Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

www.patreon.com This 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...

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This 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...

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 thei...

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave reads a Guitar World story about Kurt Cobain calling Sepultura for heroin tips in Brazil Listener email: outrunning the cops in Michigan with a pocket full of coke and pills Dave confesses he's losing interest in meetings and needs to triple down on spirituality Voicemail from Rebecca in Humboldt County: 90s NYC, Skaw at Wetlands, and a summer of PCP Dave’s memory...

🧷 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...

 💔 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...

Episode NotesIan’s ska roots in Delaware: straight edge, punk, X’s on hands, no drinking Early drinking: first blackout after Beastie Boys concert Lost his job and dignity over vodka, coke, and computer duster Huffing duster and fishing out in front of his mom Getting drunk on Christmas, giving away his stash, relapsing 2 hours later DUI with fish filet in the car, leg out the window Romantic reha...

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 lo...

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 Damag...

📝 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 teaser for...

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

🧾 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. Doug crit...

 Dopeywood! Note about ToddA  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 sucks no...

📝 SHOW NOTES (for post description):Mid-century modern hotel confusionJason Cabello returns! Recovery Unplugged + Toxicology podcastMagic Mind and mushroom mishaps 🌿🍄Kraboxone™: Kratom + Suboxone fusion 🧪Dopeywood recap: triumphs, drags, tech failsDave’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 💬A music...

Episode Notes! DOPEYWOOD COMING!AWESOME EMAILS AND VOICEMAILS!ABBEY:Postpartum anxiety and getting prescribed benzosHer first time using heroin — in sober livingMoving back to Pittsburgh with her dad to get her life togetherBuilding a YouTube following with her daughter MylaDealing with fame, trolls, and the dark side of "sober influencer" cultureWhy she stopped posting her daughter onlineSetting...

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 fogRay heads to rehab; Dave wants to publish a book of Ray quotesDoug calls the meeting a “beginner’s asylum”; Dave defends the newcomersRule 62, “start your day over,” and other Rayisms get debatedDave reflects on dirt, struggle, red cardinals, and t...

Fentanyl vs. Heroin: "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappearedFirst Shot: A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stopOD 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 asthmaMom's Heart Attack: 4 days after OD, mom has a heart attack fro...

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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)💩 Dor...

🚗 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?), and...

Knicks vs. Celtics playoff madnessDave 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 dropsMusic segment: “Good So Bad” live from the studioDopey Wood li...

🏀 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 force ra...

Whats on Patreon:Adam’s chaotic childhood, bullying, and getting high at 12Smoking weed with an abusive friend’s stepdadGetting beat with wrenches, sent to institutions, and almost stabbedDropping acid at school, zeroing hits, playing in bandsCoke binges in L.A. writing sessions — snorting lines off Beyoncé plaquesSpiritual bottom after playing South by Southwest and weeping during Elf Recovery Un...

📓 Episode Notes:Jessica Kent returns for a deep and hilarious check-inHer early life selling heroin at 13 in upstate New YorkGetting addicted to Oxy, then heroin, and eventually methLife on the run with a sketchy traveling magazine crewGetting locked up in Arkansas, detoxing while pregnantGiving birth to her daughter while shackledLosing custody and the fight to get her child backGetting out and...