 He continued with treatment on his own, including both inpatient and outpatient and for drug use in Oklahoma hospitals, until he was 19.Despite moments of small success, Hammer continued to use drugs to cope with his past.At age 19, in January 1978, while high on PCP, Hammer realized he needed help and, hoped to obtain treatment, went to the emergency room at Baptist Hospital where he had been previously hospitalized in their mental health unit.