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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dopey 549: Heroin at 16, Bundles in Puerto Rico, Mongo in Queens, Addiction Recovery OG – The Johnny Mac Story

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

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

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

-DOPEYCON IS COMING! -SKYFLY IN PA! -LOOSEY ON SALVIA! -BENZO'S in the UK -JOHNNY MAC NOTES: 🎙️ Recorded on a porch overlooking the “Great Lake Patchogue” (complete with swans and menthols). 🚬 Cigarettes, Tahitian Treats, and the first six-pack—Johnny’s entry into addiction. 💉 First heroin bag at 16, injected by a stranger while tripping on psilocybin. 🗽 Growing up Irish Catholic in Woodside—“You can rob, but not in the neighborhood.” 🍔 Donovan’s Pub cheeseburgers and junkie codes. 🧠 Half the high is copping; puking was part of the ritual. 🌌 Spirituality as the real drug—“The only thing I know about God is there is one and I’m not it.” 🎭 Scamming cops during a raid by dropping fake names. 📿 “Mother jumpin’ prayers” every morning: “Thank you, I love you, I need you.” 🌊 La Perla in Puerto Rico, hookers at the Pan Am Games, and spritzed cocaine mist. 🎶 70s acid-dealing days—Simon & Garfunkel, Richie Havens, BB King in Central Park, selling beers on the bus. ⚡ OD stories, Narcan rage, and copping the next day anyway. 🔧 “Mongo”—stealing copper wire to fund the habit. 📰 Port Authority newsstand hustles. 🤝 Dealers and friends like T—“I feel like a marshmallow in hot chocolate.” 🪦 Cigarettes for a dying friend with AIDS in Elmhurst Hospital. ✈️ Bundles on planes to Puerto Rico, acid to Ecuador, coke sprayed with perfume mist. ⛪ From Veritas Villa to AA: surrender, sing-song sayings, and “stupid enough not to drink.” 🙏 God doesn’t come in a booming voice—He comes in small shifts, if you keep showing up. 😂 Jemokes, mongo, bullshit, and spiritual banisters. -

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You feel like no one understands your affliction.

0:07.0

When you feel like no one's home, so alone,

0:10.0

and your addiction.

0:13.0

Well, if your deal lives left,

0:17.0

then put your headphones on and walk to the right.

0:24.6

Because there's a nation out there. Keep you safe. Keep you clean.

0:26.6

At least we're tonight.

0:29.6

So pay attention, dobination.

0:32.6

The affected one to ram an ass.

0:35.6

To pay attention

0:39.0

Dober Nation for a fallen brothers

0:41.5

Todd and Chris

0:42.9

True you know

0:44.8

Life seems like a curse

0:47.7

With the hearse in reverse

0:49.3

Put a smile on your face

0:51.4

At last

0:52.5

So hey attention

0:54.4

dopy nation

0:55.4

it's time for the dopey

0:57.5

podcast

0:58.2

stay strong

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