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Former “Brady Bunch” star shares her struggle with addiction

Written by: Stephanie Nolasco
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/19/brady-bunch-star-maureen-mccormick-says-her-parents-almost-turned-her-into-cops-while-star-battled-drug-abuse.html

                “My mom and dad, they almost turned me into the cops,” Maureen McCormick shares about her struggle with addiction. McCormick is best known for starring on the famous tv show “Brady Bunch” as Marica Brady and later for appearing on the show “Dancing with the Stars”.
            “I started messing up on jobs and so many things.” McCormick said. McCormick had been struggling with addiction for years, it got so bad that she ended up trading sex for drugs with a cocaine dealer in Hollywood. She had understood she’d been struggling with addiction for a while, but what really convinced her to act on it was her, now husband, Michael Cumming, where he told her that if she ever did drugs again he would leave her.
            “It woke me up,” McCormick said and acted on it. Cumming and McCormick have now been married for thirty-three years. McCormick has been sober ever since. In 2017 she joined  the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Go Red for Women Red Dress Collection to support her “TV mom” Florence Henderson, who passed away from heart failure in 2016.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 28, 2018 at 10:27 AM

    Addiction is a huge problem that needs to be treated in a certain way. A large problem is that drugs they use being illegal discourages them from getting help, because they'll either get a huge fine or be thrown in jail.

    We should encourage people to go to addiction treatment centers without fear of legal problems.

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    1. UnknownSeptember 30, 2018 at 9:14 AM

      Here in CR we have major opioid addiction problems. I wonder how this is managed by local law enforcement and heath care facilities so people can get the help they need.

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  2. Aleksyia LeClereSeptember 28, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    Very well written! You really addressed a worldwide problem! Your quotes were really good. And it flowed very well... Very good job!

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  3. UnknownSeptember 30, 2018 at 9:08 AM

    You gave a nice snapshot summary, but how did you feel about it? Did you buy into it? Did they leave any interesting information out you would have wanted to know? What about the connection between celebrity and addition? Hm. Keep going!

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  4. clairewickeOctober 17, 2018 at 11:51 AM

    Very good quotes! I would've liked to see more details about the start of her addiction and you're opinion on drugs and the whole situation.

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  5. Sam MirandaOctober 17, 2018 at 12:01 PM

    Your article is a very good summary of another and detailed the issues with addiction but it felt like you left out a response in it which could have been a great opportunity with this type of article where the issue is wide spread.

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  6. Keana MillsapOctober 18, 2018 at 11:49 AM

    Good job making the article flow all the way through. I would suggest maybe adding more to the article and more detail about her addiction.

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  7. Lina Madlock:)October 24, 2018 at 11:47 AM

    I enjoyed reading this, but i think you could have added more detail. This made a good opening into celebrity addiction if you wanted it to go there.

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