Lindsay Lohan Needs Our Love By Olasimbo Olanusi, MD, FASAM  The 21- year old rising starlet glitters with talents in the show business that has mesmerized the society over the decade. She began her career as a child model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. This later progressed to acting in soap operas and Disney Motion Pictures. She landed her leading actress role in 2004 with 'Mean Girls'. This role catapulted her into stardom. Other notable projects she was involved in were 'Freaky Friday', 'A Prairie Companion' and 'Herbie'.  She is also a pop music singer who has recorded and released two albums, Speak and A Little More Personal. Currently, she is working on a new project (I Know Who Killed Me) to be released in July 27, 2007. Lately, the saga of her trouble with drugs begins to unfold before our own very eyes. Her most recent arrest on July 24, 2007 for her second arrest of DUI, possession of cocaine charge and driving under suspended license. Her arrest on suspicion of driving under influence on May 26, 2007 after the police found a small amount of substance thought to be cocaine at the scene of the crash. The high probability of her urine toxicology being positive for cocaine and alcohol. The tabloid photographs of the actress allegedly snorting cocaine in a Los Angeles hotel bathroom. History of her probably misuse of Oxycontin pain pills. History of her treatment at the Promises Clinic in Malibu shortly after her arrest and treatment at the Wonderland Rehabilitation Facility in Hollywood in January 18, 2007. Q: Why would someone who has so much going for her turn to drugs? A: Addiction is a brain disease that has complex psychological, social and spiritual components. If not curbed early, it leads to compulsive misuse of the drugs and the alcohol. This generates impaired judgment and leads to irrational thoughts and behavior, typical of those who misuse drugs.
Q: This will be her third trip to the rehab program this year. A: Addiction is a chronic, progressive disease with susceptibility to relapse tendencies. Relapse often commences with changes in our thoughts and attitude until it culminates in the behavior of returning into misusing mood altering substances. Q: What does it mean to be in recovery? A: Recovery is not a destination, but a life long process that requires intense effort to build a strong recovery foundation that promotes a drug free life. The goal is recovery from physical psychological, social and spiritual effects of addiction.
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