EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 1H 11M
Dopey Wednesday: Heroin, Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe, Recovery & the Knicks with Kevin McEnroe
from Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction · host Dave & Chris
FILM FESTIVAL TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/thedopeyfoundation/2216905 DOPEY PATREON: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast Kevin's Substack: https://kevinjackmcenroe.substack.com/ This week on Dopey Wednesday,!Dave is joined once again by Kevin McEnroe for a powerful, funny, and honest conversation about addiction, recovery, family, tennis, writing, prayer, ego, and the New York Knicks. Dave opens the episode with listener emails about quitting cigarettes, accidental heroin use, childhood Valium, Dopey Zoom chaos, stickers, socks, and Knicks obsession. Then Kevin McEnroe joins the show to talk about his morning routine, sobriety, teaching tennis, being John McEnroe’s son, and finding peace with his name and his life in recovery. Kevin opens up about pills, heroin, pancreatitis, isolation, treatment, relapse, his mother Tatum O’Neal’s addiction and stroke, and how service has changed their relationship. Dave shares his own stories about heroin, custody, Klonopin, the Amy Winehouse documentary, AA, and finally surrendering. Plus: Hells Angels bars, Roxy 30s, fentanyl, Joakim Noah, 21 yogurts, meth recovery advice, and why sometimes you have to try every path until something sticks. ALL THAT AND MORE! MORE! MORE! 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 0:02 – Dopey Wednesday theme song 1:03 – Welcome to Dopey Wednesday 1:30 – Kevin McEnroe returns after the Emergency Knicks episode 2:10 – Knicks loss, Steve Poltz, and Spurs fans in Dopey Nation 2:50 – Listener asks Dave how he quit smoking 5:50 – Dave on cigarettes, withdrawal, prayer, gum, candy, and recovery tools 7:50 – Gordon from London writes in 8:15 – Childhood “travel medicine” turns out to be Valium 9:20 – Accidentally doing heroin in Paris 10:40 – Emails, voicemails, socks, and stickers 11:25 – Patreon comments from the Michael Muniz episode 13:00 – Phoenix House jokes, Dopey Zoom, and Go Knicks 15:25 – Emergency Knicks Patreon comments 17:50 – Kevin McEnroe joins the show 18:30 – Kevin on writing, tennis, and morning routines 20:10 – Prayer, getting on your knees, and willingness 22:50 – Being John McEnroe’s son and teaching tennis 24:30 – Sobriety, bartending, nightlife, and old drug environments 27:00 – Tennis as “healthy bartending” 28:00 – Kevin on accepting the McEnroe name 30:30 – Kevin guards Joakim Noah in high school 32:20 – Turning 40 after surviving addiction 33:20 – Kevin’s worst years in LA and Brooklyn 35:30 – Dave on heroin, custody, court, and shame 37:50 – Dave’s half-measures before AA 40:45 – Dutch Wonderland, Xanax, Klonopin, and the Amy Winehouse documentary 43:30 – Dave finally surrenders in AA 44:45 – Kevin’s relapse, isolation, heroin delivery, and treatment 48:30 – Kevin’s mother and addiction 50:30 – Tatum O’Neal’s stroke, sobriety, and recovery 51:30 – Dopey Zoom chaos: meth, drug court, and real recovery 52:45 – Kevin buying groceries for his mom 53:30 – The legendary 21 yogurts story 55:30 – Listener asks for stickers and mentions crushing pills 56:30 – Kevin on snorting pills and Roxy 30s 58:00 – Hells Angels bar story: fast or slow 59:50 – Fentanyl, heroin, and barely missing the worst era 1:02:00 – Kevin’s mom’s prescription bag and denial 1:04:00 – Listener asks how to help meth-addicted stepdaughter 1:05:30 – AA, NA, SMART, Dopey Zoom, and trying everything 1:07:35 – Kevin agrees to come back monthly 1:07:50 – Toodles for Chris 1:08:00 – “Good So Bad” outroDescription:
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