Lindsey Lohan

I don't know why I'm writing except that I noticed the news that she got jail time and I wondered what for and how long. 90 days is a very long time. It doesn't seem like something she would fail to comply with--unless there was a misunderstanding, because they have enough money to get everything (planner, professional assistanct for calendar) together.

I find it strange that this country repeatedly punishes women for "alcohol" issues or other things, and yet very rarely, if ever, goes after the men who take advantage of a woman, celebrity or not, in this state, who basically commit date rape.

It's always the woman's fault it seems. And it seems that those women who have probably BEEN victims of sexual assault, are the very ones that the system targets, because someone wants to shift the blame.

Probably what these women need more than drug and alcohol rehab, is counseling on how to accept and recover from various forms of exploitation and sex abuse.

And probably, a system that is better equipped to handle and follow through on reports women might want to make without having it ruin their own reputation or result in retaliation or insults.

I would have ordered counseling or psychotherapy with someone really good, before drug and alcohol rehab, and told the client, "BYOB"

I don't think forcing drug and alcohol rehab is the first step. IF there is a problem with it, that is a symptom, not a cause, and the cause should be addressed first, before going to the symptom.

And, in my opinion, a really insightful and intuitive or advante garde therapist would know the most important thing is to "get it out" and sort it out. If drinking helps facilitate that, by all means, bring a beer or a drink, as long as it's not to the point of being drunk.

Being drunk would put the same client in the position of being vulnerable and allow the psychotherapist even more potential control so I would say no to more than a drink. But if someone needs a drink first, or wants one while there, or pops one Valium, just to take the edge off of going into traumatic detail about what they're going through or their past, some of the very best therapists have done this.

That's actually how Ecstasy came into being. It was first used, to faciliate marriage counseling and then it left the psychotherapists offices and hit the street.

Psychotherapists are allowed, by law, to "hypnotize" people and I think this far scarier than allowing a client to have a drink (if they want one, not to encourage it). Hypnosis is absolutely taking someone's free will and their trust, in that moment of being hypnotized while having a drink is allowing someone to relax a little. I think there is a big difference and it's strange that hypnosis is approved while the other is not.

I am not sure which order is most popular: drug rehab and then therapy? or conjunctive? If someone is so drugged out they cannot even do therapy, that's one issue. But good therapy or friends would eliminate the compulsion or help someone to gain strength to want to quit on their own and identify what leads them to excess to begin with.

I don't agree with forcing someone to quit drinking entirely, for a whole year, either. Some people do better with full abstinence and others can tolerate moderation or small amounts just fine.