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Paul Williams is an alcoholic.
Tracey Jackson is not.
But together, these two close friends have written Gratitude and Trust,
a book designed to apply the principles of the recovery movement to the
countless people who are not addicts but nevertheless need effective
help with their difficulties and pain.
Williams, the award-winning
songwriter, actor, and performer, has embraced a traditional alcoholism
recovery plan for more than two decades of sobriety. Jackson, a
well-known TV and film writer—and veteran of many years of traditional
therapy—has never been a drunk or a drug abuser, but she realized that
many of the tenets of Williams’s program could apply to her. In Gratitude and Trust,
Williams and Jackson ask: What happens to those who struggle with
vexing problems yet are not full-blown addicts? Are there any lessons to
be learned from the foundational and time-tested principles of the
recovery movement?
Whether you’re tethered to your phone or you turn to food for comfort; whether you’re a perfectionist and can’t let things go or are too afraid to fail to even try; whether you can find intimacy only on the Internet or you’ve been involved in a string of nasty relationships—the first step toward feeling better about yourself and your life is the realization that you are what’s standing in your way. Williams and Jackson have designed a new, positive program, based on a half-dozen new affirmations, that can help conquer your vices, address personal dysfunction, and start to brighten the darkest moods. Gratitude and Trust is an essential, inspirational, and uplifting guide to identifying and changing maladaptive behaviors in order to uncover your most productive, healthiest self.
About the Author
Paul Williams is an Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe
winning Hall of Fame songwriter ("Rainbow Connection," "Evergreen," and
"We've Only Just Begun") and President of the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He is a major public force in
the recovery movement, a graduate of UCLA's Drug and Alcohol Counseling
Certification Program and has served as a member of the National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Board of Directors. He was a
founding board member and counselor for the Musicians Assistance Program
(MAP), now the treatment wing of MusiCares. He has been a passionate
public advocate for the recovery movement for the past twenty-four
years.
Tracey Jackson wrote the films Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Guru and The Other End of the
Line among others. She has also written twelve TV pilots, and created
the series BABES for Fox TV. Tracey wrote, directed, and starred in the
controversial documentary Lucky Ducks. Her first book, Between a Rock and Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Fifty,
came out in 2011 and was optioned for a TV movie by Lifetime.
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Paul Williams is an alcoholic.
Tracey Jackson is not.
But together, these two close friends have written Gratitude and Trust, a book designed to apply the principles of the recovery movement to the countless people who are not addicts but nevertheless need effective help with their difficulties and pain.