# Michael Todd of Coheed and Cambria — Robbing Pharmacies, Heroin, Oxy's, Kicked out of band, Suicide, Shame & Radical Acceptance - Dopey Replay!

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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: 2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00
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Timestamps 00:00 Dopey intro 01:09 Dave opens with gratitude, sobriety, Dopey Nation, and the team behind the show 03:10 Vacation scramble, House of the Dragon, and crying over the Knicks finals mini movie 04:30 Dave talks revenge, resentment, recovery, and praying for people he resents 06:18 Scottish Dopey listener leaves a voicemail about coming off opiates 07:38 Buying a house, snorting heroin, and trying to get ready for move-in day 09:53 Coke, champagne, Ritalin, moving furniture, and crashing the moving van 12:23 Dave responds to the Scottish listener and introduces Michael Todd 14:43 Josh Eppard, Coheed and Cambria, DopeyCon rap dreams, and old Podbean comments 16:00 Michael Todd joins Dopey 20:49 Michael’s addiction begins with prescription pills on tour 24:29 Kicking pills without knowing he was dope sick 26:19 OxyContin enters the picture and becomes recreational 28:37 Touring, pain, free time, and addiction slowly taking over 30:48 Leaving Coheed, blowing through money, shooting coke and dope 33:12 Heroin, needles, detox, and early recovery 35:24 Rejoining the band clean and dealing with fame 37:46 Selling out big rooms while addiction shadows the dream 40:06 The best years of Coheed and the guilt of losing it 42:12 Lou Reed, the “big decision,” and becoming the rock-and-roll junkie 46:17 Shooting coke, bell ringers, shame, and performance 48:15 Soundgarden tour, music idols, and life trouble 50:35 Recovery, relapses, meetings, and having a sober minder on tour 54:58 Xanax blackout, car crash, and county jail in California 57:25 Jail violence, getting “pretzeled up,” and fear inside 59:49 Moving heroin from New York to California in Gobstopper boxes 01:02:10 Massachusetts, pain, the hospital, and the pharmacy robbery 01:04:33 Michael robs the pharmacy, gets…

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