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'Sex was the biggest high,' Suzy Favor Hamilton says in new book

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.

"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.