Lindsay Lohan admitted she once used drugs and alcohol to deal with all that was going on in her life.

She said:

When my father was going public, that’s when I hit rock bottom. I abused substances too much and it wasn’t the answer to my problems.I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine, and mind-altering substances. Now I’m in a place where I don’t need to use anything and I feel emotions because I choose to. I never want to be close to losing everything I worked for and aspired to have my whole life. I’ve made some dreadful mistakes but learned from them – that has probably saved my life.

In an interview with The Sun newspaper, Lindsay added:

I was only aware of cocaine because of my dad. I was terrified of it. But I tried it because I was stubborn, stupid and wanted to see what it was like. It’s not something I ever want to do again. It made me feel like s**t. It became uninteresting to me. I’m hyper anyway and I have that kind of personality, so I don’t need something like that.

The actress requested treatment herself after collapsing in a bathroom when she took Ambien. She explained:

I’d run a bath and fallen asleep on the floor and it overflowed. When I woke up, I was so scared I called my therapist and said, ‘Can I just go somewhere for a month? I’m around bad people and I need to take care of myself.’ I was terrified, so I put my name in.

Now I know we always see Lindsay out partying late at night, but it does seem like she got a grip on things before her life spiraled too far out of control.

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