💔 Emergency Dopey Episode from vacation in Montana

🕊️ Remembering Don Renz aka DJ – friend, guest, Dopey Nation member

📞 Don’s sister calls Dave from his hospital bedside

🚨 LAPD investigating Don’s death after an alleged assault in Koreatown

📣 Please share Don’s brother Maxwell’s Facebook post

👮‍♂️ Don's final days: fear, paranoia, and meth-induced delusions that turned out to be tragically real

📼 Classic 2016 Dopey: Don, Chris, and Dave—one of the best ever

💊 Don’s insane story: stealing 1,000 Vicodin from a pharmacy at 17

💉 Morphine, fentanyl patches, forged scripts, rehab on his 18th birthday

🍰 Vicodin in his pocket, methadone tales, sadness and hilarity

🧠 Recovery, methadone, relapse, and deep reflections

🕯️ RIP Chris, Ryan, Todd, Annie, Troy, Brian, William... and now, Don.

🙏 If you're using or struggling, please get help.

Episode Notes

Ian’s ska roots in Delaware: straight edge, punk, X’s on hands, no drinking

Early drinking: first blackout after Beastie Boys concert

Lost his job and dignity over vodka, coke, and computer duster

Huffing duster and fishing out in front of his mom

Getting drunk on Christmas, giving away his stash, relapsing 2 hours later

DUI with fish filet in the car, leg out the window

Romantic rehab tales: Phillies hats, making love to Lux

Being gay, Catholic guilt, and straight edge shame

Getting denied heroin multiple times (God’s plan?)

From Oxford House to Joe Rogan with Dave Attell

Dry vs. sober: struggles with long-term program commitment

Big program talk: Higher power, meetings, shame, recovery service

Comedy origin: bombing, podcast beginnings, Jordan Jensen love

Howie’s AI girl group Lux and the Lux freakout

Ian’s new comedy album, recovery story, Dopey love