Show notes
This week on Dopey! We have the great Kevin Jack McEnroe, son of John McEnroe and (world class heroin addict-in recovery) Tatum ONeil! We start with emails and voicemails and spotify comments - Dustin on his Kratom Replapse and Leroy’s crazy finding and flushing heroin on acid!
Then we get to the meat of the show with Kevin McEnroe:
Kevin McEnroe grew up in a house where everyone already knew his last name.
In this unguarded conversation with David Manheim, Kevin talks about being the son of two famous parents while managing fear, secrecy, and responsibility far beyond his years. He describes protecting his mother through her addiction, learning early how to split public image from private truth, and eventually becoming the very thing he swore he wouldn’t: a full-blown addict.
From opiates and alcohol to liver failure, pancreatitis, and waking up in a hospital bed at 33, Kevin walks us through from denial to collapse. He opens up about selling his first novel while secretly drinking, faking composure, and the humiliation of being known but not respected — recognized as “McEnroe’s kid,” but unsure who he was as an individual.
This is a conversation about inherited chaos, codependency, ego, shame, and what happens when you finally stop trying to outrun your story. It’s about service. About humility. About the strange relief of admitting you don’t know what to do.
Kevin is sober now. He teaches tennis and he writes every day. He’s building a life that feels like his own.
ALL THAT AND MORE!!!!!! on this week’s brand new episode of that good old Dopey Show!
Original title: Dopey 570: Kevin McEnroe (Son of John): $5,000-a-Week Oxy to Heroin Spiral, Mom Tatum O'Neal's Overdose Coma, Coke Bust on the Post Cover, Pancreatitis Hell, Codependency, Writing! Recovery!! PLUS A Listener Flushes a Ton of Heroin Whilst on Acid!
