Dopey 533: Tripping Balls at Camp Bisco, Calvin Klein Cocktails, LSD Meltdowns, and Methadone Clinic Madness: Zach’s Wild Ride
Dopey 533: Tripping Balls at Camp Bisco, Calvin Klein Cocktails, LSD Meltdowns, and Methadone Clinic Madness: Zach’s Wild Ride  
Podcast: Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction
Published On: Fri May 30 2025
Description: Fentanyl vs. Heroin: "Trash high"—no legs, not the same rush, felt grateful when heroin disappearedFirst Shot: A friend made him do it for free—"Misery loves company"—then couldn't stopOD Stories: OD'd twice in one day—once behind the wheel on FDR, once after snorting Bronx bags, woke up in hospital, ripped tubes out, lied about asthmaMom's Heart Attack: 4 days after OD, mom has a heart attack from stressHustles: Selling weed, flipping Suboxone, scamming friends, "like a credit card"—balances, fronts, jugglingJam Band Scene: Heavy on acid, ketamine, nitrous, Calvin Klein (coke + K), LSD handling mishap at Camp Bisco led to paranoia for a weekMethadone Clinic Madness: Working in the clinic, finding crack pipes, wild characters, hustles in the waiting roomRecovery Pivot: Got clean after the ferry breakup, went to White Deer Run, cut methadone taper on day 3, Old Testament-level detox, started working the 12 steps, counselor Heath changed his lifeWorking in Treatment: From the methadone clinic to Ascendant, saw the whole spectrumWriting: Wrote Slingshot Diaries in Maryland, self-published hundreds of copies, found purposeReflection: Raw honesty, doesn’t glorify but doesn’t hide it either—“thank God for grace and mercy” Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.