Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

This Week on Dopey! Dave opens with a cocaine-barroom parody and rolls into updates: DopeyCon afterglow, Spotify/iTunes comments, LA travel nerves, and sponsor shout-outs. Listener Archie checks in with a salvia-in-underwear saga; another listener writes about rock-salt shrooms and missing the Dead’s final Jerry show; “Chip” reports nearly a year sober and reflects on denial. Then Brace Belden (Tr...

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Twas a good Dopeycon this year - maybe the last - I wish I had said more - but it was a truly beautiful experience and show. The place was packed - and I am super grateful for all the people who came, participated and sponsored! Special thanks to Mountainside Recovery for being our title sponsor, LICR for taking in Jay, Recovery.com, RELEASE RECOVERY, The Phoenix House, Wellbridge Recovery, Curiou...

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on the teaser! We recap Dopeycon, I complain about META shutting down the Dopey FB page, we read an email and Doug goes nuts fat shaming me. It's pretty funny - hear the whole thing on patreon! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

dopeycon tix: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast A new kind of Dopey! A kinder, Gentler Dopey? Me and New Yorker Rock Critic, Amanda Petrusich sit down to discuss recovering from grief. Amanda lost her husband suddenly during covid from a random seizure. Hear how Amanda got through it raising their one daughter, Nico alone. Plus some of Amanda's...

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This Week on Dopey! We are joined by Oro Recovery Medical Director - Dr. Jason Giles! We also read old comments and hear from a few dopes in the dopey nation. Then Dave interviews Dr.  Giles—twice board-certified in addiction medicine (via ABAM then ABPM), previously board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine, and a recovering opioid addict. He grew up in Santa Monica with a severely alco...

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https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 NO INSERTED ADS ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We are joined by old school recovery/addiction legend Johnny Mac! From Queens! But first we learn about Sky Fly in PA, we hear from a benzo addict in the UK and then hear a nice story about Salvia from Loosey in California! Then we get this fuckin Johnny Mac! A 74-year-old...

https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on tuesday teaser! We rejoice at the release and all around greatness that is the Charlie Sheen Netflix show - AKA Charlie Sheen. Then we play a tiny smidge of Luc Zarrato from IG's Marathon2sobriety Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...

DOPEYCON TICKETS:  https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We are joined by Tik ToK superstar Gabby Eagen! But first we hear some of the notes and comments from last weeks Dopey - we read an email from a Russian film maker heroin addict who used to get high off poppy seeds. The we hear a crazy drug story from a crazy...

This week on the teaser! An Old Anonymous friend comes through and we talk propofol, guy on guy 69 and other dumb shit. PLUS a Canadian EMAIL - is it the end of Dopeycon? Get tickets to possibly the las DOPEYCON ever - here!  https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 Listen to the rest of the teaser show here: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

DOPEYCON TIX HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 This Week on Dopey! Getting ready for DopeyCon - who is coming? This week on the show we have a voicemail from Matt WC on shooting coke - a riveting kratom email - and then we pay a house call to Tzvi Heber in Los Angeles - of Ascendent Recovery and he shares a not usual Dopey Recovery story starting out deep within...

  https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 This week on the teaser - i read some emails - reflect on the end of summer and get excited for dopeycon - before handsome evan shows up with his family problems! Listen at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

This week on Dopey! We are getting ready for Dopeycon! You coming? https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 Montana, 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...

For Dopeycon tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668  For patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast My Dad is back to talk shit!

Dopeycon 2025 Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/1765668 This 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 gu...

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 Big...

 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 g...

dopeycon tix available at www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Annie’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 S...

 👉 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 sa...

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,...

 📓 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...

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 turn...