# Dopey 582: Margaret Cho! Kratom! Psychedelics! Weed Lube! Meth Fantasies! Recovery!

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Podcast: [Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100)
Published: 2026-05-08T20:39:57+00:00
Episode link: https://www.dopeypodcast.com
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Duration seconds: 7319

## Resource

Full Timestamp Notes 00:00 - 02:21 Dopey intro songs + opening music 02:21 - 03:38 Oro Recovery ad 03:38 - 06:04 Dave reflects on Phoenix House event, Hank Azaria, gratitude, heroin memories, recovery perspective 06:04 - 08:15 Listener email about weed helping stay sober from coke and alcohol 08:15 - 10:31 Listener email: crack at 15, sugar daddy, acid in jail, prostitution, trap houses, recovery 10:31 - 12:59 Montana Ruckman prison letter: hustling, scams, dating apps, theft, addiction lifestyle 12:59 - 15:22 Mountainside ad + film festival mention 15:22 - 17:19 BetterHelp ad 17:19 - 24:56 Spotify comments reacting to Zoe Hansen and Amanda de Cadenet episodes 24:56 - 27:19 Workit Health ad + kratom treatment discussion 27:19 - 32:08 Patreon comments on Zoe Hansen episode + SLAA discussion + Nick Reiner reflections 32:08 - 33:03 Braeburn ad 33:03 - 34:19 Dave introduces Margaret Cho + Dopey voicemail setup 34:19 - 36:42 Listener voicemail: recovery house, bath salts, Xanax presses, dope, crack, DUI blackout story 36:42 - 37:35 Recovery Unplugged ad 37:35 - 39:05 Margaret Cho returns to Dopey + Joe’s Pub + Dopey community + approaching 10 years sober 39:05 - 41:29 Kratom addiction, dry scooping, Arrowid, opiate withdrawal discussion 41:29 - 43:52 Margaret’s intervention story + rehab experience 43:52 - 46:12 Institutionalization, treatment, recovery routines, speaking at meetings 46:12 - 48:36 Weed reservations, boofing weed lube, parachuting pills, drug experimentation 48:36 - 50:58 Meth curiosity, meth sexuality, lube store story, meth mythology 50:58 - 53:17 Conspiracy theories, anti-Semitism, meth psychosis, murdered Dopey guest story 53:17 - 55:34 Creativity and meth, Adderall fantasies, addiction and productivity 55:34 - 57:54 Opiates vs weed vs benzos, withdrawal…

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