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Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

They Call Heroin Dog Food! Crack in Gordon Heights! Celebrating 6 Years Sober with Handsome Evan

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Dave & Chris

Comedy, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 β€’ 2.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Timestamp Notes 00:00 – Dopey Wednesday intro song 01:03 – Dave is sick, welcomes everyone, and talks Knicks/Cleveland 02:00 – Knicks community makes Dave think of Dopey Nation 02:40 – Dopey Zoom, recovery solidarity, and staying connected 03:05 – Dopey stickers and Dave’s old sticker arrest 03:24 – Rest in peace Rob Base 05:40 – Rest in peace Sonny Rollins 06:56 – Sonny Rollins, heroin, jazz, and Saxophone Colossus 08:00 – Handsome Evan preview: six years sober 08:35 – Sarah’s listener email: broken feet, 7OH/Kratom, no insurance, housing crisis 11:43 – Dave responds to Sarah and recommends meetings/connection 12:35 – Patreon comments from Skinny Vinny episode 14:05 – Spotify comments: drug dreams, Canadian bacon, Tom Shoes, Patreon tiers 16:28 – More comments: AI therapy, JD voicemail, peptides, home invasions 17:25 – Dopey Recovery Short Film Festival plug 18:00 – Handsome Evan joins Dave in the car by the bay 18:48 – Evan’s second son was born on his six-year sobriety anniversary 20:00 – Dave talks meeting politics, losing respect, and walking out with Doug 21:06 – Dave and Evan talk needing people to like them 22:15 – Anthony Spaghetti and Prince Spaghetti Day 24:35 – The Prince Spaghetti song 25:35 – Dave asks Evan to reflect on six years sober 26:00 – Jewishness, AA meetings, and Dave being called Shlomo 30:57 – Evan’s early crack story: raves, trailer parks, Gordon Heights 33:17 – β€œYou got hard?” and meeting crack dealers 34:10 – Evan drives a dealer around for crack 35:40 – Evan lends his car to a dealer; cops show up after a chase 38:19 – Evan’s worst addiction moments: stealing, pawning, trading shoes for crack 40:42 – Evan stealing checks and lying to his parents 42:56 – Evan says the bottom didn’t get him sober 43:45 – Suboxone, weed, and becoming a counselor 45:15 – Shame, guilt, and claiming recovery while still smoking weed 46:45 – Mexico relapse: Ritalin, booze, coke, MTV Spring Break 48:35 – COVID, Zoom counseling, coke, and running a group high 50:03 – Evan’s wife catches on 51:00 – Fireball, Xanax, coke, meeting his stepdaughter, and rehab 52:17 – Weed, harm reduction, and why it didn’t work for Evan 53:30 – Evan finds the meeting during COVID 55:35 – OCD as both defect and asset 57:15 – Nurse practitioner school, new baby, new house, fear and stress 59:14 – Sponsees calling, Anthony, Bill, and Doug getting called out 1:01:00 – Dave explains reading Spotify and Patreon comments 1:03:57 – Evan talks happiness, recovery, fear, and bills 1:07:30 – Emails about SR-17 / SR-1718 and opioid withdrawal 1:13:00 – Ketamine, ibogaine, MDMA, psychedelics, and sober curiosity 1:16:35 – Anthony Spaghetti appears live 1:17:41 – Anthony explains Prince Spaghetti Day 1:20:00 – Evan’s family resentment with his sister 1:22:30 – Evan’s parenting fears and anxiety about autism 1:24:20 – Dave prepares to speak for Evan’s anniversary 1:25:50 – Closing: stay strong and toodles for Chris 1:26:17 – Closing song

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bam, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum,

0:07.0

bum, bum, bum, bum.

0:09.0

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's 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 dopey Wednesday

0:31.4

It's dopey Wednesday

0:31.5

I

0:32.7

I'm

0:33.5

I'm Toopi, dopy, doppy, doppy, doppy, do

0:43.3

Doopi, dopy, doopi, dope, dope, dopy, dopy, dopy, dopy,

0:47.3

Hey, it's dopey Wednesday, it's Toopy Wednesday, it's dopey Wednesday. It's dopey Wednesday.

0:57.0

It's dopey Wednesday. I feel, uh podcast on drugs addiction and dumb shit.

1:11.8

I feel I'm sick, all right?

1:14.2

I have a cold.

1:15.8

I feel run down.

1:16.9

But I'm super excited to bring you another show.

1:20.8

And I'm also ridiculously excited that the Knicks beat Cleveland swept them four-game streak, the biggest point differential

1:30.1

in the history of NBA, basketball for 11 games, which means that there's never been a team

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