Maureen McCormick has written a memoir called "Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice."
In this memoir she speaks about her life, growing up "Brady" her drug addictions, depression, pregnancy, abortions and a long line of men, including Steve Martin, Michael Jackson and her TV bro Barry Williams (Gregg Brady.
She exposes a period of her life when she traded sex for drugs and as E-Online puts it, "engaged in full-on binges at the Playboy Mansion and at the home of Sammy Davis Jr."
McCormick was 14 years old when the family sitcom began its four-year run in 1969 and apparently didn't have much personal experience to draw on for the character. In the book, due out tomorrow, the actress says she came to the feel-good show from an abusive family, with a father who abused and cheated on her mother.
When the show ended, McCormick says she turned to drugs, taking cocaine and Quaaludes among other illicit substances, a habit which failed to help her secure additional employment.
In the memoir, the actress also details a blown interview she had with Steven Spielberg, blaming the ill-fated meeting on her being high at the time.
What followed throughout the '80s was a battle with addiction and depression, including interventions and rehab stints galore along with various medications and therapies.
More recently, McCormick has begun a career as a country singer and has starred in Country Music Television reality series "Gone Country" and "Outsider's Inn."
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