After getting busted for buying crack on the streets of NY, recovering actress Tatum O'Neal says she's actually pleased about the arrest. She claims she hasn't actually relapsed -- thanks to the cops.

"I'm still sober!" she says. "Just when I was about to change that and wreck my life, the cops came and saved me! I was saved by the bell, by the guys in the Seventh Precinct."

Tatum explains her predicament further: "There's no excuse for what I did. I lost my Scottish terrier, Lena, [three weeks ago]. That seemed to set me off. She got old. She got cancer. She was the fabric of our family. We had to let her go to heaven. My daughter and I had to put her down. It was too horrible for words. I couldn't get out of it. I was going to my psychiatrist. I was doing everything I could do. I have the disease of alcoholism. It's lifelong. I treat it every day by going to my 12-step program."

I don't know if I believe her or if I just want to believe her about this, but I certainly hope she gets better and stays healthy. I'm rooting for her. At least she's handling this with some measure of honesty, grace and humility. Much better than the Gary Dourdan "the drugs were for my friends!" excuse.

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