Overview
- Kevin McEnroe published the first‑person letter Thursday, May 7, on his site The Small Bow, framing it as a pre–Mother’s Day message to his mother, Tatum O’Neal.
- He writes that he long feared she might die if he ignored her calls and says he blamed himself when she overdosed in 2020.
- He describes daily caregiving tasks for his mother and says that helping her has supported his own sobriety after years of alcohol and drug misuse.
- Coverage reiterates that O’Neal overdosed in 2020, spent six weeks in a coma, suffered a stroke, and later worked in therapy after an aphasia diagnosis.
- Reports note a relapse in November 2024 followed by sobriety, and McEnroe’s essay says she has stayed off alcohol and drugs since then.