Mackenzie Phillips

This book could also be titled “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll”. Mackenzie Phillips, star of “One Day at a Time” and daughter of John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas writes a candid memoir of her life.
In polite terms, her dad was a jerk. He did not protect her, she was unsupervised and literally left to fend for herself. Her life was very sad. Mackenzie was high during most of the filming of “One Day at a Time” She functioned until she could not. After 13 years of drug addiction and being blacklisted in Hollywood, she cleaned up her act and became a functioning adult and a mother to her son. She fell back into drugs again after being put on pain killers after surgery. She became sober a second time, with the help of family and friends.… (more)

Well....this is the daughter of "Papa" John Phillips founder of the Mamas & Papas.......and this book backs up my beliefs that it is up to the parents how their children turn out. At 10 years old he had Laura rolling his joints....and from there it was one step to her stealing his drugs and becoming an addict.

Her mother had little or no say so, especially after she married for a second time Lenny (who would beat the hell out of her)...thus prompting Laura to move in with John & his current wife.....

What a wasted (no pun intended) life.
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