The Worst Dopey Ever? Prince Dies! Cocaine Overdose, Sleepwalking on Ketamine, RecoveryThe Worst Dopey Ever? Prince Dies! Cocaine Overdose, Sleepwalking on Ketamine, Recovery
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Full Timestamps 00:00 - 02:40 Dave introduces Monday Dopey Total Replay and Episode 25 02:40 - 04:20 Dopey Film Festival plans, Patreon perks, Tuesday bonus show 04:20 - 07:20 Dave addresses prior listener controversy + Willow email on sex addiction recovery 07:20 - 12:20 Bailey’s voicemail: crack camping trip disaster, bachelor party, highway rescue 12:20 - 16:45 Spotify comments and Patreon comments 16:45 - 20:35 Dave reflects on old Dopey and sets up replay 20:35 - 35:40 Replay begins: Prince dies, Chris confuses Prince/Michael Jackson/Freddie Mercury 35:40 - 40:50 Prince overdose speculation, addiction + wealth talk 40:50 - 44:15 Chris tells cocaine overdose story in bathroom 44:15 - 48:55 Listener email about weird substances, veterinary drugs, horses tranquilizers 48:55 - 52:10 Dave tells ketamine sleepwalking story 52:10 - 55:35 Chris and Dave close the old episode / reviews / guests / toodles 55:35 - End Dave reflects on Chris, Dopey Nation plugs, Good So Bad song
58:28•4 May 2026
Darkly Funny Overdoses, Prince, Crack Camping and Sex Addiction Recovery
Episode Overview
- Sharing messy, sometimes shameful stories can create connection and reduce the sense of isolation in addiction and recovery.
- Process addictions like sex and love addiction can be as destructive as substance use and may require long-term support, sponsorship and structured programmes.
- Overdoses on stimulants such as cocaine can be terrifyingly conscious experiences and fear of arrest often stops people from seeking medical help.
- The fantasy that more money will make using safe or sustainable is repeatedly challenged by real experiences and high-profile overdose deaths.
- Humour, community comments, and regular meetings or Zooms can help people stay engaged with recovery even while talking about very dark material.
“Is there a healthy relationship with crack?”
How do people cope with the challenges of staying sober? This Total Replay episode of Dopey takes you back to 2016 while keeping one foot firmly in the present day. Dave sets the scene, calling up an old favourite that he jokingly labels “the worst dopey episode ever” and then proves why early Dopey’s mix of chaos, honesty, and recovery chat still hits hard.
You’ll hear about plans for a recovery short film festival in Manhattan, extra Patreon content, and regular recovery Zooms, showing how the show has grown from two guys swapping “drugs, addiction and dumb shit” into a larger, oddly wholesome community. Dave also reads a powerful email from Willow about long-term sex addiction, chronic relapse, and finally finding sobriety after “16 years, always going to meetings,” giving anyone dealing with process addictions something real to relate to.
Bailey from Chicago phones in with her “camping crack hookup shenanigans” – a wild story involving the “worst drug dealer in the world”, a bachelor party, beer darts, and a terrifying drunk drive that ends with her mum rescuing her from the side of the highway. It’s equal parts ridiculous and sobering, which is pretty much Dopey in a nutshell.
The replayed 2016 segment with Dave and Chris brings the dark comedy front and centre: confused pop legends (Chris mixing up Prince, Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury), speculation about Prince’s overdose, grimly funny talk about wealth and addiction, and Chris’s intense cocaine overdose and ketamine sleepwalking story where he wakes up locked outside his flat in pyjamas.
Amid the jokes about “healthy relationships with crack” and bad vape juice, there’s a steady thread: addiction nearly killed them, connection helps keep people alive, and sharing the madness out loud can make someone else feel less alone. If you like your recovery talk raw, sweary and oddly comforting, this one’s worth your time. What parts of your own story would you dare to laugh about one day?
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