Lohan Tells Mag: I'm Not Drinking

Dec. 12, 2006 — -- As Nicole Richie contemplates fighting DUI charges, another young club-hopping star is chatting about her quest for sobriety.

"I just left an AA [Alcoholics Anonymous] meeting," Lindsay Lohan tells People magazine in a Dec. 12 interview. "I've been going to AA for a year, by the way."

Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, revealed earlier this month that the 20-year-old star, who has been a frequent target of tabloids for her partying ways, had been attending AA meetings.

In July, the producers of her forthcoming film, "Georgia Rule," blamed Lohan's "hard partying" for frequent absences from the set and unprofessional behavior.

They even threatened to sue her for damages.

Now, Lohan is speaking as if she is making an effort to change her life.

"I haven't had a drink in seven days -- or anything. I'm not even legal, too. So why would I?" she says in her People interview.

"I don't drink when I go to clubs. I drink with my friends at home, but there's no need to. I feel better not drinking. It's more fun. I have Red Bull," Lohan says.

Lohan has nevertheless remained in the news.

Last week, she sent a rambling e-mail to friends, which was published in the New York Post, saying that she was going to clean up her image and take on the media with the help of a friend -- former Vice President Al Gore.

"Al Gore will help me. He came up to me last night and said he would be very happy to have a conversation with me," Lohan wrote in a letter riddled with misspellings.

"If he [Gore] is willing to help me, let's find out. Hilary [sic] Clinton, Bill Clinton, and Evan Metroplis [sic], and John Daur who works with them would be willing, if we just ask. If we just ASK."

Sloane-Zelnik refused to comment on the letter, though she did not deny that it had come from her client.

A spokeswoman for Gore told ABCNEWS.com that the former vice president barely knew Lohan.

"They met recently at the GQ Men of the Year dinner," the spokeswoman said. "It was a very short exchange, and that was it."