Bob Forrest on Nick Reiner, Mental Illness, and Modern Drug Psychosis

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Emergency response to Nick Reiner case and public reaction Addiction + psychosis + violence (especially stimulants) Failure of psychiatric safety nets and crisis response systems Parents, shame, and pressing charges against addicted children Why families often have no place left to turn Celebrity kids, identity, resentment, and survival Historical examples of addiction-related family violence The evolution of addiction motivations (pleasure vs. numbness) Millennials, despair, and modern drug culture Bob Forrest’s work with police, psych hospitals, and PET teams Music as connection: punk, Dylan, Clapton, Layla, Keith Morris Depression, suicidal ideation, and staying alive for your kids Christmas memories in addiction vs. recovery Narcan, harm reduction, and moral hypocrisy Defending Dopey against scapegoating and bad-faith criticism

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0:00.0	Bum, bamb, bamb, bamp, bamp, bop bomb, bamb, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong.
0:10.0	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	Drugs addiction and some dumb shit
0:23.8	So grab a chair and come sit and listen to the show
0:27.9	It's to be Wednesday
0:29.3	It's to be Wednesday Toopi, dopi do, do, do, be doppy do
0:43.3	Doopi do poe dope doopi doi dope do
0:46.3	Dopey dope doi dopey do
0:48.3	It's dopey Wednesday
0:50.3	It's Toebe Wednesday
0:53.3	It's to be Wednesday. It's to be Wednesday. It's dopey Wednesday.
0:57.0	It's dopey Wednesday. Hello and welcome to Dopee the podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. My name is Dave.
1:08.3	And it's been quite a week. I've never been so sought after to talk about
1:16.0	something I don't feel particularly qualified to talk about. Such a tragedy with Nick Reiner.
1:23.6	And I've been talking to a lot of friends, thank God, talking to a lot of people in recovery, thank God.
1:29.7	And a friend who's also a person in recovery and kind of an authority around how to help and provide treatment for everybody.
1:39.2	But he's handled a lot of celebrities.
1:41.2	He's handled a lot of children of celebrities.
1:43.8	He knows Los Angeles inside and out. He's Bob Forrest, for Christ's sake. He was on celebrity rehab. He was in an incredible band, Thelonious Monster. He does a podcast called Don't Die. His fingers have always been on the pulse of addiction and recovery. And he's always been an incredible friend of our show.
2:02.6	And it's because of Bob, this show is sponsored by Oro Recovery.
2:08.1	And they're located in sunny Southern California.
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