A Rehab Strategy for Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan will be released any day now and will have 24 hours to check into rehab to stay for 90 days.

Can the talented actress with a long history of drug and alcohol problems really turn her life around?

Dr. Dale Archer, a psychiatrist who specializes in chemical imbalances in the brain and personal responsibility, said on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning" that Lohan can turn things around if she separates herself from certain people - perhaps even her family.

Archer said, "If she were my patient, I would say, 'Look, no work for a year; your sobriety is more important than family, friends or job, because if you don't say sober, you will lose all of those, and you may lose your life as well.'

"This is literally life-or-death for Lindsay at this point," he said.

Archer said jail is the right thing for her now.

"You know, [with] an addict, there are two aspects to what's going on: There's the addiction, and then also the point they don't think they're responsible for their actions. And I think the message has to go to Lindsay, 'Look, you broke the rules and now you have to pay the price' - hopefully, a wake-up call."

When Lohan finishes her abbreviated jail sentence, she's required to do a stint in rehab. But then what? Will she fall into the same pattern with the same people?

Archer explained that the period right after release from rehab is the "danger zone."

"The key is you have to divest yourself of the friends that have been the alcoholics and drug addicts with you - the number one thing,' Archer said. "If you can get rid of those people, get them out of your life, get a new group of friends who are sober, she's got a great chance."

He continued, "I think even in Hollywood there are sober individuals and people that have recovered [and are] doing well. Robert Downey Jr. would be an example. She needs to surround herself with people who are sober and have been there and done that and have recovered."