Lindsay Lohan on Cocaine, Alcohol, Rehab

Lindsay Lohan loved her cocaine in 2007

Once again Lindsay Lohan is talking publicly about her battles with cocaine & alcohol.

Lohan claims she no longer does drugs, and keeps alcohol to a minimum. Haven’t we heard this MANY times before from the actress?

This time Lindsay spoke with a reporter from The Sun, a British gossip rag. She says her reason for abusing drugs and alcohol was to “mask” her problems, which ended up being magnified by her father in 2007 when he began going to the press with private stories about his daughter and family.

“When my father was going public, that’s when I hit rock bottom. I abused substances too much and it wasn’t the answer to my problems. People need to know that.

“I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine and mind-altering substances. Now I’m in a place where I don’t need to use anything and I can feel emotions because I choose to. I learned from my mistakes and I’m now healthy and happier. I never want to be close to losing everything I worked for and aspired to have my whole life. Mind-altering substances are so dangerous.

“If I can teach others, especially teens, by sharing my experiences, then that’s what I will continue to do. I’ve made some dreadful mistakes but learned from them – that has probably saved my life.”

I can’t help but wonder if Lindsay is only talking about this now because she needs a little publicity. It’s like the hoarding thing, is she really a hoarder, or just incredibly messy? The whole hoarding thing seemed like a cry for attention as well.

Lindsay DOES look a bit, well, healthier these days though. She isn’t bone thin and doesn’t looked coked out all the time, so maybe this time she really is straightening out. At least with the cocaine bit..

Lindsay says she officially hit bottom in 2007 after being busted for cocaine, hitting a tree with her car and getting a DUI. She had numerous bouts with rehab, and just seemed to get deeper into trouble after each stay.

“I went to rehab three times. The first time I checked myself in because I had taken Ambien. It’s a sleeping aid but it makes you hallucinate. I’d run a bath and fallen asleep on the floor and the bath had overflowed. When I woke up I was so scared, I called my therapist and said, ‘Can I just go somewhere for a month? I’m around bad people and I need to take care of myself’. I was terrified, so I put myself in. There was a point when I didn’t know how to say ‘No’ and I was trying to please everyone. I was doing pop and making films. I was young and thought I could go out, have fun, then go on set and record. I ran myself down and I lost track of who I was.”

As for cocaine use, she blames it all on her dad. She says when she was caught with it, it was found in a purse, but from what I recall, it was found on her – in her pants pocket – and she said the pants weren’t hers. Heh. Well, now she is changing the story again…

“It was in a purse and I was with friends. I wasn’t trying to lie to police.”

And now for the dad part…

“I was only aware of cocaine because of my dad. I was terrified of it. But I tried it because I was stubborn, stupid, and wanted to see what it was like. It’s not something I ever want to do again. It made me feel like s***. It became uninteresting to me. I’m hyper anyway and I have that kind of personality so I don’t need something like that.”

Well, one thing is for sure, Linds was doing LOTS of cocaine for a few years there. It was so blatantly obvious. Hopefully she really has kicked it, because that stuff will eat you alive. I think she already battles depression and such and I’m sure it just made things worse for her.

On her DUI accident:

“I wasn’t driving like a maniac. There were paparazzi and their flashes were going off into the window. I tried to turn, then I sped up because they sped up. That’s when I hit the tree. I just thank God everyone was OK. But it was scary. I had three drinks, at most. I’ve been stupid and childish and I wasn’t thinking.”

Lindsay blew a .12 – .13. Well above the .08 limit.

So what about all the times we see Lindsay out on the town partying until the wee hours of the morning? She is still spotted out often, hitting house parties and leaving Hollywood hotspots…

“I’ve now learned my boundaries and I’ve been very good with cleaning house with people who I know didn’t have my best intentions at heart. A lot of people in LA are very self destructive. Partying so hard simply isn’t worth it. Life is worth living and there is so much to do and experience, it’s wonderful.”

So folks, are you buying all this? She is kind of the girl who cried wolf, no? It seems that about once a year Lindsay comes forward with revelations about her “past” drug and alcohol abuse. Do you think it is to keep her name in the media – or is she genuinely cleaning up her act?

Her loudmouth father, Michael Lohan is refuting her claims that she is drug free and insists that she is screwed up on prescription drugs these days. Of course he also goes on record to say that he is not the reason for Lindsay’s 2007 meltdown. He released a letter to X17, pointing the finger right back at his daughter, because, you know, he simply cannot keep family matters private.

It’s no wonder Lindsay is so screwed up.