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Actress Lindsay Lohan, seen here in November 2006, has entered a rehabilitation center. (AFP/File Photo) Photo Gallery >>> | BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Lindsay
Lohan made a "proactive decision" and has checked into a rehabilatation
center to get help for an apparent problem with alcohol.
Us
Weekly reported Lohan entered the posh Wonderland Center in Los Angeles at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday, arriving in a sports utility vehicle and clutching a Jamba
Juice.
"I have made a proactive decision to take care of my
personal health. I appreciate your well wishes and ask that you please respect
my privacy at this time," said the 20-year-old actress in a statement issued
Wednesday through her publicist, Leslie Sloane Zelnick.
Zelnick confirmed to The Associated Press in December
that Lohan was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Lohan told People magazine then that she had been
going to the meetings for a year.
"I haven't had a drink in seven days. Or anything,"
she said to People. "I'm not even legal to, so why would I? I don't drink when I
go to clubs. I drink with my friends at home, but there's no need to. I feel
better not drinking. It's more fun. I have Red Bull."
Last July, Lohan was treated for several hours at a
Los Angeles area hospital for overheating and dehydration on the set of "Georgia
Rule."
The actress, whose other screen credits include "Mean
Girls," "Bobby," "A Prairie Home Companion" and "Freaky Friday," recently had
surgery to remove her appendix.
(Agencies)
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