Mackenzie Phillips arrested on drug charge - Page 2

SuzeQuze · #16 09-04-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by David

Hers is a troubled soul, an anxiety-ridden soul. Consider the way she tours every year. She is troubled in her life at home, & she wants to live out of a suitcase & to constantly move from hotel to hotel.

We see it in her life. We see it in her songs. We see it in her actions. She is a spirit in torment.

I'm not sure how true that is anymore. I think she's made peace with herself and her choices. She finally got herself into therapy. And recently admitted getting hooked on cocaine was a mistake. She was hugely in denial about that saying she had absolutely no regrets about her life. I think maybe therapy is helping her. Who knows. I do agree that she lives with a lot of anxiety, hence playing it safe with song choices, being excessively meticulous and perfectionistic with her released work, etc.

SuzeQuze · #17 09-04-2008, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

Most all addicts relapse; it's actually part of the recovery process. Because the unfortunate folks you mentioned didn't make it doesn't mean that they didn't get clean. It usually means that their relapse killed them. All it takes is one time and one never knows when that time will be. I think it's very important not to be judgmental when discussing recovery. There is most certainly a genetic component to addiction, however like most other diseases it is not definitive.

Yes, there's a genetic predisposition for addiction which isn't the cause of it but certainly helps keep the user hooked once they begin abusing substances. I agree about not being judgemental. We all love to think we are completely in control of our behavior. But everyone does compulsive things at times to which they later wonder, "WTF was I thinking?"