The book, Addiction and Grace, is written by Dr. Gerald G. May. May served in the Vietnam war and afterward using his medical degree became a director at a community drug abuse clinic, making him very educated in the area of addiction. He has also written other books with similar topics such as Dark Night of the Soul and The Awakened Heart. His purpose of this book is to reveal how we all fall under the category of struggling with addictions, but to reveal alongside addiction the grace that is extended
INTRODUCTION In 2010, What the Early Worm Gets expanded on the idea of treatment vs. mistreatment. As a parting shot, the book drew a line in the sand of public discourse about drinking and driving: If we as a country are really ready to say drinking and driving is a top public safety concern, then we need to mandate passive in-car alcohol detectors the way other safety passive devices (seatbelts, airbags) are mandatory safety equipment. Drinking and driving deaths are 100-percent preventable