and showrunner Jake Fogelnest on his sobriety, career and history with Dave. We also hear from Hannah aka 'The Girl with the Dopey Tattoo' in front of the methadone clinic. Dave gives the Dopey News, we hear the latest on Artie, 'the feud' and much, much more on a very special episode of Dopey!

Dopey 152: DOPEY & The Family; Linda, destroying and saving a family, drinking, Coke, Xanax, Fire Kracker, Indio, and Loosey

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:00:10 +0000

Dave's partner Linda finally comes on the show to tell her side of Dopey. She also talks about her somewhat debaucherous past, reflects on Chris and Todd, and tells the story of meeting Dave and how their beautiful family got started under some very serious duress. Also we hear a sobering verse from the Fire Kracker out of Atlanta, a voicemail from Loose an a weird little bit from Dave's former dealer Indio. All on a very special episode of Dopey.

DOPEY 151: Steven Adler of Guns N Roses, 'Dopesick Nation' on Viceland, My Dad, MDMA, Daniel Herron, Phone Addiction and more...

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:21:07 +0000

This week Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Steven Adler does us the honor of calling in and bringing the Dopey; recounting his life in and out of Guns N Roses. My Dad pops in to address the new show on Viceland 'Dopesick Nation'. We also play some killer Dopey/Recovery voicemails and hear from the Oracle. Enjoy...

DOPEY 150: The Return of Brandon Novak aka Crazy Long Dopey, Dave's friend Justin, Origin of Good so Bad, Ibogaine, Meth, Getting busted, Sk

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 03:05:44 +0000

This week on possibly the longest Dopey episode ever, Dave's friend Justin joins Dave in Alan's kitchen to reminisce on Chris, Dopey, and how they co-wrote Good So Bad. Jeremy Turner sends in a crazy fire voicemail of uncontrolled meth and oxy feuled debauchery. Then best selling Author, pro skater turned heroin addict, Jackass Star turned inspirational speaker, and so much more Brandon Novak calls in to kick the old school Dopey. Then Justin and Dave go over the classic Dopey Dave gets Ibogaine story. And much much more! Excelsior!

Dopey 149: Dutch Masters with my old friend Greg, International Overdose Awareness Day, Tracey Helton, Tim from Philly

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 04:54:00 +0000

This week on Dopey: Dave's old friend Greg stops in to talk about his 'dopeyish' play, 'Dutch Masters'. We recognize International Overdose Awareness Day with the 'Heroine of Heroin' Tracey Helton. We also play an important, yet troubling voicemail from Dopey regular, Tim from Philly. Enjoy!

Dopey 148: MTV Teen Mom Amber Portwood Calls In! Plus some classic Dopey bits and a voicemail from early recovery.

Sat, 25 Aug 2018 03:55:34 +0000

This week on Dopey: MTV's Teen Mom star, Amber Portwood calls in to drop the Dopey with her stories of international stardom, overdoses, pill purchases, prison time and the beginning of her sobriety. We listen to a classic Dopey bit with Dave and Chris from the beginning of the podcast. And Andrew G, a founder of the Dopey Nation Facebook Group leaves a classic story of early recovery where he lost his cat in a hole in his wall. Plus Dave reads a heartwarming email from an Australian Dopey fan. Enjoy!

Dopey 147: The return of Nick Reiner, Jim and Alan

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:15:46 +0000

In the wake of Chris's tragic overdose, Dave seeks reinforcements to keep the Dopey ship afloat. Dave's friend from high school, Jim helps out by sitting in for the episode. Dopey OG, Nick Reiner calls in to share the story of his last cataclysmic heroin relapse, his thoughts on Chris's passing, and of course his meth feuled heart attack while flying from Los Angeles to Boston. Then Dave's dad Alan also shares his take on Chris, and the future of Dopey. Plus Scott Countryman calls in with a short Dopey oxycontin story and Jake, a fan, covers 'Good So Bad'

Dopey 146: A VERY SPECIAL CHRISMISS. LOST TAPES, EPISODE 2 'THE SEIZURE STORY'

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 04:47:18 +0000

Toodles Dopey Nation! Today is Chris's birthday, and it's the first year in celebrating the first Dopey holiday of Chrissmiss. It is of course, all in honor of how much we miss Chris. So, to mark this special day I'm releasing the first 'lost episode' of Dopey. It was the second episode, called'The Siezure Story'. I know I've told this story on the show a bunch of times, but this was the first one. It is Dopey before Dopey was Dopey. It is a moment in time, it's certainly not the best, there is no recovery, but it captured a moment. So give it a listen, and let's remember our amazing friend Chris. Stay Strong Dopey Nation and Toodles!

Dopey 145: Dr. Drew and Bob Forrest return to Dopey.

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:19:05 +0000

After Chris's wake and funeral Dave gets a hold of Bob Forrest and Dr. Drew to go over the details of Chris's overdose and death. Chris had been a client under both of their care many years ago, and they give their thoughts on the tragedy. Dave also reads a few emails, and plays a voicemail from long time Dopey listener and Reddit pioneer, Kormac.

Dopey 144: Remembering Chris

Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:28:55 +0000

On the night after his wake, a bunch of Chris's closest friends and I got together at a shitty bed and breakfast to remember him. Kaitlyn, Alex, Collin, Ted, Tim, Dylan, Mark, Will and I all sat around telling mostly sober stories about Chris and the kind of person that he was.

Dopey 143: Chris's Tragic Overdose and Death.

Sat, 28 Jul 2018 04:59:52 +0000

In Episode 143 we try to make sense of the very end of Chris's life. Dave recounts the beginning and the end of Dopey, episode 142 and why he didn't know Chris was high. Chris's girlfriend Annie tells her story of living with Chris during the end of his life. And her theories on his relapse and tragic overdose.

Dopey 142: Scatterbrained Dopey. Chris returns home late from a business trip and Dopey pays the price (sorry its late)

Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:00:31 +0000

Chris returns home from a business trip and Dopey pays the price. We are all over the place on this one, relationship problems, spilling saved putrid urine, drugs we didn't take, praying Mantis's and so much more. This is not a DOPEY to miss!

Dopey141: Artie Lange Recap, Dave's Day at Bed, Beth and Beyond, Concerns for Chris

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:46:48 +0000

Dave and Chris groom over the last episode with Artie Lange, specifically pondering about Artie's mental state and wellbeing. Dave recounts and questions Chris about a recent time he was concerned for him. Dave talks about his day at Bed, Bath, and Beyond which included talking to the manager. He read losts of emails.

Dopey140: Artie Lange on Dopey!!

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 15:00:47 +0000

This week on Dopey we finally land Artie Lange! And it was crazy Dopey! Artie talks about his meteoric rise to fame and fortune as a stand up comedian, TV star, and cohost on the greatest radio show of all time. He also talks about some of his worst stories of heroin, cocaine and gambling addiction. We hear all about his time on the Howard Stern Show and how his life was turned upside down with each new terrible bottom... offering up a new opportunity. Look for his new book "Wanna Bet" coming soon!!!

Dopey139: Drug Court, Detox, Withdrawal, Kratom

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 17:50:58 +0000

"Unlce Albert" leaves a voice memo about using kratom while in drug court. We read a criticial email that accuses Dave of being apathetic. We discuss remedies to reduce withdrawal symptoms. Chris talks about injecting a random drug that was used to tranquilize animals.

Dopey138: Remembering Todd

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:10:10 +0000

Beloved Dopey favorite and dear friend Todd died this week. In the wake of this tragedy, Dave recounts their friendship of over twenty five years. Stories include how Dave and Todd got started using heroin, their debaucherous exploits in NYC and LA, and Todd's unfortunate recent death. Todd's childhood friend, Vince, also calls in to tell us about Todd as a young man.

Dopey137: Dopey Addresses Homophobia, Catholic Guilt versus Jewish Guilt, Booty Bumping Meth

Sat, 16 Jun 2018 15:03:47 +0000

We address recent accusations of homophobia and xenophobia. We ponder the differences between Catholic guilt and Jewish guilt. Alejandro leaves a voice memo about shooting meth, doing a "booty bump," and then seeing a "shadow person" named the "exhumed"... who was an incarnation of someone's deceased daughter. Dave talks about some recent celebrity encounters (and refusals to be on Dopey).

Dopey136: Depression, Relapse, and Suicide: The Dark Side of Dopey

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 17:37:29 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about the recent passing of iconic and beloved Chef, Anthony Bourdain. This episode takes a somber walk through the difficult times of using and recovery. Long time listener Tina leaves a voice memo about her recent struggles and relapse. We also talk about being sick in sobriety, the ambivalence of getting clean after a relapse, isolation, and "chipping."

Dopey135: Keistering Drugs, Anal Sex vs Oral Sex, Canadians, Dopey Dynamics

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 14:43:33 +0000

We talk about smuggling drugs into prison and the merits/drawbacks of giving/receiving anal sex vs oral sex. Dave gives a glimpse of the dynamics that drive Dopey. We talk about why we suck at advertising. Bill from Canada leaves a voice memo about hallucinogenics (ehhh?).

Dopey134: Cocaine in Amsterdam, 12-Step Promises, New House, New Baby, Artie Lange, Prison Rape

Sat, 26 May 2018 15:11:36 +0000

Dave shares his gratitude for the positive changes in his life, including his new house and the birth of his second daughter. Dave also talks about what it was like when he was using, and how that impacted his family life. We play a voice memo from someone in Amsterdam about getting even after having cocaine stolen. Dave talks about a random encounter with Hannah at a meeting; Hannah was the first person to get the Dopey tattoo. We discuss prison rape. And lastly, we discuss a funny interaction with the legendary Artie Lange.

Dopey133: Old School Dopey Drugs and Dumb Shit

Sat, 19 May 2018 14:15:00 +0000

Dave and Chris get down remotely and chop it up about drugs and dumb shit: meth, 12-step hackneyed lingo, reviews, yada yada. Im really lazy and dont want to write this description because im on vacation. O yea, we play a really funny voice memo about getting saved by Vitamin Water.

Dopey132: Harris Wittels, Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss, Stephanie Wittels Wac

Sat, 12 May 2018 10:08:00 +0000

Stephanie Wittels Wachs calls in and tells us about her brother's drug use and death. Harris Wittels was best known being a writer and the executive producer for the T.V. show Parks and Recreation. Stephanie recently wrote a book about her brother's life - Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss. After Stephanie, we call Hippy-Hobo Andrew's mom who tells us about the last few days of his life, and what it has been like dealing with his loss.

Dopey131: Dead Meth Owl, Jessa Reed, Drinking Meth Piss, Shooting Meth in Neck, Goofballs, Mormon and the Meth-Head

Sat, 05 May 2018 13:47:52 +0000

Comedian Jessa Reed calls in and tells us all about her tweaker days. Stories include carrying a dead owl around for weeks and trying to breathe life into it via meth smoke, and drinking her own piss (repeatedly) because it had traces of methamphetamine. Jessa, a dopey hall-of-famer, also tells us how she finally got clean after a decade of pure debauchery. Check out Jessa's podcast, the Mormon and the Meth-Head. We play a voicememo from Korey about the time he shot a goofball and ran from the non-existant police for three hours straight and tore his MCL. Episode brought to you by the I Am Sober app, a great way to track your milestones in recovery.

Dopey130: Dope Sick During Combat, Drug Addicts with Amnesia, Wetting the Bed Sober, Bill Murray

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:51:50 +0000

Combat vet Rob leaves a voicemail about the time he got dope sick (diarrhea) while he was under fire by enemy troops. Chris theorizes what would happen if a clean drug addict got amnesia. Dave and Chris reminisce about the best bathrooms they got high in. Dave talks about wetting the bed in sobriety. Dave makes up his own Leonard Cohan song.

Dopey129: Chuck Negron, Exploding Dick, Three Dog Night, Wonderland Murders, Seconal

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 13:39:07 +0000

Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night calls in and talks about his using days and his recovery. He tells us about the time he had so much sex that his dick exploded, the time he stole Gregg Allman's watch to support his habit, buying 5000 Seconal, and the stroke of luck that helped him avoid the Wonderland murders. Chuck wraps up the episode with what it took to get clean after 37 rehabs, and an update with what he is doing with his life now. Check out his book, Three Dog Nightmare!

Dopey128: Copping Drugs from a Cop, Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, Howard Stern Show, Rodney Dangerfield

Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:39:17 +0000

We play a voicememo from "IG" about buying drugs from a police officer. Dave talks about going to a waterpark; Chris wonders what it would be like for Dave to shoot cocaine before going down the "big slide." Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling from the Howard Stern Show calls in and gives us an update about his life. Jackie talks about his rise in show business, his time on the Stern Show, and his eventual decision to stop drinking. Jackie also shares stories about Rodney Dangerfield (he used to travel around with his own special eating bowl). Jackie concludes with a song for us and some information about his upcoming books.

Dopey127: Meth Psychosis, Dick Tattoo, Alcoholics Anonymous, Bipolar Disorder, Somerville, Trouble at Work

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:34:11 +0000

We play a voice memo from Ryan about the time he smoked meth, got psychotic, and thought people were trying to kill him. He pleaded with strangers to protect him and ultimately ended up hiding in a closet with several knives. Ryan is 7 months clean now and doing well. Alex calls in and tells us about the last days of his using, which included a manic episode and an unwanted tattoo of the word "lucky" above his dick. Dave talks about getting into trouble at work.

Dopey126: Todd goes to Rehab, Locked out of Hotel Naked, Review Competition with Omar, Horrible Detox

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 19:33:33 +0000

Todd calls in from rehab! He owns up to using dope while recording Dopey several weeks ago, tells us about getting fired from his most recent job, talks about his horrible detox, and fills us in on how he's doing now. We call Omar and read him a negative comment about us trying to surpass the SHAIR podcast in reviews. We read several emails and reviews, one of which involves a young woman getting locked out of her hotel while naked and intoxicated.

Dopey125: Dave's Pilot, Fired on First Day of Work, Maegan and Bobby from Boston, Prison, Artie Lange Interactions, The Addictionary

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:18:30 +0000

Dave talks about smoking weed while pitching his defunct pilot to Comedy Central, IFC, Netflix, and AMC. We play a voice memo from Buddy Rob about the time he stole dope from his dealer, nodded out in a parking lot, and got fired from work on his first day. Maegan and Bobby from the Addictionary podcast showcase their charming Boston accents and tell some recovery/using stories. Maegan talks about visiting her dad in prison as a child and returning to speak at the same prison as an adult. Bobby talks a bit about his using days and the old-school Boston.

Dopey124: Dr. Drew on Dopey!

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:20:53 +0000

Chris has a glorious reunion with one of his former physicians, Dr. Drew Pinsky! Dr. Drew and Chris reminisce on Chris' treatment experience during the height of his addiction. Dr. Drew comments on the difficulty of treating addiction, the failings of the rehab industry, the opioid epidemic, and the spiritual vacuum in the United States. Dave asks Dr. Drew about Celebrity Rehab, specifically addressing some of the critical response. We talk about how trauma and attachment relate to substance use; Dr. Drew ponders Dave's own attachment style. Dave tells Dr. Drew his seizure story. Lastly, Dr. Drew shares about the direction his career is headed, and Dave asks him what his dream project would be.

Dopey123: My God is better than your God, Mental Illness Happy Hour, Clinical Depression, Dinner and a Movie, Single Malt Scotch, Handle Pul

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:00:05 +0000

Paul Gilmartin from the Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast calls in and tells us about his depression, sobriety, and his former show Dinner and a Movie. Dave and Chris argue about whose God is better. Dave talks about getting offered drugs at work. Chris tells a story about a friend whose life was saved by her khaki shorts. Dave quizzes Chris on his stupidity. And Cormac is the Billy Preston of Dopey.

Dopey122: Wanting to Want it, Ambivalence about Getting Clean, Mental Obsession, Methadone, Pot Farm

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:23:04 +0000

Dave and Chris play a great voice memo from Amanda who is struggling to clean. She talks about "wanting to want" to get clean. Dave and Chris delve into their own histories of drugs use, specifically addressing periods of ambivalence about stopping, and the ultimate turning points in the process. Dave and Chris also describe a recent interaction with Artie Lange.

Dopey121: Skid Row in LA, Teen Challenge, Flakka, Tim from Philly

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:51:13 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about buying drugs on Skid Row in LA... the closest thing to an open air drug market either of them witnessed in their using. Tim from Phily leaves a voice memo about running away from Teen Challenge (a rehab) with a woman and ending up in a very precarious situation. We read an email from John about extreme paranoia while on "Flakka."

Dopey120: Dopey Interns, Peter Gatien, Xanax Blackout, Q and A, Whitelamborghinicountach

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:22:18 +0000

Alana, aka whitelamborghinicountach aka hotgirlfuckedbylife, calls in again and tells us about the time she did drugs all night at Peter Gatien’s house. We sing “Bad Card” by Bob Marley, and answer questions posted on instagram. Our new Dopey interns, Melanie and Tim, call in and tell us a bit about themselves. We play a voice memo from Chris about blacking out on benzos.

Dopey119: Expressing Sammy's Anal Glands, 3 Cars Crashed in One Day, Puking Donuts, Shooting Cocaine, Fentanyl, Dave's Dad

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:02:30 +0000

Chris' friend, Laura, calls in and tells us about one of her last using days; she shot cocaine while driving and got into three accidents in a single day. Laura also tells us how she stays sober today. Dave's dad comes on the show for a bit and shares some of the darker moments from Dave's past. Chris talks about expressing his dog's anal glands. We play a voice memo about puking donuts while high. Lastly, we play a new song by Cormac, "Restless."

Dopey118: Escaping from Rehab, Sober Doctor, Recovery without 12 Steps, Crashing Taxi, Ned Stark

Sat, 03 Feb 2018 17:34:25 +0000

Dave's rehab friend from 15 years ago, Eddie, calls into the show and tells some dopey stories, including ruining a taxi while he was high. Eddie's dopey stories are accentuated by the fact that he is now sober 12 years and a doctor. We play a voice memo from Stephanie about the time she sprung someone from rehab and he overdosed shortly thereafter. Chris tells a story about getting drunk on the way to treatment, and then causing a scene when he arrived. We play a voice memo from someone who got high on the job and crashed the company truck.

Dopey117: Matt Pinfield, Oasis, Marilyn Manson, Alcoholism, Cocaine, MTV, Rock and Roll

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:34:04 +0000

Former MTV host and music personality, Matt Pinfield, calls into Dopey and tells us about his addiction addiction and recovery. We hear about the early days of MTV, hanging out with David Bowie, and Matt's gradual decline into alcoholism and cocaine addiction. Matt also tells us about doing cocaine with Marilyn Manson, getting cocaine for Oasis, and a mishap with hot dog. Check out his book, "All These Things That I've Done."

Dopey116: Pooping Pants on LSD, Amanda Lauren, Adderall, Doctor Shopping, Dry January, Stimulants, ADHD

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 21:43:20 +0000

Dave's childhood friend, Jim, comes on the show and tells us a bit about Dave as a young man. Jim shares several tripping stories, which include getting punched in the face after trying to hold a stranger's baby, and pooping his pants (intentionally) while driving in a car with a bunch of strangers. Amanda Lauren also calls in and tells us about "Dryish January," doctor shopping as a young girl, and other details from her life. Amanda is a co-host of the show "Things We're Too Lazy to Blog About." Lastly, we close out with a new Dopey original song by Jon.

Dopey115: Amy Dresner Pt. 1, Todd!, LSD Bust, Shooting Cocaine in Neck, Mushrooms and Ecstasy at Phish, Hippy Life, 12 Steps, My Fair Junky

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:01:28 +0000

Todd comes on the show in person! He tells us about his former hippy days, including his big LSD bust that resulted in him being expelled from college. Amy Dresner, author of My Fair Junky, calls in and tells us about her book, her using days, and her recovery. Stories include shooting cocaine in her neck, developing epilepsy due to her drug use, and her ultimate decision to get clean (and how she did it). Amy will be back to throw down some more Dopey soon!

Dopey114: Buying/Selling Fake Drugs, Obsession and Compulsion, Bomb Cyclone, Fat Albert, Cravings, Crackhead, Pretend Therapy

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:37:28 +0000

We read one of the best Dopey emails of all time about buying and selling fake heroin and cocaine. We talk about the obsession and compulsion to use. Chris does mock therapy with Dave. A voice over professional provides us with a new intro. Chris' childhood friend leaves a voice memo about a time he bought cocaine with Chris in the hood... and Chris managed to ruin the cocaine. We play a fat albert tribute to Dopey by Jon.

Dopey113: Collapsed Lung, Ketamine, Weed Psychosis, Mormon, Caring too Much, Suboxone

Sat, 30 Dec 2017 16:34:01 +0000

We play a voice memo from Karn in Ottawa about his long history of smoking weed and doing drugs despite his lungs collapsing over and over. Chris' girlfriend comes on the show and tells a story about the time she went psychotic from smoking weed. Dave explores the mormon faith and talks about why he "cares too much."

Dopey112: Dopey Nation Death, Hotgirlfuckedbylife, Andrew, Pharmacist, Tim Robbins, Toy Soldiers

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 15:29:48 +0000

We reminisce about a recently deceased Dopey Nation member, Andrew. We read an email from Mandy, an ex-pharmacist who used to steal drugs, who is now clean and sober. Chris tells the story about the time he met Tim Robbins. We get interviewed by a blogger, Kali. And last, but certainly not least, ex-model Alana (@hotgirlfuckedbylife) calls in and shares a some of her story/sobriety. One of her stories includes gettings paid $300/hr to have sushi ate off her naked body on Wall street... and then accidently snorthing a huge amount of ketamine... and then running out into the street and passing out barefoot.

Dopey111: Butthole Drugs, Suboxone, Dilaudid, Bitcoin, Harm Reduction, MAT, TapeAcall, Artie Lange

Sat, 16 Dec 2017 15:49:56 +0000

We play two voicememos about hiding drugs in the place that doesnt shine. The first story is from Tim in Philly; he tells us about how he used to put heroin and xanax up his butt everytime he left the house because he thought he would get arrested and get sick in jail. The second voicememo is from Jason in Ontario; he tells about the time he got pulled over and the drug dealer in the backseat hid Diluadin up his rectrum... they got away and Jason did the drugs (obviously). We debate harm reduction and medication assisted treatment philosophy. Dave tells us about Star Wars and why he is so tired. We talk about Artie Lange's arrest and the "sludge" in his lung.

Dopey110: Hippy vs Hobo, Homelessness, Stealing Medication from Sick/Deceased People, Hotwheels, Research Chemical Benzodiazepines

Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:49:04 +0000

Dave chastises Chris per usual. Dave and Chris talk about stealing medication from sick people and how addiction effects the family. A long time listener, Andrew, (who went to the same rehab as Dave and Chris) calls in and tells us about his relapse after treatment, which included taking copious amounts of RC benzos and blacking out for weeks. Andrew also tells us about homeless culture and the difference between being a hippy and being a hobo (he prefers "hobo," and hates being labelled as a hippy). Hotwheels calls in and gives us an update (and his phone number)!

Dopey109: Sloppy Jones, Mescaline at Petco, Stealing from Walmart, Methamphetamine, Pee Pants Jesus

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:31:19 +0000

Dave's friend from college, "Sloppy Jones," calls in and tells us about the first time he took mescaline as a kid... and then got called into work at Petco. He also tells us about how he got sober, and some of the things he lost to his addiction. We read an email from a person on meth who wrote it while his friend stole things from Walmart for dope. Chris talks about the obsession to use and building value to make a life worth living (instead of getting high). Dave plays the full version of the intro sonf, "Not Home."

Dopey108: Selling Stuff for Dope, Randy's 1 Year Anniversary, Hotgirlfuckedbylife

Sat, 25 Nov 2017 17:33:34 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about selling posessions to buy heroin such as DVDs, CDs, and clothing. Randy calls in and gives us an update on his one year sobriety. We read an email from Alana (@hotgirlfuckedbylife) about the time she got in a drunken fight with her brother, shaved her head, terffied her family, and simultaneously catapulted her modeling career into success. Some other stuff too.

Dopey107: Mushrooms at a Festival, Injecting DMT, Skype Interview, Sneaky Pete, Libe Barer, Artie Lange, Mescaline, Psilocybin

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 17:06:42 +0000

Libe Barer from the TV show Sneaky Pete tells us about the last time she did drugs. Chris talks about shooting a form of DMT and losing his mind. Chris talks about shooting heroin on mescaline. Dave talks about "Bunny." Dave and Chris share their experience with recovery and what it takes to be sober and happy. We play a voice memo from Artie Lange! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey106: Parents Intervening Drug Use, Hershey’s Chocolate Factory, Puking into a Cup, Puking into a Shirt

Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:55:25 +0000

Dave tells us about his recent visit to the Hershey's factory and Amish country. Todd calls in again and gives us an update about his life and his use, including a recent visit from his parents who sprung a drug test on him. We play a voice memo from IV about the time he puked into an Arby's cup because there was a cop following him and had to drive around holding it. Chris tells a story about the time he puked into his shirt while he was driving because a cop was next to him. Dave and Chris explain what it was like to use. We read a great review that praises Dave's dad. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey105: Crack Smoking Lawyer, Diluadid, Relapse, Cheapy Hammer, Sober Living, Detox, Withdrawal

Sat, 04 Nov 2017 15:46:50 +0000

Dave and Chris call Brian, a recovering attorney, who tells us about when he used to smoke crack as a lawyer while he was working. Brian also shares about the time he got stabbed in lower Manhattan. We read an email from Eric about a recent relapse w/ shooting cocaine. We play a piece of a voice memo from Caleb where he vehemently defends Dopey. Chris shares a story from when he was a resident in a sober living and was the laughing stock of his job - "Cheapy Hammer." Dave tells some childhood stories. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey104: Good Ol’ Dopey, Faking Drug Tests, Overdose Death, Chiva, SXSW, Whizzinator, Church and Other Drugs,detox, withrawal, trauma

Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:25:36 +0000

We read an email from a Dopey Nation member's mom who recently passed away. We talk about drug testing. Chris tells a story about hiding urine in a rubber ducky and carrying it tied to his balls all day. Chris talks about trying to pass a drug test by diluting it with "Tide w/ Bleach Alternative" (it didnt work). Dave talks about putting black tar in Affrin bottles, and about getting sick in Austin while working at South by Southwest. We play a voice memo about Chiva from Christina. Jed from Church and Other Drugs calls in and gets dopey and talks recovery. Dave gets Chris to join him on a Tom Petty tribute. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey103: Sam Cutler, Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, the Sixties, LSD, Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, RIP, Detox, withdrawal

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:37:18 +0000

Dave interviews Sam Cutler, the tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. Sam explores the current opioid crisis, what drug use was like during the 60s/70s, and tells stories about his time on tour with Jerry Garcia and Keith Richards. We read an email from someone in charge of inmate programming for a prison in Australia who wants to make Dopey available to the prisoners. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey102: Fentanyl Overdose, Hotwheels, Dave’s Dad, Titty Meat

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:01:25 +0000

Hotwheels calls into the show mid craving. Dave's dad comes on again and critiques Dopey. Maegan, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, calls in and shares about her recovery and her use - including the time her friend overdosed on fentanyl and she rushed him to the hopsital.... only to have him come to right when when they were pulling in. We play a song called "Titty Meat" from beat master Jon. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey101: Hiding Shooting Cocaine, Scaring Drug Dealers, Strict Treatment Centers, No Worries, Meek Mill, CRI Help, Renaissance, Alina Lodge

Sun, 08 Oct 2017 05:18:06 +0000

Chris talks about scaring drug dealers, trying to hide shooting cocaine, and an abnormally fast heart rate. Dave shares about a recent encounter with his dad where he lost his temper. Dave's rehab friend from 15 years ago, Harold, calls in and talks about Dave back in the day. Also he tells us about the rehab he just got kicked out of. Dave plays a voice memo from a friend who had someone smoke crack in a car without asking. We read a review from a "normie." Stay Strong Dopey Nation More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey100: Dopey’s 100th Episode! Relapse, Nature of People. PCP, MMPI, Rehab Pranks, Detox, withdrawal

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 07:01:09 +0000

Dave and Chris speculate about relapse. Dave tells a story about squirting a childhood friend in the face with a water gun…. And then ponders the nature of people. Chris reads an old prank he played on someone in the treatment field. Chris talks about personality testing. We play several voice memos about things like PCP, Coffee Beans, MDMA, and a teenager getting secretly dosed by his dad. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey99: Even Gayer than the Gayest Dopey Ever, Chemsex, Grinder, Squirt.org, Meth, Evidence-Based Practices, Narcan

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:56:58 +0000

Jason calls in and tells us about chemsex, specifically IV meth use, zoom rooms, and dating apps in the gay community. He goes on to talk about his recovery, including 12 step programs and evidence-based practices. We read an email from a Dopey Nation member who had to remove a decomposing body for work when he was high. The man had been dead for a month and "popped like a balloon" when he tried to move the body. Lastly, we play a voice memo from Josh about the time he got Narcaned when he overdosed.... if you are an active user (or know active users), go buy some Narcan. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey98: Weed Delivery, Unholy Trinity, Quadriplegic, Steve-O, IV cocaine, Dungeons and Dragons, Blowjobs, Cinderella, detox

Sat, 16 Sep 2017 15:13:07 +0000

Dave talks about when he was a crappy weed delivery man. Hotwheels calls in and tells us about how he broke his neck diving into a pond when he was drunk. His last words before becoming a quadriplegic were "Fuck Steve-O." Hotwheels goes on to tell us about his life after the injury, including his heroin/cocaine use and his attempts at recovery. Alex calls in again and updates us on his 5 years of sobriety. Chris gives some updates about school and his personal life. Dave criticizes Chris about his poor recollection of fairy tales. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey97: Alexis Neiers, Bling Ring, Good Counselors, Oxycontin, Black Tar Heroin, CBD, Pretty Wild, TMZ, detox

Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:09:55 +0000

We talk about what makes a good counselor after playing a voice memo from someone who works in the treatment field. Alexis Neiers (Pretty Wild) calls in and tells us about her life in active addiction and recovery. She talks about using heroin (and smuggling drugs in her vagina) while recording her reality show. One of her stories involved lighting another woman's hair on fire with a cigarette and a hit and run with her car. Alexis goes on to share what it took to get sober at a young age. She talks about her early involvement in AA and her eventual decision to distance herself from the program. Alexis also shares her thoughts on recovery, the blessings of sobriety, and her hopes and aspirations for the addiction treatment field. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey96: Hope after Heroin, Tenderloin, Abscesses, Tracey Helton Mitchell, Erowid, Isolation Tank

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:16:43 +0000

Tracey Helton Mitchell (Hope after Heroin) calls in and tells us about her using days and recovery. Tracey shares about using the same syringe for a year, being the "abscess queen," having a 70 year old sugar daddy when she was in her twenties, and other hardcore tales. Now Tracey is almost 20 years sober, a great mother, an author, and a positive force in the treatment world. We play a voice memo from Samuel in Australia about the time he ate a bunch of opium in the airport, nearly shit himself, and passed out. Chris talks about Erowid. Dave described a recent encounter with a whale while swimming. Lastly, we close with Cormac's versoin of "Good so Bad"... his 7 year old son provided the backup vocals.

Dopey95: The Gayest Dopey Ever

Sat, 26 Aug 2017 23:49:01 +0000

Chris tells a story about having sex in a baseball dugout. Dave tells the "phallic bong" story - about the time he was tripping and thought that all his friends were gay as they packed each other bong hits. We play a voice memo from Andrew in Canada about the time he took too much MDMA at a rave and thought everyone was gay... and that the letters LGBTQ were being flashed on the megascreen. We read an email from Brian, a long time FABULOUS gay listener, who critiques our gay lingo. Chris tells the story about the time he shot meth with a resident in a brain injury clinic... who then wanted to suck his dick.

Dopey94: Consuming Bottle of Klonopin, Methadone Maintenance, Los Angeles, Dave's Dad, John McCain, iTunes Reviews, Suicide

Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:44:10 +0000

Chris' friend from rehab in California calls in and talks about his last few days of using. It involved a car crash, a physical encounter with his wife, and consuming an entire bottle of Klonopin in hopes of killing himself.... all in bathrobe with no shoes on. Chris' friend is now in long term recovery and a well respected attorney. Dave's dad then returns to the show and critiques Dopey, although we learn that he checks the reviews more than we do. He also talks about how unfunny Dave was when he was high and how Chris misuses words. Lastly, Dave talks about the time he interviewed Senator John McCain while high.

Dopey93: LSD, Dave meets Artie Lange, Relationships in Recovery, Heroin Treatment, Dark Web, Nobody Home

Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:37:52 +0000

Dave smashes Chris about relationships. Chris tries stand up... and Dave smashes him. Dave tells the story about recently meeting Artie Lange. Chris retells the story about trying to hide tripping on LSD from a girlfriend, but adds the dismal ending of the story. We read an email from someone who still "loves heroin" after 20 years of use... and claims that it saved his life. Dave plays "Nobody Home." We do shout outs... sorry if we missed you! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey92: Phish Tales, Injection Mechanics, Poop in Pants, Weed Paranoia, Coping Drugs on the Street, Dope in and Dope Out, Ketamine

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 20:30:01 +0000

Justin, a member of the dopey nation who recently got his MBA and MSW, calls in and tells us a couple Phish stories from his using days. We play a voice memo from Bailey about the time he faked a toothache to get a pass from rehab to go buy drugs... and also about the time he shat his pants in the store.... and also about the time he threw up during sex. Dave and Chris talk about injection mechanics and when IVing goes wrong. Chris shares about buying drugs on the street - specifically about when he was a little kid and tried to buy ketamine and mushrooms in the hood --- they didnt have any. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey91: Dildos, DETOX, Rehab Romances, Sleeping with Mom, Brandon Novak, Jackass, King Heroin, Detox, Kensington

Sat, 29 Jul 2017 15:33:15 +0000

Brandon Novak calls in and lives up to the hype. Perhaps one of the most dopey guests, Brandon tells many depraved stories at the intersection of sex and drugs. One such story includes the time he came home in a black out and accidently tried to sleep with his mom. Beyond his junky tales, Brandon shares about his amazing climb out of the hole... transmitting recovery openly and honestly from a place of total humility. A must listen. After Brandon, we play a voice memo from Christina about a rehab (detox) romance that ended poorly - with her shooting meth while in a sober living, a restraining order, and jail time. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey90: Prison, Jerking off on Meth, DETOX, Released into Captivity, Chino, Gender Fluidity, Anal Sex, Seizures, Daniel Herron, Southsiders

Sat, 22 Jul 2017 13:34:02 +0000

We read a high octance email from Australia about the time James shot too much MDMA and went into a psychotic episode - when the police came he asked them to "fuck him in the arse," and his boyfriend had to let him "suck his dick so he wouldnt jump of the balacony." Dave tells the story about the time he seized on a lofted bed, fell off, and landed on a bong on the floor. Chris talks about how he confused gender fluidity with sexual fluidity and painted a bizarre picture to his female classmate. Lastly, and certainly not leastly, we call Daniel Herron from the "Released in Captivity" podcast. Daniel spent 10 years in prison, including some time in the same county jail as Chris. He talks about his new podcast and tells us some prison stories - including the time he preemptively gave his clothes to an inmate named "Psycho"... and ended up calling out all of the Southsiders when "Psycho" wouldnt return the clothes. Also we talk about the "no hands policy" in certain prisons - when you can only stab people and are not allowed to fight with your hands. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey89: Meditation, Hookers, Alcohol Blackouts, Psychedelics in a Laundromat, Vipassana, John Belushi, Scrub Life, Bill Cosby

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:48:55 +0000

Chris shares about his recent meditation retreat. We play a voice memo from Woody about the time he blacked out and came to with two hookers in the back of a cab... he ended up losing his wallet and woke up in an alley. Chris shares about blacking out and waking up in a Chinese girl's room during college while her parents were walking down the hall to get her. Dave makes fun of Chris for needing everyone to like him, including the woman who made him a sausage burrito. Dave and Chris talk about the psychedelic amplification of tripping in a laundromat. We talk about Bill Cosby. Lastly, we read some messages from someone who "unsubscribed" from Dopey because we keep eating on the show. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey88: Bob Forrest, Bufo Alvarius Frog, DMT, Shooting Meth, Shooting Cocaine, Sister Morphine, Artie Lange, Marc Maron

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:05:00 +0000

Bob Forrest (Celebrity Rehab, Thelonious Monster) calls in again and talks about shooting cocaine and hiding in a tree with a famous musician because he was psychotic and thought the cops were coming. He also tells the story of his friend who cut a piece of his leg off to study under a microscope because there were "worms" in it (he was also shooting cocaine). Bob rips the medical community/pharmaceutical industry a new one because of the opioid epidemic, and he tells us about his new podcast "Dont Die." Dave plays "Sister Morphine." Chris talks about shooting vodka and crushed up psych meds. Chris ponders whether midgits have a difficult time shooting up because they have small hands. Chris talks about the Bufo Alvarius frog (DMT frog) and tells the story of a friend that smoked the frog after it died (it didnt do anything). We play an awesome "Theme Song Challenge" enrty from Kristinn F in Iceland. We read an email from someone who shot meth and took a really hot bath... and then had to go to the emergency room. Also a bunch of other stuff... More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey87: Grateful Dead, Double Stack Ecstasy, Mescaline, San Pedro, Nick Reiner, DETOX, withdrawal,Craigslist Hookers, Jerry Garcia, Hippies

Sat, 01 Jul 2017 18:25:39 +0000

Dave talks about the history of the Grateful Dead... and we call John who used to work on the road crew for them from '83-'85. We read an email from Stephanie who took too much ecstasy and started licking ice statues at a party... and then rubbed a "Whopper" all over her face because she didn't know how to eat it. Chris talks about shooting heroin while tripping on mescaline (San Pedros). We call Nick Reiner again who tells the story of how he lost his virginity - to a Craigslist prostitute which he financed by stealing money from his parents. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey86: DETOX, Brandon Novak, Xanax Blackout, WITHDRAWAL, WhatsApp, Smoking Crack with Parents, Cathartic Waitering, Theme Song Challenge

Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:38:00 +0000

Chris gets a sick satisfaction from reading old WhatsApp messages from Francesca, an Italian girl who used to live next door (he's going to hell for this). We call Brandon Novak (Jackass). We play a voice memo from Andrew from Philly about the time he blacked out on Xanax and woke up feeling like he was "hit by a bus," with no posessions except for a "Christian book." Andrew now has two years clean and is doing well. We read a reddit message from someone who used to smoke crack with his parents and accidently drank his dad's piss. And lastly, but no leastly, we play an awesome 'Theme Song Challenge' entry from Cormac! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey85: DETOX, WITHDRAWAL, Sobriety, Online Dating, ”Hoop the Shooter,” Milk, Lower East Side, Bumble, Tinder, Coffee Meets Bagel

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:01:39 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about the blessings of sobriety, Chris shares about dating sober, online dating, and communicating with the dopey nation, we play a voice memo from Milk ("fuck the haters"), and Chris plays a recording from a sober homeless man (Mike) from the Lower East Side. Lastly, we talk about "hooping the shooter" - which is too taboo to write about here. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey84: Fentanyl, Weetabix, DXM, Stealing Cookies, CVS, Predators in AA/NA, Ketamine

Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:03:38 +0000

Todd calls in and tells us about the time he overdosed on fentanyl in an aisle in CVS, Chris talks about puking in an aisle in CVS because he saw a bottle of Robitussin Maximum Strength Cough, Chris talks about getting caught shooting up in CVS, Dave talks about stealing cookies from CVS, and Dave talks about buying syringes from CVS. We read an email from Gabby in Australia about predators in AA/NA ("dicks flying at me from all angles"). We play a voice memo from long-time listener, Christina, who tells us quite the story about shooting meth and ketamine south of the equator. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey83: Lillo Brancato Jr, Heroin in Prison, Stealing from Veterinarian, Nick Reiner, detox, withdrawal, Cocaine Overdose

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 15:45:10 +0000

Lillo Brancato Jr. (Sopranos, A Bronx Tale) calls in and tells us about the time he overdosed in prison and how he subsequently got clean a few days later. We play a very articulate voice memo from long time listener and lovely southern belle, Leah. She tell us how she used to steal medication from the veterinarian and about how she got sober. We call Nick Reiner.... and he answers... while partying at the swanky Chateau Marmont. Dave talks about "relax-o" (xanax). Chris retells a story about a horrific cocaine overdose. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey82: DMT, detox, Rejection, Homeless, Oreos, Dopey Theme Song, Romance and Finance

Sat, 27 May 2017 12:13:49 +0000

Chris shares about a recent heartbreak. We play a voice message from a man who threw a bunch of DMT out the window. Dave relishes in the origins of Chris' defunt podcast "Lonely Space." We play a voice memo from a homeless man. We also play the first submission for the "Dopey Theme Song Contest." Dave tries to farm out the Dopey twitter account for the millionth time. We discuss advertising strategies for the Oreo cookie. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey81: Shooting cocaine, detox, Ketamine, Dopey theme song, Flaming couch, Kensington

Sat, 20 May 2017 17:43:03 +0000

Dave shares the story of the time he lit his couch on fire while nodding out and threw the flaming cushions outside his apartment window. Chris talks about licking his gross microwave after he coated it with ketamine accidently. We read an email about reviving a person by injecting cocaine. Dave plays some new songs - specifically "Hole in my Heart." Chris recounts his fascination with the phrase "i'll be asleep" and the word "obviously" while tripping. And we read an excerpt from Artie Lange's book "Crash and Burn." More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey80: Carl Jung, Detox, Big Book, William James, Telazol, Alcoholics Anonymous, Heroin Spit, Rowland Hazard, Bill Wilson, Spirituality

Sat, 13 May 2017 04:14:32 +0000

Chris nerds out about Carl Jung, William James, and the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Dave talks about spiritual experiences. Chris shares a story about the time he injected a random medication - telazol - that is used to knock out animals. We play an amazing voice memo from Demeter in New Zealand, and read an email from Kaitlin in Albany about trying to shoot heroin mixed with saliva. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey79: Tdub, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, Hallucinogenics, Shamanism

Sun, 07 May 2017 05:37:01 +0000

Chris' sponsor's sponsor (grandsponsor), Tim, calls into the show and talks about Dopey's place in the treatment world, shamanism, hallucinogenics in recovery, and also tells a few stories from his using days. One such story involves Tim emerging from the woods at a campire... while holding an axe and telling the campers that he didnt know if he was the "Angel of Death" or the "Angel of Life." Dave talks about his recent encounter with Jamie Lee Curtis, who agreed to be on Dopey and then cancelled when she learned more about the show's format. Lastly, Dave gets peeved by a recent review.

Dopey78: Narcan, Antabuse, Random Guy High on the Street, Robbing Diamonds, Carl’s Jr, Overdose

Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:13:08 +0000

Dave plays a recording from a person he bumped into on the street (at 7am) who was high on cocaine and trying to get a call girl. Chris talks about the origins of antabuse and what its like to drink while on the medication.... and how he used to swap out the pills when his ex girlfriend administered them. We play a recording from Daniel about the time he stole diamonds to support his drug addiction... and then had a random little girl hid him in her backyard while the police were looking for him. Lastly, we read an amazing email from Rob about a time he overdosed and his dog scratched his back raw from trying to wake him up... and about a time he lost his drugs in the snow in Brooklyn... and crawled through slush for hours looking for them. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey77: Most Pathetic Drug Use, Chris’ Sponsor - Dylan, Copping Drugs while Listening to Dopey, Artie Lange Addiction Saga

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 19:36:48 +0000

Dave and Chris delve into the most pathetic things they have done to get/use drugs... such as trying to inject cocaine using spit. Chris' sponor, Dylan, calls in and shares some gnarly stories and a sprinkling of recovery. We read an email from someone who listens to Dopey as he goes to buy drugs each morning. And Dave talks more about Artie Lange.... More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey76: Crossfit Dave, Omar, SHAIR podcast, Cocaine Psychosis in Costa Rica, Overdose, Prank Phone Call

Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:50:31 +0000

Dave and Chris reminisce and celebrate the life of their friend Dave (who was on Dopey) and recently passed away. Omar from the SHAIR podcast calls in and tells some crazy stories from his using days. One such story includes disrobing and throwing his clothes outside the window of his moving car while in the midst of a cocaine psychosis. Omar also tells us a bit about the online casino business, and tempers his crazy stories with some great recovery talk. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey75: Drinking Hairspray, Robbing Hotels, Stealing Jewelry, Methadone, Artie Lange Relapse

Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:40:32 +0000

We talk about Artie Lange's recent arrest, Jed from C&OD calls in and tells us about the time he stole a bunch of drugs/money from a hotel he worked at, we play another voicemail from Tim from Philly about the time he stole a woman's wedding ring but couldn't outrun her, Dave plays his song "I don't wanna find out," and we play "Methadone" from Jon. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey74: Shooting Meth, 40 Forgeries and 40 Felonies, Porn, Opiophile

Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:22:58 +0000

We play an intense voice memo from Daniel about the first time he shot meth, Dave talks about some porn producers/stars he met at work, and Chris shares a funny story about his friend Ted who faked a testicle injury to get narcotics.... More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey73: Jail Stories Pt. 2, Big Balls Lee, Bum Trip, Tommy the Fox, Orange County Jail, Antisemitism

Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:17:20 +0000

Chris continues his jail stories, focusing primarily on the people he met while incarcerated - Big Balls Lee (a crazy man with huge testicles), Tommy the Fox (an OG - Original Gangster), and other various nefarious characters. Dave has a movie idea ("Bum Trip") and also gets a little riled up about the plight of the Jewish people. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey72: Drug Addicts in Psych Wards, Drug Dealers as Friends, Jesse, Methadone Clinic

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:23:04 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about a couple of their old drug dealers, Chris plays a portion of a podcast he was on several years ago, and Jesse calls in and tells us about being in the psych ward as a drug addict - specifically waking up and having another patient standing over him saying " error, error." More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey71: CLASSIC DOPEY, Shooting Cocaine, Hookers, Crack, Blood Clots, Syringe Malfunction, Rae

Sun, 12 Mar 2017 01:40:33 +0000

Dave and Chris get old-school Dopey in this classic episode. We start with a voice memo from Tim about shooting cocaine in the hood and receiving felatio from a freebase-dependent lady of the night (a crack ho). Then we painstakingly recount syringe malfunctions and our idiotic attempts not to lose drugs. Special guest Rae then calls in and tells us about bringing drugs across the Mexican border, and handcuffing herself to the radiator in her West Village apartment. O, yea, we talk about the 9th step a bit too. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey70: Dissociatives, Dave’s Job, Billy Baroo, Black and White Cookie, 3-MeO-PCE

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 21:48:54 +0000

Dave shares a story about a failed job oppotunity with a film producer, a fan calls in and tells us how Dopey has helped him get sober, and Cormac returns to the show to tell us about a bad experience with dissociatives, specifically 3-MeO-PCE. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey69: Bob Forrest, Treatment Industry, Celebrity Rehab, John Belushi, Selling Meth, Thelonius Monster, Cathy Smith, Red Hot Chilli Pepper

Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:57:47 +0000

Bob Forrest (Celebrity Rehab, Thelonius Monster) calls in and talks about the rehab industry, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and about the time he sold meth to Cathy Smith while she was on trial for John Belushi's death. He also shares some other depraved nuggets from his past, but you'll have to listen to catch those. Bob runs a hotline to help ANYONE get treatment, regardless of their financial/insurance situation: National Assessment Foundation - 1-888-494-9186 More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey68: Piss Bottles, Nurdles, Dave Calls In, Crossfit, Huffing, Pepperidge Farm Remembers, Meth, Weed

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 03:30:41 +0000

A Dopey Nation member tells us about the time his friend huffed a fire extinguisher and he robbed his dying grandmother, Chris talks about pissing in bottles, Dave tells his nurdle story, and Dopey Nation Dave calls in and gets personal. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey67: Jail Stories Pt. 1, Southsiders, Woods, Paisanos, Dave’s Dad, Brothers, Surenos, Orange County Jail

Sat, 11 Feb 2017 17:26:09 +0000

Chris reflects on his intense experiences while incarcerated, Dave's dad calls in to critique dopey again and share his pretend arrest, and we read an email from someone who praises our intelligence - "I was seriously convinced that the amount of drugs you both used would have cut your IQ down by al least half." More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey66: Sopranos, Seinfeld, DUI, Ice Cream, Quantities of Heroin

Sat, 04 Feb 2017 20:08:03 +0000

Dave and Chris spend the first half of the episode painstakingly dissecting and clarifying their television and ice cream preferences. Dave plays a song about heroin: "Carmelita." Chris tells the story about the time he was the first person on the scene of a DUI where a person was killed. Lastly, we read an email from "C" about the time she blacked out and got her car stuck in a field. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey65: Weed Recovery, Chris’ Last High, High Sobriety, Artie Lange, Joe Schrank, LSD, Ecstasy, MDMA

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 01:25:27 +0000

Joe Schrank calls in and gives us an exclusive on his new rehab where patients are allowed to smoke weed, we talk about a recent Artie Lange interaction that went poorly, and Chris shares the details about the last time he got high. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey64: Killer, Tyson, Cocaine & Heroin Mamba Jamba, Dating, Tinder

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 22:07:38 +0000

We share stories from our youth, Dave talks about his struggle quitting smoking, Dave criticizes Chris' romantic history, we talk about shooting cocaine and heroin simultaneously in seperate arms, Dave talks about interviewing Bob Weir when he was high (and only asking him about Jerry Garcia), and we play another voice memo from Steve in the UK about huffing and getting taken advantage of by an animal. ' More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey63: Chabad, Smuggling Drugs into Detox, Hidden Drugs, Hidden Piss, Meth

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:39:44 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about Chabad, smuggling drugs into detox and rehab, hiding drugs and forgetting about them, and getting burned by dealers. Also we read an email from Adrienne about the time a stranger rescued her from getting a DUI, and play a cover of 'Good so Bad' by Adrienne and her husband.

Dopey62: Alcohol and Heroin Withdrawals, Silk Road, 2CB at Chucky Cheese

Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:44:41 +0000

Dave and Chris go old school in this late night, classic episode of Dopey. Topics include drinking while in rehab, using while in public detox, and the worst heroin and alcohol withdrawals. We also play a voice memo from "M" who tells us about an existential crisis he had while tripping on research chemicals during a birthday party at Chucky Cheese.

Dopey61: Church and Other Drugs, Exorcism, Simulcast, Dramamine, DXM, Fatherhood

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:10:00 +0000

In this special episode of Dopey we collaborate with the new podcast "Church and Other Drugs." On the show we discuss the worst rehabs, God, fatherhood, tripping on Dramamine/DXM, hallucinogenics in sobriety, and recovery. Also, we read an email from Christina in Central America about an exorcism she received from an AA memeber (it didn't work). More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey60: Dave’s Dad, Addiction and the Family, Methadone, Detox, ”Brick Wall of Pigs”

Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:44:50 +0000

On our very Jewish Christmas special, Dave's dad comes on the show and gives us some insight about Dave's past. Also we read an email from a seasoned addict who has been through the ringer - specifically, he tells us a story about eating bags of dope in the back of a police van while on the way to jail. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey59: Straight Outta Rehab, Methadone, Step 3, Dopey Analysis, U.K.

Sat, 17 Dec 2016 22:15:12 +0000

In the new "Straigh Outta Rehab" segment, special guest Dave calls in a few days after treatment and tells us about the expereince and how he is doing. Then a man who only wishes to be referred to as "sir" calls in and critques Dopey. Lastly, we play an *amazing* voice memo from Steve in the U.K. entitled "Methadone Piss Vampires" More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey58: Addiction and the Family, Overdose in the Emergency Room, Recovery, Jail Stories, Phish, Artie Lange, Howard Stern

Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:57:41 +0000

Scott calls in and tells us about the time he overdosed while working in the emergency room, his time spent in prison, a phish show, his recovery, and how his addiction effected his family. Also we tell a funny Artie Lange story, and read an email from Steve in the UK

Dopey57: Cult, Counterculture, Brother Julius, Mushroom Trip

Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:22:31 +0000

Myron calls in and tells us about the counterculture movement, LSD, and the 21 years he spent in a cult in Connecticut. Also, we read a great email from a fan about the first time he tripped on mushrooms with his younger brother. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey56: Eastsyde, The Eastside Crackhead, Harlem, Cocaine, Crack, Pipe Dreams, Deadass, Bigtime

Sun, 27 Nov 2016 03:18:51 +0000

Eastsyde aka The Eastside Crackhead tells us about his using days in Harlem, his rap career, and his upcoming album, "Pipe Dreams." His most debaucherous story is about a crackhead who has a hole in her neck that Eastsyde may have considered penetrating when he was high. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey55: Craigslist Couch, Airport Blackout, Conspiracy Theory, Artie Lange, Artiequitter

Sun, 20 Nov 2016 13:51:54 +0000

Dave recounts years of drug use (and other behaviors) that occurred on the couch he just sold to to an unwitting Irishman from Craigslist. We read an email from Billy Baroo, who narrows down the search for Artie Lange. Chris tells the story of how he woke up in an Airport after a blackout. And lastly, we call Dave's friend Ryan - a conspiracy theorist - who believes Prince was ritually sacrificed and did not die of an overdose. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey54: Unemployment, Trailer Park, Drug Dealer, Todd

Sun, 13 Nov 2016 12:07:44 +0000

Todd calls in and tells us about how he nearly blew his chance to get unemployment because he was high. Also we read an email from a listener whose girlfriend tried to kill herself and then forgot about it the next day. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey53: Corey Feldman, Crack Hooker, High at Work, Artie Lange, Kenny Rogers, Alcoholism

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:45:18 +0000

Dave and Chris talk about getting high at work, Corey Feldman's performance on the Today Show, and a prostitute named Adina. Also Dave plays " The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers and we play a voice message by Eric. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey52: Injecting Wellbutrin, Bad LSD Trip, ”The Cage”, ER Visit, Nick Reiner, Rob Reiner

Sun, 30 Oct 2016 14:37:09 +0000

Nick Reiner returns to the show and tells us about his recent folly on the West 4th Street basketball courts ("The Cage"), about the time he injected Wellbutrin, and about the time when his dad, Rob Reiner, soothed him during a bad LSD trip. Also, we play a listener-submitted song from Cormac. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey51: Gay Cruise, Martha Stewart, Early Recovery, Drugs on a Plane, Percodan, Percocet

Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:43:21 +0000

Special guest Todd tells us about the time he got drunk and fell off the 5th story of a cruise ship, about the time he was high on the Martha Stewart show, and about early recovery. Also we read an email from a listener who blacked out on a plane and terrified the passengers next to him. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey50: Dave Gives Up, Phenobarbital, Boston, Flesh-n-Bone

Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:10:55 +0000

Dave gets tired and surrenders control to Chris... who then plays some truly horrible music and ruins the 50th Episode. Chris also shares the story about how he got drunk, took a bus to Harlem from Boston, and lost everything. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey49: Scary Homeless Man, Buying Heroin with a Wig, LES

Sun, 09 Oct 2016 16:52:18 +0000

Dave describes his recent confrontation with Ezra, a local homeless man. Also we read an email from a listener who got pulled over by the cops with a wig on while buying dope. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey48: Vipassana, Reddit, Beats

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:59:18 +0000

Musical talent Jon lays down beats, we talk about the opiate subreddit, and Chris shares his experience on a Vipassana meditation retreat, Special Guest: Jon More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey47: Tattoo Stories

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:20:21 +0000

Crazy, Drug-Fueled Tattoo Stories, Special Guest: Ryan Roi of Dukkha Tattoo. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey46: Golf Cart DUI

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:08:28 +0000

Sleeping with Strangers and the Golf Cart DUI, Special Guests: Kaitlyn and Collin More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey45(Part Two): Shooting Crack, Homelessness, Nick Reiner

Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:22:20 +0000

Nick Reiner gets Dopey on Dopey, telling us about choosing homelessness over rehab, shooting crack in a public bathroom, and his 1st heroin experience More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey45(Part One): Alina Lodge, Being Charlie, Nick Reiner

Sun, 11 Sep 2016 04:14:13 +0000

Nick Reiner talks about his recent movie, shares his views on addiction, and tells us about the time he spent in one of the country's strictest rehabs More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey44: Structure, Drug Songs, Dope

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:55:08 +0000

The "Structured" Episode - Our Feeble Attempt to Change Dopey's Format Fails Miserably More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey43: Noah Levine, Jail, Meditation

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:24:31 +0000

Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Refuge Recovery) gets Dopey on Dopey. In addition to stories about prepubescent psychedelic use, robberies, and jail, Noah talks about meditation, his early childhood, and life as a parent. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey42: LSD, Overdose, Pugs

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:34:19 +0000

Pugs on LSD and a Listener Overdose Story, Special Guest: Devan More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey41: Bipolar, Intravenous Drugs, Psych Ward

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:44:46 +0000

Bipolar Stories, "Intravenous Drug Use is My Bread and Butter", and a Call in from Jon More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey40: Drug Dreams

Sun, 07 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0000

Drug Dreams while Active and Clean

Dopey39: Cocaine, Seizure, Singing

Sun, 31 Jul 2016 15:00:00 +0000

The Garbage Bag Full of Cocaine, Dog Seizure, Baby Back Ribs, and Lion King Story More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey38: Kosher Weed, Bank Robber, Comedian Modi

Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:22:34 +0000

Comedian Modi Talks about Kosher Edibles for the Sabbath, Dave Finally Shares the Blue Cheese Story, and we Read an Email from a Convicted Bank Robber and Drug Trafficker, Special Guest: Modi! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey37: Psychosis, Smuggling, Injecting Puddles, Jerry Garcia

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:34:56 +0000

Cocaine Psychosis, Smuggling Drugs on Vacation, Shooting Puddle Water, and a Jerry Garcia Story More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey36: Howard Stern, Prank Phone Call

Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:17:43 +0000

The Chopped and Screwed Episode: Mark Pranks a Rehab (again) AND Dave Retells how he Snuck onto the Howard Stern Show while High More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey35: House of Pain, Danny Boy OConnor

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 22:46:09 +0000

Danny Boy from House of Pain reflects on his fall from glory and rise to recovery, Special Guest: Danny Boy OConnor More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey34: Ibogaine, Heroin Withdrawal

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 17:41:37 +0000

The Time Dave Smuggled Ibogaine out of Canada to Treat his Heroin Addiction

Dopey33: Amsterdam, LSD, Stand Up

Sun, 19 Jun 2016 16:14:42 +0000

The Amsterdam Whipping (while on LSD) Story, Special Guest: Vinny More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey32: Vicodin, Pharmacy Theft, NYC

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:52:34 +0000

The Time DJ Stole 1000 Vicodin from the Pharmacy Story, Special Guest: DJ More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey31: Dopesick, Arrests, Jail, Prison, Touring

Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:16:30 +0000

Dopesick Stories and Arrest Stories, Special Guest: Jay More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey30: LSD, Flashbacks, HPPD with Chris’s then ’girlfriend’

Sun, 29 May 2016 21:31:01 +0000

The Time Chris Pretended he was Experiencing Flashbacks to Hide the Fact that he Dropped LSD, Special Guest: Karen More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey28: Robbery, Gun, Drug Dealer, FIRST DYLAN EPISODE!

Sun, 15 May 2016 13:28:25 +0000

The Refusal to Leave Despite Having a Gun to Head Story, Special Guest: Ryan AND a surprise call in from Chris' sponsor, Dylan More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey27: Detox, Withdrawal

Sun, 08 May 2016 20:11:21 +0000

A Horrible Detox Story, Special Guest: Ryan, and a Surprise Call from Todd! More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey26: Song Singing, Idiots

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:53:54 +0000

Dave sings a song that is better than the song that he sang that other time and we read an email and we make a poor viewing choice. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey25: Cocaine Overdose, Prince

Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:08:00 +0000

The Time a Neighbor Had to Break Down the Door because Chris Overdosed on Cocaine, and a Discussion about Prince More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey24: Farts, Rehab, Lou Reed, Francis

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:42:03 +0000

Chris Tells a Listener he Will Blow a Fart into the Microphone, and We Talk about a Rehab Friend who Died More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey23: Research Chemicals, DMT, 2CB, Methylone, Syringe

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:20:44 +0000

The Time Chris Injected Research Chemicals and Hid a Syringe up his Butt... also Dave Sings a Song More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey22: Psilocybin, Mushrooms, Jesus, Piss Pants

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:57:48 +0000

The Time Chris Ate an Ounce of Mushrooms and Thought he was Jesus (he also pissed his pants, again) More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey21: Piss Pants, Tanning, Narcotics Anonymous

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:53:20 +0000

The Time Chris Pissed his Pants and Used a Tanning Bed to Dry Them Off More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey20: Weird Airport Guy

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:50:16 +0000

The Time Dave Hung out with a Very Weird Airport Guy. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey19: Smoking on Plane

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:42:59 +0000

The Getting Caught while Smoking on the Plane Story, Special Guest: Jeremy More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey18: Sober Living, DXM, Cough Syrup, Drink Piss

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:12:48 +0000

The Sober Living Resident Who Drank His Own Piss Story, Special Guest: Alex More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey17: Addiction Policy, Joe Schrank, Curly Fries

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 03:04:56 +0000

A Sober Talk About Addiction Policy AND the Curly Fries Puke Story, Special Guest: Joe Schrank. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey16: Massive Dose, LSD, Prank Phone Call

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 03:13:56 +0000

The Time Chris ate too much LSD and Got Lost in a City Inside his Boxers, with a Prank Phone Call by Mark. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey15: Knicks, Weed, Madison Square Garden

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:29:09 +0000

The Time Dave Got High and Masterminded his Way into the Knicks Game for Free! More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey13: Drug Dealers, Robbery, Car Chase

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 03:25:23 +0000

The Drug Dealer's Stories Story. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey11: Nose Punch, Fired, Destruction

Mon, 29 Feb 2016 05:24:43 +0000

The Time Chris Simultaneously Got Punched in the Nose by a Girl, Lost his Job, and Destroyed a Hotel Room. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey9: Mugged, Wrong City

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 04:29:17 +0000

The Mugging and Stranded in the Wrong City Story More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey7: Bob Forrest, Dr. Drew, Psych Ward, Antipsychotics, Haldol

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 23:23:13 +0000

Chris intentionally flips out in the psych ward to get put into a 5 point restraint... and receive an injection of Ativan and Haldol. Also, he is treated by Bob Forrest and Dr. Drew. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey5: Skiing Drunk, Broken Neck, TBI, Jail

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 01:41:13 +0000

The Time Chris Broke his Neck while Skiing Drunk, Vomited Purple Tuna, was Court-Mandated to a Brain Injury Program (where his roommate wore a diaper) More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey3: Rehab, Overdose, GHB, Harlem, Emergency Room

Sat, 30 Jan 2016 04:44:51 +0000

The Running Away from Rehab and Overdosing on GHB in Harlem Story (with a very tenacious bottle of Mountain Blast Powerade) More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

Dopey1: First IV Heroin

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:48:28 +0000

First IV Heroin Experience and the Turkey Story. More About Dopey: More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!