# Lindsay Lohan in AA **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561 "2006-12-02T02:28:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/1 "2006-12-02T02:28:23Z")
So, now [Lindsay Lohan is attending AA](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061201/ap_en_ce/people_lohan). But what nobody really addresses: who the @!#?@! is supplying her with alcohol? I remember the celebrity section of the newspaper talking about how she was partying with various older celebrities at all-hours bars in NYC. So why weren’t these places shut down for having a minor in them, much less serving her alcohol? Or the adults arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor? Or her mother for letting her minor child out that late in NYC? Sadly, she seems to have taken the early Drew Barrymore path of child stardom. Hopefully she can turn herself around like Barrymore did as well. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/2 "2006-12-02T02:35:09Z")
I feel sort of sorry for her. She’s just a kid with a worthless mother. I guess it’s hard to control your kid if they support you, and I think she likes to party as much as her daughter. I don’t hold out a lot of hope for her, and it’s a shame. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/3 "2006-12-02T03:08:38Z")
Say it ain’t so! What good is a world with a sober Lindsey Lohan in it!? This is news almost as dismal as when **George Carlin** sought recovery!!! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/4 "2006-12-02T03:20:21Z")
Dude, if you’re a celebrity, it doesn’t matter what age you are, you can get any drug you want, alcohol probably being the easiest of them all. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/5 "2006-12-02T03:23:35Z")
[QUOTE=AWB] …So why weren’t these places shut down for having a minor in them, much less serving her alcohol? Or the adults arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor? Or her mother for letting her minor child out that late in NYC? [/QUOTE] At the ripe old age of 20, she hasn’t been a ‘minor’ for two years now. Mom can’t make her come home. I do agree with you about the bars and restaurants that serve her, though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/6 "2006-12-02T03:51:55Z")
> [@](#): > > She’s just a kid with a worthless mother. That’s really unfair. Michael Lohan deserves a lot of credit for being a worthless father. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/7 "2006-12-02T05:03:05Z")
Kinda takes the “Anonymous” out of the title, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t she be attending “Alcoholics Notorious” or something? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/8 "2006-12-02T05:05:32Z")
I’m absolutely shocked. I didn’t expect this until she was 23. ---
**Author:** ![Maia\_s\_Well](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Maia\_s\_Well](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maia_s_Well)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/9 "2006-12-02T05:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] Kinda takes the “Anonymous” out of the title, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t she be attending “Alcoholics Notorious” or something? [/QUOTE] Damn straight. The idea that she and her PR people are using attendance at a program as publicity is disgraceful. Clearly she missed the meetings where the idea of anonymity was discussed. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/10 "2006-12-02T05:17:16Z")
[QUOTE=chole] Damn straight. The idea that she and her PR people are using attendance at a program as publicity is disgraceful. Clearly she missed the meetings where the idea of anonymity was discussed. [/QUOTE] Well, I can see why you would do that, as opposed to waiting for someone to recognize her at a meeting and run to [TMZ.com](http://TMZ.com). ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/11 "2006-12-02T06:39:59Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] Well, I can see why you would do that, as opposed to waiting for someone to recognize her at a meeting and run to [TMZ.com](http://TMZ.com). [/QUOTE] There all kinds of meetings in a given area day in and day out. Some mainly attended by the homeless and the hopeless and others are literally a small group of highly successful people. Anyone can start a meeting so I would guess there are special groups to the stars (observe the large venues closely some time) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/12 "2006-12-02T18:24:31Z")
Since I haven’t seen it posted on the board yet, [here](http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2023859.ece)’s a piece on her now-infamous tribute to Robert Altman. I would’ve liked to think that her career trajectory might’ve been the exception to the problem celebrity child, but she has become the poster girl. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/13 "2006-12-02T18:35:38Z")
Lindsay may not technically be a minor, but I’m surprised a cop hasn’t followed her into a bar just to revoke a liquor license (or whatever they can do for serving underage drinkers). That would put the fear of God into the bar owners. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/14 "2006-12-02T18:42:09Z")
[QUOTE=chole] Damn straight. The idea that she and her PR people are using attendance at a program as publicity is disgraceful. Clearly she missed the meetings where the idea of anonymity was discussed. [/QUOTE] Actually, the news had leaked that she was in AA before they said anything. There were reports flying around from people saying they say her, also saying she talked about going to Narcotics Anonymous. A few weeks ago she was photographed wearing an AA (90 day?) chip around her shirt. She said it was a friend’s. The rumors started again. Yesterday (or maybe the day befor) her mom was on the Ryan Seacrest show and let it slip that La Lohan had been attending meetings, but that she is in a good place and people should leave her alone. Then the publicist released a statement. What was she supposed to do? Mom and had already spilled the well known beans. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/15 "2006-12-02T18:46:09Z")
Oh and lest we forget the leaked pictures of Lindsay in a hotel room with her mom from a while ago. Pretty safe for work- there’s an uncovered back (gasp!) and a middle finger being raised. [So classy.](http://www.thesuperficial.com/images/2006/08/lindsay-lohan-candid-00.jpg) [Isn’t her bottle of Jack cute?](http://www.thesuperficial.com/images/2006/08/lindsay-lohan-candid-03.jpg) [That’s where she gets her good judgement- from her mom!](http://www.thesuperficial.com/images/2006/08/lindsay-lohan-candid-04.jpg) And there’s one more where she’s standing there slumped over in some flesh colored undies and only flesh colored undies, but I wont link to that. I don’t want to get in trouble. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/16 "2006-12-02T18:48:57Z")
I guess this is the end of the beaver shots then. \ ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/17 "2006-12-02T18:53:55Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] I guess this is the end of the beaver shots then. \ [/QUOTE] Oh don’t fret, I’m sure she’ll fall off the wagon. And if she doesn’t, Lohan’s minge can’t stand being kept under wraps. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/18 "2006-12-02T19:13:00Z")
Well, I for one will be supportive. Let’s hope she stays sober. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/19 "2006-12-02T19:55:07Z")
[QUOTE=Albert Rose] Well, I for one will be supportive. Let’s hope she stays sober. [/QUOTE] Sentiments worth repeating. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561/20 "2006-12-02T20:14:59Z")
[QUOTE=Albert Rose] Well, I for one will be supportive. Let’s hope she stays sober. [/QUOTE] She’s not sober yet- her publicist made it quite clear that she hasn’t stopped drinking: > [@](#): > > She said Lohan, 20, made the decision on her own to attend meetings, although Sloane added: “And, by the way, she’s not saying … she’ll stop drinking tomorrow.” > > “It’s a place to go and feel safe,” she said. "No one judges her, and it’s going to be a slow process. Probably to stave off the inevitable pictures of her boozing it up with the accompanying articles saying “Hey, didn’t she say she was getting help?” Frankly I think her problems go far beyond what a weekly AA meeting can fix, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lindsay-lohan-in-aa/382561.md?page=2)