Lindsay Was Drinking And Doing Drugs In Rehab

After 45 days in rehab, Lindsay Lohan headed for Vegas to blow off some steam and party. And she made a big deal of her newfound sobriety by showing off an alcohol monitoring ankle bracelet and sticking to the energy drink, Red Bull.

But pals tell Star exclusively that Lindsay, 21, was drinking, drugging and running wild while in Malibu ’s $48,000-a-month Promises treatment center!

“Lindsay found anew way of getting high because she’s young and smart and she can figure out ways to do it, like most addicts do,” a source reveals exclusively to Star.
“She uses ‘whippits,’ the tubes that you buy that contain nitrous oxide. She mixes that with the cold medicine Coricidin. Together they get you really wasted. At first, the counselors couldn’t figure out how she was getting high, but then they found the cold medicine and whippit containers under Lindsay’s bed. Lindsay admitted to using the stuff in group counseling meetings and said she was sorry.”

When the troubled actress crashed her Mercedes over the Memorial Day weekend, police found cocaine in her car and she also tested positive for the drug. But after entering rehab, says the source, she was reduced to having friends and “Extended Care” patients smuggle in over-the-counter contraband for her.

“One of the patients, who comes and goes as he pleases because he’s been there awhile and has more freedom, was bringing in boxes of his stuff for Lindsay,” says the source. “Also, when visitors come they don’t get checked. So what would keep them from bringing in drugs? Nothing.”

But why would they be so willing to supply Lindsay with drugs? “Because everyone is starstruck by her,” the source explains. “They want to get in her good graced. She has a way of getting people to do things for her. She’s a master of manipulation!”

The source adds that Lindsay- who pays $1,000 a day to sober companion who appears to turn a blind eye when she’s up to no good- has also been drinking alcohol.

On July 2, she left Promises for a Malibu beach party celebrating her 21st birthday. While Lindsay was out on the deck of the house, “she looked healthy, tanned and happy,” says a friend of the star.

“Not inside the house, she was drinking her favorite cocktail, Grey Goose vodka on the rocks with a slice of lime.”

Back at Promises, Lindsay’s room was overflowing with flowers, gifts and cards. But “she didn’t even look at them,” says the source. “She never opened the cards. She said she didn’t like flowers. They piled up everywhere. All that attention and she didn’t even respond. She doesn’t care.”

Two days after her birthday, on July 4, Lindsay was again outrageously indiscreet during another bash at her ex-boyfriend Harry Morton’s house.
“She was going up to people with a bottle of tequila, asking them to do shots with her,” says the friend. “It’s a shame- at this point, it all seems to be a sham.
“Lindsay wouldn’t stop talking about how much she hated rehab and missed drinking and drugging. She even said, “When all this rehab s--- blows over, I’ll be back partying with everyone. Can’t wait!’”

When she got back to Promises after her tequila-fueled celebration, Lindsay failed a breathalyzer test, says the source.
“Lindsay tried to tell staffers the machine was broken,” the insider reveals. “She’s an outrageous liar. She finally cracked and said she slipped, she was sorry and wouldn’t do it again. She sobbed like a drama queen.”

On July 11, the drama continued at an AA meeting at a church in Santa Monica . “There were about 20 people all spilling their hearts out about addiction,” says the source. “It was emotional and very personal. But Lindsay couldn’t care less. She was on her BlackBerry texting people nonstop. It was so rude! At one point she got up and went outside to talk on her phone. She came back distraught. She said she was upset with a friend who left rehab because he was drinking again and she wanted him to come back to Promises. These kind of moments are common for her.”

During her stay in rehab, Lindsay was constantly accusing people of stealing her things, says the source. “Her room was a pigsty. There were piles of stuff everywhere,” the insider reveals. “Yves Saint Laurent shoes, Lanvin clothing and Chanel bags piled to the ceiling. How could she know if something was stolen with that mess?”

“Lindsay even accused someone of stealing her Rolex watch,” says the source, “but it turned out that she was wearing it all along. It was hidden among her bracelets. How embarrassing is that!”

Lindsay has a lot riding on cleaning up her act. She’s now living in an after-care residence near Promises as she films Poor Things with Shirley MacLaine. She’ll be there for about 30 days. Her arraignment hearing for the May 26 DUI bust is scheduled for August 24.

“A lot depends on Lindsay’s sobriety,” says another friend. “She’s playing a very dangerous game by pretending to be sober. Unless she gets serious- and quick- she’s headed for complete disaster.”