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Mackenzie Phillips, once known for her role as Julie Cooper on “One Day at a Time,” candidly shares how drug use was rampant on set—often with co-star Valerie Bertinelli—and how she became the one caught, sparking her path to recovery. Despite the fallout, their friendship endured: Phillips would leave voicemails during sobriety, knowing Bertinelli’s silence wasn’t rejection, and eventually, the call came back—symbolizing healing. Today, Phillips sees her past not as a tragedy but as armor, forged in pain and now used to empower others through her work in addiction recovery. She credits faith and purpose as anchors in her journey, and she now understands trauma through a lens of power imbalance, recognizing that no child can truly consent to abuse—and that survivors often feel bound to protect their abusers.

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