Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

This week on Dopey! Dave recovers from surgery on drugs! Then is joined by Breath Work and Yoga Coach Dan DeLuis! Dan  and Dave do breath work then shares his ultimately incredibly inspiring addiction and recovery story! Dan's sordid Canadian path, his traumatic injury and his road to sobriety through yoga nad breath work! Plus Dave's horrible recovery, a new classic Dopey email and mourning the d...

Dave does percocet! Post DopeyCon Review! Plus Dopey voicemails, poetry and more! Sign up for the full new episode with Handsome Evan only on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast   Here is what AI says: keywordsDopey Podcast, addiction, recovery, surgery, pain management, television shows, listener stories, DopeyCon, community, fentanyl summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David M...

This week on Dopey! On this very special 500th episode of Dopey we celebrate at DopeyCon 500! A Dopey Fan Convention and our 500th episode LIVE!!!!! It featured Jason Biggs and Hank Azaria playing me and Chris! John Joseph telling his truthful trauma! Kimber King and Brace Beldon! Abbey Fickley, Rachel Elizabeth Nicole, Brittany Jade, Handsome Evan, Lenny from the beach and Billy Jenson play the S...

This week on the Patreon teaser! Fentanyl Jay is back to talk about why he is on the path to attempt 'Sober October Forever'! We hear some of his latest bender stories and more! Plus Dopey Con 500 and I'm sick at home!   https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast for Patreon!   What AI Thinks:   keywords Dopey, addiction, recovery, community, sobriety, DopeyCon, Fentanyl J, Sober October, financial moti...

This week on Dopey! Lenny V. is Back! After 2 other super Dopey appearances - we get to the conclusion of Lenny's story with the cops. Lenny tells us all about all of the details of his arrest, and what kind of time he is facing. We also go down memory lane on how it all happened and what he is doing now to stay sane. PLUS! Gnarly Voicemails! Emails! Anniversaries! And more on the 499th episode of...

This week on the new Patreon Teaser - Meme Maker Giovanni of Instagram's Don't Drink and Go To Meetings tells his recovery story! Plus a few emails! Dopeycon updates and much more! Dopeycon is this Saturday 10/5 at 430 pm doors open at 4pm! Get tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast WHAT AI SAYS: keywordsDopey podcast, addiction, recovery,...

This week on Dopey we are joined by Carl Radke of Bravo's Summer House! Carl shares his addiction recovery journey - starting on the mean streets of Pittsburgh, PA growing up a part of a hard working middle class family with his older brother Curtis who also struggled with substance abuse. We learn how alcohol and drugs became deeply engrained in Carl's life. We also hear how Carl got on Summer ho...

On this new bonus tuesday teaser my dad dis back! and he just might change his tune about harm reduction and Safe Spot! If you are using and want to call them - their number is 1-800 972-0590.  Then Heart Attack Doug from the Beach is back fat shaming me. Join Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Buy DopeyCon 500 Tickets at https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 $15 discounted...

This Week on Dopey! We are joined by brilliant singer/songwriter/guitar player Duane Betts! Duane grew up touring with the Allman Brothers Band with his father - the legendary Dickie Betts! Duane gets super honest and raw on his childhood on tour, his life bicoastal between Malibu and Florida. Getting into music, playing in bands and how he got lost in the world of addiction and how he found himse...

On this very controversial teaser my dad and our special guest join in! My Dad gives his controversial take on Safe Spot! Plus DopeyCon info and much much more!   AI Notes: keywordsDopey Podcast, DopeyCon, Safe Spot Hotline, drug addiction, Patreon, father-son conversation, podcast critiques, drug safety, humor, recovery summaryIn this episode of the Dopey Podcast, David Manheim welcomes his fathe...

This week on Dopey we are joined by singer/songwriter, guitar player and all around good guy and new(ish) friend Anders Osborne! Anders and I have a fun talk about next level recovery, spirituality and some of his last days of using! Plus his time playing with Toots and the Maytals and Phil Lesh! Twas a beautiful time! PLUS voicemails, emails, DopeyCon 500, Lux Dungeon's The Muffin Man and much mu...

This week on the teaser we are joined by a special guest! He doesn't like when i put his name in the description. We talk all about his plan of making a Banana Ball song! Just listen to the thing...   Here is what AI said.... summaryThis episode of Dopey Tuesday Teaser discusses DopeyCon, the DopeyCon theme song challenge, and Ray's involvement in the Banana Ball game. The hosts also talk about th...

This week on Dopey! We are joined by Cookie Magnate, creator of Janie's Life Changing Baked Goods - Janie Deegan! Janie might be the feel good Dopey of the year - a drunk and homeless New Yorker who saved her soul by making cookies! Janie's story starts off innocently enough before she tumbles down the stairs of total rock bottom insanity! Plus there are multiple voicemails, emails and much more o...

This week on the Teaser! Evan gets busted for rolling a blunt whilst having suboxone! PLUS meal plans! PLUS LSD shenanigans and much more! Join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031   What AI THINKS: summary: In this episode of Dopey the podcast, Dave talks about his recent food choices and the upcoming Dopeycon event. He a...

This week on Dopey! We are reunited with Dopey Legend, Folk Singer, Comedy Genius and Super Naturally Good Story Teller Steve Poltz! Steve plays tunes and takes us on a journey to the optimist and pessimist inside! PLUS the tackle box full of drugs and how Steve maintains his sunny disposition! Next Thuan from Mountainside is back to share with us how spirituality works and how it can be accessed!...

This Tuesday is classic old school dumb shit. Me yelling at the Subway sandwich maker, fumbling and bumbling. We hear a Dopey story all about Oasis and their impending reunion. Plus we hear a tease from the PATREON show with Cormac and Selby all about weed, PCP and more on this Tuesday Patreon Teaser! PLUS DOPEYCON 2024 tickets are on sale at https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1311031 Discou...

This week on Dopey - we had a very special opportunity to spend some time with Tim Kelly - a super inspirational alcoholic/drug addict in recovery. Tim and I did this talk 3 weeks ago - he was basically on his death bed. Last Friday morning Tim finally succumbed to his cancer and died. This episode allows Tim to tell his story of what its like to face death sober. It was humbling and powerful and...

Tuesday Teaser with John Bukaty! We recap the park city song summit and talk drugs, addiction and dumb shit. A bunch of recovery - the horrible review and more!   summary: The conversation is a teaser for the Patreon show and includes discussions about the Park City Song Summit, DopeyCon tickets, TikTok series, and live painting. The hosts also talk about creativity and art in recovery, as well as...

This week on Dopey! It is Dopey Day Again! We are celebrating ChrisMiss and remembering Chris and all of our fallen friends. We are joined by Chris's mom and sister today to remember Chris! We hear about some of their favorite memories and listen to what it's like living on after you lose someone!  PLUS TONS OF VOICEMAILS, EMAILS, REMEMBERING THE FALLEN DOPES! FROM AI: This part of the conversatio...

This Week on a super new bonus Dopey Tuesday! We are joined by filmmaker and recovering addict John W. Comerford! We hear all about his super psychedelic path of addiction and recovery! John tells about his unsupervised nyc youth- we learn the secrets of old New York's music scene and Grateful Dead culture and much more on this super duper bonus episode of that good old Dopey Show! More on John: w...

This week on Dopey! We got horrible news that our dear friend, contributor and all around beloved OG favorite Dope - Annie Ellie died this week. We remember her and play her first voicemail which was, tragically and ironically all about a time she overdosed and almost died. We also play her review of DopeyCon 2022 and another thing she had sent in. Then Reno from the 'It's All Bad' podcast came to...

This week on Patreon Teaser! We first hear from Micro! Who tells us how he accidentally got addicted to fentanyl - then we take a walk down memory lane with Cormac and Scott Wic - and hear when Chris read Wic's first email all about Flakka!  DopeyCon 2024 Tickets only available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast   Here is what AI says: summaryIn this episode of Cormac's Chemical Corn...

This week on Dopey! We had the absolutely sweetest guest ever - filmmaker and Breathe Life Healing Center Regional LGBTQIA+ Outreach Representative - Brian Whisenant! Straight out of Mississippi and the Dopey Nation, Brian came to my dad's house to tell his insane tell of Meth Addiction, crazy chem sex, and heart breaking trauma! Brian's journey is one of the dopiest ever told! PLUS lots of nitrou...

This week on the Dopey Patreon Tuesday Teaser mini show we first take a moment of gratitude for Rich Roll and the Rich Roll Show for having me on! It was an unbelievably cool experience and welcome to any Rich Roll people!!!! Then we get into the usual Patreon Tuesday stuff! Join Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Buy DopeyCon Tickets only on PATREON!!!!! Dopeycon is October 5th in Ne...

This week on Dopey!  We are joined by 'Against All Odds' author, and 'Roll Call with Chappy' podcaster - Peter 'Chappy' Meyerhoff! We leave no stone unturned in this junky prison opus. Chappy gives us the good bad and the ugly from early incarceration to 12 long years in prison where he was the shot caller on multiple prison yards. His story goes nuts when he gets involved with a female correction...