Tara Reid checked into Promises Treatment Center less than a month ago and is expected to check out soon.

She is looking forward to starting her new year sober after years of public drunkenness.

The actress has the support of her family and friends who believe rehab was a step in the right direction.

A source who claims to be close to Reid says, “She’s doing well. The whole family is very positive about this being the new beginning for her. They [family] are taking steps to do everything they can to help Tara keep on the right track.”

Reid is expected to check out shortly.

Her publicist will not comment on what she is being treated for.

Oh, and remember all those blogs last month who claimed Tara was out celebrating her 30th birthday right after “checking in” to rehab?

UNTRUE.

It’s like one blog posted the three-year-old pics and everyone else picked it up, copied the photos and ran with it. No one actually checked to see if it was true. Go figure.

That is the trouble with celebrity blogs these days. They all copy each other.  It’s so lame. Gone are the days when there were only a few of us out there – each doing our own thing. It’s a big copy fest now…and I think it sucks.

For the record, the photos they posted were from a previous birthday – and Tara is 33.