Britney Spears’ Inner Circle ‘Hoping and Praying’ She Returns to Treatment After Brief Rehab Stint

Pop princess Britney Spears, who fled rehab after less than three weeks, will avoid jail time after pleading guilty to a “wet reckless” charge related to her March arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.

But people in her inner circle are worried that her rehab stint was way too short and that she needs much more intensive help than her sentence requires, sources tell the National Enquirer.

Wet reckless is a plea bargain offered when someone charged with a DUI instead agrees to a lesser charge of reckless driving.

The “Toxic” songbird, 44, qualified because she didn’t have any prior DUIs, had a low blood-alcohol level and the incident didn’t involve a crash or injury.

Spears was sentenced to 12 months of probation and one day in jail, credited as time served. She was fined $571 and must attend a three-month DUI program and agreed to see a psychologist once a week and a psychiatrist twice a month.

Now insiders are on high alert that she could implode again at any minute.

“Everyone wants to give her the benefit of the doubt but the fact she checked out of rehab after less than a three-week stay doesn’t bode well from a lot of people’s perspectives,” says an insider.

“Her issues with anxiety and substance abuse problems are so severe that it’s laughable for her to claim she’s magically on track after such a short stint,” adds the insider. “Anyone with her issues needs a bare minimum of 30 days’ treatment, usually 60 or ideally a full 90 to learn the tools that are needed for a full reset.”

But Britney was desperate to get out of the facility, leaving just days before her court date, People reported.

“Nobody stood in her way when she wanted to leave because it’s ultimately her life and her decision,” says a source.

“But they’re hoping and praying she checks herself back at the earliest opportunity,” says the source. “She desperately needs to take this path to sobriety seriously and such a short stint of treatment is by no means enough.”