Addictions Treatment Blog

When Tiger Woods' accident occurred and he was reportedly passed out in the grass, we correctly assumed he was on Ambien at the time. Now one of his former mistresses, Rachel Uchitel is cashing in even more on her dubious ways by joining the cast of 'Celebrity Rehab' for - Ambien addiction.

Reports also surfaced that somehow Lindsay Lohan is allowed to continue to take prescriptions for Ambien and Adderall in jail. If this is true it is a huge oversight on the part of the jail, as those are two of the most abused non-opiate prescriptions alongside drugs like Xanax.

Thousands of people per year seek addiction treatment for these drugs. In face, the Treatment Episode Data Set shows that there has been a 38% increase in the number of admissions to drug rehab centers for sedatives and tranquilizers combined between 2003 and 2008.

For both Rachel and Lindsay - they would be better off going to a non-12 step drug rehab program that doesn't use prescriptions to cover up the symptoms of addiction or hide behind a label as an excuse to take drugs with very high potential for abuse.