High On Arrival : A Memoir (Paperback)

from jeffsdfw

Very moving book, but disgusting. This should be mandatory reading in Jr. High. Should waking up with your underwear around your ankles and your dirty father next to you with his wank hanging out be an indication that you have a problem? Or should the 3rd time do the trick? I am at a loss for wor...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Well....this is the daughter of "Papa" John Phillips founder of the Mamas & Papas.......and this book backs up my beliefs that it is up to the parents how their children turn out. At 10 years old he had Laura rolling his joints....and from there it was one step to her stealing his drugs and becom...

from KWoman

Although her story was interesting, it got boring in parts. Same old thing, over and over again. She didn't speak much about her recovery treatments, other than the fact that she was desperate. Some chapters left me sleepy, some left me simply bored. She did talk about the issues on "One Day at a...

from akblanchard

This book received a lot of publicity because in it Phillips claims that she had an incestuous relationship as an adult with her father, rock musician John Phillips. Some don't believe she's telling the truth, but having read the book, I see no reason not to believe her. She and her father were b...

from mandersj73

Wow. I am really hoping Mackenzie Phillips wrote this as part of her addiction recovery process, because if she is just putting this out there for no reason she has no idea how wrong so much of this confession is. She was horribly addicted to the point she had no control over her life and ended u...