Tuesday Patreon Teaser: Jeremy's Return! Shooting heroin in the Garage, Dopeywood Disaster & 6 Months of SilenceTuesday Patreon Teaser: Jeremy's Return! Shooting heroin in the Garage, Dopeywood Disaster & 6 Months of Silence
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
⏱️ FULL TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Dopey Tuesday intro + LA setup 01:50 Jeremy’s Achilles injury story 04:00 Rock-paper-scissors, acid memories, Coney Island 06:00 Dopeywood disaster + Jeremy leaving early 08:30 Dave’s resentment + 6 months not speaking 10:30 Reconnection + amends 13:00 Childhood friendship origins (1st grade, school, temple) 17:00 Karate, comics, video games, early bonding 20:00 First drug use (weed, prom, college) 22:00 NYC weed summers, hacky sack, “kind bud” hunt 24:00 Acid era + Jurassic Park + rooftop trips 26:30 Transition into harder drugs 28:00 Spotify comments + Patreon plug
36:01•14 Apr 2026
Dark Comedy, Old Resentments and Garage Heroin: Jeremy Returns to Dopey
Episode Overview
- Long-term friendships can survive heavy resentments when both people are willing to talk honestly and apologise.
- Resentment can grow quietly over time, even from a single event like leaving a show early.
- Humour and shared memories can ease difficult conversations about hurt and disappointment.
- Early drug experiences are often wrapped up with nostalgia, but they also mark the start of riskier behaviour.
- Community feedback, even through short comments, helps shape and support shows about addiction and recovery.
“That's how you know you hate yourself. When there's a picture of you that you aren't even in that you think is the best picture of you ever taken.”
What remarkable journeys have people faced head-on against addiction? This Dopey Tuesday Patreon teaser throws you straight into the chaos and comedy of long-term friendship, old-school drug stories, and messy human feelings. Dave is in Los Angeles with his childhood mate Jeremy, who’s fresh off a torn Achilles from a not-so-glamorous basketball mishap.
From there, the chat veers into hilarious nostalgia: endless rock-paper-scissors battles on New York trains, taking acid and wandering Coney Island, and a treasured photo where Dave jokes, "That's how you know you hate yourself.
When there's a picture of you that you aren't even in that you think is the best picture of you ever taken." The heart of the episode is the fallout from “Dopeywood,” where Jeremy was meant to be stage manager, turned up "reeking of weed" with a crew of untested theatre friends, and then left early for his girlfriend’s birthday. Dave’s resentment simmered so much that he didn’t talk to Jeremy for six months.
You’ll hear them unpack that tension in real time: Dave owning how angry he was, Jeremy apologising for bailing, and both laughing at how much of the show still went well despite the chaos. Alongside the comedy, there’s a deep thread of history: first-grade friendship, Hebrew school memories, karate, comic books, hacky sack summers in Central Park, and those early days of weed and acid before harder drugs showed up.
The tone is raw, funny, and very human, aimed at people who get that addiction stories can be both ridiculous and painful at the same time. If you like dark humour, honest friendship, and drug stories that don’t pretend to be tidy moral lessons, this one might hit the spot. Which old resentment in your own life might be ready for a proper laugh and a real amends?
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