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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 of turning down PCP at SUNY Purchase

Shoutout to Mountainside and Recovery Unplugged

Janine interview begins (at Jeremy’s house in LA)

Early life: straight-A student, youth group leader, nerdy, argyle-wearing overachiever

Parents' divorce at 17 sent her into a total tailspin

First time doing coke at a redneck bar in Athens, Georgia (Bird Dog Tavern)

Moved to LA to become an actress, got certified to teach bar fitness

Pink meth from Armenian gangs in 2002 — Dave wants to know: WTF was it?

How she accidentally became a heroin addict at 30 after dating a Marine with a habit

Smuggling Suboxone into rehab, getting kicked out, getting arrested 4 times

Living in an abandoned cell phone store, eating stolen food, sleeping on cinder blocks

Her mom literally prays her way to the crackhouse to find her

Eventually gets clean, starts the Chasing Heroin podcast, and does a TED Talk

Explains “Post-Traumatic Growth” — and why addicts might actually get better than before

🧷 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 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.

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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-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!

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📓 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 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:

📝 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 the Damon Baker episode (photographer + filmmaker)

Sweating at Katz’s and plotting the return of the Dopey Fitness Challenge

Bobby Lee Reddit drama: deleted thread accusing Dave of racism

Selby explains how Reddit mods can still see deleted posts

Solstice hippie parade recap from Selby’s island in the Pacific Northwest

Backyard lawn mowing pride and skin-smoothing conspiracies

Full Dopey intro song performance to close it out

“Stay strong, Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.”

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 dad, shooting meth at 12, and that unforgettable speedball masturbation session in a medical book aisle

Childhood trauma under a strict Korean roof, bullying, and how drugs became his escape hatch

First rehab at 16, early sobriety struggles, and the surreal calm he found in AA meetings and art museums

Finding comedy through AA shares and improv; the jump to MADtv and flopping hard

The infamous Vicodin withdrawal meltdown — shitting his pants on set and all the chaos that came with it

Deep dive into porn addiction, how it fucked his relationships, and the brutal relapse after losing his dad

Spiritual battles — wrestling with God’s will vs self-will, plus tales of bizarre AA characters like oxygen tank old guys in Oklahoma

Closing with a no-holds-barred “This or That” game: meth vs heroin, jerking off rules, and the legendary beef chip story

Bobby’s raw reflections on relapse, fame, and carving out peace in a messy, fucked-up life

My dad comes on to update the nation and to kind of ruin a classic episode

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