{"id":36893,"date":"2018-05-30T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=36893"},"modified":"2020-02-24T20:01:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T01:01:07","slug":"addiction-recovery-imprint-acquires-memoir-by-first-time-author-david-griggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/addiction-recovery-imprint-acquires-memoir-by-first-time-author-david-griggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction Recovery Imprint Acquires Memoir by First Time Author David Griggs"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 30, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Addiction recovery imprint Zephyr Bookshelf<\/a> announced today that it\u2019s publishing a brand-new title this winter: \u201cTaming the Wild Things in My Head\u201d by first-time author David H. Griggs. The memoir is equal parts harrowing, heartbreaking and hopeful – a compelling collection of stories that charts Griggs’s impossible trajectory from an otherwise normal upbringing to the darkest depths of substance abuse.<\/p>\n

\"Zephyr
\nFrom meth-addled machine gunning in the National Guard to alcoholic sex-crazed blackouts in Japan to crack binges in San Francisco during the dot-com era, Griggs paints a beautifully raw portrait of addiction with both delicate and deliberately reckless brushstrokes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat truly makes a recovery story unique is how it’s told,” Zephyr Bookshelf publisher Paul Fuhr says. \u201c\u2019Taming the Wild Things in My Head\u2019 is a deceptively complex account of one man’s addiction. Griggs has plunged you into the chaos of his past. We couldn’t be prouder to help put this story out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fuhr discovered the memoir via Anna David\u2019s coaching program for writers<\/a>, which walks 10 students at a time through the process of writing and selling their book proposals. Out of each group of 10, David and a committee select one author to receive a meeting with agent Alexis Hurley of Inkwell Management and publisher Fuhr. While there\u2019s no guarantee of publication, Fuhr leapt at the opportunity to be the first to publish Griggs.<\/p>\n

Griggs, an Oregon-based attorney, is a bit shell-shocked by his sudden transition into a creative career, admitting he applied for the coaching program solely so he could find catharsis through unearthing his most challenging experiences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter more than forty years of keeping dark secrets buried deep within me, I had two choices,\u201d Griggs says. \u201cI could either lose my sanity and likely die an active addict, or I could release them. Fortunately, I was guided to release them.\u201d<\/p>\n

David admits that selecting Griggs for the meeting with Hurley and Fuhr was a bit like “Sophie\u2019s Choice.” \u201cI somehow keep ending up with the most talented students I could have imagined,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u2019re all survivors who have incredible stories to tell. But ultimately, I felt I had no choice but to help the world discover this book.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zephyr Bookshelf expects to release \u201cTaming the Wild Things in My Head\u201d this Christmas.<\/p>\n

To learn more visit: https:\/\/www.zephyrbookshelf.com\/news<\/a><\/p>\n

About Zephyr Bookshelf:<\/strong>
\nBased in Columbus, Ohio, Zephyr is one of the first imprints focused solely on recovery from addiction. At a time when over 50,000 people are overdosing from opiates alone, the imprint plans to make a dent in clarifying the public perception of addiction by telling the individual stories of those who have recovered from it. About company: https:\/\/www.zephyrbookshelf.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Anna David coaching program for writers, “All the Write Moves” at: http:\/\/www.allthewritemoves.net\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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