Dopey 244: Johann Hari on Addiction and Connection, Rat Park, Coke, Heroin, Portugal, Trauma, ADD

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction and Recovery

Dave & Chris

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

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2020

⏱️ 112 minutes

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This week on Dopey: Johann Hari calls in and lays it down on the truth about addiction, depression and the unlimited resilience of the human spirit. He takes us through the findings of the famous Rat Park experiment, and guides us through the drug decriminalization in Portugal. We also hear all about the crucial role of purpose in an addicts recovery, and of course how connection is the opposite of addiction. PLUS Dopey legendary story teller Mick drops a fire voicemail, and Alan finishes it all up with a classic review read from his opulent lake house with Kayak launch ramp. All that plus pets, disgusting habits and more on this weeks stunningly smarter edition of Dopey. More About Dopey: Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy!

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0:00.0	I love that dopey every day.
0:04.8	I just can't wait for the next thing that Chris and David are going to say, but yes, it's
0:09.5	dopey.
0:10.5	I used to be a junkie, but now I've got some dopey.
0:14.5	There's those dopes down at dopey.
0:18.4	This episode of dopey is brought to you by our friends at Allo Recovery located in
0:23.2	sunny Southern California in Malibu and Silver Lake.
0:27.1	Allo was created by our friend, Bob Forest, and his friends, Evan Jarred and Bob, as a place
0:32.4	for addicts to be treated with compassion and connection rather than control.
0:37.9	They created a place that treats co-occurring mental health disorders, including severe
0:42.4	mental illness, and they provide a detox, so comfortable.
0:47.6	People say it's comfortable.
0:48.7	That's how comfortable it is.
0:50.4	And they have amenities like you wouldn't believe, including surfing, sound bath meditation,
0:56.8	sweat, lodge, and even equine therapy.
1:00.1	Basically, if you're fucked and you're willing to go to sunny Southern California to get
1:03.8	help, I strongly recommend going to Allo.
1:07.8	This episode of dopey is also brought to you by your sober buddy, App.
1:12.6	I'm so excited because the sober buddy app is now available.
1:16.5	Many of you love the sober buddy daily emails, and this app takes it to the next level.
1:22.2	Everybody checks in on you every day to see how you're feeling and to give you tips and
1:26.5	motivations based on your mood.
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