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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dopey 194: Dopesick at Boston Garden; Chris Herren, NBA, Basketball, Heroin, withdrawal

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

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

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! Ex-NBA, and college basketball standout plus ridiculous junky, Chris Herren calls into the show to tell some of his incredible story. From the wilds of Fall River, Massachusetts, we hear of Chris's ridiculously dopey journey from the bottom to the top and back again. Buckle up, because it gets super dopey! PLUS! Voicemails, reviews, Dopey poetry and much much more on an extraordinarily rootin' tootin' jump shot AND heroin shooting episode of Dopey.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Dave Machelani and this is my poem, Dopey Podcast.

0:06.0

Debrautorous tales from twisted minds, outpourings of grief, relief and hope,

0:13.6

past pleasures and pains are recounted, earnestly, honestly, brutally, yet often with humour.

0:23.6

Privilege ponderings and balshi postulations on drugs, recovery and dumb shit.

0:32.0

Do you want to be so good, so bad, comedic conversations of a comfort and refuge from the sufferings,

0:42.4

scar tunes, vapes, sounds, aquarium bubbles, turtles for Chris?

0:50.2

Okay, this episode of Dopey is brought to you by our friends at Allo Recovery located in

0:57.6

sunny Southern California in Silver Lake in Malibu. Allo does write by Attics. Their whole plan

1:04.0

was to treat with compassion rather than control, was invented by our friend Bob Forest and his

1:09.5

friend Evan Haynes and their friend Bob. They set up a program designed to give Attics a

1:16.5

competent, respectful treatment. Bob had been to treatments where he wasn't treated respectfully and he

1:22.8

was like, fuck that, I want to make my own treatment where Attics are treated right. And I like the

1:27.9

sound of that. Allo offers a very comfortable detox, which is very important when you're kicking

1:34.1

opiates and other incredibly addictive drugs like benzos and alcohol. A comfortable detox is

1:39.3

amazing. They have amenities including sound bath meditations, fucking sweat lodges, surfing,

1:45.9

and a myriad of other very luxurious amenities. They have incredible care, they deal with dual

1:52.4

diagnosis and they treat Attics with respect. If you're fucked and you're ready to go to treatment

1:57.6

and you're willing to go to Southern California, why not go to Allo Recovery?

2:02.1

This episode is also brought to you by our friends at JustCoffee.co.op. I love the Just Coffee coffee.

2:09.4

It is so robust and delicious. I'm almost done with my bike fuel and I'm ready to get down with

2:15.3

the other super Maya bag that I have. This coffee is actually really good. I recommend getting it.

2:21.0

If you like coffee, just coffee coffee, not only comes in incredibly fancy packages, but the coffee

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