The 71-year-old star mentioned in the book that he almost had a nervous breakdown and his wife found the frightening, reported New York Daily.
"He knew he was in trouble the morning he couldn't lift his head off the pillow. He awoke facedown, his skull feeling like a useless dead weight.
"A dark thought flashed through his mind; if he couldn't make the effort to pull himself up, he'd suffocate right there and then," wrote music journalist Tom Doyle, author of the book.