medicating

"I was medicating a terrible, terrible illness, in a way, for a short-term solution, which unfortunately then got a hold of me."

Tinkler had depression as a child and eventually began self medicating with illegal drugs.

“There became a point of my life — I stopped going to the emergency room and started medicating at home,” Jimi said.

“There is no involuntary medicating” of people, she said.

“If I don’t work, I don’t eat. I’m medicating myself and staying up all night to catch up. It’s one big mess.”