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Lena Dunham on going to rehab: ‘It was like the first day of college, except many of the people had a problem with heroin’

Rehab doesn’t happen to you. You happen to rehab. That’s something I kept thinking when, at night, I wept myself to sleep in the tastefully appointed room where I could not keep any sharp objects, not even tweezers, and did not have a lock on my door.

Lena Dunham on going to rehab: ‘It was like the first day of college, except many of the people had a problem with heroin’

TL;DR

  • Rehab is an active process that individuals participate in.
  • The author experienced emotional distress, crying nightly.
  • The rehab room was restricted, lacking sharp objects and a door lock.