It seems like every day you hear of a celebrity going into rehab. Lindsey Lohan, Jason Wahler and David Arquette are just a few celebrities who have recently checked into rehab in an attempt to become sober. A person has to wonder, though, with pictures surfacing of stars meandering about while in rehab, just how serious are celebrities taking their rehab stints?
A prime example of a celebrity in trouble is Lindsay Lohan. Lohan has been in and out of drug rehab several times over the last few years. Each time she goes through treatment, she has turned back to drugs and continued on as if nothing had happened. However, her stints in rehab were not of her own will. As punishment for crimes she committed while under the influence, judges have sentenced her to both detox and subsequent stays in a facility. As pictures surfaced of her hanging around her rehab clinic, smoking and talking on her cell phone, it became apparent that she was not taking rehabilitation efforts seriously.
When celebrities do not take rehab seriously and make multiple visits in a year because of a judge’s order, they are portraying a completely different experience than that of the average drug addict going through treatment. Such portrayals can be seriously misleading and when drug addicts who are expecting the same treatment enroll in the facilities, they are in for a reality check.
