# Dopey 590: Can Psychedelics Cure Addiction? Ayahuasca Hell, Demons, Ketamine, Ibogaine & Dr. Reef Karim

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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: 2026-07-03T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.dopeypodcast.com
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Duration seconds: 8764

## Resource

Timsstamps: 00:00 Introduction and catching up with Dr. Reef Karim 03:45 Why Dopey succeeds by embracing the underdog 10:30 Reef explains forensic profiling and reading people's environments 15:45 Creativity, messy minds, and living authentically 22:15 Regret, purpose, and listening to your inner voice 28:10 Building an addiction treatment center from scratch 36:40 Psychiatry, spirituality, and treating addiction differently 44:30 Creativity as recovery and telling your own story 53:30 Therapists, vulnerability, and why storytelling heals 1:01:30 Authenticity versus attachment 1:09:00 Recovery, identity, and becoming your authentic self 1:17:00 Ketamine, ibogaine, psychedelics, and depression 1:25:30 Burnout, back pain, and leaving medicine behind 1:33:00 Gabor Maté encourages Reef to try ayahuasca 1:38:00 Inside Reef's terrifying ayahuasca experience 1:53:30 Facing demons, trauma, and returning for another ceremony 2:03:00 What ayahuasca ultimately taught Reef 2:10:00 Master Your Madness and reinventing yourself 2:16:30 Dave and Reef debate psychedelics in recovery 2:21:30 Closing thoughts, Safe Spot, DopeyCon updates, and Steve Poltz

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