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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dopey NYE Special: Playing My Wednesday Dose of Dopey: Dave's Story, heroin, benzos, weed, Recovery, One Show at a Time Collab!

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Comedy

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2026

⏱️ 142 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a “rough fucking week” on the home front Despite that, he’s grateful to be sober and alive heading into 2026. Unsure about continuing “Five Days of Dopey” in January — part of him wants to, part doesn’t. Plugs Patreon heavily: $5/month gets Wednesday recovery Zooms + Patreon Zoom + Tuesday show + sticker; higher tiers = ad-free, more stickers, socks, beanie. New Year’s resolutions (not usually his thing, but for fun): restart Dopey Fitness Challenge, continue daily meditation/prayer, start a writing practice, explore Tai Chi for fitness (joints worry him about running). Listener Email: Craig Marsden Old-timer Craig (listening since <10 episodes existed) encourages Dave to keep five days a week for community growth. Loves the show’s development, believes full-throttle effort could get Dave “out of the deli for good.” Appreciates Dave’s interviewing style evolving post-Chris. Defends listening with ads (helps revenue); notes weird gambling/alcohol ads slip through (Dave says he told networks no booze/gambling). Hopes someone has the “lost early episodes” (2, 4, maybe 6, 8, 10 missing). Main Feature: Dave’s Share on “One Show at a Time” Podcast Dave plays his recent guest appearance on the hippie/Yellow Balloon recovery podcast One Show at a Time (hosted by Benji, Lauren, Eric Papa Smurf). Rapid-fire qualification: childhood staph infection, codependency as first “drug,” early drinking disasters, weed love, acid at Grateful Dead, college expulsion for dealing, first heroin (loved it), career highs/lows (TV production, MTV, firing after detox), California meth/heroin spiral, mom’s leukemia death, relapse while girlfriend pregnant, supervised visitation shame, begging to smoke weed, finally desperate in AA at 41. Key moments: obsession lifted, taking suggestions (90-in-90, sponsor, steps, prayer), starting Dopey with Chris, losses (Dave Marshall, Todd, Chris), gratitude/service as antidotes. Post-share: attendees shower Dave with love/gratitude (Ivan Neville & Anders Osborne pop in randomly). Dave felt embarrassed but deeply grateful. Post-Share Discussion with Hosts Dave, Benji, Lauren, and Eric Papa Smurf debrief the share: Why clinician’s “you’re young, you’ll be okay” was the wrong message. Codependency as first addiction (childhood sleepovers = safety). Preferring AA over NA despite being a drug addict (went to AA fully desperate). Medication/shame stories (mom’s Percocets, cat’s liquid Xanax, post-hernia opiates). Sponsoring a kid who smokes weed medicinally (Dave’s open-minded take). Surrender = joining the winning side; recovery as “reverse strip poker” (layer protection) or subtraction (remove blocks). New Year’s Eve Wrap-Up Dave & daughter Susan watched an 8 PM ball drop/fireworks in Patchogue, ate cheeseburgers/fries, peanut-butter brookies, hot chocolate. Home update: 3D printer gift confusion, Harry Potter audiobook, Knicks game ahead. Grateful for 2025 highs (Rolling Stone feature, big guests, community) despite lows (deaths, Nick Reiner fallout). Final message: reach out if struggling, stay strong.

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0:00.0

Doopi podcast

0:02.0

Dope podcast

0:03.0

Well now is the time for the dopy podcast

0:11.0

Where you call in and put all your life band blast

0:15.0

And you call in and talk about you past

0:18.0

Because your life was curious, hardcore and fast so now is the

0:23.1

time for the doppy podcast it's the dopey podcast it's the dopey podcast yo this is the

0:31.4

doby podcast this is the doby podcast now if your life was rumour just hardcore and fast

0:39.3

You feel like you're off and put your life on blast

0:42.3

Just call up the show and I talk about your boss

0:46.3

Because now is the time for the dopey podcast

0:49.3

Dope podcast

0:50.3

It's the Dope podcast

0:52.3

The Dope podcast Yo This is the Dope podcast This is the dopy podcast, the dopey podcast, yo.

0:54.7

This is the dopy podcast.

0:57.7

This is the dopy podcast.

1:00.3

All right, hello and welcome to Wednesday dose of dopy new year's episode.

1:06.9

My name is Dave, and this is the podcast on drugs addiction and dumb shit.

1:12.1

And it's been, it's been a rough fucking week.

1:14.9

It's been a rough week.

1:16.6

But we're here.

1:18.5

It's New Year's Eve.

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