Misunderstanding Dr. Drew?

To many, Dr. Drew’s response to the question about what he would do if Lindsey Lohan was his daughter sounded outrageous. He indicated he’d pack her car with illegal substances, send her on her way and call the police.  As a professional who has worked with addiction psychiatrists, his idea sounds pretty tame. Despite Lohan’s claim that he is a quack, his response suggests the urgency he would feel if he was her father to get her intensive help.

My problem, however is the ethical quandary his responses put him in. On one hand, he is a well-regarded board certified addictions psychiatrist. On the other hand, he is one of the most well-known modern-day psychiatrist. He is a media superstar. Didn’t have a show called, “Celebrity Rehab?” One doesn’t have to be very cynical to wonder what it would mean to his star power to help Lindsey Lohan recover.  So is it possible his response was an attempt  or could be interpreted as an effort to get her into rehab with him or at least on a few episodes of “Celebrity Rehab?” What do you think?

Eliot Spitzer-Can you figure him out?

A new book entitled, “Rough Justice” is coming out about Elliot Spitzer. At the same time, the call girl he made famous is on the cover of Playboy. How do we understand his fall from grace?

Here is a man who was willing to take on Wall street and anyone else who got in his way. In the book, he is referred to as “Mr. Clean.” So how does he go from that to spending over $100,000 dollars on 10 prostitutes over two years? It appears he felt his participation with prostitutes was of higher moral standing than if he had an affair, or became emotionally attached to another woman.  While his justification may have eased his conscious, it does make me wonder how emotionally gratified he was in his marriage?

It appears Mr. Spitzer had contact with a bank officer about the possibility of wiring cash anonymously to the escort service. They were unable to fulfill his request and were obligated to report him for even inquiring about this. What makes a bright driven lawyer put himself in this position?  We’ve all heard the following, ” is he a sex addict?” :” was he trying to sabotage himself?”: and “why did his wife stay with him?’  Who knows?

What does seem clear is he continued to think he was in control of his life and his decisions as his behavior demonstrated he had lost his way. As he has stepped back and reviewed this, I’m sure he asked himself , “What Was I thinking?!” And that may be part of the problem-not thinking.