Three-time Olympic runner Suzy Favor Hamilton has written a book about her post-athletics foray into the world of high-priced escorts.In “Fast Girl: A Life Spent Running from Madness,” Hamilton chronicles her struggles with undiagnosed bipolar disorder that began in earnest after the 2000 Summer Games and eventually drove her into thrill-seeking behavior.See the most-read stories in Sports this hour >>”My bipolar was driven toward sex,” she told People magazine. “It could have been driven towards drugs and alcohol, or gambling. I found sex was the biggest high to fuel my mania, which is common with bipolar people.”Hamilton has a history of depression in her family. Her brother committed suicide in 1999.In the People interview, she talked about the 2000 Olympics, when she surrendered the lead in the 1,500 meters on the final turn and collapsed short of the finish line. She now says she fell intentionally Years later, under the influence of a new antidepressant, she persuaded her husband to hire an escort for a threesome, hoping it might spice up their struggling marriage. That episode led to her working as a $600-an-hour escort.”Sex was the biggest high to fuel my mania,” she said. “I still crave that high. I can’t say I’ll never act out in that way again.”
Source: ‘Sex was the biggest high,’ Suzy Favor Hamilton says in new book – LA Times