Dopey 384: From dealing coke to JFK Jr. and Jerry Garcia to being the world's foremost expert on Harm Reduction,; the unexpected insanity of Maia Szalavitz

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

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

This week on Dopey! In a brand new super high quality episode of Dopey we are joined by author and New York Times columnist, Maia Szalavitz! Maia is a world foremost authority on addiction and harm reduction, but she is also a recovering drug addict and ex drug dealer. Listen to her epic tale from pure insanity to profound insight! PLUS Erin Khar is back! Voicemails! Emails and much more on this unforgettable new classic episode of that good old dopey show. MORE ON DOPEY: Dopey Podcast is the world's greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit [https://dopeypodcast.com/]. 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 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917] 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 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917] 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 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917]. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917]. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction/id1077823917]. We shine a light on harm reduction [https://dopeypodcast.com/] and medication assisted treatment [https://dopeypodcast.com/]. 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 [https://dopeypodcast.com/]!

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0:40.9	Juppie Juppie Juppie Juppie Juppie.
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1:19.3	Jump it up in chapter 1, 00, 235, 00, 235.
1:43.3	This episode of Dopey is brought to you by Auro Recovery.
1:48.3	It should be said that every person that we have known, that I have known, that has been
1:53.5	to Auro, has said not a bad thing about it.
1:57.1	They've all said it was the best rehab they ever went to.
2:00.9	Auro was created by Bob Forest and his friends Evan Jarred and Bob, their mission to create
2:06.9	a treatment center that basically uses compassion and connection rather than control.
2:12.0	It sounds amazing.
2:13.7	We have decades of experience in treating co-occurring mental health disorders.
2:18.1	They make sure your detox is as comfortable as possible, which we all love.
2:23.0	We all love a good, as comfortable as possible detox.
2:27.2	It's crucial.
2:28.2	They have amenities you wouldn't believe.
2:30.5	Sound bath meditation.
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