Dopey 568: From 500mg METH + 7-OH Kratom Shots to PHENIBUT and PLINKO SPEEDBALLS, PRECIP WD TORTURE – Jed’s Full Relapse and Return to Recovery - PLUS Josh Boofs Meth on Christmas

Full Timestamp Notes (Approximate, Based on Transcript Flow) 00:00 – 01:15 Oro Recovery sponsor read (Bob Forrest’s compassionate rehab pitch). 01:15 – 02:45 Episode intro: Dave welcomes listeners, complains about blizzardy cold, announces upcoming trip to Orchard on the Brazos. 02:45 – 05:00 Congrats to Tom Bowen (6 years sober), Dave’s gratitude for listener support, unity/love message (“Division is bullshit”). 05:00 – 07:30 Dave brags about taking someone through the 12 steps, celebrates sponsor Brian’s 1 year, talks spiritual “trap door” and meditation benefits. 07:30 – 14:50 Spotify comments roundup (Anders Beck episode feedback): James DeHart’s conspiracy theory (Grateful Dead/CIA/MKUltra) Praise for banter, calls for more women guests Editing complaints (Philip Turner gets socks) Gypsy’s 91-day sobriety milestone Mix of love, hate, and suggestions 14:50 – 17:10 Mountainside sponsor read (Dave’s personal connection, full continuum of care). 17:10 – 18:00 Link Diagnostics sponsor (toxicology lab for treatment centers). 18:00 – 22:00 Josh T.’s email & voicemail: Meth boofing Christmas Eve horror story (heart racing, demons, flushing stash, hunting pipe in woods on Christmas Day). 22:00 – 24:10 Orchard on the Brazos sponsor (family-owned, luxurious recovery campus). 24:10 – 31:20 Minnesota Matt’s email: First crack experience (high-school party, East Palo Alto buy, Pink Floyd parking-lot binge, now 7 months sober). 31:20 – 32:00 Recovery Unplugged sponsor (music-based treatment, higher recovery rates). 32:00 – 33:45 Intro to Jed Payne: History with Dopey, first emails, friendship, reference to previous “demonic past” episode. 33:45 – 36:00 Jed apologizes for past relapses during speaker nights/podcasts, explains phenibut/baclofen/gabapentinoids. 36:00 – 40:00 Jed’s early sobriety (2014), becoming a counselor, stepping off antidepressants, Chris’s death as trigger. 40:00 – 45:00 Wife’s weed relapse, group co-signing, CBD entry point, microdosing mushrooms. 45:00 – 50:00 Crossing boundaries with microdosing at work, hypochondria, back on antidepressants. 50:00 – 55:00 Marriage degrading, speed-running antidepressants, flirting with Adderall. 55:00 – 1:00:00 Adderall start, imposter syndrome, phenibut combo, slot-machine gambling begins. 1:00:00 – 1:05:00 Gambling trance, licensing pressure, physical dependence on phenibut. 1:05:00 – 1:10:00 Kratom re-entry, COVID isolation, church breakdown, suicidal ideation. 1:10:00 – 1:15:00 Suicide note & plan, Joby intervention, Bridge to Recovery trauma center. 1:15:00 – 1:20:00 Detox at Bridge, wife’s cheating, friend’s overdose death. 1:20:00 – 1:25:00 Divorce, back on kratom, Suboxone attempt, new outpatient job. 1:25:00 – 1:30:00 Sublocade shot, tianeptine abuse, heroic mushroom trips, podcast decline. 1:30:00 – 1:35:00 Baclofen/Lyrica self-prescribing, honeymoon phase, withdrawal trauma. 1:35:00 – 1:40:00 Loss of faith in sobriety, rationalizing MAT, gray Jedi friends. 1:40:00 – 1:45:00 Mexico trip, oxycodone relapse, Georgia’s pregnancy & miscarriage. 1:45:00 – 1:50:00 Treatment as clinician, humility, no board report. 1:50:00 – 1:55:00 Ketamine clinic (2 years), proposing plan, relapse day after birthday. 1:55:00 – 2:00:00 Precipitated withdrawal horror (3 times), daughter’s birth. 2:00:00 – 2:05:00 Indian pharmacy baclofen, self-prescribing, therapy advice to “shelf it”. 2:05:00 – 2:10:00 Book study retreat honesty, stimulants return (modafinil, THC, Adderall). 2:10:00 – 2:15:00 Pressed meth/Amp paste, massive daily cocktail list. 2:15:00 – 2:20:00 Digital drug dealing, RC benzos, blackouts, online gambling starts. 2:20:00 – 2:25:00 Gambling debt, Georgia confrontation, first treatment attempt. 2:25:00 – 2:30:00 Nurse co-signing drugs, still high in rehab, weekend pass relapse. 2:30:00 – 2:35:00 Sober living hell, 7-OH relapse, kicked out. 2:35:00 – 2:40:00 More Baclofen, doctor refills, massive ketamine/meth dose attempt. 2:40:00 – 2:45:00 Hospital detox, panic attack, jail-like treatment escape. 2:45:00 – 2:50:00 Final therapist breakthrough, surrender, Peter B.’s tough love, 4 months clean. 2:50:00 – 2:55:00 Current life: dad mode, coffee shop job, school, meetings, future helping healers. 2:55:00 – End Dave’s closing love, plugs Church and Other Drugs, SafeSpot hotline, merch/stickers, “toodles for Chris” & outro song.

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