Dopey 603: CLASSIC NEW DOPEY! Exorcism! Five Bundles a Day!, A Kitten! and a Gunshot in the Church Van! Demons in the Couch! — Sweet Junky/Crackhead/Stoner Anthony from the Beach

Dopey 603: CLASSIC NEW DOPEY! Exorcism! Five Bundles a Day!, A Kitten! and a Gunshot in the Church Van! Demons in the Couch! — Sweet Junky/Crackhead/Stoner Anthony from the Beach

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

Timestamp notes: 00:00:09 — Opening theme and Oro Recovery 00:01:45 — DopeyCon preparations; introducing Anthony from the beach; free Narcan and fentanyl test strips 00:04:08 — A kratom company offers sponsorship and free product; Wiley’s voicemail begins 00:06:13 — Wiley retrieves his meth and bloody rig from a fire pit 00:08:31 — Wiley’s recovery update; Dopey Nation and Mountainside 00:10:51 — BetterHelp; a listener’s cry for help with alcohol 00:13:14 — Drinking through the night, hiding it at work, and wanting to stop 00:15:36 — JD’s kratom, red lotus, and ephedrine experiment 00:18:03 — Long Island Center for Recovery; Fentanyl Jay; Kevin O’Leary Patreon comments 00:20:27 — “Our show,” knowing the audience, and the idea of a Dave Manheim show 00:22:46 — Supportive listener responses; Workit Health 00:25:06 — More O’Leary criticism: wealth, humility, and what belongs on Dopey 00:27:28 — Dave’s own gum-scraping job at Cornell 00:29:45 — Wrapping up Patreon comments; Recovery Unplugged; Anthony’s introduction 00:31:59 — Anthony’s recovery, counselor training, and fear of college math 00:34:23 — Growing up in Suffolk County; first experiences with getting high 00:35:55 — Cigarettes, weed, and being hospitalized at thirteen 00:37:18 — South Oaks, abuse, family conflict, and childhood anger 00:40:32 — His father’s church, the divorce, and shame about his weight 00:42:33 — Stealing beer from the deli 00:44:04 — “Anthony has a beer tree”; childhood exorcisms 00:45:51 — Being laid on a raft while adults tried to cast out demons 00:47:34 — His father announces the divorce from the pulpit 00:50:13 — Becoming “Stoner” and trying to fit in 00:52:26 — Long Island car culture, metal, deli work, and wanting more 00:54:47 — Dropping out and rebelling against religious restrictions 00:56:46 — Deli acceptance and his first experience smoking crack 00:58:37 — Crack scares him; cocaine follows 01:00:46 — Cocaine becomes crack, and the faucet screens disappear 01:02:49 — Hiding in a closet; stealing his mother’s wedding ring 01:04:54 — Selling his car and smoking crack on the way to rehab 01:06:58 — Calling rehab like a travel agent: pools, saunas, and horseback riding 01:09:03 — Florida treatment, immediate relapse, and sober living 01:13:22 — Making good money selling cars—and spending it on drugs 01:15:32 — Dealership scams, stolen gas, and returning to deli work 01:19:06 — Homelessness, cardboard, and shelters 01:23:44 — Tattoos and the phoenix on his throat 01:25:14 — Hustling, family estrangement, and wanting recovery 01:27:03 — Shame, repeated rehabs, and believing he already knew everything 01:28:05 — Trying heroin at thirty-three and using it to replace crack 01:29:53 — Escalating heroin use and a hospitalization after losing consciousness 01:32:33 — Bad checks, fraud, and furnishing dealers’ shopping lists 01:34:01 — A settlement, drug dealing, and speedballs 01:36:19 — A habit of five or six bundles a day 01:38:41 — A robbery crew pistol-whips him and ransacks his room 01:41:00 — They take $300 but miss $5,000 in his pocket 01:41:28 — Getting shot during a dispute over customers 01:42:57 — The church van, hidden heroin, the kitten, and police impound 01:45:20 — A wiretapped confession; fleeing to Seaside Heights 01:47:04 — Driving back to Long Island to avoid withdrawal; learning HVAC 01:48:21 — Keeping the habit going and being afraid to sit with himself 01:52:42 — Living and using in his father’s church parking lot 01:54:30 — The hood flies off on Sunrise Highway; he keeps driving to score 01:56:47 — His brother’s recovery and wanting a different life 01:58:33 — Performing recovery versus actually changing 02:00:33 — Finding the beach meeting 02:02:17 — Fentanyl enters the picture 02:03:56 — Throat cancer, radiation, isolation, and returning to painkillers 02:05:59 — Overdosing in sober living; cancer’s lasting effect on his voice 02:08:44 — Hearing something at the beach that makes him feel at home; meeting Maggie 02:10:00 — Relapsing together on cocaine 02:11:36 — Cocaine psychosis and imaginary pursuers in Bay Shore 02:14:07 — His mother and brother get him to the hospital 02:15:55 — Demons in the apartment and “the blood of Jesus” with his father 02:18:01 — Finally wanting to stop and getting sober 02:19:00 — Reconnecting with Maggie and driving to Albany 02:20:16 — Therapy, the steps, and working through childhood pain 02:22:30 — Marriage plans, school, peace, and the joy of ordinary things 02:24:38 — Dave reflects on Anthony; support resources; Spotify comments begin 02:27:05 — More Kevin O’Leary backlash 02:29:23 — Supportive comments and disagreements about the interview 02:31:51 — Fame, the audience, and whether Dopey is “my show” or “our show” 02:34:15 — Dave’s final thoughts, DopeyCon, and sign-off 02:36:20 — Closing music