[cool09]

It's all over the internet what every step Lindsay Lohan is taking in rehab and that she doesn't want her adderall taken away from her. It just hit me that it's really no one else's business but hers and her family's. It's a terrible breach of privacy.

If this were to happen to me or anyone in my family I would be horrified and angry and feel that my privacy and life has been completely taken away. I wouldn't want anyone outside of the hospital to know what medications I was taking or what my current situation was.

It's no one's business what goes on with her in rehab. I wouldn't blame her if she quickly goes downhill after leaving rehab. And I think she should have the right to take all of these news organizations to Court and hopefully set a precedence for people in the same situation.

[Perna]

Originally Posted by cool09

I wouldn't blame her if she quickly goes downhill after leaving rehab.

That would show "Them"!

I have no clue what Lindsay Lohan is doing, nor do I wish to know. However, there are a zillion avid fans wishing to know apparently; that's part of what celebrity status is all about.

I agree it's no one else's business but if you are going to put on a spectacle, there will always be people who want to watch. It would not be news if she was complying with treatment, was not behaving as she has been behaving. . .over and over. I am a little surprised she still has anyone interested in still watching, not many people are talking about Britney Spears these days?

[Hellion]

Well a lot of celebrities have to deal with invasive media trying to constantly monitor their lives. I mean no wonder so many of them develop problems, that has got to be a very stressful lifestyle.

[RedBarchetta]

Originally Posted by Hellion

Well a lot of celebrities have to deal with invasive media trying to constantly monitor their lives. I mean no wonder so many of them develop problems, that has got to be a very stressful lifestyle.

You really don't what to get me started with something like that trust me - I am way too liberal for even liberals taste when it comes to stuff like that - but since it was posted...

No it's no one business other than those doing the treating - it's not even any of the courts business if she chooses to quite that program - and THEY should not even know she is there...
Court ordered rehab is always a bad idea and dose not help unless that is what that person wanted anyway, and if that is the case, they will just do it, WITHOUT the order to.
HOWEVER , IF intact an addiction dose exist - there may be some things a person can do in the process that are police matters - like stealing, exc. - but addiction in itself is a MEDICAL issue - therefore leave it up to MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS to deal with it - and leave law-enforcement 100% out of the equation - to the point where they get no information at all.
That's my stand on anything like that, regardless of anything - medical issues stay with medical personal only - and under NO circumstances is anyone even entitled to that info except those directly involved with treating it - and no treatment should EVER be forced on anyone - no exceptions.

I agree it isn't my business
I agree absolutely w/ Perna. I feel sorry for her but the woman is only in the news bc she is a formerly famous screwup.
People have a morbid interest in that...

[Tamster]

I have not watched any of the LL problems since at least a year ago. She messed up, I messed up, and alot of other people have too. We all will deal with our drawbacks as best we can within our means. I hope she recovers and goes back to TV not movies which seems to stress her more.

[Evening]

I agree that it is not my business, and I also think that the media's way of reporting these things, amongst everything else they report is biased. They intentionally make celebrities suffering from addictions look like nut jobs, and make the reputation of having an addiction worse. With they voice the media has, perhaps they could educate people on addiction instead of treating it as entertainment and a choice.

[tinyrabbit]

IDK. I think celebrities want to be in the spotlight and make money - but they only want to be famous when it suits.

I knew who Lindsay Lohan was before reading this thread but I've never really been interested in her. Out of curiosity I googled her name. I don't know about any bias towards her but most of us would be in jail or prison instead of staying in a nice rehab center.

I'm sure she will trade on her rehab and drug problems when she gets out, by virtue of the coverage it's been getting, so she cannot complain too much.

[IceCreamKid]

The best way to deal with all of Lindsay Lohan's interaction with the press is to stop paying attention to it.

[cool09]

I feel bad for her more so because she was a child actor pushed into Hollywood by her parents. She didn't start out with a goal to be a great famous actress. She was good at what she did, she hung out with the Hollywood crowd when she was a teen (like any kid in that situation would do), she partied but didn't become a full-blown addict or alcoholic and then she decided that she wanted to pursue a career in movies. The paparazzi followed her since she was young and made her life miserable. Her situation is much different than Tom Sizemore's, Chris Farley's, Andy ****'s, Charlie Sheen's, etc.

Not to harp on this but ... Jodie Foster...child actress, daughter of a stage mom, Academy award winner, Yale graduate, respected actress & director, responsible mom.
It's great that you are trying to be understanding but there is a limit to how long bad behavior can be written off as environmental and the effects of bad influences.
Eventually a person has to grow up and take responsibility for their life. Or not.

[spondiferous]

I just think it's ironic that people (societally/culturally speaking) can give so much attention to the lives of those they don't know and very little mindfulness or awareness to their own present realities.

[RedBarchetta]

No matter what - bottom line is that law enforcement is getting involved in a medical issue...
The right there is ALL I need to know to say it is absolutely WRONG no matter how you slice it....
Keep law enforcement issues with law enforcement professionals - and medical/mental health issues to be dealt with by those professionals..
At NO time should the two EVER be mixed, or even share information with each other without the written consent of the person you are talking about - period - no exceptions.
In fact, I will push it farther and say even if you are in jail - still ONLY treating doctors know any medical/mental health info, and that person still picks what one - and it could even be all the same ones they were dealing with before that came up, and oblige them to allow private meetings in a private office - just like if they were not in jail.. Reason, any deviation regardless of how you justify it, removes some medical privacy - and I can not even condone that regardless of anything.

[shortandcute]

I think you all have valid points. I, however, get tired of hearing about it (no offense to any one here).

[IowaFarmGal]

I thought there were huge fines for releasing that kind of information, or doesn't HIPPA apply to celebrities?

When I read the article
on what meds L.L. took
I did get a bad feeling thinking:
Should the press be printing this
This isn't my business is it?
Reading that bit of news made me
feel like a breach had happened.
Where was the confidentiality?
I've been in & out of therapy & I've been
to inpatient treatment & that's all that seems
to be stressed. Confidentiality.
Your right CoolO9.
She should sue.
Cause I didn't need to read all that!

[Nicks_Nose]

You would be surprised how many celebs and their agents want every inch of their life to be in the press so that the public will not forget their name. They are out of the spotlight for talent, so now they have to be in the spotlight which ever way they can. These people seek out attention, good or bad. Many of the general public, such as myself, don't care to know about the details of her life. She is a mess and I don't give two hoots about it. But agents say even bad publicity is publicity.

Sometimes Change Your Playground, Change Your Friends applies to family too.

It's not easy to do, but it is doable.

I hope Ms. Lohan figures this out before it kills her.

[MuseumGhost]

It is a terrible reflection on our current culture that the afflictions and bad fortunes of celebrities become endless fodder for the media mills.

I wish this young woman could get some peace, and space, and the real care that she needs.

[Tamster]

then why dear friends are we talking about it now, she doesn't need us to get into trouble.

[RedBarchetta]

Bottom line - no it's no one bussiness as far as reporting details...

HOWEVER - to me that is not the issue at all-
my issue is no matter what, she was basically forced in to that in the first place - that is ALWAYS WRONG! and NEVER any of law enforcements business regardless of anything - period - no exceptions.
That is my problem with that whole mess - the court getting involved with any sort of medical treatment - they need to stay out of that part of it at all times.