Post by Kitty Karry-All on Mar 24, 2007 23:00:00 GMT -5
'Brady Bunch' Star Maureen McCormick Confesses To Past Drug Use, Eating Disorder
Beloved 1970s TV pin-up Maureen McCormick has stunned fans by confessing she secretly battled cocaine abuse and anorexia at the height of her fame. The actress, who played wholesome Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch, has revealed she spent a decade hiding her demons from friends and fans in a new magazine article.
McCormick tells People she started the journey towards an eating disorder when as a young actress she gorged herself on ice cream and didn't gain weight - by making herself sick. She says, "It seemed ideal. Once I started, it was hard to stop." And a former boyfriend turned the teenage McCormick, now 50, onto cocaine.
She adds, "He was friends with people who did drugs. I have a very addictive personality. I know that now." McCormick admits years of therapy and her faith helped her kick her cocaine habit and adopt a healthier lifestyle: "Being able to quit drugs and finding belief in a higher power gave me the tools to end the bulimia."
The actress insists one good thing has come out of her own troubled past -
she'll recognize the signs if her own teenage daughter develops drug or
anorexia problems. She adds, "She knows what I've been through. I hope that keeps her from making those same mistakes."
www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/23/brady_bunch_star_maureen_mccormick_confe
Beloved 1970s TV pin-up Maureen McCormick has stunned fans by confessing she secretly battled cocaine abuse and anorexia at the height of her fame. The actress, who played wholesome Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch, has revealed she spent a decade hiding her demons from friends and fans in a new magazine article.
McCormick tells People she started the journey towards an eating disorder when as a young actress she gorged herself on ice cream and didn't gain weight - by making herself sick. She says, "It seemed ideal. Once I started, it was hard to stop." And a former boyfriend turned the teenage McCormick, now 50, onto cocaine.
She adds, "He was friends with people who did drugs. I have a very addictive personality. I know that now." McCormick admits years of therapy and her faith helped her kick her cocaine habit and adopt a healthier lifestyle: "Being able to quit drugs and finding belief in a higher power gave me the tools to end the bulimia."
The actress insists one good thing has come out of her own troubled past -
she'll recognize the signs if her own teenage daughter develops drug or
anorexia problems. She adds, "She knows what I've been through. I hope that keeps her from making those same mistakes."
www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/23/brady_bunch_star_maureen_mccormick_confe
