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Rehab, The Not-So-New Celebrity Accessory
There is a special bond between celebrities and rehab; more celebrities than ever before have sought the protection and solace of rehab facilities in the past five years than ever before. Like any other move a celebrity makes, paparazzi and the public cannot get enough of their most recent drug and alcohol issues and gossiping about the numerous much-needed interventions. Hollywood is a booze-filled, drug-heavy place full socialites with way too much money and when spending that money on clothes, accessories, houses and cars gets old, many celebrities start spending it on drugs that come easier to them than to anyone else. These celebrities are not just movie stars, and they aren’t just dominating our movie theaters, television screens, mp3 players and magazine covers, but they also often dominate the several “exclusive” rehabilitation facilities around the world.
But some celebrities take drug rehab to the next level; like everything else in their lives, they often use rehab in excess and several celebrities have become infamous for their rehab visits.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears is perhaps the most-famous when it comes to so-called insanity; not so much of her rehab stays, but for her head-shaving incident (a Britney “Shears” doll was even made because of the paparazzi’s love affair with the incident!) She entered a drug rehab center in Antigua after an intervention by her family in February 2007. She stayed at the center in Antigua for less than 24 hours and the next night, the infamous head-shaving incident occurred. Luckily for her, she admitted herself to another treatment facility, the famous Promises, in Malibu, California. Since then, she has really cleaned up her act, has been seen being a great mother and her music career is kicking back up and her fans are still by her side. She has, perhaps, made one of the biggest celebrity comebacks we’ve seen.
Amy Winehouse
For such a surprisingly young woman, Amy Winehouse has had more than a lifetime’s worth of battles. She had admitted to having psychological problems such as depression, which led to self-harm and eating disorders. In 2005, the singer went through a period of heavy drinking and drug use, violent mood swings and weight loss. In August 2007 Winehouse was hospitalized after a reported overdose on heroin, ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine and alcohol. Amy Winehouse has been in a myriad of different facilities, including a physician-supervised program in 2007, a two week treatment program in January of 2008, she was sectioned at the assistance of her father and manager in April 2008, her father commented that she was in another drug replacement program in June 2009 and in July 2009, upon her return to the United Kingdom from an extended stay in St. Lucia, she has appeared to be doing well and we can only hope that she stays that way.
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is perhaps the most famous party girl in the last nearly five years and in those five years she has racked up an impressive amount of discretions. She had been involved in a series of car accidents with minor crashes in August 2004 and began attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in 2006. In January 2007 she checked herself into the Wonderland Center rehabilitation facility and completed a 30-day stay. In May 2007, Lindsay lost control of her car in Beverly Hills with a usable amount of cocaine in her car. She was arrested for the misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence and two days later, she also entered Promises where she completed a 45-day stay. She had also entered Cirque Lodge Treatment Center in Sundance, Utah when she had failed a sobriety test and was found with cocaine in her possession yet again. Lindsay Lohan seems to be doing well now, with a career in fashion that will hopefully keep her out of trouble and out of jail.
While celebrities in rehab is likely not going to disappear from the gossip magazines and websites, you can also tune into Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew as he deals with celebrities patients with substance abuse problems.
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In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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9 Comments on Rehab, The Not-So-New Celebrity Accessory / Add Your Comment
I dont like her much but Britney has deffinatly made a good come back!
This article would be a good eye opener for people who are prone to addiction. At least by seeing the sufferings of these celebrities people must understand the how addiction can spoil the whole life. This list continues with more celebrities like Tara Reid, Diana Ross, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr.
Nice sharing.
These are troubled people. Famous and wealthy? Yes, but troubled all the same. Even though they are celebrities (and they make our blood boil from time to time) I believe that they deserve the same opportunity to heal at a drug treatment center as anyone else. To allow for anything less is to show as much compassion as the paparazzi.
they do deserve a good recovery home, it will definitely destroy there career. They should be lead back to a step in the right direction.
It\’s the mugshots like these that make me sick. We need more role models and less of these people. Yuck.
Sad to see these artists waste away their career in a drug treatment center. This has a tremendous influence on our teens who are under the misconception that addiction is “cool” just because Lindsay Lohan seems to like it. Hope this article can remove their blindfolds.
I think that it is so sad that these young women have had to attend drug rehabs more then once. It is nothing new. History of Hollywood involved drug rehab and even death. It is just such a shame.
It always make me feel sad when you see the rise and fall of a celebrity. Love them or hate them, they are still human-beings. If I tried to put myself in their shoes I could see how easy it could be to get caught up into that lifestyle. The biggest problem is that everyone wants to be their friend and many of those “friends” are bad influences and enablers. When it these friends mix with the celebs career, it makes it even harder to remove them from their life.
Yes, really very sad to see celebs being addicted to drugs after going through a very successful career. Where this could also affect the youth who tend to follow celebs. And really thankful to know that there are many drug rehab programs for all those people who been addicted to drugs.