section_path: 1982–1991: Second Landy intervention/Recovery and the Wilson Project
section_name: Recovery and the Wilson Project
paragraph_text: Recovery and the Wilson Project
  
  In 1982, after Wilson overdosed on alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs, his family and management staged an elaborate ruse to persuade him to reenter Landy's program. 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. Landy agreed to resume treatment only if granted complete control over Wilson's affairs and promised rehabilitation within two years.
  
  Wilson acquiesced and was taken to Hawaii, where he was isolated from friends and family and placed on a strict diet and health regimen. Combined with counseling sessions that retaught him basic social etiquette, the treatment restored his physical health. 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.
  
  Between 1983 and 1986, Landy charged approximately $430,000 annually ($ 1.36 million in 2024). When he requested additional funds, Carl Wilson was obliged to allocate a quarter of Brian's publishing royalties. Landy gradually assumed the role of Wilson's creative and financial partner, eventually representing him at Brother Records, Inc. corporate meetings. Landy was accused of creating a Svengali -like environment by controlling every aspect of Wilson's life—including his musical direction. Wilson countered these claims, stating, "People say that Dr. Landy runs my life, but the truth is, I'm in charge." 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.
  
  As Wilson's recovery consolidated, he participated in recording The Beach Boys (June 1985), a release touted as his "comeback". He then curtailed regular collaborations with the band to pursue a solo career under Landy's guidance. In 1986, he worked with former collaborator Gary Usher at Usher's studio, producing roughly a dozen songs—most unreleased —with one track, " Let's Go to Heaven in My Car ", appearing on the Police Academy 3 (1986) soundtrack. This body of work became known as " the Wilson Project ".
  
  In 1982, after Wilson overdosed on alcohol, cocaine, and other drugs, his family and management staged an elaborate ruse to persuade him to reenter Landy's program. 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. Landy agreed to resume treatment only if granted complete control over Wilson's affairs and promised rehabilitation within two years.
  
  Wilson acquiesced and was taken to Hawaii, where he was isolated from friends and family and placed on a strict diet and health regimen. Combined with counseling sessions that retaught him basic social etiquette, the treatment restored his physical health. 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.
  
  Between 1983 and 1986, Landy charged approximately $430,000 annually ($ 1.36 million in 2024). When he requested additional funds, Carl Wilson was obliged to allocate a quarter of Brian's publishing royalties. Landy gradually assumed the role of Wilson's creative and financial partner, eventually representing him at Brother Records, Inc. corporate meetings. Landy was accused of creating a Svengali -like environment by controlling every aspect of Wilson's life—including his musical direction. Wilson countered these claims, stating, "People say that Dr. Landy runs my life, but the truth is, I'm in charge." 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.
  
  As Wilson's recovery consolidated, he participated in recording The Beach Boys (June 1985), a release touted as his "comeback". He then curtailed regular collaborations with the band to pursue a solo career under Landy's guidance. In 1986, he worked with former collaborator Gary Usher at Usher's studio, producing roughly a dozen songs—most unreleased —with one track, " Let's Go to Heaven in My Car ", appearing on the Police Academy 3 (1986) soundtrack. This body of work became known as " the Wilson Project ".