Mackenzie Phillips on Finding Recovery In the Midst of Fame

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  • Actor and author Mackenzie Phillips talks about her very public fight for sobriety and shares her passion for helping others in that fight.
    This interview was shot at Innovations in Recovery 2014, where Mackenzie was a keynote speaker.

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  • @martahernandez9784
    @martahernandez9784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such an intelligent, brave and worthwhile
    Woman. A true hero who helps others with sharing her story.

  • @erikarissogarcia3714
    @erikarissogarcia3714 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I’m so happy for her that she got out of that life and now she is helping others battle there addictions. God is good.

    • @calisongbird
      @calisongbird 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And yet this “good” God allows innocent children and animals to be abused and murdered every single day.

    • @spellbindery1
      @spellbindery1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@calisongbird what do you think God should do about it?

    • @Dzanarika1
      @Dzanarika1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      God is a myth or evil, but no good about any religion.

    • @erikarissogarcia3714
      @erikarissogarcia3714 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dzanarika1 you say that because you haven’t had an encounter with him yet. God is Love 💕

    • @erikarissogarcia3714
      @erikarissogarcia3714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dzanarika1 I have a right to have a comment I am a born-again Christian I have a relationship with my heavenly father. And your comments are not gonna make me think otherwise he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me I suggest you kneel down and ask him if he is real to make himself real in your life and I will pray for you.

  • @cccc3788
    @cccc3788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I can’t even explain how happy I am for her to be alive & so strong! I’m proud of her sobriety and it had to be extremely difficult considering what she was trying to avoid in her head. I love you Mackenzie❤️!!!!!

  • @whoswhoo
    @whoswhoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    She's so truthful no beating round the Bush when she talks about her past struggles and I admire her greatly for that . She gives hope to others who have similar experiences and are afraid to speak or even worse are disbeleived especially about incest . She's a great survivor a real inspiration . Well done McKenzie.

  • @MidnightMagic8172
    @MidnightMagic8172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love this brave lady and live her fight on a daily basis. I give her gold stars for her helping others! 💜

  • @wenom7286
    @wenom7286 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Prayers for Mackenzie that her healing continues and the help she offers to others is the example of love we all need! Thank you Mackenzie!!

  • @blessedbowmanmichelle
    @blessedbowmanmichelle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One day at a time was one of my favorite shows as a child...I know bonnie franklin would probably be very proud of her...

  • @donaldgillespie9383
    @donaldgillespie9383 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thanks Mackenzie Phillips !
    I met you in person once and it seemed like we were old friends even though I never met you before.I am in recovery too I guess that is why I understand you. Hey I loved all your books. Thank you!!👤

  • @MrKarmapolice97
    @MrKarmapolice97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I honestly think she got better or did better or seemed better AFTER her dad died

    • @carolray9156
      @carolray9156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What a sicko he was!!

  • @ronnieorsak6306
    @ronnieorsak6306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God bless you and be with you always. 63 and survived. Thanks be to god

  • @jeanieruter8728
    @jeanieruter8728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mackenzie Phillips is a very strong and brave woman. I've always admired her.

  • @fireworks4993
    @fireworks4993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep sharing Mackenzie some one will hear you and walk in the 12 steps program and say I'm alcoholic and addict . ♥️

  • @lisastreitfeld5806
    @lisastreitfeld5806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Powerful book. I can’t think of any writer who went to such such depths of the psyche to free the inner monster. She is a fierce warrior. Bravo!

  • @deedee9312
    @deedee9312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow I can see her as a fabulous and amazing rehab counselor and make a difference in someone’s life 🙏🏻✌️❤️🕯🎼

  • @thaliajen
    @thaliajen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    God bless her. 💜

  • @LisaLGruman
    @LisaLGruman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I liked the interviewer's voice and calm way of expressing himself.

  • @jeffreyzeiss1326
    @jeffreyzeiss1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm so glad that she is sober and using her life constructively. I pray that she realizes it was Jesus all along and she seems to have a hard time deciphering between" God and the universe" and I pray she realizes God was with her all along.

  • @VeryunOfficialTravelGuides
    @VeryunOfficialTravelGuides 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for sharing this. I'm not even sure how I ended up watching this, but I found it so interesting and eye-opening, especially the discussion about how modern culture and media treats addiction. We really need to stop laughing and pointing fingers and people going thru these kinds of struggles.

    • @janrees4887
      @janrees4887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't know if people are laughing at addicts but there's definitely a negative stigma attached to it and that makes it so much harder for people to seek the help they need.
      Addicts are afraid to come forward because people judge them and think of them as mentally unstable or morally corrupt.
      Even those who become addicted to prescription medications that are prescribed by their doctors feel as though it's their fault and there's something morally wrong with them and others think so too.
      In Portugal they have legalised recreational drugs and they are using the budget they used to use to convict drug users to help rehabilitate them.
      Throwing addicts in prison for extended periods is not the answer.
      The programme in Portugal is doing extremely well.
      When the stigma and punishment is gone then people come forward and get help and become productive members of the community and the funds to help them acheive that are there because they're not being wasted on tracking down and imprisoning low level users who aren't hurting anyone but themselves.
      It's not as though most users are dealers or pushers.
      It costs the government- therefore the citizens paying taxes- millions of dollars to house inmates convicted of nonviolent drug offences when that money could be going towards rehabilitation, education and prevention.

  • @BCNbananas
    @BCNbananas 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to read her book. Keep going, Mackenzie! (September 2023).

  • @HumanimalChannel
    @HumanimalChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mac you are a true inspiration and I'm enjoying hearing you speak in the various interviews I'm finding online. I'm in recovery and I'm encouraged to seek some support b3cause months down the track and I'm starting to think more and more about drinking etc.

  • @paulm1162
    @paulm1162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    tough love is simply stop enabling ,if my friend hadn;t showed me tough love, I would be dead

  • @mglenngoodson
    @mglenngoodson ปีที่แล้ว

    She is a great therapist, I am a recovering addict, alcoholic and what she said about I didn't know there was another way to live until I realized there was another way to live is the key to recovery. Our heavenly father is guidence of it of course.

  • @zippythechicken
    @zippythechicken 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i never did opiates or cocaine like many people have but I did have a problem with weed and drinking when I was a teen.. I got started when I was 12 by an older relative that would give me weed and beer.. they were 18.. I look at that age difference today and I think how the fuck could they do that to someone that young that they were suppose to be looking out for... but life got bad quick for me and by the time I was 18 I had quit for the most part.. pretty much out of fear.. I was lucky maybe ..idk

  • @blessedbowmanmichelle
    @blessedbowmanmichelle 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad she is in recovery ...

  • @tinastanley4444
    @tinastanley4444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing

  • @editaeleazarolleres9366
    @editaeleazarolleres9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great interviewer. Thanks for the video.

  • @NANCO1999
    @NANCO1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Interview ruined by interviewer going ahu ahu ahu ahu stopped watching after 5 mins

    • @iulia1690
      @iulia1690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Doesn't he know how microphones work?

  • @danicafilipic3121
    @danicafilipic3121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts and life journey in such an honest way. I too went through this. You are brave and strong. I don't understand why some doubt your story. Abuse and incest is not rare. Just because someone is, in the public domain doesn't make them God's. Father s should protect their daughters.

  • @matthewwilson8744
    @matthewwilson8744 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    now I'm happy I'm hoping she is not on drugs anymore

  • @carolray9156
    @carolray9156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mackenzie I think you are a hero and I respect you 💯
    I've never been abused and I never abused drugs. But however I worked as a pediatric nurse for decades and I have cared for many ( more than I'd like to admit)
    These poor children i took care of that gad been abused were going thru hell most especially the young children that were sexually abused by their parents...just a very sad sinerio...but I lways 🙏 prayed that even in a small way I made there life a little bit better!

  • @lisadalessandro3396
    @lisadalessandro3396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love you Mackenzie. God Bless.

  • @carlahubbs8833
    @carlahubbs8833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mackenzie Phillips Jesus loves you he don't care about your pass he died for you God put you on this Earth

  • @iulia1690
    @iulia1690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just had the strangest dream about this woman..it was like a horror story. I didn't really follow her story..but kindof heard about it.
    I don't know why I dreamed of her

  • @rhondacrosswhite8048
    @rhondacrosswhite8048 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i am roughly the same age(1957) as Mac and she's always been in my consciousness. We share some same experiences although she could probably afford more drugs than I could. I just want to ask her; who was the drunk addict- Laura, Mackenzie or Laura? I am so happy that she is healthy and happy as we sally forth into our senior years.

  • @harborgurl
    @harborgurl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless Mackenzie 🙏

  • @jerryanstey7058
    @jerryanstey7058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:40 'Higher power, universe ,God , whatever ' !

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Public comments? Why are the fluff comments kept when I'm talking about ACTUALLY WARNING PEOPLE THAT REHABS ATE DANGEROUS TOO.

  • @angelbarker3548
    @angelbarker3548 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good on u girl the pain of her abuse was a direct result of what happened to her brave to tell her truth she is walking into a hurricane and that must be difficult ur a liar because of ur addiction and an addict because of ur past trauma great big revolving door so strong transparent not many victims can come forward speaking from experience not incest sa by adult and me 12 I'm still can't speak up because I never said anything to my parents or report it to police and get some justice it would break my parents hearts that they had no idea what happened to me it was that they were rubbish parents cuz they were not at all I just hid it well God bless x

  • @MarJo333
    @MarJo333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Macckenzie sounds like shes in a
    good space now...

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have records to back my statements up

  • @Thundralight
    @Thundralight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    OMG that interviewer guy is driving me nuts with his M- mmhuh mhuh muhuh mhuh mhuh mhuh mhuh mhuh --just shut up man quit saying Ah-huh ahuh ahuh

    • @whoswhoo
      @whoswhoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe you choose to listen to him because you don't want to hear what McKenzie is saying ??

  • @addis11100
    @addis11100 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wow

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have no problem with people disagreeing but please don't mislead them. In PA you will become a better drug addict in rehab

    • @janrees4887
      @janrees4887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Obviously if people are forced to go to rehab and are not trying to get sober, they will learn from others in the same situation.
      It's the same as saying prison makes you a better criminal.
      It depends on your own attitude and what you choose to do while you're there.
      If you want to keep using or continue to commit crimes then those environments will help you find a way, but if you want to get clean and become a productive member of society then those places have the facilities you need to do that, to get help, and to move forward.
      It's really up to you.

  • @crystalgrose
    @crystalgrose 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She looks like Mariah to me ☺

  • @carolcornell6332
    @carolcornell6332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No it's a fault of the drug and thinking you can'tive without it. .been there ...finally years ago

  • @angelstear0896
    @angelstear0896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wish that man would stop saying umhuh umhuh

  • @dsoule4902
    @dsoule4902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tho a boon to rehabs, it is a Disservice to addicts /alchies to push the ad slogan "relapse is part of recovery". It may be part of some people's stories, but it provides an escape hatch for the addict thinking.. many many deaths due to relapse. Please stress one day at a time "continuous" recovery is the Hope. It's do-able

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish there was a solution but unless you are hard core, I beg you not to go to rehab. I didn't even know the pregnant woman could get high in rehab legally, not medicated......high.. it was so gross

  • @jerryanstey7058
    @jerryanstey7058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jesus will get this them

  • @julie4n4lLvr
    @julie4n4lLvr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Has anyone had therapy actually help

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I mean knodding off wasted high, 7 months pregnant. They actually came after me because I said everyone in here is high as hell, it's worse than where I came from
    They started accusing me of thingd

  • @jeffkoons001
    @jeffkoons001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i wish the guy would stop saying "mm hmm " every second

  • @editaeleazarolleres9366
    @editaeleazarolleres9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did she release her book when her father was dead? Is it so that he couldn't contest her words ?

  • @jameswild8373
    @jameswild8373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s so wonderful what about us peons 🐑👈

  • @laureldell7377
    @laureldell7377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People were crushing so many pills in my room at greenbrier that that would hit my face .FACT

  • @nottthereyet4872
    @nottthereyet4872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How was she loving and kind to her own sister?? Timing was horrible!! Like re-victimizing someone else. Pleeze. Stop.

  • @karendalsadik7119
    @karendalsadik7119 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish the interviewer would listen and not say uh huh uh huh over and over again. It’s distracting.

  • @geriapperson3311
    @geriapperson3311 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    reslape is NOT A PART OF RECOVERY.

    • @christinaw2518
      @christinaw2518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you see in the interview where he said that and she corrected him that relapse is part of the addiction not recovery. That’s the best reversal of that phrase imo.

  • @jerryanstey7058
    @jerryanstey7058 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is wrong with people besides they talk to much ?

  • @carlahubbs3602
    @carlahubbs3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She needs Jesus!

  • @tapper701
    @tapper701 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Choices ... smokes & drugs have taken a toll on her appearance ... Nice store bought teeth - tooth be told ...

  • @artregeous
    @artregeous 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    good lord when a woman 18 years old she can comprehend what is abuse what is not and a normal half normal person wouldn't sstay on such abuse 10 years for drugs she is a sociopath