Lohan Arrested...AGAIN!!

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Originally Posted by jannieC

It's so disturbing, isn't it? It's as though her fame (and therefore, MONEY) is more important than her health as far as her mother is concerned. I don't even see it as enabling; I see it as exploitation.

We should feel sorry for anyone who is in active addiction. Feeling sorry for someone doesn't condone or enable behaviors. A true addict (whether it be drugs or alcohol) is going through things we could never understand. People have given up their children for drugs. She has an opportunity to get herself clean and has FAR more advantages than the average addict on the street. I hope she takes advantage of those advantages and turns her life around before she kills herself or someone else.

Exactly - her addiction and her subsequent treatment have nothing to do with her socio economic level. In fact, in very many ways, it has been proven that the pressure of such expectation at such a young age greatly fuels the need for the escapism provided by the drugs.