Lindsay Lohan attempted to shed some light on her past year in the spotlight in a recent interview for Vanity Fair magazine.

In the rare and candid one-on-one session, Lohan admitted to using drugs and suffering from an eating disorder. Although she was not specific on what type of drugs she was using, she did say she has been battling with bulimia.

Lohan, who recently released her sophomore album "A Little More Personal (RAW)", got very personal with Vanity Fair, saying she knew she had a problem but didn't know how to deal with it.

"I was sick... I had people sit me down and say, 'You're going to die if you don't take care of yourself,'" Lohan told the magazine.

Lindsay also talked about her brief experience with drugs, which she says she used "a little" but quickly added, "I've gotten that out of my system." After alluding to cocaine use, Lindsay quickly added: "I don't want people to think that I've done... you know what I mean? It's kind of a sore subject."

Lohan blames her troubled past with stress related to her father, her living in the spotlight and her breakup with first love, Wilmer Valderrama.

According to PerezHilton.com, Lohan's publicist tried to have the confession taken out of the article the next day.

Lindsay, 19, thinks her turning point came when she was confronted by "Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels who staged an intervention after her latest turn at hosting the show.

"I just started bawling. I knew I had a problem, and I couldn't admit it," she said. "I saw that 'SNL" after I did it. My arms were disgusting. I had no arms. My sister, she was scared. My brother called me, crying."

Lohan, who also added that she turned to shopping for comfort, said she is relying on her friends and family to help get herself happy and healthy again.

Most recently Lohan has been in hospital after an asthma attack. She is said to be resting comfortably and is set to begin shooting her latest film "Chapter 27" about John Lennon's killer, with rumored boyfriend Jared Leto who she describes as only a "great friend."