(image via alltheteenmoms)
Still drunk!
Good to see turning 21 has made her into a great role model and spokesperson… for Jack Daniels maybe.
I know, I know… be nice to Maci. She’s the perfect person to be paid a truckload of money to travel around to different colleges talking about how hard life is. Reality is, she’d probably be better off giving college kids advice on beating a hangover than she can struggling as a young mother.
I’m going to take a different approach on this subject. I am on to Maci. This is a classic George Costanza move and there can only be on “Body Suit Man”. I bet she got a contract offer from some show like “dancing with the hasbeens” and is doing what she can to break out of her contract with MTV and her role as public speaker. What’s next, is she going to drive around MTV’s parking lot with a trophy of the “moon man” dragging from her car?
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just because she i s young mom does not mean she cant have fun. people are to quick to judge
Since when does “have fun” mean drinking?! Is that the only way you can have fun? That’s sad, I hope you’re able to find some healthier options to “have fun.”
Maybe not to you but “having fun” means drinking to me! Just not every night like Maci is apparently doing!
That’s why you think sleeping with 7 guys while you’re a teenager is okay, sweetie.
That has nothing to do with what i said but umm ok?
No, it’s not the only way to have fun, but yes drinking is fun.
agreed^^
there is a such thing as responsible non destructive fun believe it or not
are you sure?
It is not really the drinking it’s the amount of drinking taking place even though she is a mother. She’s acting like she hasn’t got the responsibilities and is just another college kid
I honestly think Maci has drank alcohol every day for over a year now. I don’t think she goes many days without consuming alcohol. That’s sad. Her and her friends are so incredibly trashy. I mean she has posted numerous times about drinking beer with her breakfast. That’s so gross. She truly is one of the people who drinks all hours of the day. She is turning into an alcoholic. She drinks WAY more than the average college aged student/21 year old and she’s a mother top top it all off. I will absolutely not be surprised when she needs rehab. And to be honest, i wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not only alcohol/weed with her. With the amount of partying that she does i can see her getting into cocaine and pills, if she hasn’t already of course.
And now Ryan is back to partying every night too, as well as she. Bentley is with their parents ALL the time because they go out so much. And Ryan’s mom even brags about Ryan having hangovers and sleeping all the day when he’s supposed to be with Bentley and she acts like it’s completely okay and normal. Ugh Ryan, Maci and their parents annoy me to no end and they enable this behavior. And when the hell is Ryan going to move out of his mommy and daddy’s house? He is freakin 25 years old, he needs to grow the hell up. I know in the one episode it showed him with this his own apartment but he moved back him shortly after and he still resides at mommy and daddy’s to this day. Ugh.
Yeah and honestly it’s a little sad. She’s clearly got an alcohol problem and doesn’t even try to hide it.
Yeehaw-your comment is so well though out.
It’s ok to drink and have fun responsibly, but based off of her twitter she clearly has a problem. Some people want to sugarcoat it. I guess they have to wait until something “horrible” happens to realize that she has a problem and needs to take care of it. She used to be a good mother it seems like, but now, 
. I am dealing with a situation like this with one family member, so I understand enough to know she has a PROBLEM!
Who cares if she drinks we all do!!!
I don’t :O
I do!
You can’t have fun unless alcohol is involved? Maybe you guys should take this: http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/learn-about-alcohol/alcohol-abuse-self-test
I don’t.
The kicker? I’m in end stage liver failure. I’ve had alcohol in my life twice before my liver failed, and didn’t even get drunk either time.
But back on topic – there’s a difference between being a drinker and being an alcoholic. It seems like Maci is leaning towards the latter.
Wow, I’m really sorry to hear that. That is awful.
Is a treatment possible for you? Are you on the transplant list? I sincerely hope you have support and joy in your life still. I am not well myself so I have an understanding of your situation. I pray you find hope and answers
Naww thanks
I hope you will be feeling better soon too!! We need a healthy junkies community! Hehe
I am on the transplant list, it’s a weird feeling to be on one, it’s hard to say I’m eager for a transplant when it means someone else loses their loved one. My doctors are looking into whether I’d be able to successfully get a lobe transplant, that way I could get it from a living relative, and it could (eventually) grow into a full functioning liver. Science!
I have a wonderful support group, and a lot happier than I was before I got sick. Life is funny like that. I try to just live each day to the fullest, because who knows – I could get a transplant then get hit by a bus. So I try not to let negative feelings get me down
I volunteer at my local hospital a few days a week, and take out my frustrations on teenaged mothers, ahaa. But in all seriousness, I’m not sad, and I’m not scared, so don’t worry about me 
That is a great attitude to have Sammy, kudos to you! I hope the lobe idea works out, sounds like an ideal solution.
Take care. You sound like a great person. I have lost somebody on a transplant list due to congestive heart failure, so I want to get on my soapbox and ask everyone to be on the donor list. In many states it is as easy as checking a box on your driver’s license. It is so easy to do something so important for somebody else.
It really bothers me that she would drink all the time BEFORE she turned 21. How did she never get in trouble for that?! I loved her on the show but now she is starting to annoy me. She’s 21 & I am also but she doesn’t need to drink all the time!!! & she has a kid!
I agree i liked all the teen moms at first but dont like any of them anymore…i dont even know why i still watch the show but i do…
I don’t and I still have alot of fun being a Mom and wife. There are plenty of other ways to have a good time with and without your child that do not include drinking.
Uhhhh, not me. i JUST turned 21, after spending two periods in rehabs for my alcoholism. Now i have a month and a half clean time, because I HAVE to or i will die, and i WANT to be sober because I know i’m worth it and can fight this and win this time. It’s really sad to look back on it. I wasted 6 years of my life being hospitalized, being VERY physically self destructive, being abusive to boyfriends, puking, hammered most of the time, not sleeping, crying, hopeless, suicidal. that’s what alcohol can do. and it can kill you. it started out fun but after about a year or two it wasn’t fun anymore, it was hell. so now this is my second chance at sobriety and i’m taking full advantage of it. People are perfectly capable of working through their emotions/anxiety/depression/whatever, having a shitload of fun, building healthy relationships, SOBER, if they want it and reach out for help. I truly hope Maci cleans her act up before something horrible happens.
I haven’t had any alcohol in about a year and a half. And not cause I’ve ever had a problem with it. It’s just not a necessity of life, I have fun other ways WITH my kids and my husband. Plus I like to be sober seeing as I’m always home with one child, no kid-free weekends for me or sending off to grandparents all the time.
Maci has always been white trash. Just took this long for people to realize it. MTV did a hell of a job cleaning her up for tv with their edits and making Ryan look like a douche. Well he probably is a douche but Maci isn’t that much better. Still all said I would invite her over for drinks. LOL
This makes me so sad. She’s not grown up and working hard for her son. She’s out getting drunk, posting pictures that are compromising her “image”… I just don’t get it. As a mother myself, there is no greater joy than being with my son. No alcohol could ever be more fun, more worthy, or more exciting than just being with him. Sure mothers need time off, but I can think of a million other more productive things to do than drinking! Come on, Maci. We were all cheering for you… and now we’re not.
How does she continue to get speaking engagements at schools as a role model? You would think that most educators would have the ability to Google the person they are asking to speak to their students. You would also think that some wise asses in the audience would pepper her with questions about the best way to get away with underage drinking without getting caught?; what is the best way to stay in school while dropping most of your classes?; does she prefer vodka or gin martinis?; which hotel chain puts up with the most amount of drunken screaming before they kick you out?;and what is the best way to deal with a small child when you are really hungover?
Still drunk.
Hahahahahahahaha stevebeans I love you! Cracking up over here…
Maci is trash, poor Bentley.
Kyle Neanderthal King said it best… She’s a fakeass super mom.
I loved that. Her twitter bio says “single mom changing the world” and it infuriates me every time I see it. She is a pathetic excuse for a mother, teenager or not.
Ok, now I’m not a mom so I may not be familiar with the terminology, but can someone explain to me the term “single mom”? I’ve always thought it’s doing everything on your own. Ryan has Bentley almost 50% of the time, pays child support, and not to mention Maci has her parents. Correct me if I’m wrong, wouldn’t that make her a mom who happens to be single, but not a single mom?
Thank you!!! i do not think the term single mother should be used when both parents are involved in the child’s life. The only single mother on these shows is barbara. i was gonna say farrah, but her parents do wayy too much for sopheeeeeah for her to be considered a single parent.
She isn’t even single. She’s dating that tool Taylor.
Get this, Taylor is also 25 and has no college education and has NEVER had a job, EVER. He literally just parties. She is literally dating a Ryan 2.0 but at least Ryan has actually held jobs. Maci dates these losers who are going absolutely nowhere in life just because she knows she looks good compared to them and she wants to be the better and more successful partner.
I agree Maci is just a mom that happens to be single. She never has had a damn clue what its like to be a real single mom with no help! My mom was a single mom with no help! Maci has Ryans and her parents help. Also Ryan is involved in Bentlys life therefore shes just a mom whos single.
Well, I would refer to her as a single mother. Cause to me yea, she’s single and a mother. When I was well and truly alone (my son’s dad died), I referred to myself as a ‘solo parent’. But really it’s just labels, but there is a big difference when you have no ther parent to help you at all, then when someone has your child 50% of the time, I agree.
Wow she really said shes changing the world! How is she changing the world! She must be lala land!
i’m a mother too and i go out frequently too… i agree that she has a drinking problem. when i go out to drink my son, ezra, is with his father. when it’s my time with him i go out after he’s sleeping, and he’s with my parents BUT i don’t drink – if it’s MY time with him i’m the DD so that if he wakes up or something happens i can be there as fast as possible. and i do ask my parents (or sitter if they’re busy) that if ezra wakes up to call me.
It’s a good thing you’re not dating Kail cause she’d punch you then print off facebook pics of you drinking and take you to court for a custody battle for what you just said!
Lmao at what A said!!
You sound like Jenelle. “Oh it’s ok if I go out and party cuz I gave him a bath before I left and he doesn’t need me he has my mom!”. Ugh.
She just said she goes home if he wakes up when she’s out. There’s nothing wrong with what SadieRaeann said, and it’s absolutely nothing like Jenelle giving her son a bath and then peacing out for the night/week.
Maci reminds me of myself alot.
I started drinking when I was 15. My friends were partiers and we’d drink on weekends and I LOVED it. It made me feel awesome, on top of the world, and like everything was so much fun. It made me forget about all the issues that were on my mind throughout the day. It got to the point where I didn’t even know how to be around my friends without drinking. If we couldn’t get booze, I made excuses to not hang out. I didn’t know how to be comfortable being sober around friends anymore. That was rare though, cause my friends liked to party too. The way Maci talks and brags about her drinking and social life reminds me so much of myself and my friends during high school. If I had twitter back then I’d be sharing pics of my margaritas on there too. We lived for the party. Just celebrating being alive by doing some tequila shots. Young and carefree. Just like Maci, I had a lot of money at my disposal as well (long story). So just like what I suspect Maci does, I was always initiating the drinking because I had money. I’d go over to a friends with a ~present~ “omg a giant bottle of your favourite booze! surprise! hahah k let’s drink it”. I was also always paying for my friends bar tabs on nights out. “alright ladies let’s go OUT! No excuses! I’m buying the drinks, I’m paying for the cab, let’s GO!”. They weren’t using me by any means though. I was the one using them. I needed a reason to drink.
By the time I was in 12th grade I was drinking alone almost every night. I’d show up for school hungover all the time… I wasn’t even 18 yet!! Then in college it was more of the same…. party with my friends, drink alone when they weren’t around. I didn’t know how to be with others or even myself at this point without alcohol. All those fun drunk moments… feeling elated and having the best times… I grew to love them so much that reality just wouldn’t do anymore. Nothing compared to the drunk “high”. How I even graduated college with good grades is a miracle. I guess I was a “functional” alcoholic. Still took care of my responsibilities, then spent every spare moment outside of them drinking.
This went on until I was about 20 years old. By then I had graduated college and begun my career (associates degree ftw)and had matured a little. The years of heavy drinking had taken a toll on my body and I was pretty overweight. Heavier than I’d ever been before… I am jealous of Maci for being able to drink like a tank everyday and stay thin… my metabolism can’t handle it lol. Anyway I decided to diet and lose weight, this also meant no drinking because of the calories in booze. I did really well. Only drank once a week on my “cheat” days. It was during this period as well that I really realized how completely fucking empty inside I was and had no coping skills or happiness from within anymore since I had spent the past 5 years drinking and not actually growing and developing and being a normal human being. After I lost the weight I started drinking again and went off the fucking handle. Completely destructive. A total mess. I’ll spare the details but it was terrible. Ended up in the hospital a few times and was nearly involuntarily committed to the psych ward. Was also almost sent to inpatient rehab for 30 days. So at this point I had all these mental health professionals in my face, and while I refused the rehab centre (didn’t wanna miss work… was still a “functional” alcoholic), they insisted I do “outpatient” aka regular therapy appointments. I was lucky to have good insurance at work to help pay for it and I qualified for government funding to pay for it as well since the health care system knew about my problem (Canadian healthcare… woohoo). So I saw two different therapists regularly and worked on myself. I had to learn how to be alone with myself and not drink. I had to learn how to fill that hole with actual human feelings and coping skills instead of alcohol. I was still miserable during all of it, but finally I came out on a brighter end. I can remember the day things changed and I felt “whole” again. Like I did when I was a child, before booze took over. I learned how to make myself happy again, and I was SO happy. I still am.
That was all last year. I’m 22 now and I’m so thankful for all the hardships I’ve learned and to know I can live life and be comfortable with myself and around others without needing to drink. It’s an enormous relief to not feel like I need to rely on alcohol to get through life. But I still drink. Often. Almost every day. Not because I don’t feel happy… I do. I go for walks, enjoy nature, spend time with people, then go home and look back on it all and feel so fulfilled. I feel that life is beautiful and I’m perfectly content. But I still drink. There’s something about it that’s just so powerful I can’t let it shake. It’s not even “fun” anymore, I just do it. It’s so powerful. I can’t explain. It sucks, I feel like I’m the slave to the bottle. It’s 4pm on a Thursday and I started a glass of wine. I worked so damn hard on improving myself and getting better but I STILL want to drink. It all started because of some “partying” when I was younger with my friends. Now when I see those friends, we hardly drink. If we do, it’s a beer or two over dinner. The only difference is at the end of it all they go home and go to bed. I stop at the liquor store to bring a bottle home alone with me after.
Watch yourself Maci. Don’t be like me. I know this might sound silly because I’m only a year older than you, and we’re both so young as it is, but alcohol has clearly taken over your life and it’s taken over mine too. I can tell you aren’t even at the point yet where you realize you have a problem, because you’re flaunting these unhealthy drinking habits like it’s no big deal. It seems normal to you cause all your friends are doing it, but honey it isn’t. Soon they’ll grow out of it and I hope you grow out of it with them. I hope you don’t keep drinking just as heavy and hard but keep it private since your peers aren’t doing it with you anymore. You have a son too… you’re a good mom when you want to be. Choose that path before you get deeper into this alcohol mess. Before you get so far gone like myself. It’s so hard to watch this cause she’s exactly like me just a little behind… It’s sad enough for her own sake, but little Bentley is affected by this too. It’s so sad. Maci realize that your partying is not “normal” before it’s too late.
Thank you for sharing your story…I wish you all the best in your journey to best alcoholism. I hope you can continue with your therapy and be able to kick the habit completely. You’re very inspriring and I wish more people could hear this side of high school/college partying. It’s not as harmless as people try to make it out to be…
Thank you for sharing.
I don’t like your implication it is too late for you though – you’re only 22 girl! Have you considered AA? Or getting yourself a mentor who can guide you through it? If you can’t find a balance between casual drinking and drinking everyday, maybe you should be one of those people who shouldn’t drink at all. There are so many positive things in life that can be more powerful than drinking, find one that works for you. Best wishes.
AA and rehabs dont work from my experience.
AA isn’t for everyone. Perfect for some people, but for others. that’s why there’s different treatment styles
AA is just one of them.
I know it’s not for everyone (if you were replying to me – the layout confuses me a bit!) I just meant it as a suggestion. It always helps getting through a difficult journey in life with someone by your side who knows what you’re going through. AA was just the first thing that came to mind, as I’m not too familiar with other support groups, but I bet there is something out there that will work for you. Don’t be discouraged!!
AA or other Rehab programs NEVER work if you are not ready to surrender. Fellow Mess. I empathize with you and I hope you get to à place where you want à new way of life. What ever method of program you choose will work if you work it. Goodluck.
Thank-you for being so brave and sharing your struggles honestly. I sense you are still struggling. Your post reveals contradiction regarding alcohol. You wrote it is ‘an enormous relief’ to not have to rely on alcohol. However, you then go on to say how much power, drinking, still has over you. You also drink every day but wish you didn’t. I am sure you are aware you have a serious alcohol addiction. I hope you still are seeing a therapist on a regular basis. Perhaps you need rehab again. You are young, a college grad and have your whole life ahead of you. PLEASE get the help you need. You need to stop drinking completely. Alcoholics cannot have ANY alcohol because they have an addiction to it. You wrote a well-written, thoughtful and honest post. Can you do me a favour? Can you go back and read your post. I want you to think someone else wrote it. Someone you love. What would your advice be to that person?
Please look deep within yourself. There is an empty space somewhere in you. Perhaps you tried to fill it with food,men and alcohol. Be honest in therapy and discover why you feel empty. Only then will you be able to stop drinking. I applaud your honesty and have said a prayer for you. Do NOT give up! Get help and don’t stop until you feel whole and happy with yourself. You CAN do it! God Bless
that was really cool of you to share that. it reminds me of something my mom has always said, “if you ever feel the need to hide something, you probably shouldn’t be doing it.” I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your potential, and hopefully soon, recovery and life.
Thanks everyone for the kind responses. I really appreciate that.
I don’t know why I went on with that big ramble yesterday but seeing how bad Maci is doing just really made me reminisce I guess… like user “Anne” said I think maybe I should still be working on getting some help lol I obviously need it if I’m spilling my life story to the comments section of TMJ :p but thanks for the supportive words everyone and “JNV” I like that you said you wished more people could realize that teen/young drinking and partying isn’t always something to take lightly. I never thought of it that way before but you’re right.
Seriously! This website speaks the truth. I turned 21 a few weeks after Maci did, and it’s not THAT fun. Or cool. It’s like she thinks it’s cool or some shit.
If I had a twitter, I might be compelled to tweet her and ask how she would feel if Bentley was her age and drinking to excess. Doesn’t she go to school? Does she go to class hungover? Where does she have the time to drink every day?
School? haha not anymore
You’re shitting me right? Wasn’t she supposed to FINALLY graduate this semester? Holy moley, chick’s giving Chelsea a run for the title of Ultimate Bricks.
This dumbass has been trying to get her two year Associate’s Degree for over 4 years now. She bragged that she’d finally be graduating this Spring. If she WERE, you KNOW she’d have tweeted about it already because she would have already had to apply so to be that’s a cleat sign she STILL isn’t! Not to mention a two year degree in Journalism or whatever she changed it to won’t cut it in that field. You need at least a Bachelors degree but with print journalism becoming a dying trend, you really need a Masters.
Everyone seems to think Maci is such a great mom but I bet when the cameras are off she is a horrible mother just like the pictures portray. She puts on a front and people are just now figuring that out
I never thought she was a great mom. Teen Mom seems fake and not sincere to me. So you never know what kind of people they REALLY are.
Some of these comments are dumb. People aren’t mad that she’s drinking, they’re mad that she’s doing it every fucking day and is responsible for a four year old child. She can’t be an irresponsible college frat kid because she decided to spread her legs and have one instead, coincidentally with a guy who parties every night, too! Great role models for Bentley. Thank God he’s got two sets of grandparents who care about him.
I have to throw this out there… just because Maci is drinking doesn’t mean she is getting drunk. It’s entirely possible to have a drink, even drink every day, and not be getting trashed, ever. The limit for driving is .08 in most states, and the average female can have a couple of beers, a shot, or a glass of wine and still be under this.
I think posting pictures of yourself appearing drunk with booze bottles in your hand or even around you is a very stupid thing to do, and most sober people do not do this, so she probably is a boozer and not a moderate drinker.