Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

🧷 Show Notes (Teaser): Dave’s on vacation in the Rockies, losing sleep and dreaming hard Doug thinks group conscience is sacred — unless he doesn’t like the chairperson The “prison walk” AA escape plan explained Bobby Lee controversy & Reddit backlash gets a nod Ray the Clammer's sandwich wisdom returns Doug wants stilettos and a thong; Dave wants out of the meeting Outro includes the classic Dop...

  💔 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...

exclusive eps on patreon every tuesday!  www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This 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-...

GET THE FULL BUKATY AT: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast 📓 Episode Notes Dave’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...

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 Dama...

📝 Episode Notes: Dave's up at 5:30 AM with no sleep aids but hopelessly hooked on s’mores   Father's Day gift: a $40 crackhead s’mores hot plate from his daughter   Microwave s’mores vs. monstrosity s’mores — full breakdown   Massive processed sugar binge: Rice Krispie s’mores, Yaso bar, and Linden’s cookies   Full Dopey morning: prayer, meditation, AA, garbage duty, and Susan’s lunch rescue   A...

NOTES: Listener emails: brutal black tar vein damage stories (toes, dick, and yes, arteries) plus a chilling NJ dope shack bust and snowstorm cigarette hike Dad’s odd updates on protests, bad golf, AI school drama, and swampy lakes Behind-the-scenes Dopey studio chaos, show length fights, and hyped DopeyCon 10-year party plans with Sam Miller confirmed Bobby Lee jumps in: stealing beers from his d...

🧾 Show Notes: Doug’s back! In the Subaru, in the parking lot.   Dave’s depressed because his dehumidifier sucks.   Reddit trolls say the teaser and YouTube are trash.   Dave reads feedback, gets defensive, then promotes Patreon.   Harley Flanagan story: punk rock prodigy, molested, violent, stabbing at CBGBs, Rikers, Cro-Mags beef.   Dave fantasizes about reuniting Harley and John Joseph on Dopey...

  Dopeywood! Note about Todd A  voicemail from a listener in Mexico: “¿Qué pasó David?” Email about a guy sober off weed and a listener who relapsed on shrooms and weed. Dave reflects on the cyclical pain of relapse in the Dopey Nation. Jessie G Segment “I formed like a make-believe relationship with him [Chris].” Jessie first listened to Dopey while working hotel jobs in 2018. “Early recovery suc...

📝 SHOW NOTES (for post description): Mid-century modern hotel confusion Jason Cabello returns! Recovery Unplugged + Toxicology podcast Magic Mind and mushroom mishaps 🌿🍄 Kraboxone™: Kratom + Suboxone fusion 🧪 Dopeywood recap: triumphs, drags, tech fails Dave’s LA meth story and forgotten tribute to Todd 💔 The Stash Word disaster (and why it’s still fun) DM from a coke addict trying to detox...

Episode Notes! DOPEYWOOD COMING! AWESOME EMAILS AND VOICEMAILS! ABBEY: Postpartum anxiety and getting prescribed benzos Her first time using heroin — in sober living Moving back to Pittsburgh with her dad to get her life together Building a YouTube following with her daughter Myla Dealing with fame, trolls, and the dark side of "sober influencer" culture Why she stopped posting her daughter online...

Doug’s back in the kitchen after nearly dying from a TCI (mini-stroke) Dave compares Doug’s Memorial Day scare to Ray the Clammer’s UTI-induced brain fog Ray heads to rehab; Dave wants to publish a book of Ray quotes Doug calls the meeting a “beginner’s asylum”; Dave defends the newcomers Rule 62, “start your day over,” and other Rayisms get debated Dave reflects on dirt, struggle, red cardinals,...

Fentanyl vs. Heroin : "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappeared First Shot : A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stop OD Stories : OD'd twice in one day—once behind the wheel on FDR, once after snorting Bronx bags, woke up in hospital, ripped tubes out, lied about asthma Mom's Heart Attack : 4 days after OD, mom has a heart att...

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🎸 Steve Poltz returns! From meth psychosis to music on the mountain 🧠 Touring with Shane MacGowan and snorting meth off his thumbnail 🏨 Destroying hotel rooms across Australia (banned from Quest Apartments!) 💡 20 years in recovery: why Steve stopped going to meetings 🎤 Using music and stage time to carry the message 😡 Dave and Steve debate Bob Weir and John Mayer (spoiler: Dave hates Bobby)...

🚗 Taped live from Doug’s Subaru in front of Dave’s house 📬 Sarah’s amazing weed and recovery email 🏀 Dave curses out Celtics fans at a recovery music festival 🍩 Entenmann's, gout, and Doug’s ongoing battle with saturated fat 📢 Heart Attack Doug refuses to share in meetings but Zooms all over the West Coast 🎸 Shout outs to Steve Poltz, Anders Osborne, and the ghost of Billy Strings 🧈 Too muc...

🏥 Doctor shopping on the UWS, Florida pill mills, and the $300/week FedEx Oxy plan 🧬 Coke, klonopin, benzos, nodding out mid-Xbox match, screaming at his roommate 📦 Upper West Side methadone clinic and snorting dope on the Staten Island ferry 📸 Starting “@immaeatthis” on a subway ride—going viral, getting paid, and staying sober 🧸 Emotional amends, dumb lies (Blackwater contractor? really?),...

Knicks vs. Celtics playoff madness Dave vs. “New York City Dave” Shout out to Boston Dave G (but still, fuck Boston) Is The Last of Us now just lesbian Eat Pray Love ? Getting recognized on the street (and overstaying the moment) Ray's Grindr adventures: “I clean toilets and give BJs” Anti-aging meds, eye lifts, and midlife crisis merch drops Music segment: “Good So Bad” live from the studio Dopey...

🏀 Knicks Playoff Fever: Dave opens the show celebrating the Knicks’ win over the Celtics and his deep attachment to the team. 🌸 Family Time: Dave spends the day with his daughter Susan , planting flowers and reflecting on fatherhood. 🧂 Mustard Seed Parable: Conversation with Mike’s Amazing Mustard leads to a deeper discussion about hope in recovery . 🚨 Josh C. Update: Following a drug task for...

Whats on Patreon: Adam’s chaotic childhood, bullying, and getting high at 12 Smoking weed with an abusive friend’s stepdad Getting beat with wrenches, sent to institutions, and almost stabbed Dropping acid at school, zeroing hits, playing in bands Coke binges in L.A. writing sessions — snorting lines off Beyoncé plaques Spiritual bottom after playing South by Southwest and weeping during Elf Recov...

📓 Episode Notes: Jessica Kent returns for a deep and hilarious check-in Her early life selling heroin at 13 in upstate New York Getting addicted to Oxy, then heroin, and eventually meth Life on the run with a sketchy traveling magazine crew Getting locked up in Arkansas, detoxing while pregnant Giving birth to her daughter while shackled Losing custody and the fight to get her child back Getting...

📝 Episode Notes / Highlights 🗣️ Dave forgot to record a teaser and is now scrambling 🎤 Raytreon returns — Ray and Allen join the chaos 🧠 Childhood trauma hits: walkie-talkies, soapbox derby sabotage, “thank God I had heroin to escape” 🧳 Allen’s back from Florida and hates everything about the new Dopey Studio 🎭 Knicks playoff hype, Last of Us grief, and a deep love of revenge 🧘‍♂️ Summer of...

🗒️ Episode Notes (for the "Notes" section): Blowing $500K on coke, strip clubs, and a doomed after-hours club How Ciroc Papi moved into his spare bedroom (and took over his life) Meth Head David steals his car and wears all his clothes Running a nightclub like Scarface meets Trailer Park Boys Homelessness, dollar menus, and losing it all Bipolar mania, addiction, and the road back to sanity A wild...

📝 NOTES:   🎶 Big love to Trinity for the amazing Dopey theme song up top   🚨 Dave’s got gout and might become the poster child for rich man’s foot disease   🧬 Mike starts using at 12, snorting Oxy by 19, full-blown heroin addict by 21   😱 Sells drugs, ruins every family event, finally breaks down in the Bronx   💉 First-time dope sick without knowing he was dope sick   🍄 Eats way too many sh...

📝 Episode Notes: 💣 Robbing banks with dye packs exploding mid-getaway 😷 Hooping dope in prison and dealing with the "safe" 🏋️ Becoming the pull-up champ in federal prison 🎨 Obsession with antique tattoo machines and publishing books 🧒 Rescuing his daughters from a cat piss hellhouse 💉 Methadone maintenance, recovery, and giving back 🎶 Ending with his haunting original song Mud Pies 🕊️ Plus:...