# Ghosts of ChrisMiss Past; He Left the Hospital Barefoot to Smoke Crack and Fentanyl: Relapse, Survival and Remembering Chris | Dopey Greatest Hits

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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: 2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00
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Timestamps: 00:00 Dopey cocaine theme song 01:07 Christmas week, Allman Brothers Month and recovery tools 03:34 James D. DeHart nearly buys meth after three years 07:03 Listener comments on the Michael Todd replay 11:23 DopeyCon announcement 13:09 Greatest Hits replay begins 14:05 Remembering Chris and the creation of Dopey 17:54 Why listener stories and reviews mattered to Chris 19:07 Episode 100: Dave and Chris imagine their future 21:35 Dave and Chris discuss what relapse might look like 25:13 The painful, prophetic meaning of that conversation 27:19 Regretting the times Dave interrupted Chris 29:43 Dopey legend DJ joins the show 31:20 Remembering Chris and confronting another relapse 34:07 Kratom, Suboxone and secrecy 38:57 Why dishonesty destabilized DJ’s recovery 41:13 A new career and relationship replace recovery 44:32 Moving from Los Angeles back to Detroit 47:25 Attempting to drink like a “normal” person 50:39 Feeling dishonest and disconnected in meetings 53:04 Returning to his old Detroit dope house 55:26 Smoking crack and fentanyl after nearly two years sober 57:52 Falling out while supposedly protected by Suboxone 01:00:17 His girlfriend discovers the relapse 01:03:41 Trying to detox at home 01:05:05 Precipitated withdrawal: tequila, gummies and Ativan 01:07:27 Leaving the hospital without shoes or proper clothes 01:09:52 Barefoot, blacked out and using drugs in Detroit 01:12:20 Family finds DJ after the all-day disappearance 01:14:45 Treatment, heartbreak and rebuilding 01:19:25 Recovery requires action, connection and service 01:24:07 The parallels between DJ’s relapse and Chris’s death 01:27:40 Recovery is slow—but relapse and death can happen fast 01:31:13 Closing DJ’s relapse story 01:33:37 Classic Dopey: Dave and Chris attempt to secure advertisers…

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