Posted on 07/25/2007 6:58:37 AM PDT by Roberts
With two trips to rehab behind her and a litany of legal problems ahead, Lindsay Lohan joins a long list of young Hollywood talents who've faced high-profile battles with drugs and alcohol. Some went on to enjoy healthy careers. Others died young. Lohan, 21, was arrested early Tuesday in Santa Monica and released on bail for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and with a suspended license, and felony cocaine possession.
"I am innocent... did not do drugs they're not mine. I was almost hit by my assistant Tarin's mom I appreciate everyone giving me my privacy," Lohan wrote in an e-mail to "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush, the show reported on its Web site Tuesday night.
Police found cocaine in one of the actress' pockets during a pre- booking search, Sgt. Shane Talbot said. Police initially said Lohan was also being booked for investigation of transporting a narcotic but later said she was not.
Police received a 911 call from the mother of Lohan's former personal assistant, saying that Lohan was chasing her in an SUV, said Lt. Alex Padilla. The assistant had quit hours before, he said.
Authorities found Lohan and the woman in a "heated debate" in the parking lot of Santa Monica's Civic Auditorium at about 1:30 a.m.
Lohan's arrest comes as she still faces DUI allegations connected to a Memorial Day weekend hit-and-run crash in Beverly Hills. The actress completed more than six weeks in rehab less than two weeks ago, and had checked into a recovery clinic in January.
Lohan had worn an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet since her July 13 release from rehab and was tested daily to support her sobriety, her attorney, Blair Berk, said. She said Lohan had relapsed and was receiving medical care at an undisclosed location.
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“The 12 step program is an elongated version of accepting Christ and being saved. I am sure it has helped people, but it seems that quitting drinking is a secondary goal with the AA program.”
Plenty of recovering, hard-core drunks, including atheists, Jews, Buddhists and Hindus would wholeheartedly disagree.
Have you ever attended an AA meeting and seen what actually takes place? It is absolutely not a Christian revival meeting.
Congrats to you. I’m over 16 years and counting, one day at a time.
But you’d hate it more if the cops found other people’s stuff in your pockets, especially if (like Lindsay) you didn’t put it there. -s-
I'm sure AA has helped plenty of people, just as I'm sure plenty of people quit without AA. But I have a problem with their "alcoholism is a disease" mentality, and the mindset that you are "powerless" and absolutely must use religion to quit drinking.
I'm suspicious of any organization that tells me I'm powerless to do something on my own, or that my reckless behavior and willful disregard for my own health and well-being is the result of a disease.
The physical effects can be dealt with with treatment and if need be, medication. But saying you have no control over your addiction is a fallacy in my experience.
Anyone that says everyone with a serious addiction is powerless over it does NOT know what they are talking about.
Some may feel the need to admit they are powerless and bring God into the mix to help them, but that is not the case for everyone.
“The physical effects can be dealt with with treatment and if need be, medication. But saying you have no control over your addiction is a fallacy in my experience.”
Is it your experience that an out-of-control alcoholic can be cured through willpower and medication? Please share your experience.
“Anyone that says everyone with a serious addiction is powerless over it does NOT know what they are talking about.”
AA is a group of people who voluntarily get together to overcome their personal demons by helping others with theirs. The only requirement for membership is a sincere desire to quit drinking. AAs have found that their best chance of success is in following the 12 steps. However, no effective AA member that I have encountered wastes time trying to convince others of what they must do unless first asked to do so.
Each AA member is completely free to practice, or to not practice, the steps. No one forces a member to follow any specific step. However, those who have been asked to assist others (by the one seeking help) will share their experience with what has worked for others and why. Anyone in that situation is free to accept or reject the advice.
“I think AA has probably helped a lot of people, but its little more than a Christian recruiting organization.”
The AA book mentions several religions besides Christianity, and it is hardly a “Christian recruiting organization.”
You are right that they have helped a lot of people. No probably about that. If somebody has $ means for the most costly programs (Phoenix, Betty Ford, etc.) at the end they instruct you to go to AA.
What about aetheists in AA? Sure. If they honestly follow the steps, they may find a Higher Power, suitable to their own world view.
The book says one needs a ‘personality change sufficient to recover from alcoholism,’ and it does NOT define it to be Christian, or any other religion.
The medication factor is more for drug users who can have severe and even life threatening withdrawal symptoms (methadone and the like). It is sometimes required for alcoholics but not usually.
Most of the people I know who have quit drinking have done so cold turkey, no treatment outside of their own discipline, willpower, and whatever physical and mental steps they took on their own.
That's simply not true. It isn't specific to the christian religion, and atheists can get help there by accepting the group as a higher power.
Right back at you...
You can dry anyone out with a week of spin dry detox. The question becomes, how does someone stay that way? Alcoholics (and I don’t mean heavy drinkers) simply cannot control their addiction on their own. Their actions support that claim. The alcoholic is the one that places booze before everything. Feeding the addiction is their priority and in the end little can stand in the way of that action. Sure, they can take some time off her and there but in the end they go back to living what anyone would term as an irrational life. A true drunk cannot have just a few beers and have that be okay for any length of time.
It takes a big person to know that they lost the fight and can not drink in safety. The problem with many drunks is that that will not accept their weakness and will continue to drink or manage it.
It is possible for people to stop without AA but staying off the booze is hard. And, since drunks have just oh so charming personalities and character to begin with, failing to address the emotional and spiritual aspects of the problem is likely to result in relapse.
The sentence of 45 days of hard time for two misdemeanor probation violations was unfair to Paris.
If she was Jain Q Public she would have gotten 5 to 15 days at most.
Actress Michelle Rodriguez had two DUI’s and a ‘hit n run’, was sentenced to 60 days and served only FOUR HOURS IN JAIL.
Saying that Ms Hilton got what she deserved is the mentality of the lynch mob!
Hard time? She wasn't serving on the chain gang. I agree that it's a travesty that Michelle Rodriquez only served 4 hours in jail. It's not fair to the public that anyone gets off so light after being involved in a driving while intoxicated incident. The slap on the wrist is the reason that people go on to drive again while intoxicated and end up killing someone. This might be considered a misdemeanor, but it is a serious misdemeanor and should be treated as such for all cases. No matter the amount of time anyone else has been sentenced, Paris' sentence was within the guidelines and more than fair to her.
Paris Hilton’s sentence was within guidelines, but hardly fair- she served more time than most who’ve been sentenced for the same offences.
Those who sevred longer usualy hada prior violent rap sheet.
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