My Brother died from a Fentanyl Overdose, The Todd Shot Vol. 8 - Todd's sister Aly comes back.

My Brother died from a Fentanyl Overdose, The Todd Shot Vol. 8 - Todd's sister Aly comes back.

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

00:00 – Intro music and Wednesday Dose opening 01:10 – Dave marks eight years since Todd Curry died 02:00 – Knicks championship, summer updates, film festival reminder 03:00 – Narcan, fentanyl test strips, and listener stories 03:40 – Double D’s Tigers party bus story begins 05:00 – Free t-shirt hustle at Comerica Park 06:20 – Smoking crack behind dumpsters in Detroit 07:45 – Failed Canada trip and border search 09:30 – Getting banned from Canada 10:10 – Patreon comments on Kevin McEnroe 13:30 – Spotify comments, cigarettes, stepdaughter advice, meetings 18:45 – Allie Curry joins the show 20:00 – Remembering Todd’s first accidental Dopey call-in 22:00 – Allie talks about the anniversary of Todd’s death 23:30 – Why Todd’s birthday feels harder than the death anniversary 25:00 – Allie’s kids and what they remember about Uncle Todd 28:00 – Dave reflects on keeping Todd alive through Dopey 30:00 – Todd hiding the podcast from his family 31:30 – Todd’s denial, charm, and keeping people from worrying 35:00 – Allie remembers seeing Todd obviously high at breakfast 37:30 – Dave talks about recording with Todd while he was high 40:00 – Family denial, parents wanting to believe things were okay 43:00 – Todd after Ithaca, old girlfriends, and lost years 46:00 – Todd’s last sober-living period and his final days 48:30 – The day Todd died and Allie almost went to wake him up 50:30 – Allie’s parents, grief, and keeping Todd’s memory alive 53:00 – Young Todd stories, stealing, skiing, getting into trouble 55:00 – How Todd lives on in Allie’s kids 57:00 – Dave and Allie talk about parenting, criticism, and family patterns 1:02:00 – Dave remembers reconnecting with Todd in New York 1:05:00 – The dangerous period when Dave and Todd used together 1:08:00 – Allie talks openly with her kids about drugs and Todd’s death 1:11:00 – The tiny funeral and family shame around overdose 1:15:00 – Todd’s friends, Rob, Galoo, and the people who loved him 1:18:00 – Tough love, enabling, money, rehab, and impossible questions 1:23:00 – Todd fighting with his building over smoking 1:25:00 – Allie’s son looking like Todd 1:27:00 – Dave closes with love for Allie, Todd, and the Dopey Nation 1:28:00 – “Good So Bad” outro Summary: This week on the Wednesday Dose of Dopey, Dave marks eight years since the death of his close friend Todd Curry, who died from a fentanyl overdose. To honor Todd’s memory, Dave brings on Todd’s sister, Allie Curry, for a deeply personal conversation about grief, family, addiction, denial, and what it feels like to lose someone so loved, complicated, funny, and unforgettable. Before the conversation, Dave shares updates about the Knicks championship, the upcoming Dopey Short Film Festival, Patreon Zooms, Narcan and fentanyl test strips, and reads a classic Dopey story about winning free Detroit Tigers tickets, scamming free t-shirts, smoking crack behind a dumpster, trying to go to Canada, and getting banned from the country. Then Dave and Allie talk about Todd’s life, his Dopey appearances, his humor, his family role, his addiction, and the strange pain of remembering someone eight years later. Allie reflects on how Todd’s birthday can feel harder than the anniversary of his death, how her kids remember him, how her parents handled his addiction and death, and how family denial and shame shaped so much of the experience. Dave remembers Todd as one of the foundational characters in Dopey history: the friend who called into the show without knowing he was being recorded, the hilarious storyteller, the hustler, the lost soul, and the person whose pain and charm became part of the show’s DNA. Together, Dave and Allie explore the impossible questions around enabling, tough love, interventions, family secrets, and the strange ways grief stays alive. It’s a bittersweet episode about keeping people alive by remembering them, telling the truth, laughing when possible, and honoring the people we lost to addiction.