Saving Lindsey Lohan

Will someone close to this girl please step up to the plate and do the right thing? Her father is a convicted felon and her mother is much too caught up in her own self to really care about Lindsey. Is there no one who cares about the person in the headlines?

Look, I’m not naive. I don’t believe that love can cure Lindsey’s or anyone else’s addiction. I don’t even believe that “good parents” could have prevented this. I do know, however, that if someone doesn’t intervene soon, this girl is going to destroy herself.

I’d love to see someone stand up to her. Is there a judge in her future who will not be influenced by the Lohan name? Can we get this girl locked up for a while and then released to in patient treatment for at least 6 months? Too long, you say? I think not. She’s had her chance and she’s proven she doesn’t have the tools to stay clean and sober. Maybe she’ll never get clean and sober but we’ll never know that if someone doesn’t at least try to help her.

Every mother of an addict is feeling pain for this young lady right now. We’ve suffered through the pain of our child’s addiction and learned our own 12 steps in order to survive. Those of us with recovering addicts in our families know, too, that we did play a part in our child’s recovery. Family counseling, group meetings, learning the right way to live with an addict, all played a part in our child’s recovery. Lindsey doesn’t have that kind of parental support, apparently. I can’t imagine the odds when your own parents are sabotaging your recovery efforts.

Before anyone ridicules Lindsey Lohan or passes her off as a spoiled kid with too much money and time on her hands, please keep in mind that there are millions of Lindsey Lohans across this country, except they don’t have the money or fame. Addiction doesn’t really care if you have money or not. We need to care about each and every child being destroyed by this national epidemic. Lives are being lost and no one seems to care.

Let’s stop despising addicts and labeling them as worthless or lazy. Let’s see addiction for the disease that it is and try to find a way to treat those who suffer from it while supporting those who are affected by a loved one’s addiction. Let’s not forget that Lindsey Lohan, like all addicts, is a girl who needs help.

ETA:Just read this article about Lindsey at CNN.com and all I can say is “rubbish!” Lindsey and Britney are not mocking rehab. They’re behaving like any addict with an unlimited supply of money and enablers would behave. I guess it’s easier to hate them than to help them.

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