NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan is making plans for life after rehab.
The 21-year-old actress reportedly checked out of the Cirque Lodge, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Utah, on Friday. She had entered treatment in August after reaching a plea deal on misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges following two arrests.
“It was a sobering experience,” Lohan says in an interview with OK! magazine. “It was humbling. It made me look at myself, and all of the people, places and things in my life in a different way. I was in there for substance abuse, after all.”
Staying sober — and out of Los Angeles — is Lohan’s main priority.
“I’m staying in Utah until it’s time to shoot ‘Dare to Love Me,’ and then I plan on returning to Utah so I can stay focused, and avoid other distractions,” she said.
When asked whether she’s worried about a relapse, Lohan says: “Of course I am! If I wasn’t I’d be living in denial. Temptation is always there, but now I’ll avoid it the right way.”
Lohan says she’s cutting out the people who encouraged her substance abuse.
“Those are the ones who are around me for the wrong reasons,” she says. “The people who want to go out and party, that’s not what I am about now.”
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