June 4, 2008
Tatum Heads Straight to AA
With just one night of rest after her stay behind bars at the 7th Precinct, Tatum O'Neal returned to her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting yesterday morning. She had previously told The NY Post "I have the disease of alcoholism. It's lifelong. I treat it every day by going to my 12-step program."
She continues to thank the police who busted her for buying cocaine, crediting them for saving her, and declared that "I'm still going to get my year on July 10th!" The NY Post noted that on her way to AA she looked "refreshed, rested" and was revealing "multiple tattoos, including a massive inking of her children's names on her right arm" (photos). She told the waiting press outside of her apartment building about her destination for the day, and told them what she did Sunday night was "regrettable."
A passenger in the police van who rode to the Precinct with O'Neal on Sunday told The Daily News, "She was saying it was for a part in a movie, like 'Sex and the City' or s--t like that." The 21-year-old was being taken in for marijuana possession. As for O'Neal, she seems set on trying to help the homeless man who sold her the drugs, 33-year-old Alan Garcia; she told the News, "He's not a drug dealer. He's a panhandler who sold drugs."
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"He's not a drug dealer. He's a panhandler who sold drugs." HUH?
Maybe should go back to school and get some brains after she gets out of AA academy. Or find a good neurosurgeon and get a new brain.
At least she isn't following the "No snitch" rule.
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Is that a pint bottle of Finlandia vodka next to her? I didn't realize it came in plastic bottles.
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I don't know who this person is, nor do I care.
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I think I read this exact same story yesterday. Just saying.
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No. 2: Actually, it is a pint bottle of Fiji water, which is perfect for keeping your Finlandia vodka in without anyone knowing...because we all know...vodka doesn't smell.
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As Amy Winehouse always says about rehab, "No. No. No."
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Unfortunately, Tatum's complete disrespect for the AA tradition of anonymity -- which, by the way, exists precisely to prevent celebrated people from talking publicly about AA and thereby endangering its reputation should they relapse -- does not bode well for her recovery.
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Snoopy, there's a HUGE difference between being a drug dealer and selling drugs.
You wouldn't call someone who sold you their used car a car dealer, would you?
Matukonyc, the anonymous part of AA is to protect the individual, not the organization. It's not like AA is Scientology and will do everything in its power to destroy you should you leak its secrets.
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^ You mean she was buying used crack?
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How is selling used drugs breaking the law?
If the guy sold more than a car a month I would call him a dealer. But I'm sure that poor homeless guy never sold more than one little five pound packet of cocaine a year.