Why is lindsay lohan so messed up

Lohan violated her probation in two drunk driving cases. Lohan voluntarily reported to the facility to serve her minimum hour jail sentence that was part of a plea bargain for two DUI charges. Lohan's mug shot from July for driving under the influence.

Story highlights Lindsay Lohan talks to Piers Morgan just before going into rehab "I've never been a junkie," the actress says After days in rehab, another trip "is pointless," Lohan says But it's not "a bad thing for me to be away with myself for three months," she says. This could be the last story you read about Lindsay Lohan for the next three months if all goes well during her day stay at the Betty Ford Clinic. Just days before checking into court-ordered rehab last week, the actress spoke extensively to Piers Morgan in an article for London's Daily Mail newspaper, which published it in this Sunday's edition.

Lohan, who turns 27 in two months, told Morgan, host of CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" she's never been "a huge drinker" and despite rumors, failed drug tests and a drug possession arrest, she's only used cocaine "maybe four or five times in my life. She's spent more than days in rehab and another trip "is pointless," she said in the Daily Mail story.

Instead, she should be allowed to "go abroad to different countries and work with children. More Videos Lohan: Upcoming rehab is a 'blessing' Charlie Sheen's love for Lindsay Lohan Porn star dodges Lohan's f-bombs Lohan's life and career ran off the rails starting in her disastrous year of when she was twice convicted of drunken driving, once for cocaine use, made three trips to rehab and served an minute jail stay. Her arrests were "totally irresponsible -- a stupid mistake," she said.

I was out in a club with people I shouldn't have been with, and took cocaine, and got in the car. It was so stupid. Her first rehab visit was not because of drugs or alcohol but to help her deal with the trauma she experienced making a movie, she told Morgan. Lohan's legal woes: A timeline. But I would leave every day and just sleep there at night. I liked that. It was kind of like having my own live-in therapist, because I was having crazy nightmares and I was having AA meetings on set and stuff.

It really helped. She had been drinking for less than a year at that point, Lohan said. She stayed away from alcohol after her first hangover experience at 17, when her mother made her "sleep with vomit still on me so I'd understand how it felt," she said.

She was a good teenager, she said. I never rebelled against my parents -- I worked hard, I was responsible and I didn't go to high-school parties. On Tuesday, a judge sentenced her to 90 days in jail and 90 days in a drug and alcohol rehab program. The sentence comes after months of tabloid mockery, poor behavior and romantic struggles -- all for public consumption. She's already been to rehab three times, she's already been to jail before, she's faced two DUI arrests -- it's amazing the amount of life she's lived in a short amount of time," says Us Weekly's Lindsay Powers, who has covered Lohan and interviewed her parents.

Part of it's the story of a sweet, talented kid gone awry, says media expert Howard Bragman of Fifteen Minutes media and public relations agency. She also does not come from the most stable home environment," Powers says. She was born July 2, , in New York City. Almost her entire life has been lived in public: She was modeling by the time she was 3, making TV commercials and appearing on the now-defunct soap "Another World" before she turned At 11, she was plucked from a group of 4, hopefuls for the remake of "The Parent Trap.

Then she was tapped for "Freaky Friday," a remake of a Disney movie. The smartly done comedy surprised critics and pleased audiences. Lohan was on her way. Her father Michael Lohan, a former securities trader, served several stints in jail: for contempt of court, violating parole, DUI and assault for getting into a fight with his brother-in-law after his son's first communion.

Her next album, A Little More Personal , hit stores in but didn't fare as well. As her celebrity status grew, so did Lohan's attendance at New York nightclubs. Her lifestyle became the subject of tabloid fodder, with issues ranging from her father's prison scandals to rumors of her own struggles with bulimia. She was arrested again on July 24 after allegedly engaging in a car chase with the mother of her former personal assistant.

In both cases, Lohan was found to be in possession of small amounts of cocaine, below the. After her legal run-ins, Lohan was only charged with two counts each of driving under the influence and a single count of reckless driving. However, a passenger in the car Lohan was accused of chasing on July 24 sued the star for assault and negligence. Lohan dodged felony charges when she reached a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges on August She received the minimum sentence of four days in jail and credit for 24 hours already served.

The sentence was then knocked down to one day in jail, for performing 10 days of community service at a mortuary and in a hospital emergency room. Ultimately, the actress wound up spending just 84 minutes behind bars later that year. Her sentence also included mandatory rehab. After checking out in October, she told OK!

Magazine that the experience was "sobering and humbling," and that her two main priorities were to stay sober and out of Los Angeles. The actress managed to keep a relatively low profile in the aftermath, though she made headlines again the following year after revealing that she was in a long-term same-sex relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson.

In May , Lohan appeared as a guest star on the television sitcom Ugly Betty. She went on to appear in the film Labor Pains , which was released in Around the same time, she was reportedly working on a new album. The following spring, Lohan was back in the United States to complete court-ordered community service hours.