Dopey136: Depression, Relapse, and Suicide: The Dark Side of Dopey

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

🗓️ 9 June 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Chris talk about the recent passing of iconic and beloved Chef, Anthony Bourdain. This episode takes a somber walk through the difficult times of using and recovery. Long time listener Tina leaves a voice memo about her recent struggles and relapse. We also talk about being sick in sobriety, the ambivalence of getting clean after a relapse, isolation, and "chipping."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Dopey, the podcast about drugs, addiction, dumb shit, and I'm
0:24.0	Dave.
0:25.0	And I'm Chris.
0:26.0	Let me ask you something Chris.
0:27.6	First of all, you don't look good.
0:29.0	You're sick.
0:29.8	Yeah, Dave and I are both sick.
0:31.8	Dave has been an antibiotic, so he's rebounding a little more quickly than I am.
0:36.8	But this is going to be a low energy dopey on my end.
0:40.8	Oh, you never know what can get you fired up.
0:43.6	Maybe something that will get you fired up.
0:46.1	Yeah, I got really sick on Wednesday.
0:49.1	I was feeling great.
0:51.3	I went in to Manhattan to do my white collar portion of my job and I was getting shit
0:55.7	done.
0:56.7	I was moving and shaking.
0:58.7	And then I was like, I was walking home from an AA meeting and I was like, I feel a
1:04.8	little bit sick.
1:06.4	And then I get back to my dad's house where I work, which that has to change.
1:10.9	Working on my father's house is becoming a drag.
1:13.2	Sorry, dad.
1:14.2	And everything going into your work work.
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