Editing Brian Wilson (section)

===Recovery and the Wilson Project===

In 1982, after overdosing on alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs,<ref name="TelegraphObit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Eugene Landy |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/31/db3102.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/03/31/ixportal.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=March 31, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225202250/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2006%2F03%2F31%2Fdb3102.xml&sSheet=%2Fportal%2F2006%2F03%2F31%2Fixportal.html |archive-date=February 25, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wilson's family and management staged an elaborate ruse to persuade him to reenter Landy's program.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=338–339}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=243}} On November 5, the group falsely informed Wilson that he was destitute and no longer a Beach Boy, insisting he reenlist Landy as his caretaker to continue receiving his touring income.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=338–339}} Landy agreed to resume treatment only if granted complete control over Wilson's affairs and promised rehabilitation within two years.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=243,255}}

[[File:Brian Wilson 1983.png|thumb|Wilson performing with the Beach Boys in 1983]]

Wilson acquiesced and was taken to Hawaii, where he was isolated from friends and family and placed on a strict diet and health regimen.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=243–244}}{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=339–340}} Combined with counseling sessions that retaught him basic social etiquette, the treatment restored his physical health.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|pp=340–342}} By March 1983, he had returned to Los Angeles and was moved, under Landy's direction, to a Malibu home where he lived with several of Landy's aides and was cut off from many of his own friends and family.{{sfn|Gaines|1986|p=342}}

Between 1983 and 1986, Landy charged approximately $430,000 annually (${{Format price|{{Inflation|US|430000|1983|end_year={{Inflation-year|US}}}}}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}). When he requested additional funds, Carl Wilson was obliged to allocate a quarter of Brian's publishing royalties.<ref name="TelegraphObit"/> Landy gradually assumed the role of Wilson's creative and financial partner, eventually representing him at [[Brother Records|Brother Records, Inc.]] corporate meetings.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=256}}{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=272}} Landy was accused of creating a [[Svengali]]-like environment by controlling every aspect of Wilson's life—including his musical direction.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|pp=254–258}} Wilson countered these claims, stating, "People say that Dr. Landy runs my life, but the truth is, I'm in charge."{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=257}} He later claimed that in mid-1985 he attempted suicide by swimming as far out to sea as possible before one of Landy's aides retrieved him.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}}

As Wilson's recovery consolidated, he participated in recording ''[[The Beach Boys (album)|The Beach Boys]]'' (June 1985),{{sfn|White|1996|p=338}} a release touted as his "comeback".{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=249}} He then curtailed regular collaborations with the band to pursue a solo career under Landy's guidance.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=257}} In 1986, he worked with former collaborator Gary Usher at Usher's studio, producing roughly a dozen songs—most unreleased{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}—with one track, "[[Let's Go to Heaven in My Car]]", appearing on the ''[[Police Academy 3]]'' (1986) soundtrack.{{sfn|Carlin|2006|p=259}} This body of work became known as "[[the Wilson Project]]".{{sfn|Badman|2004|p=374}}