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Lindsay Lohan is struggling to bounce back from her failed drug tests. Sources tell TMZ Lindsay is now choosing AA over nightclubs.
We're told Lindsay attended an AA meeting last night and intends to hit up another one sometime today.
Never too early to start brushing up for an appearance before the judge.
Lindsay Lohan has a long-term career problem in the wake of her two failed drug tests -- the judge in the case could derail her comeback.
Lindsay is now relying on Judge Elden Fox to allow her to leave California to shoot "Inferno" in Louisiana and possibly fly to New York City for "Saturday Night Live."
Here's the problem. Sources connected with the case have been telling TMZ ... if Lindsay were to fail a drug test the judge would probably pull the plug on out-of-state-travel -- a privilege for Lindsay, not a right.
TMZ broke the story that Lindsay failed two tests ... one for cocaine last week.
The judge has been pretty gracious, allowing Lindsay to visit NYC to see her family last weekend. But all bets are off now that Lindsay has flunked two tests.
And sources close to Lindsay somehow already know the big wigs on "Inferno" are pissed that she may have screwed up again, so flying to Louisiana may be a moot question.
As for future projects ... good luck getting insurance for a Lindsay Lohan flick.
Well, recovering from a serious long-time drug addiction is often a process. It's two steps forward, one step back. If you took a survey of everyone who has successfully overcome drug addictions, I'll bet you'd find that most of them had numerous slips and relapses during the process (same with quitting smoking, drinking, overeating, etc).
It's uncommon that a recovering addict manages to go cold turkey on their first try and never relapse.
Therefore, I'm not sure that having the authorities hovering over her shoulder, drug-testing her daily, ready to intervene and punish if there's ever a slip, is likely to be very beneficial to this person's recovery process.
Another thing is that often, in order to maintain sobriety, the addict needs to disassociate herself entirely from all the drug users she knows, including finding new places to hang out and new people to hang out with.
That's why I'm not so sure that probation- in which the addict is forced to remain in the county in which her drug problems developed and evolved, not to mention the daily drug testing- is likely to be a recipe for success, for this particular individual.
If she is going to succeed, it will likely be
despite these well-meaning interventions, rather than because of them.