Today is the final day for Kim Richards to work out her plea deal agreement in the Beverly Hills Hotel case. So far, neither that case nor her Target shoplifting case has been resolved. The hitch in the plea deal for the first case has to do with some sort of foot injury Kim Richards has that her attorney says would make community labor impossible.
However, today on TMZ, they are reporting that Kim has been frequenting a smoke shop in Sherman Hills regularly asking to purchase Xanax. The report claims that she said she was told by a family member that she could get a Xanax hookup there. She mentioned her foot injury as the reason she needed the Xanax.
Clearly, none of this makes sense. Xanax is an anxiety medication not a pain pill. If she needs Xanax it maybe that she is trying to use it to replace alcohol. I am sure her psychiatrist that told her she didn’t need rehab would write her a prescription.
If this report is true it is clear that Kim is still using and not in a clear-minded state. That means she will not complete the terms of her plea deal even if she does accept it. I’m afraid Kim is going to do some jail time. That will be a rough detox for her.
We should be hearing of new trial dates for both charges soon.
Half of me wants to grab her and shake her. The other half wants to grab her and hug her.
It’s heartbreaking. I don’t know how she could survive jail time, but it appears she is headed there.
maybe it’s what she needs, clearly all of the other consequences have not woken her up. “Jails, institutions, and death” are the only three places an addict/alcoholic go if they do not get sober and work a program. Hopefully she gives herself a chance before it’s too late.
Some non-sober alcoholics and drug addicts wind up in “Jails and institutions” but clearly not all. We will all succumb to “death”, sooner or later.
great job point that out, I never knew there could be an exceptions to a widely agreed upon generalization, that is stated in the Alcoholics Anonymous big book text. You definitely know more about alcoholics/drug addicts than the founders of AA who have helped millions regain control of their lives.
yes, 21 years sobriety have taught me nothing, oh wait you’re an idiot.
Is English your second language because you don’t have much in the way of reading and writing skills and and those you have betray your lack of knowledge in the current topic and probably most other things.
someone with 21 years should know all you have is a day at a time. Humility wasn’t on your 6&7th step I guess.
Keep going to meetings sweetie, hopefully you’ll get it. Most people don’t but good luck.
Though she may be in her fifties, God bless this poor child. She just cannot help herself. I call out to those Everlasting arms to embrace her and keep her safe.
Sadly, I think that mandatory time behind bars may be her last hope. Robert Downey, Jr. has said that being locked up is what saved his life and finally got him sober.
I’m addicted to cigarettes, can’t imagine withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Hopefully she will recover.
nicotine is the worst, hardest drug I have ever stopped. I say stopoed not quit because I’m one cigarette away from smoking.
I was at an AA meeting this afternoon and we talked about this for 15 minutes!! All the women had smoked at some point and for a couple of them it was harder to the kick the cigarettes than the alcohol.
When I was in college I lived in a small (ish) dorm… fewer than 100 people, and we knew most everyone by name (those who came out of their rooms – we had a few hermits)
The custodian adopted us, and we adopted her. She was a recovering alcoholic/drug addict, and was pretty open about it. She was FINALLY trying to quit smoking under the guidance of her doctor – he didn’t want her to try to quit smoking at the same time she was giving up alcohol and other drugs. Thought it would jeopardize her sobriety mentally AND because he just didn’t think her body could go through multiple withdrawals at once. (I’m realizing that she was probably only 10 years older than I am now, if that – I’m 44 – and she looked like she was in her 70s.. a rough 70s at that) I always remembered her talking about how nicotine was one of the toughest things to get off of – so I never took up smoking.
Me too, i havent smoked a cigarette since 9/09 and i still crave them! Nicotine is very hardcore. Kim smokes too, so she has that demon to satisfy.
The withdrawal from alcohol isn’t so bad actually-within a week you’re feeling pretty good-nowadays they soften the withdrawal from alcoholic and drugs with pharmaceuticals. Approximately 23 years ago I was given bupkis and frankly I was lucky because the withdrawal from the pills was heinous and therefore, I don’t want to go through it again. When I think of using pills, I remember that withdrawal and the urges subside.
I’m having trouble having sympathy for Kim anymore-I watch people like her come and go to my meetings and she has it so much better than most people. It’s often harder if you have access to money. I come from a well-off family and they cut me off-At 28 I ended up in a state run rehab then lived for 6 (fucking awful) months in a Salvation Army Rehabilitation Facility in Philadelphia-It was very,very tough for the preppy white girl from NJ-I didn’t exactly fit in (massive understatement) but it was the best thing for me. Kim’s ego is just way too big and she still manages to wheedle money out of people which prevents her from reaching rock bottom. Recovery is like an elevator, you can get off at any floor you want-some people choose to keep going down and down before they cry, “Uncle”. I still think Kim has a couple of floors to go..
Me too. The only thing I have ever been addicted to. The only times I could stop was pregnant twice and breastfeeding. Crazy I mentally could stop myself for the love of my children but boom right back to smoking after. I am shocked by it. I can’t imagine being hooked on drugs and/or alcohol. Very sad. How strong those are that overcome it.
I wonder how much actual jail time Kim would get. Will it be enough to help her or just be like another one of her voluntary “rehab stints”?
Well, family support didn’t work. Multiple professionals and programs have not worked. Public humiliation didn’t work. Getting arrested didn’t work. Jail is the last thing left. Realistically though with the overcrowding in LA she probably wouldn’t be in there long enough to make a difference. If she went in and got out quickly it might reinforce her idea that she’s fine and it’s no big deal. If I were going to testify I’d recommend to the judge to place her in a residential MISA ( mental illness and substance abuse) program for six months minimum. I don’t know if CA has those resources but that seems like the best option for her care – and she does need care at this point-based on her publicly displayed behavior. Some mental illnesses impair one’s ability to gain insight separate even from the addiction illness so the likelihood of her recognizing a hitting rock bottom seems questionable.
In California they’re called housing for those with dual diagnoses…not enough of them, of course…
Jail time will not help her at all…perhaps it sounds good in theory.
So sad to think that jail time may be her only option to her sobriety/waking up. Doubt that it would be enough. I so feel for child actors that don’t live/grow up in reality. They are “coddled” to “act” appropriately; outside the norm of the true world. They never see/live in the real world.
I have done jail time. It is not time in the pen. It was an assault charge from a long time ago and I did ten days. It’s boring but that’s about it. I was a heavy smoker and got through it by sleeping and reading. It’s a bit of a shock to be strip searched, but that has already happened to her if she spent a night in jail waiting on bond. She needs at least a month in for it to sink in. I fear that is her only hope and that may not stop her. She hasn’t been completely sober for any significant amount of time for years, so it will take at least a month for her system to clear itself. Good luck to her family, they’re going to need it.
I think that she will finally resort to an inpatient rehab facility opposed to jail. She should be able to get some sort of plea.
why so sad for poor kim? she has had every opportunity to do rehab the easy way. just too
spoiled to realize she has it easy.
so sad is for the vets who return from duty, having had lived thru hell, and only drugs help.
so sad for the kids who were raised in home after home with druggie parents. who could
never make friends, and could be screwed up in the head from all the abuse. for those
people my heart aches.
“It’s a bit of a shock to be strip searched, but that has already happened to her if she spent a night in jail waiting on bond.” Once upon a time when I was a young rebellious hippy chick fighting the establishment – been there, done that (2x) & was never stripped searched. 😉
Tamara I applaud the way you handle this topic with sensitivity and respect.
Ditto. As a recovering alcoholic, I appreciate your sensitivity as well as the fact that you understand growing up Richards does not equal growing up in a stable environment.
I agree 100 percent. Thank you TT for compassion and restraint. It takes a good, wise person to reach in the heart and not kick someone down.
Vavoomshebang. I am shocked…. Said no one.
It does not have to take tough love or her going to Jail. She needs support and it has to come from her children, Monty and Kathy. They have to sit and have discussions with Kim on why she is still trying to use. Now all doctors prescribe xanax even to alcoholics if they have anxiety. If they are worried about addiction they can use the longer acting klonopin or serax. It is better for their anxiety to be treated or else they will go back to etoh. I am not sure why she is trying to score benzos on the street when doctors would and should readily prescribe it to her?
Does anyone honestly believe that Kim was an alcoholic?! It’s so obvious she was high on some type of pain medication. And although Xanax are used for anxiety they are HIGHLY addictive.
I wonder who told her where to score Xanax… Cough, BG, cough.
I thought I remembered an episode that BG claimed she was prescribed Xanax. That was one of the first thoughts that came to my head dwhen reading this. I could be wrong though…
Is Brandi going to be pissed that Kim outed her Xanax connection?
This is so sad. I hope Kim gets the help she needs.
This is heartbreaking. I don’t know a lot about addiction but they say you’ve got to hit rock bottom. Past actions continue to catch up with her. Hopefully one day she will learn to value herself. Those poor kids.
WTF! ⊙.☉ I’ve been asked 3x in the last hour “are you going to bed tonight / today”? Yeah, yeah, as soon as I finish reading & writing my comment and then . . . I hit post & it immediately disappeared into thin air. Spam or WLS?! Testing, testing.
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Goodnight! 😉