Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

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  Jason Biggs on Separation, Nine Years Sober, Pink Cocaine & Psychedelics 16.09.2026 1t 35min

  Timestamps 00:01:15 – Dave opens the show 00:03:39 – Dopey theme-song challenge and DopeyCon 00:05:53 – Dylan’s meth-sweat voicemail 00:10:33 – Shooting “recycled” meth and recovery 00:12:57 – Listener comments and Shane Enholm reactions 00:20:06 – Jason Biggs returns to Dopey 00:21:44 – Untitled Home Invasion Romance and Jason’s directing debut 00:24:02 – Directing sober and the fear of failure 00:28:49 – Why directing felt lonelier than early recovery 00:31:01 – Secret drinking, cocaine and Jason’s final relapse 00:33:25 – Michael Alago, Perry Street and the sobriety “God shot” 00:34:20 – Jason’s meaningful appearance at DopeyCon 00:35:45 – Dave’s disastrous pursuit of Jason Mewes 00:37:42 – When persistence becomes too much 00:40:06 – Steve-O, Marc Maron and the Comedy Store 00:44:24 – Dave attempts to become less of a beggar 00:46:36 – Pink cocaine, 2C and Elvis’s pharmaceutical cocaine 00:48:12 – Quaaludes, ecstasy and pure MDMA 00:50:32 – Sixties free love and Hollywood sex parties 00:52:50 – Underground sex clubs and parenting after partying 00:54:40 – Dave discovers Jason’s camera wasn’t recording 00:55:20 – Jason Biggs as Dopey’s new cohost 00:57:42 – Gambling addiction and why Jason never caught the bug 01:00:05 – Purpose, exercise and getting older 01:02:08 – Tennis, back surgery and prescription painkillers 01:04:31 – Jason’s dream of becoming a pilot 01:05:29 – Dave and Nora’s scuba-diving dream 01:06:52 – Navigating separation without drinking 01:08:56 – Why Jason’s meeting attendance has declined 01:11:08 – Protecting his children and trusting the process 01:13:34 – Resentment, spirituality and surrendering control 01:15:53 – Sponsors, higher powers and “Fully Rely on God” 01:18:09 – Ketamine, ayahuasca and psychedelics in recovery 01:22:51 – Oxycodone and recognizing the addict response 01:23:40 – Brad Pitt drinking again after seven years sober 01:25:00 – Can someone with addiction ever drink moderately? 01:26:16 – Shannon Elizabeth’s OnlyFans—and Jason’s potential career move 01:27:09 – Will Jason Biggs appear at DopeyCon? 01:29:35 – Stay strong and toodles for Chris 01:30:50 – Bonus song for Bradley Five ad-break timecodes These all land at clear subject changes: 00:29:00 – Before Jason recounts his relapses 00:46:30 – Before pink cocaine, Quaaludes and ecstasy 00:57:35 – Before the gambling discussion 01:06:45 – Before separation and staying sober 01:18:05 – Before psychedelics and ketamine
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  The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug: Why He Disappeared for Seven WeeksTuesday Teaser! 15.09.2026 34min

  Timestamps 00:01:15 — Heart Attack Doug returns after seven weeks 00:02:44 — DopeyCon, Patreon and why Doug won’t be there 00:03:55 — Does Dave’s father actually like Doug? 00:05:03 — Dave discusses not receiving enough love growing up 00:06:03 — Kevin O’Leary is coming to Dave’s father’s house 00:06:34 — Doug’s torn bicep, tinnitus and upcoming neck procedure 00:08:25 — Blood thinners, anesthesia and dementia fears 00:09:15 — The questionable thrill of receiving drugs while sober 00:10:49 — Is Dopey Zoom enough for someone’s recovery? 00:12:18 — Doug refuses to return to Dopey Zoom 00:13:13 — The Dopey recovery-video challenge 00:15:24 — Patreon celebrates Mr. Jason—and attacks Doug 00:17:47 — Marilyn Manson, Marc Maron and sobriety 00:19:03 — Hobosexuals and transactional relationships 00:20:05 — Shooting cocaine and chasing a bell ringer 00:21:05 — Haggling as an addictive dopamine rush 00:22:27 — Doug promises to lower Dave’s cable bill on air 00:23:20 — Acid at a Metallica concert 00:24:45 — Horror movies on acid and Kimber versus Doug 00:26:55 — Captagon, war-zone amphetamines and avoiding meth 00:28:33 — British definitions of “pussy” and Spotify comments 00:29:43 — The real Heart Attack Doug story begins 00:30:47 — Patreon cliffhanger: Doug explains his side My opinion The reunion works. You and Doug immediately fall back into that combative chemistry that people either love or pretend to hate. The underlying hurt makes this feel more important than a routine Doug appearance. The main weakness is that the Patreon-comment section runs too long. Once the joke is established that everyone prefers Kimber and hates Doug, several comments repeat the same beat. I’d cut roughly five minutes between 15:23 and 28:32. That gets listeners to the real conflict faster without sacrificing the funniest comments. The cliffhanger is strong, but tease the actual incident slightly earlier. Something like: “Doug did something around DopeyCon that I considered a betrayal, and then we didn’t speak for seven weeks.” That gives people a concrete reason to continue. And yes: “The Emotional Return of Heart Attack Doug” is the right phrase and matches the thumbnail perfectly.
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  Dopey Total Replay #45: Nick Reiner’s First Dopey Interview: 18 Rehabs, Harm Reduction, a GHB Overdose & Alina Lodge 14.09.2026 1t 23min

  Timestamps 00:00:23 – Why today’s replay is so heavy 00:01:00 – Nick Reiner and the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner 00:01:34 – Was replaying Nick’s interviews opportunistic? 00:02:47 – Why Dave refuses to remove an episode from Total Replay 00:03:05 – DopeyCon, costumes and tickets 00:04:06 – Leah’s letter about mental illness and identifying with Nick 00:07:32 – Compassion for Nick without minimizing what happened 00:09:12 – Dave’s response and contact from a potential defense attorney 00:09:58 – Patreon comments about Chris and Dopey’s future 00:14:44 – Spotify comments and favorite drug songs 00:16:53 – Original 2016 interview with Nick Reiner begins 00:18:55 – Dave lies his way onto Howard Stern while high 00:21:14 – Rob Reiner, Stand by Me and Being Charlie 00:23:32 – Nick’s problems with AA and the rehab industry 00:25:47 – God, twelve-step dogma and different definitions of sobriety 00:28:09 – Nick’s argument for harm reduction 00:30:30 – Bill Wilson, LSD and alternative pathways 00:32:51 – Nick uses a Soberlink during the interview 00:35:02 – Does long-term sobriety automatically create wisdom? 00:37:17 – Why Nick stopped counting sober days 00:38:00 – The psychiatrist who understood research chemicals 00:39:38 – Suboxone, Ashtanga yoga and treating the whole person 00:42:00 – Relapsing during a trip with his girlfriend 00:44:10 – Maslow, self-actualization and Rat Park 00:46:31 – The rats who continued using heroin 00:48:54 – Genetic addiction versus substance-use disorder 00:49:35 – Promoting Being Charlie while privately smoking weed 00:51:10 – Getting high after television appearances 00:53:15 – Who should be allowed to appear on Dopey? 00:55:31 – Recovery podcasts and the East Side Crackhead 00:57:45 – Dave and Chris clash over harm reduction 00:59:58 – Weed, chocolate and addiction to tomorrow 01:02:21 – The former IV drug user who returned to drinking 01:04:42 – Chris’s advice about Dave smoking weed 01:05:35 – Nick reveals that he has attended 17 or 18 rehabs 01:07:04 – Dave makes prison alcohol at Alina Lodge and escapes 01:09:12 – Crack in Harlem and the Blue Mountain Blast GHB 01:11:26 – Waking up in the hospital as “Charles McCullough” 01:13:43 – Nick’s experience at Alina Lodge 01:15:51 – Cocaine and the shower encounter 01:18:08 – Nick learns that the woman died by suicide 01:20:12 – Cry Help and the rehab prank call 01:22:16 – Part-one conclusion
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  Dopey 599: Jeff Garlin! “I Was Going to Be Dead at Noon” — Curb Your Enthusiasm, Addiction, Bipolar Disorder and Recovery 11.09.2026 2t 24min

  Timestamps 00:00:01 – Dopey song and Oro Recovery 00:02:28 – Gratitude, Patreon and DopeyCon 00:04:37 – How Dave finally landed Jeff Garlin 00:06:59 – A firefighter-paramedic writes about grief and buried emotions 00:09:30 – Mountainside and BetterHelp 00:11:52 – Cocaine, 2C-B, ketamine and boofing during psychosis 00:14:00 – Leading a meeting while hallucinating animals under the bed 00:16:23 – Suboxone, Leah and listener comments 00:18:46 – LICR, Brayburn and scab picking 00:21:07 – The “Perc 30” argument 00:23:26 – More reactions to Leah’s story 00:25:53 – Dating a man addicted to meth and crack 00:27:57 – Police raid, hidden drugs and sixty days sober 00:29:30 – Jeff Garlin joins Dopey 00:30:16 – “A human being who does the best he can” 00:32:39 – Is Jeff Greene actually a bad person? 00:35:02 – Jeff’s knee injury and the Katz’s connection 00:37:29 – Why Jeff refuses to ask, “Why me?” 00:39:53 – Self-pity, comedy and never begging an audience to laugh 00:42:14 – Sobriety, marijuana, alcohol and compulsive eating 00:44:35 – Why AA worked better for Jeff than OA 00:47:00 – Addiction, greatness, Jerry Garcia and Miles Davis 00:49:25 – Jeff’s earliest memories of being funny 00:51:52 – Comedy as his lifelong calling 00:54:12 – Drinking as a teenager and discovering stand-up 00:56:38 – Brian Regan inspires Jeff to become a comedian 00:59:07 – Jeff’s lifelong food addiction begins 01:01:31 – His mother, childhood and hiding food 01:03:55 – Sugar, unrequited love and using comedy for protection 01:06:21 – Binging, food hangovers and reaching 320 pounds 01:08:45 – Road food, marijuana and losing part of his toe 01:11:10 – Success, diabetes and surviving a stroke 01:13:31 – Finding God during COVID 01:15:56 – Clairvoyance and delivering a message from a friend’s father 01:17:00 – Undiagnosed bipolar disorder and working on The Goldbergs 01:20:50 – The Little Caesars scene and deciding to quit 01:23:16 – Diagnosis, shame and the beginning of Jeff’s bottom 01:25:18 – “I will be dead at noon” 01:27:41 – Treatment in Cincinnati and learning DBT 01:30:06 – Checking the facts and finding “wise mind” 01:32:32 – Public humiliation, suicidal thoughts and entering AA 01:34:51 – Recovery changes Jeff’s life and comedy 01:37:15 – Jeff praises Dave’s interviewing and listening 01:39:33 – Would treatment have prevented what happened on The Goldbergs? 01:42:00 – Gratitude, resentment and spiritual recovery 01:43:20 – Transcendental meditation and higher consciousness 01:45:44 – Jeff’s friendship with Larry David 01:48:03 – Directing Jon Stewart and Denis Leary 01:50:31 – The lunch that became Curb Your Enthusiasm 01:52:57 – Why Curb is a situation comedy 01:55:21 – Larry David’s genius and 121 episodes of Curb 01:57:32 – Giving Bill Buckner his redemption 01:59:48 – The Cubs, Wrigley Field and saving people through comedy 02:02:09 – Jerry Seinfeld and Jeff’s upcoming book 02:04:33 – Photography, stand-up and rapid-fire questions 02:06:59 – Belushi versus Aykroyd 02:09:18 – Jeff’s final compliment to Dave 02:11:45 – Spotify comments 02:18:35 – Dave performs “Atlantic City” 02:22:04 – A listener performs “Good So Bad” on banjo
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  Meth Piss, Homemade Teeth, Aliens and Getting Sober with Jessa Reed 10.09.2026 2t 11min

  Timestamps 00:00:08 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits 00:02:27 – John and Paul: A Love Story and the Beatles 00:03:43 – Kentucky event and DopeyCon game-show edition 00:04:51 – Anonymous listener writes about a one-night relapse 00:07:10 – The “Gremlin,” self-forgiveness and breaking relapse shame 00:09:34 – Patreon and Spotify comments 00:13:58 – Merch questions and the Dopey Maiden shirt 00:14:46 – Jessa Reed returns 00:16:21 – Audience capture and being misunderstood publicly 00:18:37 – Authenticity, vulnerability and controlling people’s perceptions 00:23:21 – The unaired interview after Chris died 00:24:03 – Jessa contracts Lyme disease during the pandemic 00:27:48 – Brain fog and the Flowers for Algernon experience 00:30:08 – Suicidal thoughts and losing access to her mind 00:34:41 – Treating Lyme disease with Antabuse 00:36:54 – Leaving podcasting and disappearing from public life 00:39:05 – The “duffel bag of feelings,” Dr. Drew and buried emotions 00:41:16 – Rebuilding herself after Lyme disease 00:43:27 – Fear that the illness would return 00:48:05 – Memory loss and revisiting Jessa’s childhood 00:50:33 – Growing up around addiction and beginning to use drugs 00:55:09 – Trailer-park violence, unstable homes and becoming tough 00:59:44 – Rebellion, authority and leaving school 01:02:01 – Pregnancy, marriage and returning to drugs 01:04:23 – Weed-induced panic and beginning stand-up comedy 01:09:10 – Anxiety, dissociation and surviving through performance 01:11:20 – Discovering crank and immediately loving it 01:15:45 – Performing stand-up on meth 01:18:12 – Abandoning comedy and descending deeper into addiction 01:20:26 – Shooting meth, boofing and escalating use 01:22:48 – Near-death experience and “alien school” 01:25:14 – Abusive relationships and complete dependence on meth 01:29:36 – Jessa manufactures her own fake teeth 01:32:01 – Flying with a meth pipe and eating all her drugs at the airport 01:34:24 – Her father says, “If you go back and it’s stale, you have a home here” 01:36:53 – The real ending of the meth-piss story 01:39:13 – Finding community in NA 01:41:29 – When twelve-step recovery became rigid and inauthentic 01:43:51 – Leaving meetings but remaining sober 01:46:13 – Rejecting addiction as her permanent identity 01:48:20 – Returning to psychedelics and fearing she could influence others 01:50:42 – Dave explains why he won’t experiment with psychedelics 01:52:58 – Different pathways to recovery 01:55:22 – Acceptance, attention and creating your reality 01:57:43 – The two buckets: gratitude and acceptance 02:00:03 – Aliens, dreams and Jessa’s higher self 02:04:39 – Dave’s frightening dream about a relapsing friend 02:06:55 – Jessa considers returning for DopeyCon 02:07:08 – SafeSpot and closing thoughts Five ad-break placements These land at genuine subject changes: – After the recovery-from-Lyme section and before her childhood – As Jessa’s story moves directly into meth – Before her father’s pivotal “stale” comment and the road to recovery – Before the broader discussion of psychedelics and different recovery paths
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  An Ounce of Fentanyl in Federal Prison, Cirrhosis Returns & 22 Years Off Heroin — Shane Enholm Returns! 09.09.2026 1t 57min

  Timestamps 00:18 Dave’s Wednesday introduction 00:56 Bad country music at Fire Island 02:43 An increasingly naked walk toward Cherry Grove 05:09 Marcus’s meth, sex and robo-tripping story 07:27 His hookup steals his safe and handgun 08:03 The stolen gun is used to rob a convenience store 09:18 James gets hooked on crack at 18 11:41 Trading sexual favors for more crack 12:40 Robbed at gunpoint by “Dead Man” 14:06 Arrested stealing cartons of Newports 15:08 Pawning his father’s jewelry for crack 16:30 Honey and Ford’s elaborate setup 18:42 Reactions to Stefanie Wittels Wachs 21:03 Spotify comments and making peace with Doug 23:24 Shane Enholm returns 25:45 Forced onto methadone after federal prison 28:12 An ounce of fentanyl inside prison in 1990 30:10 Fentanyl versus the heroin Shane remembers 31:19 Keith Richards, Mick Taylor and romanticizing heroin 34:56 Addiction, shame and feeling unworthy of God 37:07 Shane’s complicated history with 12-step recovery 39:18 Diagnosed with hepatitis C in prison 40:09 End-stage liver disease and the transplant clinic 42:29 Beating hepatitis C and cirrhosis 44:53 Shane learns that the cirrhosis has returned 47:18 Autoimmune hepatitis after earlier treatment 49:45 Quitting unfiltered cigarettes after 46 years 51:26 Recovery righteousness and accepting relapse 53:31 Facing death and waiting for answers 55:58 Giving up refined sugar 58:18 Could Shane eventually receive a liver transplant? 58:35 Banned from Instagram over a message to a minor 01:04:03 Breaking his social-media addiction 01:05:24 Google’s surprisingly flattering Shane biography 01:07:41 How Shane actually got clean 01:09:38 Bruce “Spider” Middleman and Katey Sagal 01:11:20 Shane and Spider live together 01:13:31 Relapse, shunning and sick people needing help 01:15:35 Shane revives Spider after an overdose 01:17:42 Spider immediately wants to get high again 01:19:44 Shane discovers Spider after his fatal overdose 01:21:15 Anger, grief and Spider’s famous friends 01:23:15 Holding onto recovery after Spider’s death 01:24:38 “Shooting dope in your sixties is not a good look” 01:26:44 Dave’s relapse after a year without heroin 01:28:19 Service and the principles of recovery 01:30:20 Gratitude in tattooing and sobriety 01:31:29 Buying heroin but never injecting it 01:32:51 Shane’s girlfriend smuggles drugs into prison 01:35:14 Fitness changes Shane’s life 01:35:41 The prison pull-up champion 01:37:49 The FBI destroys Shane’s prison connection 01:40:03 Released clean—then ordered onto methadone 01:42:23 Methadone myths and medication-assisted recovery 01:44:37 America’s completely reversed approach to pain 01:47:00 Methamphetamine psychosis and the modern drug supply 01:49:01 Fentanyl, xylazine and today’s visible suffering 01:50:08 Artie Lange calls Dave 01:51:05 Nika Ray, money and giving things away 01:53:29 SafeSpot and closing thoughts
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  Selling Fake Ecstasy on Grateful Dead Tour, Persian Heroin & $1 Grilled Cheese 08.09.2026 25min

  Timestamps 00:00 Dopey opening song 01:02 Dave’s temporary English accent 02:32 The family visits Manhattan’s Balloon Museum 03:29 Haggling for fake Louis Vuitton bags on Canal Street 06:27 Dopey Tuesday and Kimber King’s return 07:18 Tom’s Grateful Dead-adjacent college years 08:16 The Merry Pranksters and Ken Kesey 09:14 Smoking Persian heroin 10:33 “Cold Italian pizza” and the Pizza Connection theory 11:48 Lemon juice, heroin and Nikki Sixx 12:57 Following the Grateful Dead tour with no money 13:24 Selling truck-stop speed as ecstasy 14:16 A motel-wide Deadhead fireworks war 14:45 The $1 grilled-cheese dealer’s hidden heroin bundles 15:19 Pulled over in Nebraska with heroin and no license 15:40 Patreon reactions to Christopher R’s episode 18:58 Keith Richards, Steve Jones and Dave’s dream guests 20:43 Kimber King returns on Patreon 21:19 “Good So Bad” listener cover 25:14 One imperfect final take
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  The Worst Dopey Episode Ever? Drug Song, Robo-Tripping, Nitrous & the Structured Episode | Total Replay #44 07.09.2026 1t 27min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – “Rocket Canoe” opening 00:01:08 – Labor Day and the working people 00:03:33 – Why episode 44 is the “Structured Episode” 00:03:57 – DopeyCon lineup and changes 00:05:03 – Joey Diaz, Jeff Ross and Artie Lange possibilities 00:06:01 – Dopey theme-song challenge 00:06:33 – Limited-edition merch and DopeyCon tickets 00:07:30 – Should the classic Dopey hat return? 00:08:27 – Daniel’s blue-ketamine and Stinky Pete story 00:11:08 – Daddy’s enormous box of dildos 00:12:20 – The original reactions to the Structured Episode 00:13:17 – Remembering Devin’s mother, Helene 00:15:40 – Patreon comments and homemade blow darts 00:18:03 – Chris’s chilling words and Spotify comments 00:20:27 – “The fatness” at a Grateful Dead show 00:21:35 – Selling feet pictures and getting money for drugs 00:23:32 – Dopey episode 44 begins 00:24:00 – Dave reveals his plan to impose structure 00:25:45 – Chris’s imaginary PowerPoint presentation 00:26:15 – Dave’s morning bathroom requirements 00:30:16 – Structure officially begins with Siri 00:30:35 – Macaulay Culkin, heroin and current events 00:32:57 – Siri responds to a suicide question 00:33:21 – Kelsey Grammer, drinking and recovery 00:35:03 – Drug songs: “A Horse with No Name” 00:39:25 – The Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” 00:42:53 – “Under the Bridge” began as a poem 00:44:30 – More drug songs and drug-song arguments 00:49:27 – James Brown’s “King Heroin” 00:51:18 – Crack songs, cocaine songs and reggae 00:55:30 – “I’m Waiting for the Man” 00:57:20 – Paul McCartney’s marijuana song 00:59:25 – Ecstasy and getting loaded 01:01:31 – Sublime, reefers and “Smoke Two Joints” 01:02:42 – Chris’s teenage Robitussin addiction 01:05:00 – The four DXM plateaus 01:07:02 – Whippets, nitrous tanks and “hippie crack” 01:08:00 – Dirty loops and isolating with weed 01:09:15 – Passing out on nitrous at a Phish show 01:10:40 – Inhalants, Dust-Off and drugs that frightened Chris 01:12:00 – Future, lean and the “Panda” confusion 01:14:45 – The AA meeting and the Luke Skywalker speaker 01:16:25 – Thinking before acting 01:17:40 – Resentment over not being called on 01:18:35 – Chris shares at a meeting 01:19:45 – Why Dave wants Dopey to become successful 01:21:10 – Obsessively checking the download counter 01:22:08 – The structured experiment officially fails 01:23:33 – AA, NA, CA and war stories 01:24:30 – Chris describes cocaine cravings and the needle 01:25:35 – Reviews, dinner and final goodbyes 01:27:04 – Closing song Five ad breaks These all land at clean transitions: 00:12:20 – After Daniel’s voicemail 00:22:38 – Before introducing the original replay 00:42:53 – After “Heroin,” before the next round of drug songs 01:02:41 – Drug-song segment ends; DXM story begins 01:14:35 – After the lean segment, before the AA discussion SEO title Dopey Episode 44 Replay: Drug Songs, DXM, Nitrous, Robotripping, Heroin Stories and Recovery
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  Dopey 598: Leah Lost the Love of her Life to a Fentanyl Overdose, Stealing Crack from Cops, Phish Business and Hippy Shenanigans 04.09.2026 3t 2min

  Timestamps 00:00:15 – “Dopey Afternoon” 00:01:29 – Oro Recovery 00:02:53 – Dave’s loose crown and ongoing dental nightmare 00:05:18 – September Iron Maiden shirt and DopeyCon 00:06:40 – A dog eats weed, chocolate and espresso beans 00:10:07 – Mountainside 00:12:30 – Braeburn and Reframe and Reclaim 00:14:53 – Lauren’s bell-ringer and “dragon’s breath” voicemail 00:19:41 – Zach on grief, suicidal addiction and an ordinary sober birthday 00:22:02 – Long Island Center for Recovery 00:23:20 – Patreon reactions to Hunter Biden 00:26:42 – Workit Health 00:27:30 – Meth psychosis, owls and a bizarre marriage proposal 00:31:22 – Recovery Unplugged 00:33:18 – Leah joins the show 00:35:33 – Brian and the lost Shakedown Screet memorial page 00:40:20 – Growing up with a police-officer father 00:42:46 – Taking acid at Tool and getting lost in Camden 00:49:45 – Weed, hippie culture and hiding red eyes with pool water 00:54:11 – School drug tests and learning to deceive her parents 00:58:31 – Failing out of college and discovering psychedelics 01:00:46 – Are the Grateful Dead a jam band? 01:03:05 – Dave’s complicated relationship with Phish and Trey Anastasio 01:07:43 – Acid, college and the beginning of opioid use 01:10:00 – Four oxycodone pills as a birthday present 01:14:32 – Perc 30 addiction and her first recovery meeting 01:19:06 – Two pregnancies, abortions and using opioids for emotional pain 01:23:53 – Breaking up, Suboxone withdrawal and selling cocaine 01:28:29 – Joining the “magnificent hippies” and going on tour 01:33:09 – Fake Molly and surviving tour by selling water 01:35:27 – Living in Golden Gate Park and trimming weed 01:39:58 – Culinary school, restaurant work and returning to opioids 01:42:21 – Moving from Perc 30s to heroin 01:44:17 – Treatment at Caron and four years sober 01:48:41 – Meeting Brian through the recovery community 01:51:03 – Moving to Atlantic City and experimenting with psychedelics 01:58:05 – Kratom, LSD and the thinking that preceded relapse 02:00:25 – Drinking again after four years sober 02:05:06 – COVID shutdown, pressed fentanyl pills and daily use 02:09:51 – Atlantic City heroin, crack and the Chicken Man 02:12:04 – Reversing each other’s overdoses with Narcan 02:14:27 – Smoking crack while driving and getting arrested 02:16:50 – Slipping the handcuffs and stealing back the crack 02:19:05 – Seven felonies, eight misdemeanors and returning to treatment 02:21:24 – A final summer with Brian 02:23:44 – Leah finds Brian dead after her own overdose 02:25:54 – Crack, shock and arranging Brian’s funeral 02:30:37 – Brainspotting therapy and processing traumatic grief 02:33:03 – Bedbugs, housing instability and another relapse 02:35:27 – Another overdose death and getting sober again 02:37:41 – The relapsing sponsor and another dead roommate 02:40:07 – Leah’s recovery today 02:42:27 – Farming, sober friends and becoming a grief facilitator 02:46:44 – How Brian’s death transformed Leah 02:50:20 – SafeSpot overdose-prevention hotline 02:51:18 – Spotify reactions to Hunter Biden 02:58:31 – Closing and “Good So Bad”
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  The Time Kimber Shot Fentanyl in Her Neck and Died and Stephen Saved Her Life| Dopey's Greatest Hits 03.09.2026 2t 43min

  Timestamps: 00:23 – Welcome to Dopey’s Greatest Hits 01:05 – Introducing “The Call” 01:45 – DopeyCon lineup and ticket information 03:15 – Josh’s armed crack-dealer story 07:34 – Kratom, 7-OH and Sublocade 08:30 – Patreon and Spotify comments 12:16 – “The Call” begins 14:46 – Kimber calls Never Use Alone 15:30 – “I just left rehab yesterday” 17:32 – Kimber’s tolerance is dangerously low 19:14 – Injecting heroin into her neck 20:20 – Kimber stops responding 20:50 – Jessie prepares to call an ambulance 23:07 – Paramedics enter Kimber’s apartment 24:52 – Ryan Leone and the origins of Never Use Alone 27:10 – Stephen’s addiction and recovery 31:48 – Building three overdose hotlines 34:07 – Meeting Jessie and responding to Kimber’s call 36:34 – Stephen hears his own voice on This American Life 38:41 – Stephen’s early drug use 43:29 – Drinking as a child in Europe 45:54 – Weed, college and depression 48:23 – Stimulant addiction and a friend’s suicide 50:35 – Treatment for stimulants disguised as opioid addiction 55:15 – OxyContin, acid and the downward spiral 57:32 – Arrested while paranoid on stimulants 59:48 – Family intervention and treatment 01:02:12 – Silver Hill and the attraction of recovery 01:06:57 – Finding drugs while cleaning out houses 01:11:40 – Hiding a relapse from his family 01:14:00 – Recovery, autonomy and making space for people 01:18:38 – Why overdose risk has fundamentally changed 01:20:55 – Relapse, survivor’s guilt and respecting autonomy 01:23:16 – Did recovery expectations prevent honesty? 01:25:38 – Jessie’s daughter uses the hotline 01:27:53 – “I don’t care what she does—as long as she doesn’t die” 01:29:04 – Jessie watches her daughter inject at the kitchen table 01:30:24 – Stephen becomes a volunteer firefighter 01:35:12 – His first Narcan reversal 01:37:34 – America’s first government-funded overdose hotline 01:42:08 – Anonymous, judgment-free help throughout North America 01:44:21 – Nine emergencies out of more than 1,300 calls 01:46:55 – Kimber joins the episode 01:49:17 – Life immediately after leaving rehab 01:51:39 – Why she decided to call Never Use Alone 01:53:59 – Shooting cocaine before seeking heroin 01:56:17 – Forty days without opioids and no tolerance 02:03:22 – Jessie attempts to slow Kimber down 02:05:42 – The injection and overdose 02:08:05 – Waking up with Stephen beside her 02:10:28 – Anger, humiliation and wanting to use again 02:15:16 – Returning to the trap house 02:19:50 – Getting back into rehab 02:22:13 – Another relapse—and eventually recovery 02:24:38 – How Kimber and Stephen reconnected 02:29:22 – Kimber begins working for the hotline 02:31:42 – Answering calls without being triggered 02:33:57 – Connection as the opposite of addiction 02:36:22 – How to contact the hotline 02:38:40 – Closing thoughts 02:40:40 – Banjo cover of “Good So Bad” Five ad-break spots 12:16 – Before the main Greatest Hits episode 36:34 – Before Stephen’s personal story 01:02:12 – Before treatment and recovery 01:46:55 – Between Stephen’s interview and Kimber’s interview 02:22:13 – After Kimber returns to treatment
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  My Brother Died of a Heroin Overdose with Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Harris Wittels, Grief, Recovery | Wednesday Dose 02.09.2026 1t 24min

  Timestamps 01:15 – Welcome to the Wednesday Dose of Dopey 01:37 – Recovery means resetting the system 04:02 – Hunter Biden attention, DopeyCon and free Narcan 04:55 – Kevin’s cocaine-piss burial on acid 11:26 – Nelson Ledges Quarry Park insanity 13:52 – Patreon comments, Heart Attack Doug and Dolly Parton 16:12 – Spotify comments and anxious attachment 20:58 – Stephanie Wittels Wachs joins the show 23:16 – Redesigning the Dopey studio 31:29 – Grief, helping people and Snoop Dogg reading Last Day 35:50 – Why Stephanie still has skin in the addiction crisis 38:11 – Remembering Harris Wittels 40:34 – Harris’s childhood comedy obsession 42:58 – Doing whippets, mushrooms and acid together 45:18 – Did Phish change Harris’s drug use? 47:20 – Addiction, extremism and Stephanie’s work addiction 49:34 – Harris reveals his $4,000-a-month pill habit 52:02 – Rehab, heroin and the Pete Holmes interview 53:20 – Harris’s death and the failure of the “rehab fixes you” idea 55:41 – Family boundaries and the search for solutions 58:05 – How Stephanie became radicalized by harm reduction 01:00:32 – Kimber’s life-saving SafeSpot call 01:02:42 – Drug policy in Portugal, Switzerland and America 01:05:05 – Supervised consumption and the Dopey injection-site idea 01:07:28 – Keeping people alive on their own timeline 01:09:50 – Grief as a room inside a growing house 01:12:12 – Meaning, purpose and allowing grief to exist 01:14:31 – How loss created a greater appreciation for life 01:16:44 – Stephanie’s verdict on Dopey—and podcast video 01:18:59 – SafeSpot, Last Day and closing thoughts 01:20:46 – Listener cover of “Good So Bad” Five ad-break spots 11:26 – After the cocaine-piss burial voicemail 20:38 – Before Stephanie’s interview 38:11 – Before the conversation turns directly to Harris 53:20 – After the video interruption and before discussing his death 01:07:28 – After the supervised-consumption discussion
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  “My Mother Didn’t Like Being a Mother”: Christopher’s Story - Sex Work, Meth, Crack - Tuesday Teaser! 01.09.2026 29min

  Timestamps 00:01 – Dopey Tuesday theme song 01:51 – Welcome to Dopey Tuesday and eleven years of recovery 03:10 – Killing a bug while preaching love and tolerance 03:35 – Is Dopey art? 04:17 – DopeyCon tickets and Christopher’s Patreon episode 04:55 – Patreon tiers, Zooms, socks and life coaching 06:45 – Teton Mike dreams about Mick Jagger 08:05 – Calling Mick “Ronnie” from the front row 09:12 – Could the Rolling Stones cover “Good So Bad”? 09:55 – Nick Kent, Legs McNeil and Please Kill Me 11:30 – Impossible Dopey guests: Pete Townshend, Lena Dunham and Paul McCartney 12:35 – Owsley Stanley, LSD manufacturing and Anthony Bourdain 13:52 – The possible Bourdain and Mark Lanegan episodes 14:15 – Reactions to Dave’s origin story and the Dopey documentary 16:17 – Patreon members want the Dopey documentary 18:43 – More listener comments and Z. Cavaricci memories 20:50 – Christopher’s story begins 21:10 – Growing up as one of eleven brothers 21:55 – “My mother did not like being a mother” 22:15 – Childhood neglect and violence 23:14 – Abandoned whenever his mother found another man 24:20 – Christopher’s full story continues on Patreon 25:08 – “Good So Bad” 29:11 – Closing reaction to the song
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  First LSD Trip at the Grateful Dead, the Phone Booth Overdose & Devan | Total Dopey Replay 42 31.08.2026 1t 29min

  Timestamps 00:00:23 – Dopey Monday and why Dave skipped Episode 42 00:02:48 – Hunter Biden, eleven years in recovery and a missing friend 00:05:15 – Dave makes amends to his sponsees—and Canadians 00:07:38 – Wiley prepares to tell his recovery story 00:12:25 – The “worst Dopey voicemail” and socks for stories 00:13:10 – One year sober, 20 felonies and a suspended license 00:16:52 – Gratitude, payment plans and Patreon comments 00:19:13 – Kratom pronunciations and Recovery Dharma 00:23:57 – Dopey Episode 42 begins 00:24:32 – Introducing Devin 00:28:50 – Addiction made Dave miss Devin’s wedding 00:30:45 – Devin attempts to become Christian Slater in Heathers 00:35:24 – The listener email that showed Dopey was helping people 00:37:43 – Devin remembers Dave’s addiction 00:40:05 – The free heroin delivery that led to years of misery 00:42:21 – Rohan’s Jamaican listener letter 00:46:50 – An apology to Ruth 00:48:56 – Dave and Devin’s first LSD experience 00:53:17 – Buying acid at a Grateful Dead show 00:55:39 – The Garden transforms into a psychedelic carnival 00:59:46 – The alien pug and dancing-bear cups 01:02:05 – The disastrous baby-powder fight 01:06:45 – Was shooting heroin like being petted by Jesus? 01:08:48 – Chris, Surfer Mike and smoking crack behind the counselor 01:10:58 – Signs of addiction before the drugs 01:13:06 – Model rockets and the need to make everything more dangerous 01:15:23 – Dave and Devin’s teenage CD-stealing operation 01:17:47 – The Australian phone-booth overdose story 01:21:30 – “They nicknamed Ivan Telstra” 01:23:52 – Dopey celebrates a record 296 daily downloads 01:25:46 – Knicks talk and the episode closes Five ad-break spots These all land between complete segments: 00:12:25 – After Wiley’s voicemail 00:16:52 – After the listener’s suspended-license request 00:23:57 – Perfect break before the original episode begins 00:46:50 – Before the apology to Ruth and the LSD story 01:17:47 – Before the Australian phone-booth story If you want the ads distributed more evenly, move the third break from 00:23:57 to 00:37:43.
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  Dopey 597: Hunter Biden! 10-Day Crack Binge, Four-Lane Car Crash, Secret Service at the Crack House, Bicycles, Ibogaine & the Owl That Saved His Life 28.08.2026 2t 20min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – “Everybody Does Cocaine” opening song 00:03:26 – Hunter Biden preview and Dave’s ice-cream resentment 00:08:15 – Listener currently using cocaine and vodka 00:09:10 – LSD dropped directly into someone’s eyes 00:11:45 – Tori swallows Xanax and oxy during an arrest 00:17:35 – Detoxing from heroin on a Greyhound bus 00:18:45 – First meth experience becomes DEA psychosis 00:22:31 – Patreon reactions to Jimmy Cash 00:29:38 – Hunter Biden joins Dopey 00:31:57 – Childhood trauma and why drugs initially worked 00:34:40 – Growing up with Beau and Joe Biden 00:38:29 – Grief, pain and feeling completely alone 00:40:34 – Why Hunter could never smoke weed 00:42:38 – His first drinks, confidence and shame 00:44:44 – Art, writing and the life he thought he should pursue 00:49:18 – Living beneath the shadows of his father and brother 00:51:19 – Envy, family roles and being “Beau’s crazy brother” 00:53:40 – Recovery means changing everything 00:55:57 – Functional drinking through college, law school and fatherhood 00:57:54 – When his alcoholism became impossible to control 01:00:09 – Failed rules, hidden vodka and family history 01:03:59 – Beau confronts Hunter and sends him to treatment 01:06:14 – The trauma addiction inflicted upon his daughters 01:09:20 – “The more tragic story is that I died” 01:10:43 – Becoming the most famous crack addict of his generation 01:13:01 – Beau’s death and the beginning of the crack explosion 01:15:20 – Relapsing while attending outpatient treatment 01:17:22 – Meeting the woman called Bicycles 01:19:06 – His first crack hit and the “bell-ringer” 01:20:57 – Bicycles moves into Hunter’s apartment 01:22:59 – “The most honest, dishonest person” he ever met 01:25:14 – The resilience and resourcefulness of addicts 01:27:37 – Joe Biden arrives with the Secret Service 01:29:22 – His father’s unconditional love 01:31:37 – Moving into the Chateau Marmont to die 01:33:41 – Kindness inside the darkest places 01:35:43 – How Hunter financed his addiction 01:37:22 – Crack, sex, shame and public humiliation 01:39:37 – Ketamine infusions while smoking crack 01:41:43 – Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT 01:44:03 – Painting, mistakes and the meaning of the owl 01:45:55 – Falling asleep and flying across four lanes of traffic 01:48:15 – The owl that guided him through the mountains 01:50:32 – Meeting Melissa while actively smoking crack 01:52:44 – “I’m in love with you—and I’m a crack addict” 01:54:58 – Married after ten days 01:57:20 – Gratitude for surviving humiliation 01:59:12 – Seven years sober and purpose with a small “p” 02:01:25 – Painting, the Twelve Steps and service 02:03:42 – Hunter Biden plays “This or That” 02:06:09 – Kratom, Gavin Newsom, Theo Vaughn and Trump versus Hitler 02:08:21 – The studio operator’s five-days-sober god shot 02:10:43 – SafeSpot and Spotify comments 02:17:31 – Listener’s banjo cover Five ad-break markers These are clean transitions with minimal interruption: 00:10:40 00:24:45 01:08:30 01:39:35 02:03:40
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  Super Junky NYC - Copping for Sid and Nancy, Aryan Brotherhood Oxy & Smuggling Drugs into Rehab: Dopey's Greatest Hit's Ned Van Zandt Returns 27.08.2026 2t 6min

  Timestamps: 00:00:00 Dopey Greatest Hits introduction 00:01:25 Ned returns and promotes Lost in Dell Valley 00:02:29 Acting lessons for the Texas Aryan Brotherhood 00:04:08 Practicing Lost and Prison Break scenes in jail 00:04:53 Ned lands a role on Lost after leaving prison 00:05:20 Trading acting lessons for OxyContin 00:07:18 Prison drugs, commissary and Seroquel 00:08:15 Why Ned believes Sid Vicious didn’t kill Nancy 00:09:00 Seeing The Police’s first American show with Sid 00:13:05 Plato’s Retreat and 1970s sex clubs 00:18:57 A French diplomatic connection smuggling kilos of cocaine 00:20:05 Growing up with cousin Townes Van Zandt 00:22:30 Lost in Dell Valley and the Soho Playhouse run 00:27:45 Original Ned Van Zandt interview begins 00:32:29 Heroin with Andy Warhol’s circle 00:34:43 Shaka Khan, a Bulgarian model and murder in Ned’s apartment 00:36:57 Moving into the Chelsea Hotel 00:41:41 Punk, disco and New York in the late 1970s 00:44:04 Ned’s first heroin habit and withdrawal 00:48:32 Living alongside Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen 00:50:45 The drug dealer Ned suspected in Nancy’s murder 00:53:06 Sid gets out of Rikers and sees The Police at CBGB 00:55:28 Sid’s fatal overdose and Ned’s worsening heroin habit 00:57:47 Heroin markets on the old Lower East Side 01:00:00 Ned is cut with a knife during a cab robbery 01:02:16 Leaving New York and temporarily rebuilding his life 01:04:17 Meth addiction and exotic-bird smugglers in Long Beach 01:06:39 Rejected from a Christmas party because he needed help 01:08:49 Dave’s disastrous attempt to score heroin in Austin 01:12:52 Stevie Ray Vaughan inspires Ned to consider sobriety 01:15:00 Treatment in the Hawaiian jungle 01:18:51 Thirteen years clean—and the relapse that followed 01:23:27 Arrested while cashing a forged check 01:25:50 One drink leads to a cocaine overdose four days later 01:28:04 Treatment, relapse and a seven-year run in Austin 01:30:28 Kevin Spacey confronts Ned about his deterioration 01:32:47 Supplying Sudafed to a meth lab 01:34:59 Stealing DVDs to support his addiction 01:37:14 Set up by an informant and arrested with meth 01:39:32 Returning to treatment in Hawaii 01:41:49 Smuggling OxyContin, Vicodin and Valium into rehab 01:43:10 Flushing the drugs and enduring withdrawal 01:44:03 Rebuilding his life in Hawaii 01:46:20 Returning to acting and moving back to New York 01:48:40 Turning his memoir into a 19-character one-man show 01:50:59 Transcend NYC and helping other people recover 01:55:24 A former sober-house resident surprises Ned in Edinburgh 01:57:45 Buddhism, spirituality and alternatives to AA 02:00:03 Helping people who resist twelve-step recovery 02:02:12 Closing thoughts and listener voicemail request Five ad-break placements These land at clean changes in subject: 00:27:45 — After the new interview and before the original episode 00:55:28 — After Sid Vicious’s death; before Ned’s deeper addiction 01:12:52 — Before Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ned’s first recovery 01:28:04 — Before the story of Ned’s seven-year relapse 01:44:03 — After flushing the smuggled drugs; before rebuilding his life
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  Tripping Face at Dominican Holidaze - JRAD, Disco Biscuits, Cocaine Cab Driver, Silly Sticks & the Last Hurrah Before Rehab, Zach Frank Returns! 26.08.2026 1t 34min

  Timestamps 00:00:02 – Dopey Wednesday theme 00:01:05 – DopeyCon and five days of Dopey 00:02:25 – Lantern and Monsters of God 00:03:55 – Oskar’s heroin story from Sweden 00:05:48 – Returning from rehab to ten grams of heroin 00:08:01 – His friend overdoses after injecting 00:09:56 – Naloxone saves his life 00:10:55 – Patreon reactions to Joe Schrank 00:14:40 – Kratom, benzos and medical recovery 00:19:23 – What listeners thought of Joe 00:20:40 – Remembering Dolly Parton 00:21:51 – Zach Frank returns 00:23:07 – Anxious attachment, fear and control 00:24:30 – OxyContin, psychedelics and abstinence 00:31:30 – A terrified sponsee hides naked with a baseball bat 00:33:41 – Dave’s fear when a close friend stops responding 00:37:20 – Zach’s younger brother and the damage of addiction 00:39:27 – Passing out and flooding his mother’s house 00:41:40 – Dominican Republic “Holidaze” begins 00:43:56 – The cab driver named him “El Tigre” 00:45:59 – A Dominican pharmacy and a giant box of Xanax 00:48:21 – Drugs inside the jam-band festival scene 00:50:34 – Liquid LSD absorbed through Zach’s palm 00:52:36 – The junkie Bushido code 00:54:50 – Urinating in the ocean fully clothed 00:55:40 – Smoking a DMT “silly stick” 00:57:06 – Naked nighttime swim during the Disco Biscuits 00:58:28 – Appreciating drug experiences without regretting recovery 00:59:56 – Funerals briefly frighten Zach away from heroin 01:01:00 – Arriving at a dealer’s house and facing a Magnum 01:02:23 – Cocaine, Xanax, ketamine and orange Teslas 01:03:30 – Zach’s last festival and desperate call to his mother 01:04:39 – Abstinence is not the same as wellness 01:06:42 – Brutal methadone and Suboxone withdrawal 01:09:05 – Dave celebrates 11 years sober 01:11:29 – Recovery and the Knicks championship 01:17:43 – A former using friend witnesses the Knicks comeback 01:19:52 – OG Anunoby’s unforgettable winning shot 01:23:15 – Zach’s book and junkie Bushido 01:24:16 – Spotify comments 01:27:20 – Dolly Parton tribute 01:31:33 – “Good So Bad” Five ad-break timecodes These are the cleanest segment transitions: 00:10:50 – After Oskar’s overdose story 00:21:45 – Immediately before Zach’s interview 00:41:35 – Before the Dominican festival story 01:04:35 – Before the deeper recovery discussion 01:23:15 – After Zach’s interview, before Spotify comments
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  The Super Special Sex and Love Addicted Dopey Documentary Teaser Mysophonia Episode - Patreon 25.08.2026 24min

  Timestamps 00:00:15 – Br’er Brian Homa’s “Dopey Afternoon” 00:01:31 – The secret California mission and Dopey documentary 00:03:39 – Remembering Mark Hudson and John Taikith’s Dopey history 00:05:46 – DopeyCon Theme Song Challenge 00:06:30 – Hank Azaria, Jason Biggs and the DopeyCon lineup 00:08:10 – Spotify and Patreon comments 00:10:31 – Fentanyl Jay update and Hayden Panettiere remembrance 00:12:57 – Willow’s SLAA anniversary and rock opera 00:14:10 – A stage play based on early Dopey 00:14:42 – Cindy celebrates four years sober 00:15:20 – Garlichead’s brutal complaint about Dave chewing 00:18:55 – Brad claims he created Dopey 00:20:08 – Patreon cutoff and “Good So Bad”
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  Noah Levine: Acid at 10, Juvenile Hall, Meditation, Refuge Recovery & a Burning Getaway Car and JEREMY | Dopey Total Replay #43 24.08.2026 1t 31min

  Timestamps 00:00:25 – Dave and Jeremy reunite in California 00:02:42 – The Katz’s pastrami “Karubin” 00:04:43 – California dispensaries and modern weed culture 00:07:02 – Todd steals weed from his dispensary job 00:09:18 – Dave guards a dispensary on methadone and benzos 00:11:35 – Jeremy’s Achilles sacrifice and the Knicks championship 00:13:55 – Gummies, flower and dangerously potent THC 00:17:53 – Jason joins; introducing Dopey Episode 43 00:24:45 – Spotify comments and painful Chris foreshadowing 00:30:50 – Classic Dopey begins 00:32:12 – Noah Levine joins the show 00:35:03 – Childhood trauma, addiction and Buddhism 00:37:24 – A suicide attempt, juvenile hall and discovering meditation 00:42:13 – Chris meets Noah at Kripalu 00:43:49 – “Do you rip butts while you meditate?” 00:44:52 – Can shooting dope be mindful? 00:45:11 – LSD, ayahuasca and psychedelics in sobriety 00:48:58 – Raising children around meditation without forcing it 00:52:16 – Noah brings the Dopey 00:53:22 – Mushrooms at ten and acid at eleven 00:54:55 – Childhood suicidal thinking and reincarnation 00:57:02 – Chris prepares for ten silent days of Vipassana 01:00:57 – Stolen Rolexes and a burning getaway car 01:02:14 – Why Noah created Refuge Recovery 01:07:43 – Dave and Chris recap the interview 01:10:03 – Chris’s early drug use and the “spiritual heroin” of meditation 01:12:28 – Fallen teachers and whether misconduct erases good work 01:17:06 – Gurus, Bikram yoga, sex and spiritual hypocrisy 01:19:25 – Listener G begins using heroin at seventeen 01:24:07 – The Chinese exchange student and Outback Steakhouse 01:26:34 – Kratom, recovery and William Moyers agrees to appear 01:28:50 – Gratitude, Dopey Nation and closing song
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  Dopey 596: Fighting Cops, AA at 16 & Relapsing After 21 Years, Ketamine, Edibles - The Jimmy Cash Story 21.08.2026 2t 21min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – “I Wanna Be Good So Bad” 00:01:22 – Oro Recovery 00:02:49 – Welcome to Dopey and a secret California mission 00:03:28 – Recovery cliché of the week: “Time takes time” 00:04:10 – Vintage Dopey merchandise and DopeyCon 00:05:13 – Wesley’s message about Dopey, Chris and grief 00:07:33 – Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Last Day 00:08:05 – Mountainside 00:09:53 – Chucho Cabra steals a car and escapes through a pond 00:13:48 – Hiding naked in a construction trailer 00:14:10 – What is SR-17018? 00:14:40 – Claims about using SR-17018 to quit opioids and kratom 00:16:10 – DopeyCon tickets and financial help 00:17:03 – Patreon reactions to Roy Donk and the drugged dog 00:19:28 – Workit Health 00:20:43 – Fred’s experience coming off long-term Suboxone 00:22:20 – Methadone and precipitated withdrawal 00:25:15 – Listener reaction to Jay Landsman and The Wire 00:28:28 – The Wire, The Sopranos and Lanterns 00:29:06 – Recovery Unplugged 00:30:49 – Jimmy Cash joins Dopey 00:31:30 – Jimmy’s forgotten first meeting with Dave at Katz’s 00:34:08 – Danny Boy, Slaine and the recovery connection 00:35:40 – Growing up in Worcester and working as a janitor 00:38:04 – Jimmy’s mother exclusively dated janitors 00:39:16 – His father’s fatal overdose 00:39:45 – The Basketball Diaries inspires ten-year-old Jimmy 00:42:39 – Growing up surrounded by AA and addiction 00:44:51 – Seeing someone shoot heroin in his bathroom 00:46:47 – Smoking weed, holy water and planning to enter rehab 00:48:42 – Teenage drinking and the chaos at home 00:50:52 – Drinking before school and getting arrested 00:52:56 – His grandfather’s legendary alcoholic exploits 00:55:21 – Jimmy’s first arrest at Friendly’s 00:57:41 – Feeling like a criminal rock star 01:01:25 – Punching the cop who drove him home 01:03:30 – Waking up shaking in juvenile lockup 01:05:52 – Court-ordered AA at 16 01:07:53 – His sponsor starts dating—and marries—his mother 01:09:58 – Faking meeting cards and living a double life 01:11:57 – Relapsing on acid with a head full of AA 01:16:00 – Drugs, Catholic school and the “sin bin” 01:24:06 – His ex-con stepfather’s surprising restraint 01:25:08 – Punching a girl’s father at a block party 01:26:15 – Cocaine, an entire stash of ecstasy and nearly choking to death 01:27:30 – A horrific car crash 01:28:39 – Jimmy wonders whether his stories are “too Dopey” 01:30:49 – Ecstasy and bags of liquid ketamine 01:32:08 – The Sacred Heart University arrest 01:35:29 – Jail in Bridgeport and a connection to the Whitey Bulger investigators 01:37:52 – Getting released, immediately smoking weed and disappointing Grandma 01:39:57 – A coked-out morning at IHOP 01:42:14 – Breaking a police-car door handle 01:43:00 – Beaten by a police officer while handcuffed 01:44:20 – The jail-cell “jumping-off place” 01:45:10 – Grandpa arrives with bail money and takes Jimmy to AA 01:46:10 – Finally taking recovery seriously 01:48:18 – His mother relapses while raising Jimmy’s baby sister 01:49:56 – Twenty years sober—or one year sober? 01:52:04 – From AA speaker to stand-up comedian 01:53:50 – Two divorces and drifting away from recovery 01:55:35 – Career success while sleeping on his sister’s couch 01:56:05 – The edible relapse after more than 20 years 01:57:59 – Danny Boy tells Jimmy: “You’ve been getting high” 01:59:57 – The temptation to turn a small relapse into a major one 02:02:15 – Resentment toward AA and finally hearing the message again 02:04:39 – Picking up a new 24-hour chip 02:06:26 – Sponsoring another comedian 02:08:20 – The Kelly Clarkson Show and viral success 02:10:35 – How Danny Boy originally appeared on Dopey 02:11:43 – Safe Spot overdose-prevention hotline 02:12:59 – Polarizing Spotify reactions to Roy Donk 02:17:25 – Final recovery message 02:18:10 – Closing song
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  Potentially Gayer than all other Gayest Episodes Ever! Brian W. on Meth, Chemex, Sexual Trauma, Sex Sling and Recovery | Dopey's Greatest Hits! 20.08.2026 2t 2min

  Timestamps 00:00:00 – Dopey song and opening 00:01:41 – Greatest Hits and Brian Whisenant 00:03:51 – Larry David, Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Lena Dunham 00:05:49 – Nick smokes angel dust while driving 00:08:13 – “Name the Seven Dwarfs”: PCP at a police checkpoint 00:10:43 – Shitting his pants while driving a taxi 00:13:09 – Listener comments and I Love Lucy 00:15:36 – Stealing the dog’s benzos and reversing pet overdoses 00:17:58 – Brian Whisenant joins the show 00:20:19 – Cocaine, adult pull-ups and a strange sexual request 00:22:41 – Brian’s movie and his roommate from treatment 00:25:02 – Growing up gay in Mississippi 00:27:29 – Grooming, secrecy and childhood trauma 00:29:49 – How the sexual abuse began 00:32:12 – Returning to his abuser at 19 00:34:54 – Telling his parents what happened 00:37:17 – Being triggered by Baby Reindeer 00:39:39 – The origins of Wrath Mercy 00:41:46 – The predatory meth dealer and being filmed 00:43:44 – The sex sling and Fourth of July trauma 00:45:43 – Cocaine, coming out and the road toward addiction 00:48:05 – “You’re going to burn in hell” 00:50:31 – EMDR and recovering traumatic memories 00:52:53 – Relationships shaped by early trauma 00:55:16 – Crank, New York and moving to Los Angeles 00:57:35 – Meth, homelessness and seven-day binges 00:59:51 – Getting high while cleaning apartments 01:01:56 – “I didn’t know I was an addict” 01:04:17 – How Brian discovered Dopey 01:06:43 – Picking up a friend from jail 01:09:08 – Seven days awake and losing touch with reality 01:11:32 – Restrained in the hospital during meth psychosis 01:13:50 – Returning to a predatory dealer 01:16:18 – The missing car and leaving Los Angeles 01:18:43 – Chemsex, meth and online sex rooms 01:21:06 – Grindr, Sniffies and sex parties 01:23:26 – Untangling sex, drugs and technology 01:25:28 – Taking 300 milligrams of Adderall 01:27:48 – Shooting meth and getting thrown out of a sex party 01:30:13 – Taco Bell, Johnnie Walker and realizing he was an addict 01:32:14 – Asking for help and entering treatment 01:34:40 – Forgiving his mother 01:36:00 – Why Brian finally told Dave everything 01:38:22 – Early recovery and returning to Los Angeles 01:40:50 – Meeting the social worker who restrained him years earlier 01:43:10 – What exactly is chemsex addiction? 01:45:35 – Why people make fun of Narcotics Anonymous 01:47:59 – Finding a home in NA 01:50:20 – AA, NA and different pathways to recovery 01:52:43 – Recovery should include fun 01:55:01 – Brian’s short film Wrath Mercy 01:57:28 – SafeSpot, stickers and Toodles for Chris