Dopey 531: Snorting Heroin on the Staten Island Ferry to Eating his Way to Recovery, Fame and Fortune, Ian Martin

This week on Dopey! From methadone in Manhattan to 20 million views on TikTok, Ian Martin aka @ImmaEatThis sits down with Dave to tell his insane, deeply New York junky-to-food-influencer story. Ian talks about growing up on the Upper West Side, getting into private school via the UN, and how heartbreak, Vicodin, and a crooked doctor launched him into a full-blown Oxy addiction. From snorting pills in the Staten Island ferry bathroom to overdosing on heroin in his apartment, Ian shares it all—including dealer BBQs, screaming matches with roommates, and insane benzo blackout stories. Dave and Ian compare notes on NYC methadone clinics, dumb excuses, painful amends, and the surreal highs of going viral after years of getting high in the dark. They also talk recovery, AA, social media addiction, and reconnecting with life and family. Plus: Dopey Nation emails, a beautiful birthday duet with Dave and Susan, and lots more dumb shit from the Dopeysphere. www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast

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Dopey Podcast is the world’s greatest podcast on drugs, addiction and dumb shit. Chris and I were two IV heroin addicts who loved to talk about all the coke we smoked, snorted and shot, all the pills we ate, smoked, all the weed we smoked and ate, all the booze we consumed and all the consequences we suffered. After making the show for 2 and a half years, Chris tragically relapsed and died from a fentanyl overdose. Dopey continued on, at first to mourn the horrible loss of Chris, but then to continue our mission - which was at its core, to keep addicts and alcoholics company. Whether to laugh at our time in rehab, or cry at the worst missteps we made, Dopey tells the truth about drugs, addiction and recovery. We continually mine the universe for stories rife with debauchery and highlight serious drug taking and alcoholism. We also examine different paths toward addiction recovery. We shine a light on harm reduction and medication assisted treatment. We talk with celebrities and nobodies and stockpile stories to be the greatest one stop shop podcast on all things drugs, addiction, recovery and comedy pathfinding the route to the heart of the opioid epidemic.