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Lohan's Mom: Lindsay Goes to AA

The Lohan clan, sans Lindsay, appeared live on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on 102.7 KIIS FM this morning to promote Ali Lohan's (Lindsay's 13-year-old sister) holiday album. Conversation quickly turned to Lindsay and reports of her partying.
Lohan audio

Mom Dina chose not to comment on reports of Paris hitting Lindsay, however, she did reveal that Lindsay has been attending AA meetings. She claims that a lot of Lindsay's friends are members and "It's a positive thing" for La Lohan.

While we agree that AA meetings are probably a good idea for the hard-partying starlet, we'd like to remind Dina what the second A in AA stands for: Anonymous!

Calls to Lindsay's reps were not immediately returned. Listen to the audio and see if you think Dina was out of line.



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46. This woman is the skankiest peice and trash I've ever seen. If I was in Lindsays position I'd be filing a huge lawsuit. Everything about her screams CRACKWHORE!! Just looking at her you can tell shes a drug user. Poor kids. She whores her own kids in the entertainment business just so she dosent have to work. She netter hope she dosent ever cross my path or I will take a crowbar to her disgusting face and beat her to a bloody pulp. She needs to die. She is a waste. Completely useless.

Posted at 9:27PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by C

47. Once again TMZ lies to its readers!! It was written above that Lindsay's mother revealed that Lindsay is attending AA meetings and that Dina made a huge boo boo by "revealing" such info. However, if you listen closely to Ryan Seacrest, he point blank asked Lindsay's Mom if she, indeed was attending AA meetings!!!! Dina did not reveal it at all! Maybe Dina felt cornered and she just mumbled "yes." I'm sure she feels bad for saying yes... I know as a mother of a teen, that I would feel bad if I mistakenly said yes, if I felt under pressure, especially by someone like Seacrest, whom has a habit of getting under people's skin!! TMZ - COULD YOU PLEASE STICK TO THE FACTS AND STOP MAKING UP YOUR OWN NEWS???

Posted at 10:45PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by Angel Princess

48. Please cut this girl some slack. If she drinks and goes out she's ridiculed. If she explores her options for help with her drinking she's ridiculed. LL is a beautiful and talented young woman who has been and continues to be exploited by her family and the Hollywood machine. She had no childhood or real education because she's been working for more than half of her life. Mostly for the benefit of others it seems. It's no wonder she's bitter and drinks and acts out. She's human, she's young, she makes mistakes. How great a person would YOU look like if you had an army of paps snapping pics of your every move? Pretty sh*tty I'm sure. LLRocks!

Posted at 10:49PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by T

49. Who is selling/serving this young woman alcohol? It is not the presses business or the publics business if she is or is not in AA. Good for her if she is. As the spouse of a recovering addict I know how they value their privacy. Okay! Maybe she has not made the right choices in her short life, but my God, leave her alone. I would guess that many people in the press have never had an addiction. If they did I am sure they would not want to be spoken about in the newspapers or online. Karma! Watch out what you report!

Posted at 11:00PM on Dec 2nd 2006 by BB

50. I'd luv to do em both at the same time. I'd probably get drunk just from licking them.

Posted at 10:35AM on Dec 3rd 2006 by RC

51. Have been reading all the comments people have been making in reference to Lindsay's "wild child" "out of control" behavior! I do believe that she (L.L.) may have inherited an "addictive (personality) type of gene"...look at her dad...and her mom is not much better. Her mom has always (as far as I have seen or researched) been more like a "friend" than a mom to Lindsay. Dina is "living out her (Dina's) youth" through her daughter, Lindsay. I've "heard" through tabloids and such (TV interviews); that Lindsay has commented that she used to "wait up" with her mom for "nights" and even "days" for her dad to come home when he was out messing around. It seems that Lindsay "became an adult friend" to her mom when she (Lindsay) did not need to be her mom's friend (or become an "adult" figure to Dina)...but Lindsay should have been able to be a kid her "own age"! Even so, Dina always seems to have been more like the "child" or "best friend" to L.L. !! Her mom is seemingly (allegedly) so trashy. How many times have we "read in the tabloids" ...that Lindsay & her mom (Dina) have been out partying and clubbing together ...even when Lindsay was only 17 at the time ???!! I think that Dina is a huge factor in her daughter's current "state of mind". Her mom is not "forcing" Lindsay to drink, do drugs and cut herself (L.L.) !! I do think, though; that Dina is a bigger "party girl" than daughter Lindsay !! Lindsay is nearly a "legal adut"...(in July of 2007) and L.L. is "responsible" for the decisions she makes, etc. Unfortunately, since her mom (Dina) has been trying to live vicariously through L.L. ...Dina has NOT PASSED ALONG very solid or positive "decision making roles" to Lindsay. If L.L. is so accustomed to "partying alongside" her mom most otf the time...what kind of role model is her mom passing along to Lindsay ??? (Even last year ....when ushering in the new year of 2006) ...the tabloids and reviews all showed Lindsay with her mom alongside of her whooping it up and partying in Miami! A day later poor Lindsay was once again "hospitalized" for 4 or 5 days ...a bad asthma attack...??? Give me a break. That may have been a "portion" of the reason she was in the hospital...but HONESTLY, the girl (Lindsay) is continuing to "burn the candle" at both ends! She (LL) was recently on Opray and (LL) claimed the "party girl" image was blown out of proportion! That a young girl who is only 20 should be able to go out dancing with her friends. It is NOT her dancing at clubs "24/7" that worries us...but the (excessive) drinking, drugs and (now allegedly)...the cutting that is a MAJOR CONCERN. Think L.L. needs to "stand up" and take the responsibility for her "wild child out of control" ways and go to rehab or whatever it takes before it is too late. That lethal (alleged) drug O.D. "cocktail" that she had on Nov 12th SHOULD HAVE BEEN a MAJOR WAKE-UP CALL to her ! She (LL) may not be so lucky the next time....the doctor nor even an "Emergency Room" physician at a hospital will be able to revive her the next time. L.L. is "playing with (leathal) fire" !!! Hope that she (Lindsay) can "wake up" and take control (healthy) of her lifestyle and she ought NOT to allow her mom (Dina) to be a "role model" of any sort. I feel sorry for Ali and the younger boy (think his name is Dakota???) Hope that those two siblings don't take the "same path" as Lindsay seems to be taking just now.

Posted at 11:05AM on Dec 3rd 2006 by Karri Ann

52. to #44 from #36 what are you talking about? what does step 11 have with anything i said on Dec 1 about Lindsay Lohan? Educate me please.

Posted at 5:22PM on Dec 3rd 2006 by mary C. Galamaga

53. #55 revision:to #44 from#36- what are you talking about?What does Step 11 have anything to do with what I said about LLohan on Dec1'06? Educate me please. I googled step 11 & have been in AA long enough to at least have an opinion.

Posted at 5:33PM on Dec 3rd 2006 by mary C. Galamaga

54. Go Lindsay! You'll be like the rest of us recovering alcoholics slam fist on table teeth clinched 'I feel so much better about myself now!'

Posted at 6:40AM on Dec 4th 2006 by Jack Smith

55. How can you be in AA while still partying and being photo'd with beer in your hand. It's all a scam

Posted at 10:04AM on Dec 4th 2006 by Kathy

56. Wow, a 20 year-old who likes to party. What a shocker. Ever been to a college campus people? The girl is 20! Of course she's going to party and have fun; and like a lot of people (of all ages) maybe she has partied a little too much. So what if she is checking out AA? More power to her if she is. It's a shame she can't even do that one thing in private. I'm sick of seing this girl crucified for every move she makes. So she's not little miss perfect. Who is? At least she's got talent. She's fun to watch. Give her a break. I like her because she is the real deal. She doesn't take any crap. Let's talk about how amazing she is in "Bobby". Lindsay will be a big star for years to come. AA or not.

Posted at 1:32PM on Dec 4th 2006 by Dee

57. I hope she gets a good sponsor to help her with the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions of AA. Her mother and her publicist should read the steps as well. I guess she forgot the second "A" in AA stands for Anonomys

Posted at 3:30PM on Dec 5th 2006 by Lucille

58. What kind of a mother says that it's okay for a 20-year-old to drink because she can't tell her not to go out? Dina should have set up some boundaries for her daughter so that she could learn to go out and have a good time WITHOUT DRINKING!

And she should've found a better way to talk about her daugher's trips to AA without making it sound like she's only doing it because it's trendy.

Posted at 8:32PM on Dec 5th 2006 by SailorAlphaCentauri

59. Lindsay seems to get her trashy ways from her mom. Mmmm. In the pic shown the mother looks better than the daugher.

Posted at 2:27AM on Dec 6th 2006 by jamis

60. I was Lindsay's age when I started attending meetings. It isn't easy being that young, but the program literature addresses those of us who start drinking young and end up in the rooms. Drugs today tend to speed up the process but a lot of us are just more comfortable in a.a. than in n.a. or another 12 step program. I'm not sure Paris should be her sponsor because no matter how good or bad someone's sobriety is, you should probably have a year at least before you take on sponsees, and likewise I'm not sure how great her dad's sobriety is in the klinker, though he seems decent enough. He obviously loves her a lot and they have a very sorted history, but when guys get sober inside, you can't always trust it. I mean sure they can get Kool and the Gang Kool Aid even on lockdown but there are obviously a lot less temptations. I mean nothing against it, I've met plenty of guys who started their time with a bid and did fine outside, but we'll just have to wait and see. He's a very talented artist and I'd love to see him do a graphic novel. I'm a little concerned he might have raped Lindsay when she was younger, there is an obvious sick attraction there, probably on both sides, but drugs and alcohol can lead to some life damaging moments. She needs a few 24's before she can see clearly, so it is probably better for both of them that the law has torn them apart. I don't think he could clearly see that she might love him but not be able to be around him now anyway, and I'm sure Dina would have quite a bit to say on the subject. Lindsay obviously has a lot of co dependence issues, tied up with her dad and probably her bulimia is related and stems from molestation issues as well. I still think Michael Lohan deserves a fair shake though, all that said. We're sick people getting better not bad people getting good. He loves her a lot, even if that love was once expressed in very unhealthy ways due to substance abuse, anger management issues and codependency.

I agree that Lindsay's anonymity is the real issue here, but I think it was inadvertent and she broke it herself and that her mom was more doing her best to manage the situation, and as she's not in the program herself probably doesn't fully understand the implications. But Lindsay was heartbroken and emotional at the news of Robert Altman and she made the comments, probably off the cuff about the reference to the fourth step. But come on, for anyone in the program, if you could imagine trying to get sober in that kind of spotlight. I broke my own and plenty of people's anonymity before I understood the implications and besides a lot of people have different takes on the subject. Some feel it shouldn't ever be broken, others feel it is OK inside the rooms and still others feel it is OK to break their own whenever they feel like it but never someone elses. But Lindsay had already broken her own, probably inadvertently and then the press was making up all these stories and then her mom says this, so I think it needs to be put in context. Does that mean her mom isn't a gold digging, opportunist whore? No, does it mean she is? Of course not, it has nothing to do with it but people who for their own reasons want to call her that, whether because they don't like her personally or her type, the mom manager, or because of their own issues are taking advantage of the situation to let off a little steam. Oh well.

As for the traditions, yes, anonymity is the basis of our spiritual foundation. But anonymity functions differently at the level of press, radio and TV then it does for the individual meeting. True, the step book states we should always try and maintain anonymity at the level of press, radio and film, but then it goes on to give examples of where it is appropriate to break that anonymity. Think about what a role model Britney, Paris and Lindsay are to millions of young girls. I think those of you saying that alcohol is illegal and that she shouldn't have ever been served to begin with and it is all her mom's fault are living in a deranged fantasy 1950's world, something out of one of Lindsay's Disney pictures. In reality there are millions of young girls faced with the stigma of eating disorders, molestation, and alcoholism and drug addiction, who often find they aren't taken seriously if they say they have a problem. They get the same shit you're serving here, you're too young to have a problem. SO they find themselves between a rock and a hard place, people who could help them say they are just looking for attention and don't take them seriously, and they still have to deal with the peer pressures, family issues and life problems that led them to the bottle, or their drug of choice, or other unhealthy behavior in the first place.

Michael Lohan's laughed at cartoon depiction, with all its drama was actually telling on a level most people ignored. The devil, who is being judged by god, is holding an Irish cross in the way of the rosary. This obviously says something about Michael's Irish catholic upbringing and how he feels about the priesthood, perhaps he was molested by a chimo priest, who knows. But for Irish catholic's the church is not the best place to turn when trying to recover from alcoholism, you get more of the same denial. He doesn't want his child suffering through this like he did and here she is and in the public eye, it must be eating him alive inside. Meanwhile she's getting it from all sides and trying to recover in a few weeks when she needs to take it easy and put first things first. The real issue for anyone in the rooms should be why is she trying to do a fourth step right after her 90 in 90. Meeting makers make it, time takes time. Think.

I do wish the press would stop making up lies about her for the gossip columns and while I feel just as bad for reposting this that I found on google, I want to know if anyone else has seen it and if there is any truth at all
to it. I generally trust Huffington Post, I'm pretty liberal in my politics though some people think it is liberal trash, but this seems pretty extreme even for them:

http://huffingtonpost.com.googlepages.com/home.html

Posted at 3:25AM on Dec 6th 2006 by Dennis C.

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