The Key To Brooke Mueller's Sobriety: Staying Off Attention Deficit Disorder Meds
Feb. 29 2012, Published 3:00 p.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor
As Brooke Mueller's lawyer and prosecutor in Aspen, Colorado, hash out terms of a plea deal stemming from her arrest for cocaine possession, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned the key to Charlie Sheen's ex-wife staying sober will be her continued commitment to staying off of Attention Deficit Disorder medications, that she had been taking for years.
Brooke, 34 ,was arrested last December in Aspen for assault and possession of cocaine. Mueller will face a judge in several weeks for her formal arraignment on the charges. The mother of Charlie Sheen's twin toddler sons was recently released from the renowned Cirque Lodge, a rehab facility in Utah, where she was treated for 90 days.
One of the reasons Mueller was unable to stay sober after previous rehab stints was because she was on several Attention Deficit Disorder medications, which for an addict battling with sobriety is extremely difficult because it's a very intense stimulant classification of medications.
"Brooke's treatment team at Cirque Lodge conveyed to her that it was imperative that this medication must no longer be a part of her life if she wanted to stay sober. Brooke did have a very mild case of ADD which was diagnosed by a doctor about 7-10 years ago, but she mainly used it to stay