Celebrity Justice
Lindsay: "I Am Addicted to Alcohol and Drugs"

Lindsay Lohan issued the following statement to TMZ:

"It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs.

Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case. No matter what I said when I was under the influence on the day I was arrested, I am not blaming anyone else for my conduct other than myself. I thank God I did not injure others. I easily could have.

I very much want to be healthy and gain control of my life and career and have asked for medical help in doing so. I am taking these steps to improve my life. Luckily, I am not alone in my daily struggle and I know that people like me have succeeded. Maybe with time it will become easier. I hope so."

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301. Good Luck and I hope you don't act like a total screw up this time.

Posted at 11:24PM on Aug 24th 2007 by Pink

302. Rozelda - you're right, if she's going to actually work at staying sober and off drugs, then she needs to drop her drug pals. But if she's serious about it this time.....she won't have to drop them, they'll bail on her. They won't be able to stand being around someone for long who isn't using and drunk.

Posted at 11:58PM on Aug 24th 2007 by SinCity

303. by the way michael vick has been playing like garbage for the past two years at least.

Posted at 10:37AM on Aug 25th 2007 by La Love for La Lohan

304. she only admits it when she think she might go to jail like the common folk. the legal system stinks it only there for the rich and famous. why don't the press consentrate on the real problems of the day like war ,flooding and homelsss people.

Posted at 10:48AM on Aug 25th 2007 by molder mama

305. Most people arrested are forced into 12-step programs. A.A. says you're helpless & need God's help. People who aren't willing to devote time to someone's God, are never going to be helped. They need to be offered other programs - Rational Recovery, Secular Sobriety, therapy.
In the meantime, girls, hire a freakin' driver!

Posted at 11:09AM on Aug 25th 2007 by woodcut

306. What a joke! The words of her lawyer or publicist....and she'll continue to be a major screw up because she's got lawyers to bail her out. Just makes me sick. I believe these are her words like I believe pigs fly. Do us all a major favor...just go away.

Posted at 12:40PM on Aug 25th 2007 by oh puleez!

307. I KNEW THAT ALREADY TELL US SOMETHING WE DONT KNW.

Posted at 3:17PM on Aug 25th 2007 by jennifer

308. She's not sorry. She's just sorry that she got caught. I say they throw her in jail for six months , give her community service, send her to rehab, and give her a nice fine like they would the average person. How fair is this?

Posted at 11:18PM on Aug 26th 2007 by poor white girl

309. Did you know, before Bill Gates was the richest person on earth, he was also arrested for DUI, DWI and running a red light twice or three times in New Mexico. He spend probably less than a month in jail. He was 18-19 at the time happened. Gates' friend Paul Allen was also riding with him.

Bill Gates helped the world boost the economy!

Posted at 5:18AM on Aug 26th 2007 by Kwame

310. Lohan's taking responsibility? Where? She didn't even show up in court, and had a publicist read her statement...Is she that incapable of doing that herself? So she pled guilty in a plea agreement and got off with less than a slap on the wrist...a lot less than any non'celebrity' would get...Are they simply waiting for her to kill someone before they do anything? Besides giving her a normal sentence for 2 DUIs and harrassing someone else (the woman she chased), which they didn't, they need to go after the bars in LA that serve underage people and shut them down...maybe then there will be less visible stupidity from these minor and idiotic celebrities. Lohan will never really believe she has a problem, and maybe next time she'll do something worse, or end up killing herself. One can only hope she doesn't kill someone else when she's out partying. And if those in Hollywood continue to hire her, and the papparrazi continue to follow her every move, nothig will change...maybe boycotting anything she's in - movies, magazines, etc. - will people show their disgust about this situation, and about this woman who has so much and doesn't appreciate it.

Posted at 10:15AM on Aug 26th 2007 by MaryAnnA

311. She is going to kill someone and it is like they are just waiting for her to do it.!!!!!!! She will never change. I HOPE SHE GOES TO HELLLLLLLLL> SHE IS A SKANKY FIRE CROTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:51PM on Aug 26th 2007 by simmone

312. It sounds like she has been drinking the 12 Step Kool-aid. Substituting on a addiction to for meetings for an addiction to drugs, does not free you from addictions. Get real help Lindsey. Deal with the causes of your disease so you don't need to medicate yourself anymore. Aspire to more than just one day at a time.

Posted at 2:00AM on Aug 27th 2007 by KillingTime

313. Lindsay, Paris and all the other trainwrecks know how to manipulate through the media. They should open their own PR agency!

Posted at 11:23AM on Aug 27th 2007 by godscowboys2001

314. Oh, don't forget: inhalants, cleaning fluid, Listerine, vanilla extract, gasoline fumes, and grandma's painkillers, morphine being given to hospital patients, dog medicine, and ...what else? Good luck, Linds, I give you 5 years and if you make it past that, your addictions will always, always be with you. Because you won't HAVE to change. You'll have paid staff to babysit your sorry ass as long as you live.

Posted at 7:49PM on Aug 27th 2007 by lola

315. Lindsay is young and she needs good people with values around her --she has more $ than a normal 21 year old and fame...but she needs God and I am not being religious here ....but she needs strong faith to get her through this time ...Quit honestly I am sick of hearing about it everynight ,,,but my prayers are with her ..

Posted at 1:27PM on Aug 28th 2007 by help

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