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Dr. Drew tells Michael Lohan how to Father failing daughter Lindsay

By April MacIntyre Apr 19, 2010, 18:15 GMT

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Truth hurts often times.

Michael Lohan is as enamored of making tabloid headlines as his daughter Lindsay Lohan is of not taking care of herself, allegedly boozing and drugging up a storm still, after numerous DUIs and legal trouble.

Enter reality Doctor to the sotted stars: Dr. Drew Pinsky.

Pinsky penned an open letter through Huffington Post that laid out a game plan for Michael Lohan.

Pinsky writes that is Lindsay were his daughter he'd get her arrested to facilitate a real rehab.

“When I was asked as a father, if I were in Michael Lohan’s position, what would I do to help my daughter, I am clear that I would go to any lengths to get her to and retain her in treatment. Bringing legal consequences to bear is often the only alternative,” Pinsky wrote in a letter on the Huffington Post Web site on Saturday. “It would kill me but I would do it.”

Pinsky told radaronline.com last week that an arrest was what Lohan needed:  “If she were my daughter, I would pack her car full with illegal substances, send her on her way, call the police, and make sure she was arrested. I would make sure she was not allowed to get out of jail."

Pinsky added, “I would then go to the judge and make sure she was ordered to a minimum of a three year sobriety program.”

Lohan is currently out of work and in debt to the tune of $500,000+ dollars.

Pinsky clarified his comments to radaronline.com:  “Let me be clear I am not suggesting this as a routine intervention but we frequently enlist law enforcement when we have exhausted other measures,” he continued. “To those of you who reacted in outrage when I made this suggestion, I will remind you that millions of you watched the first season of ‘Sober House’ when as difficult as it was for her, the house manager, Jennifer Gimenez, summoned police to contain Steven Adler. We then advocated for long-term treatment as an alternative to imprisonment; an enlightened judge granted this, and today as a result Steven is sober and thriving. Were it not for this intervention, as miserable as it was for Steven, I believe he would have soon succumbed to his addiction.”

Pinsky noted in his Huffington Post interview that tough love with family members, and not allowing addicted children any wiggle room is the only solution to enforce any kind of mandated rehab and intervention efforts.