EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan's Treatment Plan A 'Smoke Screen,' Says Sobriety Expert
Posted on Jul 16, 2010 @ 07:03AM
Lindsay Lohan recently checked into a sober living home, but a long-time sobriety expert says the move is a poor substitution for the treatment the trouble actress actually needs.
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“Every move the Lohans make toward a proper recovery is wrong and I think Lindsay is scared and doesn’t know what to,” David Kaiser, the director of SOBA Recovery Center and an interventionist, told RadarOnline.com exclusively.
“This is all a smoke screen and if she doesn’t get intensive inpatient treatment she could die.”
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As RadarOnline.com was first to report, on Wednesday, Lohan arrived at the Pickford Lofts in West Hollywood. The sober living home, which was founded by famed Los Angeles attorney Robert Shapiro after he lost his son Brent to substance abuse, is described on its website as a facility which "strives to offer a safe haven so that those in all stages of recovery can develop skills that will aid them in their journey of sobriety."
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Kaiser explained that Lindsay would not be getting the proper care she needs at Pickford Lofts because her recovery is not at an advanced enough stage.
“Picksford is not the right place for her yet. She needs real in-house rehabilitation first because Picksford is a sober living facility that people go to after rehabilitation,” Kaiser said. “There is no treatment at Picksford. It is good for sober living and transitioning back to daily life but Lindsay needs a different level of care.”
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Lindsay’s prescription drug use and possible abuse has been a recently debated topic. Kaiser says her enrollment at Picksford would do little to abate her alleged problem.
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“At Picksford they allocate drugs approved after someone has completed rehab so I assume they give Lindsay her prescription drugs there. As all sober living facilities do.”
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Dec 30, 2010 @ 12:35
I thought she checked into rehab. Just a sober living house? Put her dumb ass in jail.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 1:15pm
Incredible how many medical professionals can give opinions without ever treating or even seeing a person to even know what their issue is. apparently diagnosis can now be made from gossip site stories.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 9:10am
Well hell Jill you've diagnosed her as being perfectly fine just from a gossip site. Let's keep the playing field level here.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 12:36pm
Any person knowledgeable about addiction can give their OPINIONS. And you don't need to treat someone to know that a sober living house at this stage is like putting a band aid on an amputated limb...
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 10:43am
you have no idea what her issue is to know what she needs.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:04am
What she needs is a dose of reality.Must be hard to have had it all just to lose it because of bad choices and an enabling leech of a mother.So is the Sunday night suicide/OD on?
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:10am
we dont' know what her issues are, but she has them if she's in a SH. Who has every started at that level? if she's in a sober house, she has sobriety issue. not hard for a non professional to understand.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 11:33am
Any person knowledgeable about addiction can give their OPINIONS. And you don't need to treat someone to know that a sober living house at this stage is like putting a band aid on an amputated limb...
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 10:43am
Dina, get off of gossip sites and get your daughter some REAL help before she either loses her career altogether or dies! WTF is your problem? Your denial is going to kill your daugther.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 9:32am
NO MORE REVOLING DOOR FOR LOHAN.ITS TIME TO DO JAIL.
Posted Fri, 07/16/2010 - 8:32am