Salacious New Britney Spears Book Spills Troubled Stars' Secrets, Will Make a Perfect Stocking Stuffer

In this week's edition of InTouch we're introduced to a new book by Ian Halperin called Stalking Britney: Britney Under Siege which is coming out around Christmas. In the book the author talks about Britney's mental issues, suicide attempts and more.

Halperin claims that in January 2007, after months of binge drinking and drug abuse, Britney took a large quantity of pills and washed them down with champagne. He also says that after that first suicide attempt, she tried three more times: once in the Promises rehab facility where she tried to hang herself with a bedsheet, and another time when she considered driving off a cliff in the middle of the night. I know what you're thinking - that's only two additional suicide attempts. Well Halperin intentionally didn't tell the mag about the third incident because you'll have to buy the book to find out (or wait til someone gets and advance copy and squeals online).

In the book he also says that she was suspected of being bipolar when she was 9, but that her parents ignored it. Britney also reportedly started doing coke at age 16, and after her divorce had a $30,000 per week drug habit.

As if that wasn't already bad enough, the book alleges that Brit wanted to hire a hit man to get rid of Kevin when he wouldn't stop taking her to court.

The title of Brit & Kev's old reality show is certainly fitting for her life: Chaotic.