Dopey 533: Tripping Balls at Camp Bisco, Calvin Klein Cocktails, LSD Meltdowns, and Methadone Clinic Madness: Zach’s Wild Ride
This week on Dopey,! Dave sits down with Zack, a musician, writer, and treatment professional who shares his wild ride through addiction, recovery, and redemption. Before the interview, Dave dives into listener emails and voicemails, answers a controversial Dopey Nation Facebook post about his interviewing style, and reflects on the balancing act of being raw, honest, and funny while tackling heavy topics like addiction and sexual trauma. Plus, some Knicks talk, shoutouts to the Dopey team, and a sneak peek into the behind-the-scenes chaos of the Dopey podcast. From Staten Island ferry drug runs to fentanyl horror stories, festival acid freakouts, and the broken methadone system, this episode is packed with raw, real, darkly hilarious stories of addiction, insanity, and survival.
Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
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Show Notes
Fentanyl vs. Heroin: "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappeared
First Shot: A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stop
OD Stories: OD'd twice in one day—once behind the wheel on FDR, once after snorting Bronx bags, woke up in hospital, ripped tubes out, lied about asthma
Mom's Heart Attack: 4 days after OD, mom has a heart attack from stress
Hustles: Selling weed, flipping Suboxone, scamming friends, "like a credit card"—balances, fronts, juggling
Jam Band Scene: Heavy on acid, ketamine, nitrous, Calvin Klein (coke + K), LSD handling mishap at Camp Bisco led to paranoia for a week
Methadone Clinic Madness: Working in the clinic, finding crack pipes, wild characters, hustles in the waiting room
Recovery Pivot: Got clean after the ferry breakup, went to White Deer Run, cut methadone taper on day 3, Old Testament-level detox, started working the 12 steps, counselor Heath changed his life
Working in Treatment: From the methadone clinic to Ascendant, saw the whole spectrum
Writing: Wrote Slingshot Diaries in Maryland, self-published hundreds of copies, found purpose
Reflection: Raw honesty, doesn’t glorify but doesn’t hide it either—“thank God for grace and mercy”
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