54 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • APRIL 2018
MICHAEL LOHAN IN RECOVERY
By EDEN LAIKIN
Michael Lohan was driving home to
Laurel Hollow when his car left the
road and struck a utility pole on Feb.
19, 2005. Lohan, alone in the car, got
out before it burst into flames. Police
charged him with driving while
intoxicated and without a license.
The father of actress Lindsay Lohan
served 21 months in prison for the
DWI — the latest in a series of drug-
and alcohol-related scrapes with the
law for the native Nassau County
resident. Lohan says that he had an
epiphany after the crash. And since
then, he’s had a calling to help those
suffering from substance addiction.
“I saw what it did to my family and
to so many people we knew,” Lohan
tells the Press. “The accident was a
life-changing event for me. I felt a
calling from God.”
After prison, he went to work for
Long Island Teen Challenge, a faithbased
addiction recovery center
in West Babylon. There he worked
under pastor Jimmy Jack, whom he
considers his mentor. Lohan says he
was also inspired by Lindsay, who
had her own troubles with drugs and
alcohol and later became involved
with actress Jamie Lee Curtis in
a California-based crisis line for
troubled teenagers called Teen Line.
Today, Michael Lohan — sober for 12
years — splits his time between Laurel
Hollow and Boca Raton, Florida, with
his wife and two young sons. His
life is dedicated to raising awareness
about the current opioid epidemic.
A CALLING FROM GOD
In 2012, he opened his first rehab,
Dream Recovery International in
Florida, where clients were offered
luxurious amenities and daily oneon
one therapy. But Lohan says he
saw that people were still relapsing
after treatment.
He decided to sell his interest in
the center and go out to study
the industry. He spent two years
researching evidence-based
therapies for addiction that have
long-term success. He now believes
he’s found some of the treatments
needed for profound and lasting
results.
He and his new partners have teamed
up with medical professionals to
perfect a medical-neurological
detoxification protocol they believe
quickly and effectively repairs the
brain of substance abusers and heals
them from the disease of addiction.
“We’ve had tremendous success
with this treatment model,” Lohan
says. “In a week or two, we’re doing
for our patients what a year of being
abstinent will do.”
10 DAYS TO DETOX
The individualized detoxification
protocol involves approximately 10
days of IV NAD vitamin infusions,
plus neurotherapy, EMDR (eye
movement desensitization and
reprocessing) therapy for trauma,
and brain mapping before and after
treatment.
Research shows that NAD — a
coenzyme form of vitamin B3
— eases the discomfort of
withdrawal, reduces cravings
and significantly speeds up the
detox process without the use of
traditional detox medications. NAD
is said to replenish and repair cells
throughout the body and restore
and normalize neurons in the brain
damaged by substance abuse.
“It brings the person back to a state of
being clean, like they would be after
a year of treatment,” Lohan says.
“This is a neurological disease, so
we’re approaching it from a medical
and neurological standpoint. But,
it’s also a spiritual disease. I can’t
forget how important God is in
this.”
“We just had a woman who came
to us, having been on a litany
of drugs — some since 1992,”
Lohan recalls. “In three days, she
had no cravings. In five days, no
withdrawal symptoms. By day
eight, she felt great and was ready
to hit the gym!”
Lohan says the patient left the
facility “off all the meds she came
in on” and that after just six days
of NAD and four neurofeedback
sessions, her repeat brain map was
52 percent improved.”
As proof, he videotaped the patient
talking about her experience. (See
the video online.) And he gave this
reporter a copy of the brain scans.
Dr. Kevin Greene, medical
director and owner of Bell Eve
Addiction Specialists in Cocoa,
Fl. and Optimal Wellness Center
in Cheshire, Conn. is a certified
provider of the Brain Restoration
Plus NAD treatment who backs
Lohan’s assessment.
“NAD is the miracle molecule
backed by scientific research,” Dr.
Greene says. “I have seen lives
transform before my eyes over a 10-
day course of infusion.”
“Withdrawal symptoms are
minimal and cravings disappear
due to NAD bathing the brain’s
receptors in a continuous
pool of natural and highly
therapeutic coenzymes,” Greene
continues. “When combined
with psychological and spiritual
counseling, and individual and
group therapy, patients are now
able to make lifelong recoveries.”
Lohan adds: “This (treatment)
is rewiring brain chemistry, and
correcting it at the same time.”
PRESS HEALTH
Michael Lohan is helping people overcome substance abuse.