What Joey Diaz has said about Addiction and recovery
3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026
Joey Diaz, Comedian and podcaster known for The Church of What's Happening Now, has been quoted on Addiction and recovery 3 times in 1 episode of This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Diaz says he quit cocaine at 44, nearly 19 years ago, and accomplished more since than in all the years before.
“44, I made a decision to stop snorting Coke. That was 19 years ago. This November will be 19 years”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:48:28
Diaz argues that sobriety is about discovering the self that drugs had concealed, not merely resisting temptation.
“Sobriety isn't just fighting off the devil. It's us emorphing into the new us”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:47:52
Diaz says he disliked Hollywood Narcotics Anonymous meetings because attendees did not adhere to the program.
“I didn't like the Hollywood NA. I went to it a couple of times”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #685 - Joey Diaz (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:54:51
Episodes
#685 - Joey DiazThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 1 min
Theo Von and Joey Diaz talk in Asbury Park about Diaz's mother's death, raising his daughter, his move to New Jersey, Austin comedy plans, and sobriety.
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