Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Contact: Website: http://www.sjmercury.com/ Pubdate: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 Authors: Marilyn Beck, Stacy Jenel Smith and Stephanie DuBois in Hollywood COMEBACK HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN PAUL WILLIAMS, who built a brilliant career as the composer of such classics as ``We've Only Just Begun,'' ``You and Me Against the World'' and ``Rainy Days and Mondays,'' debuts July 7 in the ongoing role of a recovering alcoholic on the CBS soap ``The Bold and the Beautiful.'' Cocaine and alcohol so controlled his life in the '80s that ``I wasn't sure I ever wanted to work again,'' he says. He feels he has been reborn since he went on the wagon. Nothing pleases him more than conveying the anti-drug message to the public. Williams, who in his eight years of sobriety has become active in substance abuse counseling, notes, ``The way Hollywood glamorizes drug usage makes me crazy. It has to stop!'' He knew he had to stop substance abuse, he says, ``When I was offered the lead in `Tru' on Broadway -- I got drunk and turned the role down. And when I woke up, I realized what I had done.'' Much Improvement Tim Allen has returned from a retreat in scenic Ojai with his adult ``Home Improvement'' co-stars and the writing staff of the sitcom -- to lay plans for the final season of the series. Allen, who completed treatment for substance abuse in the spring, is ``doing wonderfully,'' according to ``Home Improvement'' co-creator/executive producer Carmen Finestra. ``He's in high gear. He came out of rehab really focused and motivated to make the last season great. He's in good spirits, looks great, healthy.'' - --- Checked-by: Richard Lake