Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

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• Dopey 590: Can Psychedelics Cure Addiction? Ayahuasca Hell, Demons, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Dr. Reef Karim 03.07.2026 2t 26min

  Timsstamps: 00:00 Introduction and catching up with Dr. Reef Karim 03:45 Why Dopey succeeds by embracing the underdog 10:30 Reef explains forensic profiling and reading people's environments 15:45 Creativity, messy minds, and living authentically 22:15 Regret, purpose, and listening to your inner voice 28:10 Building an addiction treatment center from scratch 36:40 Psychiatry, spirituality, and treating addiction differently 44:30 Creativity as recovery and telling your own story 53:30 Therapists, vulnerability, and why storytelling heals 1:01:30 Authenticity versus attachment 1:09:00 Recovery, identity, and becoming your authentic self 1:17:00 Ketamine, ibogaine, psychedelics, and depression 1:25:30 Burnout, back pain, and leaving medicine behind 1:33:00 Gabor Maté encourages Reef to try ayahuasca 1:38:00 Inside Reef's terrifying ayahuasca experience 1:53:30 Facing demons, trauma, and returning for another ceremony 2:03:00 What ayahuasca ultimately taught Reef 2:10:00 Master Your Madness and reinventing yourself 2:16:30 Dave and Reef debate psychedelics in recovery 2:21:30 Closing thoughts, Safe Spot, DopeyCon updates, and Steve Poltz
• The Cocaine Episode with Ingrid Casares, freebase, making Sex with Madonna, Miami, Club Life, Addiction, Rehab, Recovery - Dopey's Greatest Hits 02.07.2026 2t 5min

  Timestamps 00:00 Opening song: "Everybody Does Cocaine" 02:07 Dave celebrates the success of the first Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival 03:30 Good Day New York appearance and plans for future festivals 05:20 Upcoming Patreon Zooms and vacation schedule 05:55 Introducing the Ingrid Casares Greatest Hits episode 06:35 Listener email celebrating six years sober 07:45 Patreon comments on the Danny Trejo episode 09:15 Spotify comments, Patreon, stickers and Knicks talk 11:00 Dave debates Tesla versus ska music 15:15 Introduction to Ingrid Casares 17:30 Meeting Madonna for the first time 19:45 First experiences with marijuana and alcohol 22:15 Having someone take her SATs 24:40 Fake illnesses, allergic reactions and early addict behavior 28:45 Discovering cocaine in early-1980s Miami 33:30 First rehab experiences at Palm Beach Institute and Alina Lodge 39:45 Doing cocaine in NA meetings 42:00 Stealing an ounce and a half of cocaine from a college dealer 49:30 Becoming a cocaine mule between Miami and North Carolina 54:00 Freebasing, paranoia and near disaster 58:45 Returning to treatment and finding Concept House 01:06:00 Building a year of sobriety 01:08:30 New Wave music, college and another relapse 01:15:00 Drug dealing through college 01:22:00 Smuggling cocaine before a planned Europe trip 01:24:30 Final cocaine collapse and entering treatment again 01:29:00 Meeting Sandra Bernhard and Madonna 01:33:30 Relapsing after years sober 01:35:45 Cocaine with celebrities and Sean Penn stories 01:42:00 Launching Liquid and helping create South Beach nightlife 01:45:30 Running world-famous clubs while staying sober 01:49:00 Chris Paciello's arrest and the end of an era 01:52:00 Prescription opioid addiction after surgery 01:56:45 Alcohol relapse years later 02:00:00 Recovery today, lessons learned and life after nightlife 02:01:40 Dave wraps up one of Dopey's greatest cocaine stories SEO Description Dopey's Greatest Hits revisits one of the most legendary episodes ever recorded as Miami nightlife icon Ingrid Casares shares her unbelievable story of cocaine addiction, rehab, Madonna, South Beach nightlife, Sean Penn, celebrity excess, relapse, recovery, and helping build the Miami club scene. Dave also recaps the hugely successful first Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, reads listener comments, debates ska music, and celebrates another week of Dopey. If you love recovery stories, cocaine history, celebrity interviews, and unforgettable addiction tales, this is an all-time classic Dopey episode.
• DJ Fat Tony Returns: Sex Addiction, Trauma Therapy, Recovery Addiction & Cunts 01.07.2026 1t 25min

  Timestamps 00:00 Dopey Wednesday theme song 01:05 Dave on a bad meeting, anger, stress, and the spiritual axiom 03:25 Introducing DJ Fat Tony and Recover Me 04:50 Justin’s email about quitting 7-OH 11:15 Patreon and Spotify comments from Amy Dresner episode 17:20 DJ Fat Tony returns to Dopey 18:00 Recover Me, sex addiction, and recovery after recovery 19:45 Trauma therapy and the fallout from writing I Don’t Take Requests 24:10 Sex addiction, childhood abuse, and toxic relationships 31:10 Trauma therapy, drawing, anger, and old wounds 36:00 Meetings, ego, and “The Tony Show” 39:45 Recovery addiction and stepping back to actually work the program 44:40 Sex addiction, Grindr, SAA/SLA, and getting caught 50:10 Apps, reviews, gambling addiction parallels, and “gron/groff” 54:50 Gay hookup culture, cruising, Sniffies, and George Michael 59:30 Reworking the steps and finding a new connection 1:03:50 “You can’t, we can,” honesty, ADHD, and actually taking things in 1:06:20 Tony’s father, resentment, amends, and sobriety 1:09:30 Higher power, prayer, and putting fear into the universe 1:13:10 Reclaiming the word “cunt” 1:17:40 Touring, marriage, temptation, and why life is too good now 1:18:40 Recording the audiobook and fake shame 1:21:20 Closing thoughts, Safe Spot, stickers, and voicemails 1:23:00 “Good So Bad”
• The Gayest Raytreon Teaser in Years - addiction, alcohol, trauma, eating disorders, loneliness, and recovery 30.06.2026 34min

  A Brutal Recovery Story, Ray Brown & Patreon Chaos | Dopey Tuesday
• Dopey Replay #34: Dave Smuggles Ibogaine from Canada, Big Bird on Heroin, Coke Before Court & OG Dopey with Chris 29.06.2026 1t 37min

  Timestamps 00:00 - Dave introduces Dopey Replay #34 02:42 - Eric’s voicemail: coke before DUI court 08:11 - Heroin is back? Dopey socks, songs, and listener stories 09:57 - Patreon and Spotify comments from Replay #33 14:31 - Original Dopey #34 begins: Dave and Chris, OG Dopey Nation 21:05 - Chris’s old story notes and detox push-up trick 24:08 - Dave as a drugged-out children’s party performer 28:08 - Power Ranger, Big Bird, and hairy human legs 32:22 - The blue cheese story almost begins 34:35 - Brad calls in and talks about Dave’s using years 43:02 - Chris pukes into his shirt while drinking and driving 50:12 - Dave’s lonely summer camp drinking story 01:03:44 - Chris translates his Japanese girlfriend’s emails while paranoid on coke 01:07:00 - Chris burns his arm in boiling water while drunk 01:09:00 - Dave interviews Bob Weir while insanely high 01:19:54 - Dave smuggles Ibogaine out of Canada 01:24:54 - Ibogaine trip: spinning mattress and the loser alien 01:29:28 - Ruth Ann emails during the episode 01:34:15 - Chris and Dave close it out
• Dopey 588: Crystal Meth, Chemsex, Poop for Pay, Sexual Assault, Psychosis & Recovery with Dean Moda 26.06.2026 2t 44min

  TIMESTAMP NOTES: 0:00 — Oro Recovery ad: Malibu/LA, founded by Bob Forrest, compassion-based treatment, surfing, sound baths, Newsweek top 5 rehabs. ororecovery.com 3:15 — Dave opens playing Rolling Stones "Monkey Man" — one of the greatest junkie songs ever. Wants Mick Jagger or Keith Richards on the show. Promo for the Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival, June 26, SVA Theatre. Free Narcan and fentanyl test strips at the door. Jury award + people's choice award. 6:30 — Listener email: Danny B — crack addict, burning cherry shot into his throat "like a Roman candle," embedded in his skin, eating freeze pops for days. Smoked more crack that night. Wins dopey socks. 8:11 — Listener email: JD D Hart — storing a bath salt vial (brand: "8Ball") up his ass for safekeeping while homeless in Lakewood, Ohio. It gets stuck sideways. Two female friends suit up in surgical gloves and extract it. They all shoot up directly from the fecal-glazed vial. Later diagnosed with Hepatitis A and E. Today: no hepatitis of any kind. 13:00 — Mountainside ad: Dave met Chris O'Connor there. Amazing continuum of care, community-driven. mountainside.com/dopey or call John Jones: 413-329-6838. Treats Kratom. Incredible juvenile program. 14:00 — Zen AI ad: "vibecasting" — AI turns a conversation into a podcast, reel, or TikTok. No production skills needed. zen.ai 15:24 — Patreon comments from the Mishka Shubali episode. Highlights: Joel saw Michael Stipe renting porn in Athens, GA. Siggy can't bear to hear Annie's voice (Brandon Novak tribute song). Dave shares that Stephanie Roberts got sober after Brian "Hot Wheels" Connolly gave out his number — only because Novak did it first. 22:36 — Spotify comments on Mishka. Highlights: Alex pushes back on "pray for your abuser." JD D Hart: James Hetfield was the sober one in Metallica, a straight drinker — went commercial, got sober, and then the music got horrible. "A cosmic joke." 27:26 — Braeburn ad: "Reframe and Reclaim" docuseries on YouTube — six advocates in Baltimore helping people rebuild after incarceration. Hanif Perry from the series will be at the film festival. youtube.com/BraeburnRX 29:47 — More Spotify comments + listener email: anonymous woman, tweaking on meth, pooped in grandma's coral bowl in the basement, hid it in the rafters, forgot about it. A month later her friend's broom knocked it off the rafter. Glass and hardened poop everywhere. Friend cleaned it up. They haven't spoken about it since. 32:08 — Intro to guest Dean Moda: 299 days crystal meth free. Social media creator, content since 2013. "Clean, serene, and always Dean." Instagram/TikTok: @modah 33:28 — Recovery Unplugged ad: music-based addiction treatment, FL/TX/VA/TN/SC/NJ, 15% better long-term recovery rates than national average. Partnering with Doc McGee on Elsewhere (program for touring musicians). recoveryunplugged.com 35:00 — Dean's backstory: grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Trinidadian mom, Panamanian dad. God in the house, no drugs, no alcohol. Called "bati boy" (gay slur) starting at 13. Came out loudly in 10th grade. 40:00 — Went to FIT for fashion design. Worked nights at Starbucks in Union Square. First time getting high: 19, with coworker Figgy in the alley — smoked weed, felt nothing. Later actually got high at Shiloh's house with her mom. Loved it immediately. Weed as anxiety relief — never really a drinker. 46:00 — First sex work: found on Adam for Adam. Man paid him $700 to defecate on him. Michael Jackson died that day. After 47 minutes, produced two "nervous pellets." Client disappointed but paid. No repeat business. Second job: nude massages for a man he found repulsive — $90/30 min, extra $100 for sex, ran for three months. 51:00 — Moved into Surreal Estate: bohemian art squat on Thames Street, East Williamsburg, $350/month. First exposure to heroin addicts and meth users — still just a weed smoker. Flew to London on $500, no warning, got sick, mom flew him home and dropped him back at the squat. 1:01:00 — Second time on Adam for Adam. Man described meth as "like hookah, but stronger." Dean didn't know it was meth. Passed out, woke up in the staircase — no clothes, needle in his arm, bleeding, bruised. Walked home barefoot through the snow. Got in the shower and broke down. Never told anyone. Never reported it. 1:10:00 — Six months later, tries meth again with someone he actually likes. This time: euphoria. Instantly hooked. From that point on, only seeks out sex with men who have meth — "chemsex" scene. Explains the world: anonymous, unprotected, rampant across gay apps. Meth and sex become completely fused in his brain. 1:19:00 — Squatting scam: pays first month's rent, squats indefinitely. Works Forever 21, Paragon Sports, gets fired repeatedly. Moves into studio in Brooklyn after his alcoholic landlord Mr. John dies. Starts inviting strangers over. Begins hallucinating — sees the "white devil" at the window. Smashes pipes. Glass cuts deep into his finger. Starts boofing meth (turkey baster + water method explained). 1:33:00 — Tells neighbor Keisha — ex-crack addict — that he's struggling. First person he ever told. Stays sober 7 months. Gets a therapist. Second therapist signs him up for IOP without his permission. First time in a room with other people in recovery, 2019. 1:38:00 — Leaves the food stamp office, finds a perfectly rolled joint in the elevator. It's laced with PCP. Sees "death bringers" on the train (two Nation of Islam men with a tablet). Barely makes it home. Key works. Goes to sleep. Later: strangers leave a second laced joint in his apartment. Everything turns blue. "If I wake up, I'm alive." Woke up. 1:47:00 — Wins a housing lottery apartment in East Harlem (still has it). Moves in with eight garbage bags and a folding chair. Sleeps on a pile of clothes on the floor. Hosts sex parties. Psychosis sets in: believes his parents are kidnapped by "intelligent kidnappers" and being held in the apartment next door. Rides his bike on the West Side Highway on meth. 1:57:00 — Rehab at South Beach Treatment Facility, Staten Island (2021). Back using in two weeks. 10+ detoxes in New York, more in California and Florida. 28-day programs in Westchester, Connecticut, Delray Beach, Santa Monica. 2:02:00 — Hears about Greenhouse Treatment Facility, Grand Prairie, Texas — pools, sauna, jacuzzi, massages. Goes November to December 2024. Gains 40+ lbs. Leaves looking healthy. Relapses December 31 ("not bringing it into the new year"). Back to Greenhouse February 2025. Relapses again June 30. Last relapse: August 25, 2025 — sits alone in the dark, nothing in the fridge, nowhere to go. Knows he's done. 2:29:00 — The breakthrough: AA meeting at rehab, someone reads the Doctor's Opinion from the Big Book. The allergy concept — one hit means you can't stop. First time it truly landed. Now 299 days clean. Crystal Meth Anonymous + NA. Six years sober from alcohol. 2:37:00 — Dean's message to people in the chemsex life: remember who you were before crystal meth. "It ends in jails, institutions, or death. If you get out the other side, you are a fucking miracle." 2:38:00 — Dean plugs his TikTok/Instagram (@modah) and Motusmile teeth whitening pen (modahsmile.com). Gives Dave a pen. 2:41:00 — Dave wraps. SafeSpot harm reduction hotline: 1-800-972-0590. Custom Stickers: customstickers.com, code DOPEY20 for 20% off. Toodles for Chris.
• Danny Trejo on Heroin at 12, Prison, Recovery, Robbery, God & Tacos - Dopey's Greatest Hits 25.06.2026 1t 13min

  Timestamp Notes 00:18 – Dave and Alan open the Thursday episode and explain Dopey’s Greatest Hits. 00:45 – Alan describes watching Dave struggle with broken podcast equipment. 01:05 – Dave explains the Rodecaster disasters: broken buttons, Best Buy returns, and Amazon packing gear under seltzer. 02:35 – Dave is trying to bank episodes before vacation and refuses to miss a day. 03:00 – Alan says Dave should leave equipment at his apartment. 03:25 – Alan questions Dave about missing a detail in the Mishka Shubaly interview. 04:30 – Dave asks if he often misses obvious follow-up questions during interviews. 05:20 – Alan says Dave usually explains things well, except when he assumes listeners know music references. 06:00 – Dave mentions an upcoming author interview about the Allman Brothers. 06:30 – Dopey being called the number two podcast about the Allman Brothers and number one in Venezuela. 07:00 – Dave asks Alan if he would pay for guests like Lamar Odom, Lenny Dykstra, Artie Lange, Bob Dylan, or Paul Simon. 08:50 – Paul Simon at Katz’s fantasy and discussion of Harper Simon. 09:25 – Mayim Bialik, Ben Stiller, Yiddish words, and “tumult.” 11:40 – Dave introduces the Danny Trejo Greatest Hits replay. 12:10 – Danny Trejo’s taco company and his son Gilbert’s earlier episode. 12:45 – Dave reads listener email from Brooke: seven years in recovery after a robbery that led to her boyfriend’s death. 14:00 – Alan responds to Brooke. 14:30 – Patreon comments from Nikki Sixx replay. 15:25 – Alan says he hates one Dopey intro song; Dave defends “I especially love Fentanyl Jay.” 16:00 – Motley Crue fans react to Nikki Sixx interview. 16:35 – Tesla the band vs Nikola Tesla; Alan gives a Tesla/Edison/Westinghouse history lesson. 18:00 – Listener says being an addict feels like a blessing because recovery gave him a beautiful life. 18:30 – Dave asks Alan how responsible he is for Dave’s addiction. 19:20 – Dave assigns Alan 9% of the blame and his mother 11%. 20:40 – Winnie’s screen door damage and repair. 21:10 – Safe Spot availability question and Steve Poltz shoutout. 22:20 – Alan remembers Steve Poltz’s hypnotic presence. 23:00 – Comment wanting Nikki Sixx’s unfiltered sex, drugs, and rock and roll stories. 23:40 – Patreon Zoom and possible second Zoom. 24:15 – Alan asks why the show is not being videoed from the apartment studio. 24:55 – Spotify comments: bathroom offer at 190th Street and celebrity guests vs real Dopey guests. 26:00 – Alan says his favorite kind of Dopey guest is one who brings recovery and hope. 27:15 – Alan critiques Dave’s overuse of “Dopey legend” and “the great.” 28:00 – Ray Brown’s song and Alan’s reaction. 29:25 – Alan’s breakfast: pickled herring, crackers, cereal, strawberries, cookies. 31:30 – Kidney health, spinach, potassium, and AI medical advice. 32:30 – Dave introduces Danny Trejo as a Dopey legend. Danny Trejo Interview 32:45 – Dave introduces Danny Trejo: film star, TV star, junkie star, recovery star. 33:25 – Dave talks about reading Danny’s book, watching Inmate #1, and hearing him on Howard Stern. 34:05 – Danny talks about smoking weed at eight with his uncle. 35:00 – Danny says he didn’t see it as abuse then, but does now. 35:25 – Danny remembers getting high at eight while his uncle and friends looked at Bible pictures. 36:10 – Danny talks about Uncle Gilbert as his hero, father figure, and brother-like companion. 37:20 – Danny explains the importance of giving his own kids time. 38:20 – Dave reads a passage from Danny’s book about heroin as an escape hatch from fear, regret, anger, and self-hatred. 39:35 – Danny describes violence, abuse, family dynamics, and how he understood it growing up. 41:00 – Dave relates heroin to confidence, numbness, peace, and not giving a fuck. 41:55 – Danny says prison is also “right here, right now.” 42:10 – Danny talks about robbery, drugs, adrenaline, and losing sight of what addiction is feeding. 43:30 – Technical freeze; Dave talks acceptance and expectations. 44:10 – Danny reassures Dave that the interview is going fine. 44:25 – Dave reads another passage about “the power of crazy.” 45:05 – Danny says “the power of crazy” is both a street thing and an addict thing. 45:35 – Danny says his worst heroin habit was inside Soledad State Prison. 46:20 – Danny talks about protecting a cartel-connected kid and having endless access to dope in prison. 47:00 – Danny says having all the heroin in the world only kills you. 47:40 – Prison access, knowing the system, and how some people get worse habits inside. 48:30 – Danny tells the story of relapsing after 29 days sober with Dennis. 49:15 – Danny and Dennis take pills, drink beer, find guns, and trade them for heroin. 50:30 – Danny sells fake heroin/sugar to a federal agent. 51:10 – Dennis cooperates with the feds and Danny realizes he’s in serious trouble. 52:10 – Years later, sober Danny sees Dennis dying and tells him to call if he wants help. 53:10 – Dave says that betrayal may have saved Danny’s life. 53:35 – Danny explains finally getting clean in prison after a riot and withdrawal in the hole. 54:20 – Danny says 12-step, acceptance, and finding a God he understood saved his life. 55:20 – Dave asks why Danny kept doing recovery work even after becoming a movie star. 56:00 – Danny talks about helping addicts, detox work, Western Pacific Rehab, and treatment instead of prison. 57:10 – Danny says nonviolent drug offenders should be treated, not incarcerated. 57:45 – Dave asks how Danny dealt with his own kids having addiction issues. 58:10 – Danny explains his support system and Mario Castillo helping save his son’s life. 59:45 – Dave asks about David Crosby saying he knew he could smoke weed once drug dreams stopped. 01:00:10 – Danny says his head can tell him stupid things and he knows he cannot smoke weed. 01:01:15 – Danny tells convicts that if they started with weed and ended in prison, doing it again is insanity. 01:02:00 – Dave admits he still has an old-stoner reservation in the back of his mind. 01:02:25 – Dave asks how Danny separates playing bad guys from living as a recovery person. 01:03:00 – Danny says he is not those characters anymore and doesn’t stay in character. 01:03:45 – Danny remembers Uncle Gilbert telling him to “rob me” as an acting lesson. 01:04:15 – Danny explains how street survival and prison violence became real identity, not just acting. 01:05:15 – Dave asks about Danny’s genuine self and the gift of recovery. 01:05:45 – Danny says the program gave him life and freedom. 01:06:10 – Danny talks about making a deal with God in prison. 01:06:50 – Danny remembers seeing “Fuck God” written in shit and knowing how far he had come. 01:07:15 – Dave asks about tacos, food, and helping people with pancakes instead of lectures. 01:08:00 – Danny invites Dave to Trejo’s Tacos when he comes to LA. 01:08:20 – Interview ends. 01:08:35 – Dave and Alan return; Dave teases a secret unfinished interview with a famous person. 01:09:25 – Dave plugs Dopey Film Festival tickets. 01:09:55 – Alan signs off: stay strong Dopey Nation and toodles for Chris. 01:10:10 – Outro song: “I Wanna Be Good So Bad.”
• Tales From the Psych Ward with Amy Dresner - Epilepsy, Grief, Recovery & Staying Alive When Sobriety Still Sucks 24.06.2026 1t 58min

  Timestamp Notes 00:00 – Good Morning Dopey / Dopey Wednesday intro song. 01:14 – Dave opens the show and announces the unofficial Dopey theme song challenge. 02:20 – Film Festival is two days away; Dave encourages people to come if they still can. 02:55 – Father’s Day rant: dads texting other dads “Happy Father’s Day.” 04:20 – Dave calls his father Alan live for Father’s Day. 05:15 – Alan weighs in on masculinity, texting, and modern fatherhood. 08:30 – Dave and Alan discuss the Knicks winning the championship. 10:25 – “Post-acute Knicks withdrawal” and Dave compares fans rewatching clips to “licking the bag.” 12:35 – Knicks parade talk, Mamdani speech, Dolan, and school bus chaos conspiracy jokes. 16:10 – Knicks roster talk: Robinson, Diowara, Shamet, Clarkson, second apron. 17:45 – Alan talks about coming to the Dopey Film Festival and bringing a crew. 19:25 – Dave explains Film Festival schedule: food, Mountainside intro, films, comedians, panel, Q&A. 20:00 – Patreon comments from Todd’s sister Allie episode. 20:35 – Listener asks why Dave debated putting out the Allie episode. 21:00 – Comments about Todd, Linda, Maggie the pit bull, and dreams about Todd. 22:20 – Spotify comments about Todd’s family, the apartment, and grieving. 23:10 – Dave describes Todd’s tiny Upper East Side studio, Murphy bed, bong hits, 720, and toaster oven food. 24:35 – Dopey socks explanation: send a voicemail/email or join $15 Patreon. 25:00 – Dave introduces the live YouTube/Workit Health event with Amy Dresner. Amy Dresner / Workit Health Interview 25:45 – Max from Workit Health introduces the event and Workit’s telehealth addiction care. 27:05 – Max introduces Dave, Dopey, Amy Dresner, My Fair Junkie, and recovery storytelling. 29:30 – Dave corrects the download number: 23 million, not 10 million. 30:15 – Dave and Amy remember her first Dopey appearance with Chris. 31:30 – Todd came over during Amy’s first interview; later nodded out after using heroin. 33:00 – Amy talks about her next book proposal: long-term recovery when life still falls apart. 34:35 – Amy describes losing her father, mother, and cat, epilepsy returning, losing work/housing, and staying sober. 35:35 – Amy talks suicidal thoughts, medication changes, and checking herself into the psych ward. 37:15 – Amy’s psych ward intake: false promises of good food, coffee, and comfort. 38:15 – Amy gets a crush on a young nurse and meets seriously mentally ill patients. 39:50 – Amy as “teacher’s pet” in psych ward groups. 40:40 – Entering the psych ward with ten years sober. 41:30 – Amy takes notes because the whole thing is material. 42:25 – Rexulti, antipsychotics, medication issues, and sleeping all day. 43:30 – Amy admits she was the oldest and most out-of-control person there. 44:20 – Amy talks grief, rage, Colonel Puff, her mother, and losing too much at once. 45:25 – Amy explains the vagus nerve stimulator for epilepsy. 46:20 – Battery in the chest, choking fetish joke, and doctors not knowing what to do with her. 47:15 – Amy learns her epilepsy may not have been self-inflicted by drug use. 48:20 – Meth, coke, seizures, and why Amy shot coke but not meth. 49:05 – Classic Amy story: wearing a bike helmet while shooting coke for harm reduction. 50:45 – Dave and Amy discuss harm reduction, 12-step, MAT, and staying alive. 53:10 – Amy says addiction is not a moral issue and harm reduction keeps people alive. 54:35 – Dave talks about methadone, projection, and assuming everyone on MAT was also using. 56:20 – Amy’s UCLA epilepsy unit stay: tied to the bed, electrodes, seizure monitoring. 58:45 – Amy has multiple grand mal seizures in the hospital. 01:00:30 – Doctors restart her VNS, try Depakote, and Amy pukes all night. 01:02:00 – Isolation in Lake Hollywood, inability to drive, social anxiety, and trying to write the book. 01:03:25 – Amy’s agent pushes for a stronger proposal and more vivid writing. 01:04:35 – Writing as survival: “If you can make it into a story, you can live through it.” 01:05:35 – Amy says she blew her best stories in My Fair Junkie. 01:06:20 – Dave and Amy talk about the importance of a second book about sobriety when life stays hard. 01:07:15 – Depression, dual diagnosis, epilepsy medication, and Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs. 01:09:30 – Amy has a seizure while running a meeting and gets taken off the schedule. 01:10:25 – Dopeywood, epilepsy fear, and Amy winning the Stash Word contest. 01:11:00 – Dave asks how Amy gets through daily life with isolation and illness. 01:13:00 – Amy talks writing, money, body dysmorphia, and doing video work. 01:14:30 – Live chat begins; Dopey Nation and Workit Health audience join in. 01:15:30 – Question: do young people think addiction is normal? 01:16:30 – Amy talks isolation, suicidal thinking, and needing people to come over. 01:18:30 – Amy says suicidal thoughts pass and recommends therapy, medication, sleep, and support. 01:20:20 – Question about early recovery, Suboxone, drinking, and a breakup. 01:21:00 – Dave recommends meetings, connection, prayer, hobbies, walks, and getting out of your head. 01:22:00 – Question about boundaries; Amy jokes she has none. 01:23:20 – Question: what if you feel like no one can connect with you? 01:24:00 – Dave says there is definitely some weirdo out there who will connect with you. 01:25:00 – Meetings, Dopey Zoom, Workit meetings, and trying something instead of nothing. 01:26:00 – Amy explains action changing feelings and building new neural pathways. 01:26:50 – Question: how do you forgive yourself after decades of addiction? 01:27:15 – Amy talks felony domestic violence, shame, forgiving herself, and having her own back. 01:30:00 – Dave talks changing the channel in your brain through action, hobbies, TV, and recovery. 01:31:30 – Dave invites people onto the Knicks bandwagon as a form of community and joy. 01:32:30 – Question about writing: Amy recommends coaching, outlining, proposals, agents, and writing before editing. 01:35:00 – Audience member says they are homeless and desperate for help. 01:35:30 – Amy and Dave urge them to keep asking for help, go to meetings, use libraries, and tell people the truth. 01:39:20 – Question about humor in recovery and whether laughing glamorizes addiction. 01:40:00 – Dave says humor is his survival mode and release valve. 01:41:30 – Amy says there is a line between dark humor and glamorizing addiction. 01:43:00 – Amy talks not comparing herself to others and staying in the present. 01:44:45 – Max closes the live event and calls Dave and Amy “universal recovery parents.” 01:45:30 – Amy reflects on hiding out, wanting to be honest again, and coming back. 01:46:30 – Roxanne Colelo / Dopey stoner legend shoutout. 01:47:30 – Amy plugs My Fair Junkie and talks about money, disability, and trying to survive. 01:49:20 – Amy shows Bucky the rescue cat. 01:50:00 – Dave and Amy thank Workit Health and promote the Film Festival. 01:52:50 – Dave wraps the episode, plugs Patreon, treatment help, Safe Spot, CustomStickers.com, and signs off.
• White Supremacy Rally, Injured at the Gym, Fighting with Everybody & Missing Dopey Zoom with H.A.D 23.06.2026 35min

  Timestamps 0:01 – New Dopey Tuesday song and opening. 1:32 – Doug returns to Dopey. 2:00 – Patreon section preview and Dave's attack on Doug. 2:30 – Dave joins a local gym and recalls insulting his barber shop on the podcast. 3:20 – Dave's barber story comes back to haunt him. 4:00 – Meeting trainer Joe and getting assessed. 5:40 – Curling twelve-pound weights and surviving the early tests. 7:00 – Lunges destroy Dave's hamstring. 8:00 – Dave considers quitting and going home. 8:45 – Signing up with trainer Joe. 10:20 – Doug admits life has been stressful. 10:50 – Film Festival anxiety and banking ten episodes before vacation. 11:30 – Dave calls out Doug for missing meetings. 12:45 – More details about Dave's bad mood. 15:10 – Four a.m. wakeups and obsessive thoughts. 16:20 – Susan's bike ride request. 17:00 – Dave blows out Linda's bicycle tire. 18:00 – More domestic chaos. 18:50 – Patreon comments from Trinity's episode. 19:45 – Debate over voicemail amends. 21:00 – Praise for Trinity's laugh and personality. 22:15 – Listeners discuss Trinity's vulnerability and recovery. 23:45 – Fentanyl test strip appreciation. 24:30 – Problems with the YouTube channel. 25:20 – More praise for Trinity and "Good So Bad." 26:45 – Secret Cupcake hopes Doug stays away. 28:00 – Spotify comments. 29:00 – Dr. Dave moment about fear and recovery. 30:00 – More comments on Trinity and recovery. 31:30 – Patreon plug and Patreon Zoom announcement. 32:30 – Listener performs "Good So Bad" after missing Dopey Zoom to record it. SEO Keywords Dopey Podcast, Dopey Tuesday, Dave Manheim, Doug Caine, Trinity Dopey, Good So Bad, Dopey Nation, addiction recovery podcast, sobriety, AA, NA, personal training, gym injury, hamstring injury, Dopey Film Festival, Patreon Zoom, fentanyl test strips, recovery stories, DXM withdrawal, Good So Bad cover, recovery community, drugs addiction and dumb shit.
• Leonardo DiCaprio, Amsterdam LSD Disaster, Whips, Jail & Classic Chris plus Vinnie - Dopey Replay 33: 22.06.2026 1t 44min

  TIME STAMPS: 00:18 – Dave melts in the heat after removing his air conditioners and rages about broken Rodecasters. 03:29 – Introduction to Dopey Replay #33 and memories of recording with almost no equipment. 05:51 – Dave signs up for a gym evaluation and contemplates gratitude versus suffering. 07:00 – Dopey Film Festival update and ticket warning. 08:16 – Listener email about discovering Chris after his death. 09:17 – Another emotional email from a newer listener who went back to the beginning. 12:00 – Patreon comments and memories of classic DJ episodes. 14:00 – Dave recounts the tragic details surrounding DJ Don's murder. 17:30 – Spotify comments and Knicks fandom. 19:49 – Replay begins: Dopey Episode 33. 22:00 – Vinny explains his life as a stand-up comic and hardware store employee. 25:00 – Discussion of money, laziness, and avoiding traditional work. 31:00 – Chris tells the story of a genius friend who gave away all his money before attempting suicide. 35:30 – Dave awkwardly gives Leonardo DiCaprio a Dopey card at Katz's. 41:00 – Debate about whether weed is a problem and the difference between addicts and normal people. 44:00 – Dave and Vinny remember working together and Dave borrowing fifty dollars during active addiction. 49:00 – Chris tells his horrific chocolate-cereal-and-vomit story. 57:00 – Vinny begins his Amsterdam LSD story. 1:05:00 – Tok strips naked and starts searching for his dog "Java." 1:09:00 – Tok swings at strangers and gets whipped by two random men with sex whips. 1:12:00 – Dutch police calmly handcuff Tok and put him in jail for the night. 1:16:00 – Tok wakes up with no memory and discovers the whip marks on his back. 1:23:00 – Listener emails and missing Dopey episodes. 1:28:00 – Dave remembers bombing at stand-up comedy. 1:35:00 – The legendary fifty-dollar debt is finally settled. 1:41:00 – Closing song and classic Dave and Chris banter.
• Dopey 588: Drinking Pee, Classic Alcoholic, Opanas, Shipwrecked, Mark Lanegan, School Shootings & Sobriety — Musician and Author Mishka Shubaly 19.06.2026 2t 23min

  Timestamps 2:07 – Oro Recovery sponsorship and Bob Forrest update. 3:37 – Dave talks Dopey origins, Narcan, fentanyl test strips, Patreon and Dopey Zoom. 5:05 – Knicks championship celebration and plans for the ticker tape parade. 6:05 – Winnie the dog bursts through the screen door chasing the Amazon driver. 7:05 – Listener email about shooting heroin with blue toilet water. 8:50 – Dopey Recovery Film Festival update and guest list. 10:00 – Mountainside sponsorship and Chris meeting story. 10:48 – Janine from Chasing Heroin Podcast describes accidentally shooting fabric softener. 14:00 – Brayburn and Reframe & Reclaim documentary series. 15:30 – Patreon comments from the Brandon Novak episode. 17:54 – Dead rat stories and step work updates. 19:00 – Fake acid kidnapping story from England. 21:40 – Workit Health sponsorship. 23:20 – Spotify comments and congratulations to Emily on seven months clean. 26:10 – Dave debates changing Dopey theme songs and launches a music contest. 28:00 – Mishka Shubaly introduction. 29:45 – Mishka talks music and why he never cared about recording gear. 30:30 – Dave admits he was jealous of Mishka's success. 32:00 – Mishka discusses insecurity and self-isolation. 33:00 – Ken Rideout and writing books. 34:30 – Moving from Phoenix to rural Ohio. 36:00 – Dave's "meant to be" feeling after finishing Mishka's book. 39:15 – Helping Mark Lanegan write Sing Backwards and Weep. 41:30 – Calling Mark Lanegan a "diva cunt." 44:00 – Addiction, recovery, and not comparing alcohol to heroin. 45:30 – Mishka's seventeen years sober and views on psychedelics. 48:30 – Childhood, music, and discovering alcohol. 53:00 – Foster brother Chung and his refugee story. 57:15 – Becoming an alcoholic and leaving home. 59:30 – School shooting, parents' divorce, and drinking to numb the pain. 1:01:55 – Simon's Rock and finding misfit community. 1:04:00 – Being bullied and feeling doomed. 1:05:30 – Cough syrup culture and drugstore highs. 1:08:30 – Moving to New York and trying to become a writer. 1:11:00 – Bukowski and wanting the drunken artist lifestyle. 1:13:00 – Mishka's father abandoning the family. 1:15:30 – Discovering his father had been abused by his mother. 1:18:00 – Politics, resentment, and estrangement. 1:22:00 – Dave and Mishka discuss forgiveness and God. 1:27:00 – Getting shipwrecked in the Bahamas. 1:31:00 – Drinking urine from a hard hat while stranded. 1:36:00 – September 11 and working at Don Hill's. 1:39:00 – Discovering opioids and Opana. 1:43:00 – Deciding alcohol was worse than death. 1:46:00 – Quitting alcohol alone without rehab or AA. 1:49:00 – Becoming obsessed with running. 1:52:00 – Percocet, psychedelics, and why alcohol remained the real problem. 1:56:00 – Pink Floyd, atheism, and community. 2:03:00 – Dogs, hunting, and finding spirituality in nature. 2:11:00 – Meeting his wife and learning joy. 2:14:00 – Mark Lanegan book club plans and future collaborations. 2:16:30 – Dave reflects on Mishka and classic alcoholics. 2:18:00 – Dave performs "Good So Bad." SEO Keywords YouTube Title Ideas Drinking Pee to Survive, School Shootings, Alcoholism & Recovery with Mishka Shubaly | Dopey 587 Shipwrecked, Drinking Urine, Mark Lanegan & 17 Years Sober — Mishka Shubaly on Dopey School Shooting Survivor, Bukowski, Booze & Running 100 Miles: Mishka Shubaly | Dopey Podcast Alcohol Nearly Killed Him—Then He Ran Across the Desert: Mishka Shubaly Dopey 587: Shipwrecks, Drinking Pee, Mark Lanegan & Sobriety with Mishka Shubaly
• Nikki Sixx on Heroin, Sobriety, Mötley Crüe, The Heroin Diaries & Recovery | Dopey Greatest Hits 18.06.2026 1t 54min

  Timestamp Notes 00:00 – Ray Brown’s “Home Sweet Heroine” opens the replay with classic Dopey parody lyrics. 01:29 – Dave introduces Dopey Greatest Hits and explains that Patreon voted for Nikki Sixx over Danny Trejo, DMC, and Hank Azaria. 02:15 – Story about getting nervous that Nikki Sixx’s team would object to Ray Brown’s Motley Crüe parody. 03:52 – Dave celebrates “Home Sweet Heroine” and calls Ray Brown the Hemingway of the Dopey world. 05:00 – Dave talks about working Step Eight with a sponsee and making amends. 06:18 – Dave jokes that his father complained he talked too much about gratitude without thanking him. 07:00 – Jules the Cocaine Bear calls in with a drunken coke-fueled party-crashing story. 08:45 – Jules offers cocaine to another guest and is accused of trying to sell drugs. 09:45 – Partygoers throw him out while smashing him into door frames. 10:45 – Fearing an attack, Jules grabs a switchblade and walks straight into a policeman. 11:40 – Police arrest him but unknowingly return his hidden cocaine inside an asthma inhaler. 12:15 – Jules flushes the coke down the jail toilet and eventually beats the knife charge. 12:55 – Kimber King joins Dave to discuss comments from her replay episode. 14:00 – Debate over whether Suboxone tastes terrible or like orange candy. 15:30 – Discussion of Dave’s infamous “peed my pants walking to Harlem” story. 17:00 – Crypto talk and warnings about gambling tendencies in recovery. 18:20 – Kimber talks about the Wednesday Dopey Zoom and singing disasters. 19:30 – Debate about ads and whether listeners complain too much. 20:00 – Kimber recalls her meth vape and saline mixture containing fentanyl, cocaine, ketamine, and Xanax. 21:30 – Dave and Kimber discuss Harvey visiting Alan at the film festival. 22:40 – AJ apologizes for criticizing Dave and says Kimber is one of his favorite guests. 23:20 – Dave celebrates the Knicks winning the championship and plans to attend the parade. 24:30 – More praise for Kimber and memories of old stories. 25:30 – Sarah comments that bingeing and purging with friends almost sounded fun. 26:45 – Dave and Kimber joke about trauma bonding and eating disorders. 27:20 – Nicotine patches and dementia prevention article. 28:00 – Kimber admits she still vapes and her daughter brings her the vape. 29:10 – Confusion over stories involving Tony Bologna and foot fetishes. 30:00 – Kimber promotes Safe Spot, the overdose monitoring service. 31:00 – Dave and Kimber say goodbye and prepare for the Nikki Sixx interview. Nikki Sixx Interview 33:10 – Nikki Sixx joins Dopey and Dave explains how The Heroin Diaries affected him. 35:00 – Nikki talks about being happiest at sixty-three with over twenty years sober. 36:30 – Raising a young daughter in long-term recovery. 38:00 – Nikki explains why he returned to rehab despite years of sobriety. 39:30 – Fame never interested him as much as being in a band. 41:30 – Moving to Wyoming inspired The First 21 and memories of Idaho. 43:00 – Nikki describes creativity and constantly recording ideas. 45:00 – Childhood memories, books, and discovering rock and roll. 46:00 – Smoking weed at six or seven after living in Mexico. 48:00 – Standing up to bullies with rocks in his lunchbox. 50:00 – Dating Richard Pryor through his mother and reflecting on childhood. 53:00 – Obsession and compulsion as the foundation of his personality. 55:00 – Selling “chocolate mescaline” capsules. 56:45 – Thoughts on hippies and why seventies music shaped him more. 58:00 – First experiences with cocaine backstage at the Starwood. 59:20 – Alcohol as his first love. 59:45 – Trying heroin for the first time and immediately getting sick. 1:01:00 – Why he continues talking publicly about addiction. 1:03:00 – Dave and Nikki discuss heroin quieting the mind. 1:04:30 – Nikki explains that moderation never worked for him. 1:06:00 – Using addictive tendencies for family, books, photography, and music. 1:07:30 – Launching children’s animation and songwriting projects. 1:09:00 – Nikki praises Dopey and recovery communities. 1:10:30 – Shame over showing the band the same song twice while strung out. 1:12:00 – Recording the audiobook for The Heroin Diaries. 1:14:00 – Raising over a million dollars for Covenant House youth music programs. 1:17:00 – Fear that rock and roll has lost its place in modern culture. 1:19:00 – His songwriting process and Vince Neil’s phrasing. 1:21:00 – Motley Crüe’s wild reputation and honesty about excess. 1:23:00 – Vince Neil’s accident and the band’s different paths to sobriety. 1:25:00 – Realizing Motley Crüe has survived forty years together. 1:27:00 – Preparing physically for another stadium tour. 1:29:00 – Addiction as a monster chained in the basement that never dies. 1:31:00 – Beatles versus Stones and why he prefers Wings. 1:32:00 – Watching the Beatles documentary changed his view of Paul McCartney. 1:33:00 – Aerosmith over Led Zeppelin and admiration for Steven Tyler. 1:35:00 – Alice Cooper over Kiss. 1:36:00 – New York Dolls versus Ramones. 1:38:00 – Sid Vicious versus Johnny Thunders. 1:40:00 – Memories of opening for the Rolling Stones. 1:42:00 – Thoughts on social media, controversy, and clickbait. 1:43:00 – Keith Richards as an early hero and meeting him backstage. 1:45:00 – The importance of receptiveness and humility. 1:47:00 – Nikki reflects on aging and protecting sobriety. 1:49:00 – Dave thanks Nikki and says they’ll save the craziest stories for another interview. 1:50:20 – Dave’s dog nearly attacks an Amazon driver and destroys the screen door. 1:50:50 – Outro and “Toodles for Chris.”
• My Brother died from a Fentanyl Overdose, The Todd Shot Vol. 8 - Todd's sister Aly comes back. 17.06.2026 1t 31min

  00:00 – Intro music and Wednesday Dose opening 01:10 – Dave marks eight years since Todd Curry died 02:00 – Knicks championship, summer updates, film festival reminder 03:00 – Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and listener stories 03:40 – Double D’s Tigers party bus story begins 05:00 – Free t-shirt hustle at Comerica Park 06:20 – Smoking crack behind dumpsters in Detroit 07:45 – Failed Canada trip and border search 09:30 – Getting banned from Canada 10:10 – Patreon comments on Kevin McEnroe 13:30 – Spotify comments, cigarettes, stepdaughter advice, meetings 18:45 – Allie Curry joins the show 20:00 – Remembering Todd’s first accidental Dopey call-in 22:00 – Allie talks about the anniversary of Todd’s death 23:30 – Why Todd’s birthday feels harder than the death anniversary 25:00 – Allie’s kids and what they remember about Uncle Todd 28:00 – Dave reflects on keeping Todd alive through Dopey 30:00 – Todd hiding the podcast from his family 31:30 – Todd’s denial, charm, and keeping people from worrying 35:00 – Allie remembers seeing Todd obviously high at breakfast 37:30 – Dave talks about recording with Todd while he was high 40:00 – Family denial, parents wanting to believe things were okay 43:00 – Todd after Ithaca, old girlfriends, and lost years 46:00 – Todd’s last sober-living period and his final days 48:30 – The day Todd died and Allie almost went to wake him up 50:30 – Allie’s parents, grief, and keeping Todd’s memory alive 53:00 – Young Todd stories, stealing, skiing, getting into trouble 55:00 – How Todd lives on in Allie’s kids 57:00 – Dave and Allie talk about parenting, criticism, and family patterns 1:02:00 – Dave remembers reconnecting with Todd in New York 1:05:00 – The dangerous period when Dave and Todd used together 1:08:00 – Allie talks openly with her kids about drugs and Todd’s death 1:11:00 – The tiny funeral and family shame around overdose 1:15:00 – Todd’s friends, Rob, Galoo, and the people who loved him 1:18:00 – Tough love, enabling, money, rehab, and impossible questions 1:23:00 – Todd fighting with his building over smoking 1:25:00 – Allie’s son looking like Todd 1:27:00 – Dave closes with love for Allie, Todd, and the Dopey Nation 1:28:00 – “Good So Bad” outro 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.
• Fake Sober Time, DXM, Recovery & Fixing Dopey YouTube with Trinity on the Tuesday Teaser 16.06.2026 30min

  TIMESTAMP NOTES 1:16 – Dave introduces Trinity, claiming she is somehow more famous than he is. 2:00 – Trinity explains she first came to the beach meeting while addicted to cough medicine and getting high on dextromethorphan. 2:45 – Trinity tells the story of drinking a bottle of NyQuil and discovering her first real drug high. 3:15 – Discussion shifts to Dopey YouTube. Trinity says the studio looks "like a stroke" and volunteers to help improve the channel. 4:00 – Trinity explains how she first discovered Dopey after seeing Dave and Handsome Evan recording at the beach. 4:45 – Trinity admits she was secretly using while attending beach meetings and carrying fake sober time. 5:30 – Dave teases Trinity about eye contact, autism, and becoming a Dopey Zoom regular. 6:00 – Trinity says the podcast is great but the YouTube presentation needs work. 7:00 – Discussion about treating YouTube as its own show and bringing more direct engagement to the camera. 8:00 – Trinity defends Dopey's inside-baseball style and says listeners enjoy hearing behind-the-scenes content. 8:45 – Patreon comments begin, leading to a lengthy discussion of Heart Attack Doug. 9:00 – Trinity describes Doug as looking like a mannequin and declares Tuesdays with Doug significantly gayer than Tuesdays with Ray. 10:30 – Listener comments praise Trinity, Doug, and the show's chemistry. 11:00 – Dave tells a story about learning piano while stealing Durban Poison weed in Berkeley. 11:45 – Trinity reveals she used to be the "Weed Fairy" of Huntington and sold large amounts of marijuana. 12:30 – Discussion of HBO shows, Mad Men, and listener feedback. 13:00 – Trinity admits she often listens specifically for the Doug episodes. 13:45 – Conversation shifts to Dopey Zoom and the importance of continuing to attend meetings. 14:30 – Dave gives Trinity a hard time about her recovery and reminds her she currently has 227 days sober. 15:00 – More listener comments, basketball talk, and embarrassing family stories. 16:00 – Trinity talks about playing softball as a pitcher and her failed attempts at college. 17:00 – Trinity says she could potentially see herself helping build Dopey in the future. 18:00 – More comments, Knicks discussion, dragons, and Doug forgetting Trinity's name. 19:00 – Trash-can hot dog stories and jokes about Long Island meeting characters. 20:00 – Discussion about rolling blunts, rolling machines, and Trinity's weed-dealing past. 21:00 – Spotify comments and Dave refusing to turn a family vacation into a Dopey meet-and-greet. 22:30 – Dave and Trinity read "Just For Today" on Resistance to Change. 23:00 – The reading focuses on fear, growth, relationships, and staying stuck in familiar pain. 24:00 – Trinity admits fear and complacency are major themes in her life. 25:00 – Dave points out that despite fear, Trinity has managed to build 227 days sober. 25:45 – Patreon teaser for Trinity's full addiction and recovery story. 26:30 – Trinity performs a cover of "Good So Bad," explaining it was one of the first things she heard on Dopey and helped inspire her recovery.
• Dopey Replay 32:The Time DJ Stole 1,000 Vicodin from a Pharmacy, The 9/11 Story, Remembering Todd - Total Dopey Replay 32 15.06.2026 1t 52min

  Timestamps 1:09 – Dave remembers Todd Curry on the anniversary of his fentanyl overdose death. 2:43 – The Knicks win their first NBA Championship in 53 years and Dave celebrates with ice cream and family. 5:03 – Remembering DJ Don Jr. Rentz and introducing one of the most beloved episodes in Dopey history. 6:11 – Listener email connects the 1999 Knicks-Spurs Finals, addiction, recovery, and the current championship run. 9:37 – Jackie Kelly celebrates 11 years sober while living out of her car. 10:16 – Dave compares Jalen Brunson, friendship, perseverance, and recovery. 13:09 – Spotify comments and reactions to last week's replay episode. 18:45 – Replay begins with Dave, Chris, and special guest DJ Don. 20:20 – DJ explains how he got his nickname and Dave tells a classic Ted story. 26:08 – DJ's addiction begins after a car accident and prescription opioids. 28:25 – Doctors prescribe fentanyl patches to a teenage DJ. 30:51 – DJ experiences opioid withdrawal for the first time. 35:25 – Forged prescriptions, fake oxy scripts, and getting caught by pharmacists. 39:00 – DJ's first rehab experience in Flint, Michigan. 43:45 – DJ lands a job at a pharmacy immediately after rehab. 49:40 – The legendary pharmacy theft story begins. 58:06 – DJ steals 1,000 Vicodin and hides them in a watch box. 1:04:53 – DJ gets caught on his 18th birthday. 1:09:35 – The aftermath, rehab, and consequences. 1:16:40 – Methadone debate and recovery discussion. 1:28:12 – Dave tells his classic 9/11 methadone clinic story. 1:37:30 – Dave's disastrous Northern California weed-trimming adventure. 1:44:20 – Recovery talk, meetings, surrender, and finding a better life. 1:50:30 – Final thoughts on recovery, friendship, and gratitude.
• Dopey 587: Heroin! Porn! ACID! The Grateful Dead! Bam Margera! The Greatest Brandon Novak Episode Ever? with Joe Frantz! 12.06.2026 2t 16min

  Timestamps 0:00 Intro song: "A Podcast Showing A Lot of Love for Recovery" 1:40 Oro Recovery sponsor 3:35 Dave welcomes listeners and complains about installing air conditioners 4:45 Summer bike ride with Heart Attack Doug 5:15 Dead rat discovered in the basement 6:15 Dave crawls under the porch and removes another dead rat 7:20 Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and stickers 7:50 Stress and excitement surrounding the Dopey Short Film Festival 8:15 Susan's escaped corn snake Noodle causes panic 10:00 Mountainside sponsor and Film Festival support 11:00 Voicemail: fake liquid LSD scam turns into sweaty molly disaster 15:20 Dave reflects on fake acid stories and MDMA-assisted therapy 17:35 Brayburn sponsor 18:10 Patreon and Spotify comments from the Kelly P episode 24:40 Workit Health sponsor 25:10 Dave introduces Brandon Novak 37:15 Brandon Novak joins Dopey 39:30 Novak on being "more famous now" because of recovery 41:45 Novak shares a powerful story about his sister and recovery 46:15 Methadone and Xanax memories 50:50 Novak reflects on 11 years sober 53:00 How addiction became his life's purpose 57:45 Divine inconveniences, recovery, and God's will 1:00:00 How Novak finally became teachable 1:04:00 Selling his own books to buy heroin 1:05:30 Joe Frantz joins the show 1:08:00 Dreamseller publishing disaster and ebook negotiations 1:12:00 Stories from Viva La Bam and active addiction 1:14:50 The missing $1,500 check story 1:17:15 The stolen iPhone story 1:20:00 Why Frantz believed Novak could finally recover 1:24:30 How Dreamseller was actually written 1:29:00 The documentary about Novak 1:31:30 Novak reflects on Frantz's role in saving his life 1:36:00 Novak's mother, illness, and funeral plot story 1:45:00 Fantastic Whores 4 and the infamous stunt-cock story 1:49:30 Redemption Treatment Centers and helping addicts recover 1:52:00 Harm reduction versus traditional recovery 1:56:00 Bam Margera and where their relationship stands today 2:01:00 Grateful Dead lot stories and acid dealing 2:05:30 Fitness, Tough Mudders, and recovery 2:08:00 Joe Biden neighborhood stories 2:10:30 Final thoughts with Novak 2:13:45 Michael from Good Kid performs "Good So Bad"
• Getting High with Nazi Skinheads! Certified Classic Dopey! Kimber King Returns: Fentanyl, Family Trauma & Recovery - DOPEY'S GREATEST HITS 11.06.2026 2t 35min

  ⏱️ Timestamp Notes Timestamp Notes Time Topic 00:00 Intro song / theme 00:45 Dave opens — Knicks comeback game recap 02:26 Knicks comeback tied to recovery metaphor 03:10 Dopey Film Festival announcement; shoutout to Baldinis 04:43 Greatest Hits Thursday intro — Kimber King chosen by vote 06:30 Reading Patreon/Spotify comments (Jacob Noel / Son of Sublime ep) 11:40 Listener email: "Stan the Man" from London — wild relapse story 17:20 Dave reacts to email; calls for Stan's days 3 & 4 voicemail 18:00 Interview begins: Kimber King in studio (Dave's dad's apartment) 18:30 Kimber's podcast faves; lesbian Dopey fan base discussed 20:00 Kimber's work in harm reduction; safe injection site debate 22:30 Temptation in recovery; open-air drug use in Boston 25:30 "One is the big myth" — cravings conversation 27:30 Kimber's first drink at 12; stomach pumped 28:00 First drug: Adderall at 14, stolen from a friend's mom's safe 29:30 Cocaine introduced; mom arrives to buy coke from her brother 31:00 First time smoking weed — mom catches her, brings brownie sundaes 31:50 Mom's crack addiction revealed; stepfather the dealer 33:30 Cocaine scavenger hunts in stepdad's old cars 34:45 Brother DJ's story — in and out of jail, violent history 35:43 Kimber doing cocaine with her brother and mom at 16 44:00 DJ's murder — stabbed 32 times, bled out, police questioning her mom 47:00 Aftermath: hospital stays, eating disorder (bulimia), grief 51:30 Meeting Maria — road dog, trauma bond, Adderall binges 54:00 Bulimia described; fast food drive-throughs and purging together 55:30 Landmark College Adderall escapades; Steven Johnson's disease 59:00 Transitioning to opiates — boyfriend selling "blue 30s" 01:01:00 Living with heroin-addicted boyfriend; secret Papa John's bathroom shots 01:03:00 First time shooting heroin — 22 years old, sunrise moment 01:05:00 Dave shares his own first shot story (OD'd immediately) 01:07:00 Daily using routine; hiding needle in boot at bar 01:10:00 Shooting cocaine; smoking crack — "totally different drug" 01:11:00 Moving to Georgia; trying meth for the first time 01:33:00 Meth in the vape — Kimber's innovation 01:37:00 Meeting the Aryan Brotherhood meth dealer; punched in the car 01:39:30 Stranded on the compound; "Trust No Jews" tattoo story (Lana Del Rey) 01:42:00 Farm-to-table meth; artisanal blown glass pipes 01:45:00 Return to Vermont; relapse at dance party 01:50:00 Great Barrington — wealthy fentanyl connect; nasal spray "magical mixture" 01:55:00 First OD at Joey's — Narcan'd 6 times, ran and locked herself in bedroom 01:58:00 Calls mom, drives to ER — first real surrender moment 02:00:00 McGee detox; meets boyfriend in rehab; Vivitrol discussion 02:05:00 Second OD — Narcan'd at home; "bee sting" cover story 02:07:00 High-speed police chase; dogs-in-hot-car incident; lost license 02:10:00 Eviction — sheriff arrives at 4am; hazmat situation 02:12:00 "Blind Ryan" / hobosexual — meets in rehab, moves him in 02:17:00 Ryan steals her car, wraps it around a tree, uses her ID 02:21:00 Detox again; Joey reappears; confronts Ryan, takes back phone 02:23:00 Homeless in Pittsfield; trap house; everything stolen 02:24:00 Final surrender: breaks down at intake desk; tells the truth 02:25:00 Six months to total life transformation; pregnancy; baby daughter 02:26:00 Mom's illness (emphysema, lung tumors); stepdad in jail 02:27:00 Dave closes out; shoutout to Chris; outro song
• Dopey Wednesday: Heroin, Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe, Recovery & the Knicks with Kevin McEnroe 10.06.2026 1t 11min

  Timestamps 0:02 – Dopey Wednesday theme song 1:03 – Welcome to Dopey Wednesday 1:30 – Kevin McEnroe returns after the Emergency Knicks episode 2:10 – Knicks loss, Steve Poltz, and Spurs fans in Dopey Nation 2:50 – Listener asks Dave how he quit smoking 5:50 – Dave on cigarettes, withdrawal, prayer, gum, candy, and recovery tools 7:50 – Gordon from London writes in 8:15 – Childhood “travel medicine” turns out to be Valium 9:20 – Accidentally doing heroin in Paris 10:40 – Emails, voicemails, socks, and stickers 11:25 – Patreon comments from the Michael Muniz episode 13:00 – Phoenix House jokes, Dopey Zoom, and Go Knicks 15:25 – Emergency Knicks Patreon comments 17:50 – Kevin McEnroe joins the show 18:30 – Kevin on writing, tennis, and morning routines 20:10 – Prayer, getting on your knees, and willingness 22:50 – Being John McEnroe’s son and teaching tennis 24:30 – Sobriety, bartending, nightlife, and old drug environments 27:00 – Tennis as “healthy bartending” 28:00 – Kevin on accepting the McEnroe name 30:30 – Kevin guards Joakim Noah in high school 32:20 – Turning 40 after surviving addiction 33:20 – Kevin’s worst years in LA and Brooklyn 35:30 – Dave on heroin, custody, court, and shame 37:50 – Dave’s half-measures before AA 40:45 – Dutch Wonderland, Xanax, Klonopin, and the Amy Winehouse documentary 43:30 – Dave finally surrenders in AA 44:45 – Kevin’s relapse, isolation, heroin delivery, and treatment 48:30 – Kevin’s mother and addiction 50:30 – Tatum O’Neal’s stroke, sobriety, and recovery 51:30 – Dopey Zoom chaos: meth, drug court, and real recovery 52:45 – Kevin buying groceries for his mom 53:30 – The legendary 21 yogurts story 55:30 – Listener asks for stickers and mentions crushing pills 56:30 – Kevin on snorting pills and Roxy 30s 58:00 – Hells Angels bar story: fast or slow 59:50 – Fentanyl, heroin, and barely missing the worst era 1:02:00 – Kevin’s mom’s prescription bag and denial 1:04:00 – Listener asks how to help meth-addicted stepdaughter 1:05:30 – AA, NA, SMART, Dopey Zoom, and trying everything 1:07:35 – Kevin agrees to come back monthly 1:07:50 – Toodles for Chris 1:08:00 – “Good So Bad” outroDescription:
• KnickHeartbreak, Knicks, Lost Dreams & Recovery, Tuesday Teaser with Heart Attack Doug, 09.06.2026 35min

  Timestamps 1:14 – Welcome to Dopey Tuesday with Heart Attack Doug 1:40 – Doug's first impressions of Dopey and Dave 2:30 – The origins of Heart Attack Doug on the show 3:15 – The Dopey YouTube problem and a call for help 4:20 – The "Good Morning Dopey" experiment 5:45 – Doug explains why he wanted to be part of Dopey 6:30 – Handsome Evan vs. Heart Attack Doug 7:00 – Knicks playoff fever takes over New York 8:10 – Recording in the Dopey garage 9:00 – Patreon plug and Knicks frustration 10:00 – NBA officiating conspiracy theories 11:10 – Watching Knicks games with the family 12:00 – Why June on Long Island is paradise 12:45 – Stressing about the Dopey Recovery Film Festival 14:00 – Brandon Novak, Hank Azaria, and attendance anxiety 15:20 – Chris Bishop shoutout 15:45 – June 9th "Just For Today": Old Dreams Needn't Die 17:35 – Recovery, ambition, and reclaiming dreams 18:40 – Dave and Doug argue about who had the harder childhood 21:00 – Dave's gifted school story 22:45 – Addiction, recovery, and dream fulfillment 24:20 – Doug's early weed-dealing career 25:45 – Colombian Gold, Acapulco Gold, and old-school weed 27:05 – Patreon sticker contest discussion 27:50 – Spotify comments and birthday wishes 29:15 – Magnesium recommendations from Dopey Nation 30:00 – The legendary Lenny Dykstra story 30:45 – Wayland Finger and Billy Strings fans 31:20 – Patreon tease and farewell 31:45 – Listener cover of "Good So Bad" 35:10 – End of episode YouTube Description 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." Stay strong Dopey Nation and Toodles for Chris.
• DopeSick, Arrests, Jail, Prison & Touring — with Mystery Guest: JayTotal Replay: 08.06.2026 1t 52min

  TIMESTAMP NOTES TIMESTAMPS 0:17 — Dave intro: the Total Replay series, why replaying Chris episodes matters 2:46 — Film Festival promo, Patreon, Wednesday Zoom 5:12 — Knicks NBA Finals, Trump at MSG 7:17 — Patreon comments: listener 1.5 years sober who used to listen while walking to cop 9:31 — Ray's taken-down episode explained 12:48 — Episode 30 begins. Meet Jay — gave Dave his first weed in 1994. Heroin bag branding discussion. 15:11 — Jay's origin: quit karate the second he smoked weed. Crack senior year of high school. Ate 16 hits of acid, woke up in a police station. 22:03 — Shooting crack with white vinegar. "Every now and then I'd resort to balsamic." 30:00 — Jay on getting clean in 2000: "You're just fucking lucky if you get it. Not everybody gets it." 31:34 — Kicking dope on tour in Jerusalem. Shitting blood in the Garden of Gethsemane. 37:00 — Dave's South by Southwest story: fake methadone, spider dream on the plane, copping in Austin while sick 43:15 — FedEx packages of dope arrive at the hotel. City of Angels. The relief. 47:00 — Arrested twice in one day on the Lower East Side. Brother pistol-whipped by cops. 49:00 — Dave's dealer "Guy" — sitting with him was the bottom. Arrested buying drugs. 52:45 — Arrested sober for putting up a sticker. Jaden the 16-year-old in jail. Dave gives her his favorite hoodie and immediately regrets it. 58:00 — Barnes & Noble arrest. Reaching through cell bars to grab Xanax from the garbage. Cuddling with "Kangol kid" in the Tombs. 1:04:32 — Traumatic brain injury institution, took 15 Atavans, attacked two old guys in Huntington Beach blacked out. 1:08:00 — Black tar heroin. The Afrin bottle airport trick. 1:09:00 — Under Earners Anonymous. Sex and Love Addicts. Hasidic Jew counting days without porn. 1:22:00 — How Dopey started. 1:27:00 — Anonymity as a spiritual principle. 1:28:00 — Listener email: Scott, truck driver, 7 weeks clean, "bathroom covered in spurts of blood." 1:34:00 — Syd Barrett deep dive. Getting dosed by his own band. The van moment. Showing up fat and bald at Abbey Road. 1:39:00 — Getting clean made Jay a better performer. "Painfully shy singer" → "charismatic front man." 1:43:00 — Artie Lange at the Comedy Cellar. Chris gave him a Dopey card and said nothing useful.