{"id":58,"date":"2010-09-23T10:32:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T10:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/movingbeyondaddiction\/2010\/09\/what-do-celebrities-paris-hilton-and-lindsay-lohan-have-in-common.html"},"modified":"2010-09-23T10:32:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T10:32:36","slug":"what-do-celebrities-paris-hilton-and-lindsay-lohan-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thecelebritytherapist\/2010\/09\/what-do-celebrities-paris-hilton-and-lindsay-lohan-have-in-common.html","title":{"rendered":"What do Celebrities Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan Have in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lindsay Lohan will be back in court Friday for testing positive for cocaine and could face 30 days in jail. <\/font><\/p>\n

This is just after being released from a UCLA drug treatment center where the doctors determined she was not a chronic substance abuser.  <\/span>Are you kidding?  <\/span>How did they come to that conclusion?  <\/span>I don’t get it.  <\/span>I have worked in this field for numerous years and every indication points to Lindsay being an addict.  <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Lindsay has failed multiple drug tests, spent 13 days behind bars and was released early due to overcrowded jails.   <\/span>If these aren’t bottoms, then what is?<\/font><\/p>\n

Lindsay has hit her bottom numerous times and is still using which means obviously whatever treatment she has been receiving is not working and\/or clearly she does not want to get clean and sober.  <\/span>Ironic that in the same week Paris Hilton, another young celebrity, gets busted for cocaine.  <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

My mother made the most interesting comment to me the other day.  <\/span>She asked, “Why aren’t these woman doing something in their lives that is meaningful?”  <\/span>“Why aren’t they doing charity work?”  <\/span>“Why aren’t they spending their time being useful instead of partying all hours of the night and flaunting their line of handbags?”  <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

This is just outrageous and the arrogance of these women permeates Hollywood’s slew of young and entitled celebrities.  <\/span>It is another example of most likely friends and possibly her family enabling this type of behavior by their denial and their inability to say “no.”  <\/span>On the other hand, she is a 24 year old woman, who is deeply in her disease.  <\/span>She is most definitely an addict and she needs one year of treatment.  <\/span>She needs to immerse herself in recovery and change everything and everyone in her life if she expects to turn her life around.  <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Although I try not to promote my book, this is exactly what Lindsay needs.  <\/span>She needs to find her purpose, her calling and figure out what it is that gives her life meaning other than drugs and alcohol. We all have a reason to be on this planet.  <\/span>We all have gifts to impart to the universe.  <\/span>Lindsay has a calling but she has yet to find it because she has been too busy living in chaos and dysfunction for too many years.  <\/span>I wish for her to find what it is that fulfills her and brings passion to her life, otherwise I am afraid she is going to keep doing the same thing over and over again.  <\/span>Yes, she needs recovery, but she also needs a reason for being here. Otherwise, she unfortunately may not ever have that chance to be the woman she is meant to be.   <\/span>She, like so many other young adults, are never able to access their purpose because they are too busy numbing their feelings.   <\/span>Only that tiny voice of wisdom can be heard from their higher power, Buddha, God, Jesus, Allah, or higher self when they remove all the destructive behavior their lives encompass.   <\/span>Only when they embody their true and enlightened nature, will they find the peace and serenity they so desire.<\/font><\/p>\n

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