I checked myself into Timberlawn in 1989. I was 29 years old and my father had just died and I was suffering pretty severe insomnia and anxiety. And I picked Timberlawn because they were considered this ivy-league hospital. I was there for a number of months and right before I was scheduled to be released my doctor began mentioning long-term treatment, that I should stay there for a longer period of time and use my family’s resources to pay for it. They had found out that my family had money.

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