EPISODE · Apr 15, 2026 · 1H 26M
Allie Macofsky: Mushrooms, Blackouts, Car Crashes Nicotine Obsession, and Getting 10 years young | Black Tar in the Mail
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
listen without ads on www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Wednesday! Still coming down from the Dopeywood high and talk about productivity, procrastination, and trying to get back on track with the Dopey fitness challenge. Getting older, body image, and whether drastic measures like Ozempic are worth it. We read a wild listener email about someone accidentally receiving a kilo of black tar heroin in the mail and dumping it around Alphabet City, and react to what we would have done in that situation. Then play a voicemail from a listener who shares a brutal story about accidentally burning his dick with farming chemicals while high,. And a bit of DTF St. Louis. We go through Spotify comments, connect with the Dopey Nation, and shout out listeners before bringing on comedian Allie Macofsky. With Ali, we get into nicotine addiction, vaping vs cigarettes, and the weird logic of quitting one thing by picking up another. We talk about early sobriety, relationships, and what it’s like to be young in recovery. Ali shares how her drinking escalated quickly in her late teens, including blackouts, risky behavior, and crashing her car, and how she first went to AA just to get her family off her back. We hear how she realized she couldn’t control her drinking, got sober at 20, and what it was like working the steps early on. We also talk about stepping away from recovery, becoming depressed, getting on medication, and eventually returning to meetings and finding relief again. The conversation touches on thoughts about drinking again, curiosity around psychedelics, and what it means to stay sober long-term while building a life and career. All that and a little bit more on this classically alcoholic new 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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⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 – Dopey Wednesday intro, theme song, Dave coming off Dopeywood high 01:00 – Dave on productivity, crossing things off lists, and procrastination hacks 02:30 – Dopey fitness challenge struggles, cheesesteak relapse, and getting called out by his daughter 03:30 – Ozempic, peptides, and body image talk 04:30 – Listener email: unopened package turns out to be a kilo of black tar heroin 05:40 – Dumping heroin across Alphabet City + Dave reacts 06:30 – Voicemail: chemical burn story while growing weed (potassium hydroxide disaster) 08:00 – Burning his dick, early recovery, and aftermath 10:20 – Dave reacts + talks about TV show with penis injury storyline 11:30 – Music break: “Let the Sunshine In” + Galt MacDermot talk 14:30 – Spotify & Patreon comments (sex addiction, pork buns, Chili Peppers doc) 18:30 – Comment of the day + Flea vs Bootsy Collins correction 19:30 – Interview begins: Allie Makovsky on nicotine addiction 21:00 – Vaping everywhere (including planes) + vape explosion story 23:00 – Switching from vaping to cigarettes + nicotine gum 25:00 – Sobriety timeline + smoking vs drugs comparison 27:00 – Meeting Marc Maron + Dopey origin story moment 29:00 – Allie’s parents meeting in recovery + relapse 31:00 – Childhood fame: prank calls on Kiss FM as “Little Allie” 34:00 – Early drinking, relationships, and escalation 38:00 – Cocaine use and boundaries 41:00 – Thoughts on drinking again + mushrooms curiosity 44:30 – Watching friend relapse after psychedelic use 47:00 – Ketamine therapy debate + sober identity 49:00 – Emotional check-in post-breakup + feeling stable 51:00 – Rave cruise story + staying sober in risky environment 53:30 – Missing “drug addict experiences” + rehab curiosity 55:00 – Allie’s drinking: blackout crash + family concern 58:00 – First AA exposure + resistance 01:00:00 – Relapse + realizing AA might be right 01:02:00 – Getting sober (Nov 1, 2015) 01:04:00 – Sponsor, step work, and early recovery structure 01:08:00 – Dropping out of program + later depression 01:11:00 – Returning to meetings + medication (Zoloft, Wellbutrin) 01:13:00 – Current program: meetings, sponsor, outreach 01:14:00+ – Comedy career beginnings + discovering standup 01:18:00 – Wrap-up conversation + reflections 01:19:30 – Episode winds down 01:20:00 – Outro / end of show
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