First LSD Trip at the Grateful Dead, the Phone Booth Overdose & Devan | Total Dopey Replay 42First LSD Trip at the Grateful Dead, the Phone Booth Overdose & Devan | Total Dopey Replay 42
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Timestamps 00:00:23 – Dopey Monday and why Dave skipped Episode 42 00:02:48 – Hunter Biden, eleven years in recovery and a missing friend 00:05:15 – Dave makes amends to his sponsees—and Canadians 00:07:38 – Wiley prepares to tell his recovery story 00:12:25 – The “worst Dopey voicemail” and socks for stories 00:13:10 – One year sober, 20 felonies and a suspended license 00:16:52 – Gratitude, payment plans and Patreon comments 00:19:13 – Kratom pronunciations and Recovery Dharma 00:23:57 – Dopey Episode 42 begins 00:24:32 – Introducing Devin 00:28:50 – Addiction made Dave miss Devin’s wedding 00:30:45 – Devin attempts to become Christian Slater in Heathers 00:35:24 – The listener email that showed Dopey was helping people 00:37:43 – Devin remembers Dave’s addiction 00:40:05 – The free heroin delivery that led to years of misery 00:42:21 – Rohan’s Jamaican listener letter 00:46:50 – An apology to Ruth 00:48:56 – Dave and Devin’s first LSD experience 00:53:17 – Buying acid at a Grateful Dead show 00:55:39 – The Garden transforms into a psychedelic carnival 00:59:46 – The alien pug and dancing-bear cups 01:02:05 – The disastrous baby-powder fight 01:06:45 – Was shooting heroin like being petted by Jesus? 01:08:48 – Chris, Surfer Mike and smoking crack behind the counselor 01:10:58 – Signs of addiction before the drugs 01:13:06 – Model rockets and the need to make everything more dangerous 01:15:23 – Dave and Devin’s teenage CD-stealing operation 01:17:47 – The Australian phone-booth overdose story 01:21:30 – “They nicknamed Ivan Telstra” 01:23:52 – Dopey celebrates a record 296 daily downloads 01:25:46 – Knicks talk and the episode closes Five ad-break spots These all land between complete segments: 00:12:25 – After Wiley’s voicemail 00:16:52 – After the listener’s suspended-license request 00:23:57 – Perfect break before the original episode begins 00:46:50 – Before the apology to Ruth and the LSD story 01:17:47 – Before the Australian phone-booth story If you want the ads distributed more evenly, move the third break from 00:23:57 to 00:37:43.
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LSD at the Dead, Phone Booth Overdoses and Recovery Buckets on Dopey
Episode Overview
- Recovery can be viewed through acceptance and gratitude, with resentment treated as wasted energy.
- Making honest amends, including to sponsees and friends, is presented as part of staying spiritually grounded.
- Staying active in meetings, service work and community roles helps people "stay right in the middle of sobriety."
- Financial and legal messes from addiction are approached practically, through payment plans and asking for support.
- Humour and candid storytelling offer relief and connection for those affected by addiction, including loved ones.
“"When you're in recovery, everything comes down to two buckets. One bucket is acceptance and one bucket is gratitude."”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This replay episode of Dopey throws you straight into Dave’s late-night reflections, recovery milestones, and a blast from the show’s chaotic past. You’ll hear Dave mark 11 years in recovery while wrestling with a sudden rift with a close friend and the guilt of oversharing about his sponsees.
There’s Nick from Indiana, sober from heroin but stuck with 20 felonies and a suspended licence until he can pay $1,750; Dave’s advice stays grounded—payment plans, asking for help, and trusting that sobriety gives you a chance to "get your shit together." Emails and comments from Dopey Nation show how the podcast lands with people: an inner-city teacher writes that the show helps her find humour in addiction and forgive lying and stealing; a Jamaican artist praises the show’s take on Rastafarian culture and says, "Never look down on your journey.
He talks about making amends "to a bunch of fucking people" and shares a simple recovery framework he’s heard: "when you're in recovery, everything comes down to two buckets. One bucket is acceptance and one bucket is gratitude." The tone swings between self-aware spirituality and classic Dopey mischief. There’s Wiley’s nervous first time speaking at an AA podium, held together by meetings, church, and volunteer firefighting.
It's never easy being a human being, even if you're clean and not using dope." Then the replay drops back into early Dopey: Dave, Chris and "very, very special" guest Devin relive Dave’s first LSD trip at a Grateful Dead show, baby powder battles in his childhood bedroom, compulsive shoplifting sprees, and an Australian tale where a man overdoses, is dumped in a phone booth, and later calls asking how he ended up there.
It’s messy, funny, and painfully honest—perfect if you want recovery chat mixed with raw stories and gallows humour. Which part of your own journey sits in the buckets of acceptance and gratitude?
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