YOU CAN TELL A BOOK FROM IT'S PDF FILE - A SELF- PUBLISHING EXPERIMENT

             THE ANTIDOTE TO EXPOSURE ANXIETY IS EXPOSURE

Forty two years ago I was a budding psychotherapist looking for a break. I was fortunate enough to meet a psychiatric nurse at a summer resort who indicated that she was working fo a most "fantastic Psychiatrist" at an innovative therapeutic community program trating heroin addicts on the lower east side of New York called Odyssey House. She thought I might fit in well with the staff.

And so a month later I began what was to become a personal and professional life defining experience in the next 17 months. What began as a dream come true after six months turned into a nightmarish kaleidoscope of the best and worst of treatment at Odyssey House.

When I left I was both as clear as I had ever been in my life and simultaneously as confused as I had ever been in my life. The need to separate out the wheat from the chaff propelled me into an eleven year psychoanlaysis, three times a week, on the couch with no insurance.  

During my 17 month working at Odyssey I appointed myself the official scribe keeping detailed notes of day to day experiences.  Many years after I left Odyssey I was compelled one day to ressurrect my journal notes and write my memoir about what happened to me, how I felt about it, the various meanings I attributed to my experiences, and the lessons learned.

Since that time I have attempted to publish my memoir getting very close but not quite close enough to seal the deal. Thus I have decided to go on my own - exploring the route of self publishing.

However before I dive all the way into the pool I have decided to do the following. If anyone is interested in having an overview of my experiences, you are welcome to send me an e mail at gwilliamsny11@aol.com I will be glad to send you a pdf file containing relevant information.