# Dopey Wednesday: Heroin, Tatum O'Neal, John McEnroe, Recovery & the Knicks with Kevin McEnroe

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Podcast: [Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dopey-on-the-dark-comedy-of-drug-addiction-422100)
Published: 2026-06-10T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.dopeypodcast.com
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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 st…

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