Dopey 597: Hunter Biden! 10-Day Crack Binge, Four-Lane Car Crash, Secret Service at the Crack House, Bicycles, Ibogaine & the Owl That Saved His Life

August 28
2h 19m

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Timestamps

00:00:00 – “Everybody Does Cocaine” opening song
00:03:26 – Hunter Biden preview and Dave’s ice-cream resentment
00:08:15 – Listener currently using cocaine and vodka
00:09:10 – LSD dropped directly into someone’s eyes
00:11:45 – Tori swallows Xanax and oxy during an arrest
00:17:35 – Detoxing from heroin on a Greyhound bus
00:18:45 – First meth experience becomes DEA psychosis
00:22:31 – Patreon reactions to Jimmy Cash
00:29:38 – Hunter Biden joins Dopey
00:31:57 – Childhood trauma and why drugs initially worked
00:34:40 – Growing up with Beau and Joe Biden
00:38:29 – Grief, pain and feeling completely alone
00:40:34 – Why Hunter could never smoke weed
00:42:38 – His first drinks, confidence and shame
00:44:44 – Art, writing and the life he thought he should pursue
00:49:18 – Living beneath the shadows of his father and brother
00:51:19 – Envy, family roles and being “Beau’s crazy brother”
00:53:40 – Recovery means changing everything
00:55:57 – Functional drinking through college, law school and fatherhood
00:57:54 – When his alcoholism became impossible to control
01:00:09 – Failed rules, hidden vodka and family history
01:03:59 – Beau confronts Hunter and sends him to treatment
01:06:14 – The trauma addiction inflicted upon his daughters
01:09:20 – “The more tragic story is that I died”
01:10:43 – Becoming the most famous crack addict of his generation
01:13:01 – Beau’s death and the beginning of the crack explosion
01:15:20 – Relapsing while attending outpatient treatment
01:17:22 – Meeting the woman called Bicycles
01:19:06 – His first crack hit and the “bell-ringer”
01:20:57 – Bicycles moves into Hunter’s apartment
01:22:59 – “The most honest, dishonest person” he ever met
01:25:14 – The resilience and resourcefulness of addicts
01:27:37 – Joe Biden arrives with the Secret Service
01:29:22 – His father’s unconditional love
01:31:37 – Moving into the Chateau Marmont to die
01:33:41 – Kindness inside the darkest places
01:35:43 – How Hunter financed his addiction
01:37:22 – Crack, sex, shame and public humiliation
01:39:37 – Ketamine infusions while smoking crack
01:41:43 – Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT
01:44:03 – Painting, mistakes and the meaning of the owl
01:45:55 – Falling asleep and flying across four lanes of traffic
01:48:15 – The owl that guided him through the mountains
01:50:32 – Meeting Melissa while actively smoking crack
01:52:44 – “I’m in love with you—and I’m a crack addict”
01:54:58 – Married after ten days
01:57:20 – Gratitude for surviving humiliation
01:59:12 – Seven years sober and purpose with a small “p”
02:01:25 – Painting, the Twelve Steps and service
02:03:42 – Hunter Biden plays “This or That”
02:06:09 – Kratom, Gavin Newsom, Theo Vaughn and Trump versus Hitler
02:08:21 – The studio operator’s five-days-sober god shot
02:10:43 – SafeSpot and Spotify comments
02:17:31 – Listener’s banjo cover

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