Meth, Epstein Trauma, Sex, Abstinence, Summer of Men with Hannah Sward

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Comedy, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

⏱️ Time-Stamp Notes 00:00 Dopey Wednesday intro song + Dave shouts out Brer Brian Homa 01:06 Show intro – Dopey Wednesday, music history and remembering Chris 02:15 Patreon plug + Dopey Zoom + upcoming Dopey Tuesday plans 03:30 Listener email about sobriety, the gym vs 12-step recovery debate 05:45 Spotify comments from Dopey Nation about Kevin McEnroe episode 10:15 Voicemail from Mick Popham – heroin addiction story and gratitude for Dopey 12:30 Mick’s story: stealing his mom’s card, scoring heroin and crack while dope sick 14:30 Mick reflects on 20 years of recovery and the community Dopey created 17:15 Dave announces upcoming Dopey Comedy Store show in LA 18:00 Guest intro – author Hannah Sward returns to Dopey 19:30 Hannah discusses grief, trauma triggers, and her father’s death anniversary 21:00 Epstein case discussion and how it triggers trauma for survivors 22:30 Hannah shares story of childhood abduction and long-term effects 25:30 Panic attacks, trauma resurfacing, and how meth addiction began 27:45 Recovery process: therapy, dissociation, and somatic healing 33:00 Staying sober after trauma and learning to reconnect with the body 36:00 Hannah explains her Substack series “Summer of Men” 38:30 Six years without sex → decision to start dating again 42:00 Online dating disasters and the inspiration for writing about them 45:00 The reality of casual sex and emotional costs in recovery 48:30 Audience reactions to her writing about sex and relationships 51:00 Dave asks about parallels between sex work and dating 57:00 Hannah’s meth addiction stories – dealers, chaos, and rock-star drug houses 1:02:00 The reality of meth addiction and dark LA drug culture 1:06:00 The last meth memory: manic gardening in bougainvillea bushes 1:08:30 Transition from meth addiction to alcoholism 1:10:30 Craigslist dominatrix phase and hitting bottom 1:13:00 Recovery boundaries around sex and relationships today 1:15:30 Closing reflections on recovery, life balance, and self-care 1:17:30 Dave’s outro: NyQuil confession, sugar addiction, Dopey fitness talk 1:20:00 Final thoughts, Patreon plug, and “Toodles for Chris”

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0:00.0	Bum, bamb, bamb, bamp, bamp, bop bomb, bamb, bong, bong, bong, bong, bong.
0:10.0	Hello to the members of the nation. We greet you with elation, because we have a brand new show for you.
0:19.0	With all that stuff we do
0:21.3	Drug addiction and some dumb shit
0:23.8	So grab a chair and come sit
0:26.0	And listen to the show
0:27.9	It's to be Wednesday
0:29.3	It's Doty Wednesday
0:31.4	It's Doty Wednesday Toopi, dopi, do, doppy, doppy, do
0:43.3	Doopi, dope, dope, dope, dope dope dope do.
0:47.3	Hey, it's dopey Wednesday, it's Toopee Wednesday, it's Toebe Wednesday, it's to be Wednesday it's to be Wednesday it's dopey Wednesday and my is Dave and it's dopey on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit.
1:11.6	And my name is Dave, and it's Dopey Wednesday.
1:14.8	I want to give a huge, gigantic shout out to Brear Brian Homa for doing the music for Dopey Wednesday.
1:23.1	And the music for Dopee Tuesday, and the music for Good Morning Dopee, and the music for the old song,
1:32.3	Dopey, I'm face down on the floor, Dopey, she said, can I have some more?
1:38.7	That one always punches me in the gut.
1:47.0	I feel like Brian had recorded that dopey song just before Chris died and didn't give it to me until after Chris had died. And then I heard it
1:54.1	and it was very, very emotional. Same with the Jake from West Virginia good so bad. We didn't hear
1:59.6	it until after Chris died.
2:01.4	And those songs still hit me extremely hard.
2:04.5	And I just know that Brian is a great piece of the fabric.
2:09.6	The audio fabric that is dopey.
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