Pretty sure that's inaccurate. I believe the story (at least as he tells it) is that he willingly entered a medically induced coma to conquer the massive withdrawal symptoms he was suffering due to him quitting benzos cold turkey.
Of course quitting benzos cold turkey was a terrible idea and was clearly against medical advice, and the track record of using medically induced coma as a treatment is I believe somewhat sketchy. However, since apparently at least according to Peterson he did beat that addiction that way, there is an argument to be made that the coma in itself was ultimately a sound choice.
While quitting benzos cold turkey was a terrible idea that apparently caused some amount of probably permanent yet preventable damage (and you can always ask some questions about how did he end up hooked on them in the first place) , I'm not really going to laugh at someone who ended up hurting themself in the process of trying to get rid of a severe addiction.
Of course the "all meat diet" was still extremely stupid (although probably BS like a lot of what Peterson says), and yeah I really struggle to see how someone can look at Jordan Peterson and think "that's someone who knows how to deal with life".
But AFAIK, his diet and the coma are only linked in the general story of Peterson self-destruction, not causally.
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