Christmas with Ray & Alan: Shopping Hell, Nick Reiner Reflections & Holiday Songs (Patreon Exclusive)

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Key Notes / Timestamps (for show notes or description) 0:00 – Intro & Daily Chaos Dave recaps a whirlwind day: school runs, AA, commuting, disastrous Christmas Eve Eve shopping at L.L. Bean. 2:40 – Patreon Show Tease Ray Brown visits Dave's dad in Manhattan; Alan initially refuses to join but caves. 4:00 – Spotify Comments Dave reads and responds to listener feedback on the Nick Reiner episodes – gratitude, editing honesty, hindsight bias, and dangers of interviewing active users. 7:20 – Episode Clip Begins Banter with Ray (Stephen) about names, stage names, coming out, and his father's legacy. 9:40 – Dad Joins Alan reluctantly sits down; discussion about Nick Reiner trial, Hamilton Morris drama, and Ray's infamous YouTube non-defense. 13:50 – Ray's Book Club Ban Story Ray recounts recycling a Walt Whitman song for a queer Brooklyn theme and possibly getting banned. 15:50 – Christmas Carols Dave and Ray perform "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (multiple verses) and "Silver Bells" live. 21:00 – Original Song Ray performs his original "I Wanna Be Good" – themes of bad desires, escaping the city, and seeking peace. Closing Holiday recovery message: Stay together, go to meetings, help others. Merry Christmas from Dopey!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Adobe the podcast on drugs addiction and dumb shit.
0:22.5	My name is Dave and I'm feeling a lot of pressure.
0:28.5	A lot of pressure.
0:29.9	And this is just the Tuesday teaser for Patreon,
0:32.7	which means if you're not a member of Patreon and you're interested in being a member, go join Patreon at
0:41.2	www.com slash dopey podcast. That was my daughter calling me up to bring her to school, and that was like
0:51.7	eight hours ago. And since then, it's been a whirling dervish of
0:57.5	alcoholics anonymous commuting eating and a lot of fucking christmas shopping and it's crazy
1:06.6	because if you go to stores the day before Christmas Eve, there's really nothing there.
1:14.6	I figured if I went to L.L. Bean, the day before Christmas Eve, I'd find something nice for my dad, for Linda's mom.
1:24.0	I found something nice for Linda's mom. I couldn't find what I was looking for for my father,
1:29.3	but I hooked him up. I wound up hunting some shit down, and I'm not going to ruin it because
1:33.3	he'll listen to this before Christmas, so I don't want to spoil the Christmas. Do you guys
1:40.6	hate it when people say spoiler alert? I hate spoiler alert.
1:44.8	I just ate.
1:45.7	I know you guys are really interested in this.
1:47.8	I just ate an egg roll and wonton soup.
1:51.5	There's no good Chinese food in this town, but the egg rolls and the wonton soup are really quite, quite delicious.
2:00.4	So for the Tuesday Patreon show, I was in Manhattan
2:04.5	and the great downtown Ray Brown came to my dad's house and my dad protested not wanting to come
2:12.4	back on the show. But in the end, he came back on the show, and I'm sure you guys are excited to hear it.
2:19.4	I want to read the Spotify comments from last week's Tuesday teaser, and I encourage you,
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