ODING on Fentanyl at the Stoplight, 7-OH Relapse and Dopey 20 with Chris on the Dopey Total Replay Show!

ODING on Fentanyl at the Stoplight, 7-OH Relapse and Dopey 20 with Chris on the Dopey Total Replay Show!

Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction

TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Dave opens the Monday replay, says he got sick after a Trader Joe’s chicken Caesar wrap and spent the weekend sleeping. 00:45 – He says he loves making Dopey and feels grateful people listen. 01:20 – Dave teases a memorable share from an old guy in a meeting that he says he can’t repeat yet. 01:40 – Dopeywood update: Steve Poltz joins Marc Maron, Bobby Lee, Margaret Cho, Darrell Hammond, Sam Miller, Zach Noe Towers, and Ali Macofsky. 02:10 – Dave talks about sobriety, says life is different after 10 and a half years sober, and invites listeners to reach out whether they want help or are still using. 02:40 – He recommends the Red Hot Chili Peppers / Hillel documentary and calls it a great junkie story. 03:20 – Dave explains he planned to replay Episodes 20 and 21 together because they were short and connected. 04:15 – He reads an email from a listener whose 2018 message was criticized on the show, then shares a long story about heroin and fentanyl use in LA, Portland, and New York. 06:10 – The listener describes buying fentanyl in Long Beach, snorting it in the car, overdosing at a stoplight, and then using again in the hospital. 07:30 – The email shifts to heroin dealing in New York: East Village, Harlem, Union Square, Tompkins Square Park, Bedford Avenue, and getting arrested in Williamsburg. 10:05 – Dave responds to the email, says it takes him back, and reflects on whether Dopey is ever predatory in sharing using stories. 12:15 – He reads Spotify comments about the Jeremy episode, including an apology from EK Fleck about the ibogaine comment. 13:20 – Dave tells a high school story about Jeremy improvising with a shoe as a phone in Kiss Me, Kate. 15:00 – More comments: Steve Guy, Pat Lentz, and Mr. Jason. 16:20 – Dave introduces replayed Dopey Episode 20 and warns that he comes off like an asshole in it. 18:55 – Replay begins: Dave and Chris joke about listeners in Sweden, Russia, and Germany and wonder who actually listens to the show. 21:10 – They speculate about how many listeners are sober, using, or “normal people.” 23:35 – Chris talks about his sponsor hating Dopey and comparing it to Wayne’s World. 30:50 – Dave tells the main story: a guy he barely knew in LA insists on seeing him before his flight, picks him up, takes him off-road to smoke weed, and then Dave realizes he missed his flight. 39:40 – Chris reacts to the story and they joke about it. 42:00 – Dave introduces “weird ways people get high” and talks about “flash blood,” where users inject blood drawn from someone who just got high. 44:50 – Replay ends with Dave and Chris signing off. 46:15 – Back in the present, Dave says he decided not to play Episode 21 after all and instead talks about the Vietnamese food he and Chris used to eat while recording. 47:05 – He reads an email from Sarah about relapse after a car accident, kratom, 7-OH, chronic hiding, and feeling trapped in addiction again. 51:20 – Dave introduces Sarah’s voicemail and says she later got off 7-OH. 52:00 – Sarah’s voicemail begins: she talks about growing up in a German Catholic farming community where drinking was normalized. 53:40 – Sarah describes working in restaurants, struggling to fit in at a new fine dining job, and still partying like she was in her twenties. 55:05 – She tells the main blackout story: waking up to a cracked windshield, assuming coworkers vandalized her car, then later realizing she had crashed it herself while blacked out and nearly gone into a lake. 57:15 – Sarah says she has not had a drink in about two and a half years and was lucky not to get more DWIs. 57:50 – Dave responds directly to people addicted to kratom or 7-OH, saying there is a way out and they should not feel ashamed. 59:00 – He plugs Dopeywood, Patreon, and iTunes reviews. 59:35 – Dave says listening back to the old episodes lets him “hang out with Chris” again and reflects on being about six months sober when the old replay was recorded. 01:00:39 – Outro song: “I Wanna Be Good So Bad.”