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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission – which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We 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.

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Latest Episodes:

NEW Dopey Tuesday Teaser - Start Your Day Over: Clam Talk, Stroke Scares, and Internet Trolls Jun 03, 2025

Show notes

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 fog

Ray heads to rehab; Dave wants to publish a book of Ray quotes

Doug calls the meeting a “beginner’s asylum”; Dave defends the newcomers

Rule 62, “start your day over,” and other Rayisms get debated

Dave reflects on dirt, struggle, red cardinals, and the poetry of recovery

Bagel store confrontation: Dave rolls his eyes and almost gets whacked

Reddit backlash: Dave reads Dopey Nation critiques of teaser format

Fans on Reddit defend the show and say the $5/month is worth it

Dave tweaks the teaser style and explains his morning social media ritual

Mentions of Dopey Zooms and upcoming Patreon Zoom night

Dave teases birthday content for a future episode

Shoutout to Scott Wic aka The Rap God

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Dopey 533: Tripping Balls at Camp Bisco, Calvin Klein Cocktails, LSD Meltdowns, and Methadone Clinic Madness: Zach’s Wild Ride May 30, 2025

Show notes

Fentanyl vs. Heroin: "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappeared

First Shot: A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stop

OD 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 asthma

Mom's Heart Attack: 4 days after OD, mom has a heart attack from stress

Hustles: Selling weed, flipping Suboxone, scamming friends, "like a credit card"—balances, fronts, juggling

Jam Band Scene: Heavy on acid, ketamine, nitrous, Calvin Klein (coke + K), LSD handling mishap at Camp Bisco led to paranoia for a week

Methadone Clinic Madness: Working in the clinic, finding crack pipes, wild characters, hustles in the waiting room

Recovery 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 life

Working in Treatment: From the methadone clinic to Ascendant, saw the whole spectrum

Writing: Wrote Slingshot Diaries in Maryland, self-published hundreds of copies, found purpose

Reflection: Raw honesty, doesn’t glorify but doesn’t hide it either—“thank God for grace and mercy”

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Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Toilet Blowjob Grinder AIDS Story (Patreon Teaser!) May 27, 2025

Show notes

👉 Sign up for Patreon at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast
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.

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Dopey 532: Snorting Meth Off a Shane MacGowan's Dirty Thumbnail & the Joy of Being Steve Poltz May 23, 2025

Show notes

🎸 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

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Dopey Tuesday Teaser: Heart Attack Doug, Othello Cookies, and the Fucking Celtics: Live from the Subaru May 20, 2025

Show notes

🚗 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

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Dopey 531: Snorting Heroin on the Staten Island Ferry to Eating his Way to Recovery, Fame and Fortune, Ian Martin May 16, 2025

Show notes

🏥 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.

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Dopey Tuesday RAYtreon Teaser: F*CK THE CELTICS - Deli Dave vs. New York City Dave PLUS DOES THE LAST OF US SUCK NOW? May 13, 2025

Show notes

Knicks vs. Celtics playoff madness

Dave 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 drops

Music segment: “Good So Bad” live from the studio

Dopey Wood lineup updates: Darrell Hammond OUT, the rest still IN

Come to DopeyWOOD!— tickets are free!

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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 May 09, 2025

Show notes

🏀 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.

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Dopey Tuesday Patreon Teaser - Adam David from The Voice 'an 8 Ball a day keeps the doctor away' May 06, 2025

Show notes

Whats on Patreon:

Adam’s chaotic childhood, bullying, and getting high at 12

Smoking weed with an abusive friend’s stepdad

Getting beat with wrenches, sent to institutions, and almost stabbed

Dropping acid at school, zeroing hits, playing in bands

Coke binges in L.A. writing sessions — snorting lines off Beyoncé plaques

Spiritual bottom after playing South by Southwest and weeping during Elf

Recovery Unplugged, NA, and finding purpose through music

A live performance of his song Savior

The Elsewhere program and recovery on the road

His thoughts on music, God, and staying clean through service

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Dopey 529: Jessica Kent Returns! Dealing Heroin! Only Fans! Abstinence Based Recovery! Motherhood and Having a Baby in Prison! May 03, 2025

Show notes

📓 Episode Notes:

Jessica Kent returns for a deep and hilarious check-in

Her early life selling heroin at 13 in upstate New York

Getting addicted to Oxy, then heroin, and eventually meth

Life on the run with a sketchy traveling magazine crew

Getting locked up in Arkansas, detoxing while pregnant

Giving birth to her daughter while shackled

Losing custody and the fight to get her child back

Getting out and blowing up as a sober influencer

Launching OnlyFans, backlash, trolls, and public scrutiny

Her recent painful breakup and struggles with internet fame

Why she left harm reduction and returned to abstinence-based recovery

Parenting, ADHD, self-worth, and starting over again

Dave reads wild listener emails

Bonus voicemails and raw Dopey banter as always

A full tilt rollercoaster of pain, redemption, and dumb shit

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