EPISODE · Apr 9, 2026 · 2H 1M
A Listener $h!ts himself on a Carnival Ride After Doing Fake Cocaine. PLUS Hasnie the EMT/Belly Dancing Alcoholic, Pills, Recovery
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
DOPEYWOOD TICKETS: http://events.leapevents.com/event/dopeywood-2026 Patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Dave tees up a Greatest Hits episode featuring Hasnie, a belly dancer turned first responder alcoholic with a wild, emotional story. Before that, we get a classic Dopey email about a reckless dealer named King who jumps out a window during a raid and later crashes a car doing whippets. Then shit gets real when Matt calls in mid-show ready to relapse. Dave and Ray talk him off the ledge in real time — and somehow even his dealers tell him not to use. Hasnie’s story is intense: early chaos, booze, pills, sex, trauma, sending her kids away, and hitting bottom hard. She gets sober after a moment of clarity, goes to rehab, and finds her footing in Gay AA and SLAA. She rebuilds her life, gets her kids back (including rescuing her daughter from Ukraine during war), becomes a first responder, and stays sober through COVID and real-life trauma. ALL THAT AND MORE ON A NEW YET STILL OLD EPISODE OF DOPEY! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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TIME STAMPS 00:00 – Dopey intro + setting up Greatest Hits episode 01:19 – Dave introduces Hasi episode + Dopey Wood talk 02:00 – Listener email: “King” dealer story begins 03:43 – King moves to new hotel + gets sloppy 05:00 – Police raid + King jumps out window → brutal injuries 06:09 – King crashes car doing whippets into someone’s living room 07:00 – Spotify comments on Diddy episode 10:36 – Listener comments + recovery shoutouts 12:02 – Ray + Matt on show, Matt wants to relapse 14:16 – Matt talks money stress, toys, relationship tension 16:29 – Matt admits urge to use out of anger 18:41 – Matt calms down, decides not to use 21:03 – Credit card + meth talk + consequences 23:26 – Matt origin story with Dopey 26:13 – Matt buys Ray Taco Bell gift card 27:00 – Talking Matt off the ledge recap 28:34 – NyQuil talk + getting “high” from it 30:58 – Transition to Hasi interview 🎤 HASI INTERVIEW 33:24 – Hasi intro (belly dancer, Albania, Muslim background) 35:45 – Identity, recovery, and representing immigrants 37:57 – Early drinking + chaotic teenage years 40:15 – Cousin dies from heroin + spiritual moment with coin 44:42 – Family background (Albania, Islam, communism) 47:08 – First drunk + dangerous situations with older men 49:34 – Alcohol progression + trauma + first responder work 51:48 – Addiction escalates (pills, alcohol, sex, chaos) 54:09 – Knee surgery → pills → wanting to stay high forever 56:24 – Rock bottom: sends kids away, alone using 58:51 – Decides to go to rehab (moment of clarity) 01:00:57 – Detox + first AA meeting (“jar of awesome sauce”) 01:03:21 – Early sobriety + Gay AA saving her life 01:07:49 – SLAA + using people as substances 01:12:31 – Learning parenting + emotional connection 01:17:15 – Marriage in AA + codependency + divorce 01:21:43 – Getting daughter back from Ukraine during war 01:24:00 – Parenting in sobriety + talking about drugs with kids 01:28:38 – Fear of kids inheriting addiction 01:31:00 – Letting kids have their own experience 01:33:25 – Sobriety allows her to function as first responder 01:35:35 – COVID trauma + staying sober through chaos 01:38:03 – Finding purpose in helping people 01:40:22 – Sobriety, spirituality, and gratitude 01:42:48 – Back to Dave + Ray wrap-up 01:43:30 – Listener email: carnival ride diarrhea disaster
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A Listener $h!ts himself on a Carnival Ride After Doing Fake Cocaine. PLUS Hasnie the EMT/Belly Dancing Alcoholic, Pills, Recovery
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