EPISODE · Aug 20, 2026 · 2H 2M
Potentially Gayer than all other Gayest Episodes Ever! Brian W. on Meth, Chemex, Sexual Trauma, Sex Sling and Recovery | Dopey's Greatest Hits!
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
Listen without ads: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Get DopeyCon Tickets: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2345507 Summary: On this Dopey Greatest Hits, Dave revisits one of the wildest, funniest and most vulnerable conversations in the show’s history with filmmaker, actor and recovery advocate Brian Whisenant. Before the interview, listener Nick tells an insane angel-dust story involving a police checkpoint, the Seven Dwarfs, friends slapping each other unconscious, urinating in a fish tank—and later, shitting his pants while driving a taxi before immediately returning to work. Then Brian opens up about growing up gay in Mississippi, being groomed and sexually assaulted at 15, coming out to his deeply religious mother and turning to cocaine and crystal meth. His addiction eventually leads to homelessness, chemsex, predatory dealers, being filmed while high, a sex sling, IV meth use and a terrifying seven-day psychosis that ends with him restrained in a hospital. Brian explains the complicated relationship between sex, technology and meth addiction—and why returning to a healthy sex life can be one of the hardest parts of recovery. He also describes the unlikely moment involving Taco Bell, Johnnie Walker and a bottle of wine when he finally realized he was a drug addict and asked for help. Years later, Brian returned to the same hospital where he had once been restrained—this time as a treatment professional helping others. He also discusses finding recovery in Narcotics Anonymous and transforming his experiences into the short film Wrath Mercy. All that plus waaaaaay more on a brand new old school greatest hits listen! 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 00:00:00 – Dopey song and opening 00:01:41 – Greatest Hits and Brian Whisenant 00:03:51 – Larry David, Stephanie Wittels Wachs and Lena Dunham 00:05:49 – Nick smokes angel dust while driving 00:08:13 – “Name the Seven Dwarfs”: PCP at a police checkpoint 00:10:43 – Shitting his pants while driving a taxi 00:13:09 – Listener comments and I Love Lucy 00:15:36 – Stealing the dog’s benzos and reversing pet overdoses 00:17:58 – Brian Whisenant joins the show 00:20:19 – Cocaine, adult pull-ups and a strange sexual request 00:22:41 – Brian’s movie and his roommate from treatment 00:25:02 – Growing up gay in Mississippi 00:27:29 – Grooming, secrecy and childhood trauma 00:29:49 – How the sexual abuse began 00:32:12 – Returning to his abuser at 19 00:34:54 – Telling his parents what happened 00:37:17 – Being triggered by Baby Reindeer 00:39:39 – The origins of Wrath Mercy 00:41:46 – The predatory meth dealer and being filmed 00:43:44 – The sex sling and Fourth of July trauma 00:45:43 – Cocaine, coming out and the road toward addiction 00:48:05 – “You’re going to burn in hell” 00:50:31 – EMDR and recovering traumatic memories 00:52:53 – Relationships shaped by early trauma 00:55:16 – Crank, New York and moving to Los Angeles 00:57:35 – Meth, homelessness and seven-day binges 00:59:51 – Getting high while cleaning apartments 01:01:56 – “I didn’t know I was an addict” 01:04:17 – How Brian discovered Dopey 01:06:43 – Picking up a friend from jail 01:09:08 – Seven days awake and losing touch with reality 01:11:32 – Restrained in the hospital during meth psychosis 01:13:50 – Returning to a predatory dealer 01:16:18 – The missing car and leaving Los Angeles 01:18:43 – Chemsex, meth and online sex rooms 01:21:06 – Grindr, Sniffies and sex parties 01:23:26 – Untangling sex, drugs and technology 01:25:28 – Taking 300 milligrams of Adderall 01:27:48 – Shooting meth and getting thrown out of a sex party 01:30:13 – Taco Bell, Johnnie Walker and realizing he was an addict 01:32:14 – Asking for help and entering treatment 01:34:40 – Forgiving his mother 01:36:00 – Why Brian finally told Dave everything 01:38:22 – Early recovery and returning to Los Angeles 01:40:50 – Meeting the social worker who restrained him years earlier 01:43:10 – What exactly is chemsex addiction? 01:45:35 – Why people make fun of Narcotics Anonymous 01:47:59 – Finding a home in NA 01:50:20 – AA, NA and different pathways to recovery 01:52:43 – Recovery should include fun 01:55:01 – Brian’s short film Wrath Mercy 01:57:28 – SafeSpot, stickers and Toodles for Chris
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Potentially Gayer than all other Gayest Episodes Ever! Brian W. on Meth, Chemex, Sexual Trauma, Sex Sling and Recovery | Dopey's Greatest Hits!
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