UDani wamthunyelwa eRehab, kodwa wabaleka ekliniki. Ngo-1999, wabuza uMgwebi ukuba angamndulula. Wagwetywa iinyanga ezingama-36 entolongweni, kodwa wayekhonza engaphantsi konyaka. Ngo-2000, inani lehotele yehotele, apho icocaine kunye ne-methamphetamine ifunyenwe yakhangelwa emapoliseni ekuphenduleni kwifowuni engaziwayo. Eloo nyaka uzayo, umdlali wabanjwa waza wathumela kunyango, wabhadula enganxibanga zihlangu ezitratweni.
"Abanye abantu, kukubuya nje," utshilo uDowney oneminyaka engama-49 malunga noloyiso kwiidemon zakhe. Yinto eqhelekileyo, ukuba nohlobo oluthile lokuxhomekeka ngexesha elithile, kwaye konke kuyadlula. "
Ukuthetha malunga nokuhlala kwakho kwiziko lokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunye nentolongo yaseCalifornia, kunye nenkqubo yokubuyisela ubomi, uDowney wathi: "Umsebenzi yindlela yokuphuma kulo mqolomba. Abaninzi baphuma, kodwa bangaguquki. Inyani yile yokuba ukongeza, kuyimfuneko ukuba uqonde ukubaluleka kokukhanyela okukreqayo kwekamva labo, ukuba lukhusele nzima kwaye lube nowomeleleyo. Okanye into eyahlukileyo. Kodwa andazi ukuba yintoni amava am. "