14 DAY TRIAL // For a long time, Tara Reid was the ultimate Hollywood party girl and nothing else. Her career took a turn for the worse after “American Pie,” while her reputation as an incontrollable drunk became tabloid fodder. Sixty days ago, the actress admitted herself into Promises Treatment Center, seeking help for an unnamed addiction. Now, she’s out and, from what she’s telling InTouch, ready to get back into the game.
Tara tells the magazine that she realized she had a serious problem for which she needed professional help when she visited the Jerusalem Western Wall. “You write a prayer on a paper and fold it up and put it in the wall. One of the things I wished for was health and happiness and something changed inside me. I realized partying is not what I am anymore.” the actress underlines for the mag.
In all fairness, as Tara herself admits, going to rehab was the wisest choice she could make at that point, one that has truly changed her life for the better. “Rehab saved my life. Before, I used to think about tomorrow and I hated it. Now I can’t wait. The hardest thing was walking through the door for the first time [and] finally admitting that I had a problem.” she explains about the last 60 days of her life.
However, the alcohol problem, Tara says, was not entirely her own doing, as it was also brought about by the influence her entourage had on her, as well as by her inability to cope with life in the spotlight. “I wasn’t drinking any more than my friends, so I didn’t get it. I’d think, ‘Why am I an alcoholic and she isn’t?’ The truth is, some people can drink, and some can’t. … I like alcohol but it didn’t like me. I numbed my feelings. It was no life to live.” Tara points out about her refusal to see herself as an addict.
Now that she’s out, the actress is hoping that the industry will give her a second chance and that she’ll be acting again. “My focus is to get back in my career and stay sober, and keep on having a better life one day at a time.” Tara explains. This will probably take longer than she now believes, she admits, especially since she burned all bridges back in her wild days.