Meth-Addicted Dog, Cocaine Dreams, Nitrous Dentists, Bloody Teeth & Drug Tests | Dopey Total Replay 40 Drug DreamsMeth-Addicted Dog, Cocaine Dreams, Nitrous Dentists, Bloody Teeth & Drug Tests | Dopey Total Replay 40 Drug Dreams
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Timestamps 1:17 Dave introduces Dopey Total Replay Episode 40 2:17 The dog days of summer and an episode Dave says you can skip 3:45 Summerfest, extreme heat and attempting gratitude 4:48 A letter from Josh Clark about Django 5:59 Django develops a meth habit 7:11 The dog starts hiding used meth cottons 8:23 Django is forced to kick when Josh enters treatment 10:44 Send in your animals-on-drugs stories 11:03 DopeyCon tickets, guests and Patreon 12:25 Patreon comments from the Baby Back Ribs episode 15:28 Spotify comments and keeping Chris’s spirit alive 17:52 Introducing the original “Drug Dreams” episode 18:20 Classic Dave and Chris begin 19:12 Drugs, addiction and increasingly more dumb shit 20:35 Danny Boy, future guests and preempting episodes 21:29 James Franco, Brad Renfro and recovery rumors 23:00 Dopey topics and the passive Dopey Nation 30:00 When did Dopey actually begin? 31:58 Chris talks in his sleep: “Trust me. I’m sorry.” 33:09 Drug dreams in early recovery 34:21 Shooting cocaine and waking up before the rush 34:58 Dave’s terrifying dope-sick dreams 36:44 Getting high before detox and breaking his nose 39:10 The apartment, two cars and the villainous manager 40:13 Searching for drugs with Todd but never getting to use 41:33 Relapse dreams and hiding it from everybody 42:31 Déjà vu, memory and a Benadryl drug dream 43:58 The fear that people think you’re high 45:00 Can altered states become contagious? 46:23 The Othello cookie placebo high 47:09 Linda asks Dave to take a drug test 48:22 Getting opioids at the end of life 49:33 Vicodin after root canals and the return of the feeling 51:15 Chris eats an Italian sub after wisdom-tooth surgery 52:48 Blood, stitches and chewing the inside of his mouth 53:31 Dave rips off his own cast 54:04 Discovering nitrous oxide at the dentist 55:11 Dark Side of the Moon and demanding more gas 56:24 Waking up with someone else’s front teeth in your pocket 57:32 Negative consequences versus addiction 58:05 An alcoholic skips his own wedding 59:56 Protecting the disease and living in denial 1:00:28 Dave and Chris discuss therapy 1:02:23 The security guard and refusing to sign in 1:04:26 “This episode sucks” 1:05:16 Calling Ray Brown to save the episode 1:06:32 How appearing on Dopey changed Ray’s life 1:08:32 The early Dopey Facebook group 1:10:11 House of Pain, Kriss Kross and Tag Team confusion 1:12:19 Ray’s sobriety and AA meeting 1:13:23 The beginnings of a self-supporting Dopey Nation 1:14:39 The origin of “Toodles” 1:15:16 “Good So Bad”
1:16:45•10 Aug 2026
Drug Dreams, Meth Dogs and Nitrous Dentists: Classic Dopey Chaos
Episode Overview
- Keep pets away from drug paraphernalia and residue, as even small amounts can lead to dependence and long-term behavioural issues.
- Drug dreams are common in early sobriety and can feel like real relapses, but waking up sober can be a powerful reminder of progress.
- Using medical opioids or nitrous after addiction can be risky, even when prescribed, and may trigger old cravings or patterns.
- Gratitude, regular meetings and staying connected with others in recovery help counter fear, misery and loneliness.
- Some people in long-term recovery feel far removed from their using days, yet certain smells, medicines or situations can suddenly bring it all back.
““We’re making a podcast about drugs, addiction and dumb shit… and luckily we’re getting more and more to the latter.””
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This Total Replay episode of Dopey pulls together dark humour, chaotic drug stories and moments of real reflection, all wrapped in the show’s trademark mix of “drugs, addiction and dumb shit.” Dave opens in the sweltering “dog days of summer”, half-joking that this might be an episode to skip, then quickly proves himself wrong.
He reads a long email from Josh Clark about Django, a white Parsons Russell Terrier who developed a meth habit by licking used cottons and hunting for dropped shards.
The story is both grim and funny, ending with Josh’s warning to anyone “still in active use with pets to be cautious of them having access… because long-term behavioural problems could develop even if they survive the exposure.” From there, Dave chats about DopeyCon plans, Patreon comments and keeping co-host Chris’s spirit alive, before dropping into the original 2016 “Drug Dreams” episode with Dave and Chris in the Lower East Side.
That replay section is classic Dopey: absurd tangents, plenty of laughter, and brutally honest drug talk. They swap stories about vivid drug dreams in early sobriety, those horrible near-relapse nightmares, and that familiar feeling of shame when your first instinct in a dream is to hide the slip. There are side trips into nitrous-happy dentists, wisdom-teeth disasters, broken noses while “trying to party”, and the slippery line between genuine recovery and looking for loopholes with prescribed painkillers.
Later, musician and long-time friend Ray pops up on the phone, riffing about the Dopey Facebook group and meetings in New York, adding another layer of community to the chaos. It’s messy, funny, occasionally bleak and surprisingly comforting — the kind of episode that reminds you you’re not the only one with bizarre dreams, dodgy dentists and a past you sometimes barely recognise. Which parts of your own story does it nudge to the surface?
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