Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This week on Dopey! It’s the long-awaited episode with Chasing Heroine host Jeannine Coulter, recorded live at Jeremy’s house during Dopeywood!Jeannine tells the full, raw, and very dopey story of her descent into addiction: from being a straight-A Supreme Court hopeful, to getting obsessed with exercise and binge eating, to discovering coke in a redneck bar in Georgia, all the way to living in an abandoned cell phone store in Oceanside, California smoking heroin off foil.Jeannine talks about doing meth that was pink, accidentally getting strung out at 30, and finding herself in a cinderblock junkie jungle gym run by tweakers. She reflects on her arrest record, her failed attempts at controlled drinking, and how it all somehow led to a decade of recovery, a podcast, and a TED Talk on post-traumatic growth. PLUS: a touching email from a listener who outran the cops with a trunk full of weed and somehow lived to tell the tale. A beautiful PCP voicemail and much much more on a brand new epiksode of that good ol Dopey Show!Don’t forget: DopeyCon 6 tickets are out on Patreon. Leave a review. Send a voicemail. And follow us on youtu

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

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

exclusive eps on patreon every tuesday! www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! Up and coming Comedy and podcasting Legend Ian Fidance enters the Dopeysphere! Ian brings the old school serious alcoholic dopey. He takes us from his straight-edge ska band days in Delaware to waking up blue-faced in a pile of vomit after huffing computer duster. We hear how a fifth-grade beer led to a full-blown romance with vodka, coke, and gay bars across New York. Ian talks about his failed teaching career, multiple stints in rehab and Oxford Houses, drinking mouthwash, and why he once thought handing in his AA coins at a bar would earn him a free drink. PLUS  ska vs. hardcore, Howie’s AI R&B girl group Lux, living in halfway houses, and relapsing in your dorm room after writing a goodbye letter. They go deep into grief, comedy as higher power, relapse logic gymnastics, and getting sober without getting spiritual—then finding your way back. Bonus points for a great round of the Dopey game (BossTones vs. Less Than Jake, LSD vs. Mushrooms), Ian’s insane DUI story, and an epic takedown of Katz's vs. Sarge’s. Plus: voicemails, God talk, stolen AA basket money, and more! All that and much, much more on this brand new, old school episode of that good ol dopey show!  

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

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