Detox and Withdrawal, Todd's First Call in; Gets Arrested in the Projects, Graphic Design Ryan on Trading a laptop for heroin - Dopey Total Replay!Detox and Withdrawal, Todd's First Call in; Gets Arrested in the Projects, Graphic Design Ryan on Trading a laptop for heroin - Dopey Total Replay!
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Timestamp Notes 00:00 - 02:30 Dave introduces “Detox Withdrawal” replay and reflects on Chris’s old Dopey book idea 02:30 - 06:00 Music on the Mountain recap, Vermont trip, Susan introducing Karina Rykman 06:00 - 08:30 Dave discusses how early Dopey became hour-long episodes 08:30 - 10:30 Dopey Film Festival promotion and Patreon appreciation 10:30 - 15:00 Patreon and Spotify comments about Rush, Basketball Diaries, bread addiction, and Knicks talk 15:00 - 17:30 Dave reflects emotionally on Todd and Chris both dying in 2018 18:00 Replay episode begins 18:00 - 21:00 Todd randomly calls during recording and tells arrest story 21:00 - 24:00 Community service stories and anti-Semitic jokes 24:00 - 27:00 Todd talks about women, coke, weed, and trying to get on Dopey 27:00 - 30:00 Ryan explains why Dopey worked differently than recovery podcasts 30:00 - 34:00 Todd and Dave argue about sobriety and active addicts appearing on the show 34:00 - 38:00 Mountainside stories and recovery discussion 38:00 - 42:00 Debate about whether Todd should be allowed on Dopey while using 42:00 - 47:00 Ryan attempts to sober coach Todd live on-air 47:00 - 50:00 Todd discusses heroin helping him cope with loneliness and relationships 50:00 - 54:00 AA sponsorship horror stories and recovery talk 54:00 - 58:00 Ryan explains creating the original Dopey logo 58:00 - 01:05:00 Mountainside Phase Four stories and recovery experiences 01:05:00 - 01:10:00 Ryan’s detox and heroin laptop trade story 01:10:00 - 01:15:00 Relapse discussion and Dave’s toenail obsession 01:15:00 - End Podcast structure arguments, “Good So Bad,” and Dave’s emotional modern reflections
1:23:23•18 May 2026
Detox, Dumb Decisions and Dark Humour: A Dopey Classic Revisited
Episode Overview
- Using while claiming to be a ‘casual’ drug user is challenged, with Dave stressing that ongoing weed use often leads back to heroin.
- Ryan encourages trying a period of full abstinence, returning to AA, and finding a sponsor who genuinely has the life you want.
- Yoga and other healthier practices are suggested as ways to cope with emotional pain instead of turning to drugs.
- Ryan notes that relapse followed stopping the actions that kept him clean, highlighting the need to keep doing what works.
- Dave reflects on how early jokes about life and getting better feel different knowing that both Chris and Todd later died.
“If you want to change your life, then change your life. If you want to be a different person, then be a different person.”
Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of chaos, comedy, and consequences in this Dopey Total Replay of the classic “Detox Withdrawal” episode. Dave brings listeners back to episode 27, calling it a “very historic” and “special” hour where two key figures from the show’s early days appear together for the first time: Todd and “graphic design Ryan”.
Ryan, the man behind the original Dopey logo, also turns up as a sober coach, while Todd phones in mid-recording with a freshly chaotic arrest story from the projects. You’ll hear Todd describe being busted just for standing in a lobby, stressing about community service, and insisting he’s a “casual drug user” despite recent heroin use. Dave pushes back hard, telling him bluntly that he’s “afflicted” and that smoking weed is likely to lead back to dope.
Ryan steps in with calm, practical suggestions: try a stretch of full abstinence, go back to AA, find a sponsor who actually has the life you want, and even use yoga as a healthier coping tool. The episode swings between brutal honesty and ridiculous humour – everything from racial profiling at airports and disastrous car crashes to debates over whether Todd should be allowed on the show while still using.
Dave later reflects, with obvious pain, on how both Chris and Todd would go on to die, making their joking conversations about living and “getting better” feel heavy in hindsight. This one suits anyone who likes their recovery content unfiltered: people in active addiction, those in long-term sobriety, and anyone who needs to be reminded that relapse, honesty, and second chances often sit side by side. It’s messy, darkly funny, and very, very real.
What would you do if a friend you love kept edging towards the same cliff – keep the door open, or draw a line?
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