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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 – Dopey Wednesday intro, theme song, Dave coming off Dopeywood high 01:00 – Dave on productivity, crossing things off lists, and procrastination hacks 02:30 – Dopey fitness challenge struggles, cheesesteak relapse, and getting called out by his daughter 03:30 – Ozempic, peptides, and body image talk 04:30 – Listener email: unopened package turns out to be a kilo of black tar heroin 05:40 – Dumping heroin across Alphabet City + Dave reacts 06:30 – Voicemail: chemical burn story while growing weed (potassium hydroxide disaster) 08:00 – Burning his dick, early recovery, and aftermath 10:20 – Dave reacts + talks about TV show with penis injury storyline 11:30 – Music break: “Let the Sunshine In” + Galt MacDermot talk 14:30 – Spotify & Patreon comments (sex addiction, pork buns, Chili Peppers doc) 18:30 – Comment of the day + Flea vs Bootsy Collins correction 19:30 – Interview begins: Allie Makovsky on nicotine addiction 21:00 – Vaping everywhere (including planes) + vape explosion story 23:00 – Switching from vaping to cigarettes + nicotine gum 25:00 – Sobriety timeline + smoking vs drugs comparison 27:00 – Meeting Marc Maron + Dopey origin story moment 29:00 – Allie’s parents meeting in recovery + relapse 31:00 – Childhood fame: prank calls on Kiss FM as “Little Allie” 34:00 – Early drinking, relationships, and escalation 38:00 – Cocaine use and boundaries 41:00 – Thoughts on drinking again + mushrooms curiosity 44:30 – Watching friend relapse after psychedelic use 47:00 – Ketamine therapy debate + sober identity 49:00 – Emotional check-in post-breakup + feeling stable 51:00 – Rave cruise story + staying sober in risky environment 53:30 – Missing “drug addict experiences” + rehab curiosity 55:00 – Allie’s drinking: blackout crash + family concern 58:00 – First AA exposure + resistance 01:00:00 – Relapse + realizing AA might be right 01:02:00 – Getting sober (Nov 1, 2015) 01:04:00 – Sponsor, step work, and early recovery structure 01:08:00 – Dropping out of program + later depression 01:11:00 – Returning to meetings + medication (Zoloft, Wellbutrin) 01:13:00 – Current program: meetings, sponsor, outreach 01:14:00+ – Comedy career beginnings + discovering standup 01:18:00 – Wrap-up conversation + reflections 01:19:30 – Episode winds down 01:20:00 – Outro / end of show

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0:00.0	Bam, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum,
0:07.0	bum, bum, bum, bum.
0:09.0	Hello to the members of the nation, we greet you with elation, because we have a brand new show for you,
0:19.0	with all that stuff we do
0:21.3	Drug addiction and some dumb shit
0:23.8	So grab a chair and come sit
0:26.0	And listen to the show
0:27.9	It's dopey Wednesday
0:29.2	It's Doty Wednesday
0:31.4	It's Doty Wednesday Toopi, dopy, doppy, doppy, do poe, dope doopi-do, dope dope dope dope dope dope dope
0:47.7	Hey, it's dopey Wednesday, it's topey Wednesday, it's topey Wednesday, it's to be Wednesday. It's to be Wednesday. It's to be Wednesday.
0:57.0	It's dopey Wednesday. Hello and welcome to the Wednesday dose of dopy, the podcast on drugs,
1:09.3	addiction, and other dumb shit. And my name is dave and i'm still
1:14.0	coming down off that dopey wood high which it's just so great to plan something and do it and then
1:24.1	be done with it it is it is the best Whether it's a giant comedy show in Los Angeles or it's
1:32.3	taking out the garbage or it's fucking going to the methadone clinic or it's trying to run or
1:39.1	whatever crossing things off a list. It's like a magical fucking time, a beautiful time in every young man's
1:49.7	life when he can cross something off a list. And I have to say to all the addicts out there
1:55.2	who are struggling, procrastinating, you can use the Allen Mannheim School of Life and just write down the things you need
2:04.5	to do and then jump in and fuck them, cross them off the list. It's like your endorphins will love you.
2:12.3	You won't hate yourself for being such a procrastinator. Something I used to do is the first thing I'd put on
2:19.1	the list is make a list so I could just cross that one right off or take a shower, eat some
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