Dopey 608: Sam Miller: Meth, Mushrooms, Pissing on a Party & Making Love to an Eagle WomanDopey 608: Sam Miller: Meth, Mushrooms, Pissing on a Party & Making Love to an Eagle Woman
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
time stamps: | 00:00 | Dopey opening songs | | 03:22 | Welcome, Johnny Peppers and social media hate | | ~05:00 | Joanna’s voicemail: clinging to a speeding trailer in freezing weather | | ~12:00 | Listener email: a suspected drink-spiking experience | | ~17:00 | Benjamin Tod Patreon comments and the meaning of relapse | | ~24:00 | Listener relapse story: DMT, meth and a terrifying memory blackout | | **31:57** | **Sam Miller returns** | | 34:13 | AK-47 tattoos, smoking “beans” and trying to look tough | | ~38:00 | Getting arrested on mushrooms on the Fourth of July | | ~40:00 | Being sent to the Yakima jail | | 43:26 | Dave’s comfortable addiction versus Sam’s life on the street | | 45:50 | Comedy Store nerves, ego and meeting comedy heroes | | 48:15 | The invitation that meant everything—and backstage awkwardness | | 54:57 | The fish tattoo and the party where Sam peed on everyone | | 57:21 | A woman talks an armed man out of hurting Sam | | 59:43 | Seeing someone from the past brings it all back | | 01:02:06 | Higher power, connection and feeling understood | | 01:04:28 | Sam’s other pee story: the stranger at the urinal | | ~01:10:00 | Dave’s nighttime confusion and kitchen garbage can | | 01:13:39 | Olympia, hometown pride and being welcomed back | | 01:16:00 | Battle rapping, football cleats and the summer of meth | | 01:18:20 | Making up Kurt Cobain stories and pretending to work at SeaWorld | | 01:20:38 | “At-risk dolphins,” compulsive lying and hating yourself | | 01:22:48 | Roddy Bottum, Faith No More and friendship | | 01:25:08 | Drug and brain chemistry debate | | ~01:28:00 | Alan interrupts with baked ziti | | 01:31:56 | Alan takes the speedball-versus-goofball quiz | | 01:34:15 | Benzo withdrawal and the eagle-woman dream | | 01:36:41 | Losing the Forest Service job and crying over a dishwashing job | | 01:40:10 | A listener tells Sam his recovery stories matter | | 01:42:31 | Sponsoring someone using marijuana; psychedelics in recovery | | 01:44:55 | Why Sam doesn’t want to risk the life he has | | 01:47:06 | Road meetings and an unforgettable CA meeting | | ~01:48:00 | Justin: friendship, sponsorship and a traumatic Christmas phone call | | 01:53:05 | Learning Justin had died and grieving in recovery | | 01:55:56 | Service, sponsorship boundaries and Dave’s push to reconsider | | 01:57:53 | Friendship, future shows and wrapping up with Sam | | 02:00:17 | Post-interview announcements and Benjamin Tod Spotify comments | | ~02:07:00 | Howie joins: studio setup and podcast talk | | 02:11:40 | Fruit, Rick Glassman and Armchair Expert | | 02:16:19 | Wall Street Journal profile discussion | | 02:18:37 | DopeyCon at SVA and the future of Dopey Feud | | 02:23:29 | AI talk and closing | | 02:24:36 | Closing music |
2:28:15•6 Nov 2026
Sam Miller on Meth, Mushrooms, Mad Pee Stories and Staying Sober
Episode Overview
- Staying in touch with someone when you’re struggling is presented as vital, whether you email the show or reach out to anyone you trust.
- Joanna’s story shows how alcohol, crack and heroin can lead to extreme danger, including being left on a speeding trailer in freezing weather.
- Emails about suspected drink spiking highlight the importance of watching your drink and having trusted people around in nightlife settings.
- James D. DeHart’s relapse description underlines how quickly “just celebrating freedom” with DMT or meth can turn into blackout, police and detox.
- Sam’s reflections on his disease being “inside” him emphasise ongoing inner work in recovery rather than assuming the danger is somewhere outside.
“I believe that my, the parking lot and the pushups are also inside of me.”
What can we learn from those who have battled addiction? This episode of Dopey brings back comedian Sam Miller, whose mix of heavy honesty and ridiculous stories hits that familiar Dopey sweet spot of "stupid funny addiction stories" with a clear recovery heartbeat underneath.
Before Sam joins, Dave sets the tone with a plea for connection if you're struggling, plus wild listener input: Joanna’s freezing night clinging to a speeding trailer while working the streets to fund a crack and heroin habit, an email about a suspected drink spiking at a club, and James D. DeHart’s terrifying blackout on meth that ended with a detox stay and a total memory wipe.
These stories remind you just how fast things can go from "celebrating freedom" to "special kind of horror". When Sam arrives, the episode swings into dark comedy: getting an AK-47 tattoo while smoking "beans" (Percocet on foil), going to jail on mushrooms on the 4th of July, and accidentally peeing on a stranger in a bar toilet.
There’s also the surreal rehab memory of a benzo withdrawal dream where Sam "made love to this eagle woman" and then had to explain it in group. Under the laughs there’s serious recovery talk: brutal county jails, early rehabs, and Sam’s take on the old meeting line that "my disease is in the parking lot doing push-ups".
He counters, "I believe that my, the parking lot and the pushups are also inside of me," framing addiction as a constant inner tug-of-war rather than something safely kept outside. Dave and Sam also tackle sponsorship, relapse, and grief, including Sam’s account of a close friend whose relapse and eventual overdose still weighs heavily on him. Throughout, Dave keeps pointing listeners back to help, meetings, and harm reduction tools like Narcan and fentanyl test strips.
If you like your recovery content raw, funny, and uncomfortably honest, this one might have you laughing, wincing, and thinking about your own journey all at once. What parts of your story are you ready to share?
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