Medicated for your Protection – Portraits of Mental Illness LIMITED ...

John, 54, comes from San Francisco and has lived in HarborView since 1996. He told me these details about his life. John’s onlyfamily are his aunt and sister. He is ten years sober from a cocaineaddiction that left him unable to pay his bills. He likes to write in hisjournal and he wants to work in a pizzeria. John is an accomplishedclassical pianist who has performed in recitals, competitions, ballets,community orchestras, and at colleges. His favorite composersare Poulenc, Milhaud, and Satie. He also likes Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin,Heart, and Pink Floyd. “Animals is their best record. DarkSide of the Moon sounds too slow to me these days.”25