Lindsay Lohan Admits Past Cocaine And Alcohol Abuse In New Interview

Lindsay Lohan, 23, is opening up in a new interview with British newspaper The Sun, where she admits that back in 2007 she feared for her life while abusing cocaine and other substances to deal with family problems, but has since learned to embrace life instead of drugs.

“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.”

She blames her drug abuse on the fact that her father, Michael Lohan, was going public with private family details:

“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.”

On going to rehab 3 times she says:

 ”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.”

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