{"podcast":{"title":"Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction","slug":"dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100","podcast_index_feed_id":422100,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OC5bZYjc","website_url":"https://www.dopeypodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897/acf047d3-e50b-4379-a3f3-e35e02dc75c1/3000x3000/rsz-1rsz-dopey-again-7.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Dave & Chris","episode_count":799,"summary":"Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T18:17:38.778026+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100"},"episode":{"title":"Ghosts of ChrisMiss Past; He Left the Hospital Barefoot to Smoke Crack and Fentanyl: Relapse, Survival and Remembering Chris | Dopey Greatest Hits","slug":"ghosts-of-chrismiss-past-he-left-the-hospital-barefoot-to-smoke-crack-and-fentanyl-relapse-survival-and-remembering-chris-dopey-greatest-hits","published_at":"2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100/ghosts-of-chrismiss-past-he-left-the-hospital-barefoot-to-smoke-crack-and-fentanyl-relapse-survival-and-remembering-chris-dopey-greatest-hits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100","url":"https://www.dopeypodcast.com","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/injector.simplecastaudio.com/2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897/episodes/a54db4be-fd4e-4d2b-be60-99b5995b29fa/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2946d116-c208-4c76-b441-a9811c7f3897&awEpisodeId=a54db4be-fd4e-4d2b-be60-99b5995b29fa&feed=OC5bZYjc","summary":"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…","meta_description":"Timestamps: 00:00 Dopey cocaine theme song 01:07 Christmas week, Allman Brothers Month and recovery tools 03:34 James D. 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