Nicole Richie Enrolls In 18-Month Anti-Drinking Education Program

The six-months-pregnant Nicole has signed up for an 18-month anti drinking and driving course.

Over the course of the program, Nicole will undergo 52 hours of group counseling, bi-weekly face-to-face interviews and 12 hours of alcohol education.

Individuals must complete the entire course before the DMV will re-issue her a driver’s license, according to the program’s Web site.

Back on Dec. 11, Nicole was arrested after police received a call about a black Mercedes SUV driving the wrong way down an LA freeway.

After failing a field sobriety test and admitting she had taken Vicodin and smoked marijuana earlier in the evening, Nicole was booked for DUI.

Nicole was sentenced to four days in jail on July 27. On August 24, she served 82 minutes in jail to complete her sentence.

The $1,790 program also recommends, but doesn’t require, participants to attend 12-step meetings.