If the Publishers knew, as I'm pretty sure they did, this is egregious satire and prankness on the public.

What's next - Dr Atkins did not follow a low-carb lifestyle?

Bill Gates uses Linux?

I was afraid this was going to happen. Looks like the James Frey backlash is just beginning. I don't know what to believe. Perhaps he embellished his experience in rehab, perhaps he made up the whole story, but at any rate, it's getting a lot of people to take a look at their own lives and make changes for the better. I just hate to think that he lied about ALL of it. How could he? He's still an excellent writer nonetheless. And it seems that whenever anyone has a modicum of success, there are those who try to squash it b/c they're jealous. Still, I believe in him and all that he went through. I've never really been one to believe everything I read on Smoking Gun anyway.

Dr. Phil is really a vet!

Care to refute any of the points in the Smoking Gun report?

Jen,

no one is saying he made it ALL up and without reading it, I wouldn't comment on his talents as a writer, but how can you believe everything he went through? I have read his description of being on a plane and no airline is going to let a guy covered in numerous body fluids fly looking like that.

"it seems that whenever anyone has a modicum of success, there are those who try to squash it b/c they're jealous."

While I agree that does happen, where's your proof in this instance? The problem is that the book is being sold as non-fiction, which from the evidence presented by TSG appears doubtful.

I think art can be just as powerful as the truth, so I don't understand why publishers wouldn't accept it as fiction, especially if it's as compelling as you say.

I'm not going to try to refute any the points made in the Smoking Gun report. It seems the authors did their research, and in a way, I'm not surprised.

What I should have said is that I was deeply affected by the book and his appearance on Oprah, and it would be sad to learn that any, some, most or all of it was made up.

My brother is just like James in the book. He even has the same name. I've recommended all my friends and family read the book to get a little more insight into my brother's head. If it turns out that Frey has duped us all, it would be a shame. That's all I'm saying.

As a person in recovery, I was extremely angry at first when I heard about Mr. Frey's lies. But then I remembered the old adage: How can you tell when an addict is lying? His lips are moving.

Of course, this isn't true of most recovering alcoholics and addicts. But there are some who never let go of the old attitudes and behaviors. So, whatever. I had planned on reading this book, but unless they reshelf it as fiction, I don't see myself picking it up now.

I feel very sad for the thousands of people who looked towards James as some sort of example of what can be done. I know most of them will come to his defence, but, the day will come when he will have no choice but to go public. I wonder if he will blame his actions on his addiction?

Does he even have an addiction besides to his own ego? I can't see how someone who claimed to have been binging on every substance known to man can just walk away clean?

What a discredit to those who have to deal with addiction every day!

Still Number 1 on Amazon

This could end up kicking sales up!

Like people slowing down to look at an accident...

Way to use my article Andy! I'm proud of you, now bring me your notepad and I will give you another gold star sticker!

Coincidentally, I bought My Friend Leonard on Amazon today. But not through the link on this piece. It was sold out at a lot of the bookstores here in Seattle this past weekend. I am really looking forward to it -- fiction or non-fiction!

And you're right, Andy, this will probably boost sales even more. Go figure!

Jen, I hope you don't let the truth of the book's creation have any effect on your experience with it because that was true for you.

Maybe they'll put it under fiction now

Jennifer, just know that your hard earned money is helping promote a fraud. Plus, I'm sure some of it will be going towards his defence funds.

As for his writing "talents", I would argue that he has no talent. I'm sure his editor cleaned up the manuscript as much as possible, you know, a pig in a pretty dress is still a pig.

I have seen nothing literary about his writing. Especially not enough to warrent two books. How strong can the second effort be when the first is based on nothing but lies?

I think some, if not most, people were swayed to like his writing because they wanted to believe in him. I would have loved to seen the fiction version of his manuscript before the changes, lets see what talents lay in that one.

Eh, my money wasn't that "hard earned" today. I wasted most of my time commenting on this piece while pretending to work. Just like James pretended to be an addict. And now I am done.

T Stoddart - I hadn't even realized I did that...ain't I clever??? HA!

As far as his writing ability goes, the story of 'A Million Little Pieces' is interesting - - - but the writing is terrible. Look no further than his AWFUL screenplay - 1998's 'Kissing A Fool' with David Schwimmer. Screenwriting software can concoct a better screenplay than that turd of a film. Should have known better in 2003 when I dished out $22.95 for the "Million Little Pieces' hardcover. Mullet-headed, wine cooler sipping, fratboy poser, you owe me $22.95!

I finished the book over the holidays and loved it. If it is fiction, it's well done. If it's truth, it's a compelling story.

Embellishing your wild outlaw druggie days is one thing when you're just among friends, but it's another to write a big memoir and cry to Oprah about them.

this memoir was SO cheesy!it was like reading a script for a really really awful b-movie...or spoof.my friend tricked me into reading it...i thought she liked it...when really she just wanted me to be as annoyed as she was.in the end, i found myself wanting james to just give in to the damn "fury". i could go on, but then i'd have my own article :o) people...even as fiction this isn't worth the read. as non-fiction? pathetic ramblings of an egomaniac. save your money.

Oh this whole thing pushes some buttons for me as I've always when reading memoir how much is fictionalized because my fear is that it is - as allegedly is the case here - way too much.

The book was great, I could give a shit less whether he pulled it out of his ass or its an actual memior, it was well written....being a 18 year old recovering addict it was compelling and rang very true in my eyes so I could care less about all the shit thats flying around. it gave me a lot of hope... peace

A new development on all of this:
Not only are there questions about how much of Frey's book is fake but now the whole identity of another trendy popular writer, JT LeRoy, is also getting busted for lying and deceit.

A story about it is here.

Post-worthy

ki kind of nice nice to see oprah hood hoodwinked. hoo

Weird. Over the last few weeks (especially after xmas!) I could spit out my window and hit somebody reading this book.

Turns out:

1) seems like about 9 out of 10 people in America have a close family member on meth -- it's an epidemic beyond description. (I'm one of those 9, btw)

2) people are giving this book to those "family member" who are trying to deal with their drug addict relatives.

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BTW: I got one for xmas from a concerned/sympathetic mother-in-law. I took one glance and threw it in the "take to Half-Price Books" pile.


Personal Aside: Last thing I want to do is read some addict's side of the fucking story; and if one has one's own fucked up personal hell to deal with -- one doesn't really want to take on some other assholes problems vicariously.

PS: Frankly, after about 15 years of hearing lies, experiencing theft, fraud, and the destruction of an entire family in the wake of some selfish, out-of-control meth freak -- I'd just as soon read a book explaining how to MURDER 'em and get away with it.

But that's jus' me...








: )

From Scott's link about author JT LeRoy:

"In LeRoy's case, various media probes have concluded that the author of several critically lauded works of fiction is not the 25-year-old ex rent boy he claims to be, but actually a 40-year-old middle-class woman.

LeRoy's true identity has long been a source of speculation.

Championed by an impeccably hip roster of celebrities, including the likes of Bono, Lou Reed and Courtney Love, LeRoy's rare public appearances always saw him disguised behind sunglasses and a woman's blonde wig. He identified himself as gay and desirous of a sex change."

I can't believe Lou Reed, of all people, would be faked out on who is and isn't transgendered. Maybe he was in on it all along.

This was the first I'd heard of LeRoy or the term "rent boy." I figured it meant what it does, but I Googled it just to be sure:

"rent boy
British for a male prostitute. It may refer to the fact the customer rent the boy or that the boy pays his rent with the proceeds."

I feel like I should change my screen name to Sister Not As Hip As She Thinks She Is.

No, make it Father Ray and really confuse people

- Ms. Scott

A Million Little Pieces was one of the funniest books that I have ever read. Being in recovery myself, I was expecting to read about a heart felt journey into self discovery, instead all I found was page after page of lies. I have to hand it to him for coming up with such a good title. Hopefully his mess-age will not keep people who need 12 step programs from seeking help. A few weeks ago, I told a friend of mine who really loved the book, that people will be coming out of the woodwork disputing Mr Frey's claims. Like most liars, he laid it on a little thick.

I can understand mr Frey's problem, due to my many years o attending AA meetings at diffrent locations, AA should be re-named Alcoholic Anonymous Liars

I read the book and told my friends that "it read like fiction." This was an off the wall comment, not really knowing that it was fiction! When I read My Friend Leonard, I was really beginning to wonder??? In fact just today I thought about the books....with all these nagging thoughts..Then I heard on a news program that it wasn't true! I just don't understand why he had to lie??? And "The Fury" he always talked about in his book should now be directed at himself!

for Shark in #29...

your Wish is granted...cuisinart makes bone meal

nuff said?

Excelsior!

So now truth imitates fiction imitating truth imitating...

Some guy named Zak Kerman had a novel (yes, unpublished) completed that he was pitching that turns out to be disturbingly like Frey's real life. He dumped the whole thing online yesterday in frustration, since nobody's going to buy a fictional version of something like Frey's story given the real thing is so entertaining. Not a bad read -- funny, maybe not serious literature but you get what you pay for after all.

bb

Blunderbuss, thanks for the heads up, I would really like to read this, do you have a link?

It's always been funny to me how, when one type of story sells well, there are immediately several ripped copies popping up everywhere. It's like this with screenplays too. Remember all those asteroid movies, all those end of the world movies that came out one on top of the other.

Well, I bet there are several writers in the shoot, who were signed after A million pieces went to the top, who are now madder than hell that their contracts have been cancelled.

It's funny how creditbility is so important in the arts. I guess everyone who claims such lives will have to have the bullet holes to prove it--just like 50 cent. No arguing with those hospital reports.

T

Sorry --

I just finished a really satirical (and funny) part about 'pharming' and this whole section that sends up the pharmaceutical industry while somehow linking it to hackers, a tex-mex gang of accountants and a plague of toads...

bb

I can understand mr Frey's problem, due to my many years o attending AA meetings at diffrent locations, AA should be re-named Alcoholic Anonymous Liars

I guess it's more of an urban thing. I live in a rural community, and while we have our share of our liars in AA, it's a definite minority.

Now Narcotics Anonymous on the other hand...

I just completed a ''Memoir''Called ''After the Blood.''Its about serving a 6year sentance when I was 18 In the Federal Pen.Meeting and becoming Good friends with Assata Shakur,being in a writers workshop in rikers Island.and being published with her many times their after.My first sniff of Heroin was given to me at 12 years old.In nyc.Im from Harlem NY.In those days the men and women would stand on the corners with''popeye''arms swollen and distorted by the Quinine burns Ulsere and Oozing with an infected Soul,and Society.AMemoir''is somthing you remember as happening.But you dont Yank a hunk of Lies off from a block Imagination at your discression.as its Betrail.I read the Bookand the fist fewlines I jnew it was Lie.First off,Ive Been in Many a shooting Gallery.from the lower eastside with writer Miqueal Pinero to Harlem with people from the old Dutch shultz crew nikki bonds.and I asure you Crack feinds especially.do not put anybody on a plane.!Junkies around drugs are like Stockbrokers around Money.the Moment itss GONE.there gone.to.and the more messed up you are ie,passed out ''OD ed'' they get out faster than if someone yelled ''BUHANDO''(the cops)It was s dry boriing book,all he did was vomit an vomit and Vomit.An IV for Dehydration surely in a Doctor staffed Facility/?..Duh! .and so on.The Problem with A MLLION LITTLE PEICES .Is that the Population he chose to exploit.have some Very Real detramental Problems to Conquer...like the endless wait until a drug clinic opens up.of course by the time it does.you life has changed upside 22 times!the Harsh Drug laws.Rockafella laws)the life style dangers from homlessness to cops Cracking you in the head.ToAIDS and HepC/TB etc.That Poulatin needs help.Not a little Punk surburban kid.that I he went in the Places he ''Imagined''hed been In.Hed Hear at Knife or Gun point''Gimmie yo Money WHITEBOY.And hed Give it.He would!!I would.But hes the ''Politics''of the ''GAME''I read how OPRAH was dooped/conned and Lied to.I felt bad.Especially when I went to the ''Huffington post website''and someone posted twice.Time for OPRAH to close her legs smells like ''Fish''.So I went to her website,To offer her a releaf from the massive databasses of Insult.To offer her a Creative Challenge.I thought in the back of my mind''how unique''I d offer the Public my brand new Hot Street tale.off the Press of the REAL story,of it Give People the Truth.and let them Compare.and have the Public who was ''Crying...like OPRAH and staying up nights..boo hoo ing.Read It and see how much they got from my manuscript.as some people said the Lies did ''somthing''positive for them.Well.In the Book club forum they Deleated my post3times.the first time they emailed me saying we get a lot of emauls and cant respond to them all..THE OTHER TWO I watched as they dissapeard befor my eyes Censorship at its Best..Now I know I thought why her audence is ''ILL''informed..Keep in the Dark not right.whereas the ''Black bloggers Allience.Wanted to Post Right away..And as you look around it..the Book cover still has the advertising sticker''OPRAH BOOK OF THE MONTH''in 4 or 5 different parts of the site.talks etc.surley i thought this was a Mistake.As OPRAH of ALL people ''CARES'' about people like I was at 18...and ''CRYED'' with Freys ''Pablem babble ''Surly shed Care about all the People that would gain from my true story.of suffering from a 15 year old drop ot Harlem 12 yearold addict Convict.Which all could be documented.To mother paramedic/Published author/and Mental healthworker.How did I do it.a story of Great INSPIRATION the ''memoir''is about the Journey.the Growth of it all.But alas''Mama''O had me feelin like ''HARPOS Wife in color PURPLE'' I WAS FEELIN MIGHTY LOW MISS SEALY''....MIGHTY LOW hear id come to the Aid of ''my sister'' How DARE Somone take advantage of ''Oprah''she was one a poor little blackgirl like me.But apparenty forgot where she came from.So My point is Ita Commercial ploy to buy more books it a ll about Money.Not Pride Sadly Money you can get anywhere but you cant make fools of the cops.Or People that struggle just alittle to Be BS'ed.Money tight.and the white house got enough lies keep the Public in a Hypnotic Complacent Slumber,soon anythings goes.so what!I persoanlly want a Refund.Im not one of OPRAHS generic housewives,From ohio., with hand drawn sign screaming at the crack of Dawn we love you OPRAH,Im a Afrosentric Blackwoman that has Much Pride and Love for my Culture.And as hard as things are for People of color.hard to wher ther is Rededemtion/Rehabilitation/or reparation.it's a dangerous World with the tools that the Government Gives the ''Hood''to fight your way out with.Im ashamed of her.Im embarrased for her.Frey..Id expect that from him..hes just a common dude low on talent.and real experences. In the End ms.Oprah left me feeling like a her line in the Color Purple. left me Feelin'' mighty low ms Sealy...Mighty Low.and I felt with her like that ''Bobby Seale'' Selling Bar B Q Sauce (that's just what black folks need more of ! No wonder ''Dr,Huey P. Newton'' Had to Dull his Mind Cocaine Cocktails and sadly Sucombing to the Violence of the Streets,the the Panthers that I was in and out of Like a Revolving door in the Harlem Chapter.That he Founded tried to Save us From.Black People always always speak about helping each other.But with Broken Ex''Revalutionarys Like Bobby Seale and Black people Like Oprah That could help black people and don't.Things wont get much better..Carolyn Baxter. theworldisaGhetto.blogspot.com

to mr.jj on #39, I live in a small southern community, but i will agree with you, that NA probably has more liars than AA, thanks for setting me straght

I think Carolyn, commentor above, should get to bitch slap James Frey around.

I know I would be pissed if some idiot was making money off a life they lied about. Especially when she lived it.

re: 36 -38

Glad you find some relief by dragging my sorry ass into all of this. At least you get a laugh out of it. I get to flush six months of work on RIFFING THE HURDY GURDY.

[ start of rant ]
hey bb: 'not a bad read'? 'you get what you pay for'? you hadn't even gotten through the book. Cut me some slack and finish it before you judge it. I see you found something to shout about with Luther and the 'pharming' in chapter six. Think maybe you were harsh? Or just grumpy? Or maybe you think the price determines the value? I'm trying not to be too defensive, but give me a fair shot at least...
[ end of rant ]

T: maybe you'll think otherwise. maybe 'vicious satire'? Or 'erudite literary send-up'? Or what about 'a dagger aimed at the heart of the James Freys of the literary world, and f*cking publishers like Nan Talese'? Who do you think 'Attila' is in chapter 11?

Laugh away. If I weren't still on Percoset, I'd go find some heroin.

Zak

Carolyn: Oprah's bread and butter comes from exploiting white middle-class racial guilt and giving suburbia safe glimpses into the black experience.

Just like some of us middle-class white people who think we're so superior to Oprah's audience like to walk on the wild side with drugs and then have our parents bail us out and pay for rehab. Mr. Frey is from my social class, and I recognize a bit of myself and my friends in him.

Zak, I find no humour in your plight. I will devote some time to reading what you have written. And, in respect to your effort, I will write an article about it if I like it.

I am not about to let Mr. Frey be the downfall of other would be writers.

Hope this is to your liking.

FYI, T, Zak's no ex-junkie, he's tried to write serious satire and is just angry that Frey's truth is more entertaining than his fiction. I think the heroin thing is a pose (and in pretty poor taste given Carolyn's posting).

Full disclosure: I finished the book.

Summary: entertaining (quick) read. Borders in places on hilarious, but uneven.

I actually think the writing is good and it's sad he can't get his book in front of an agent now, but sh*t happens. Sorry, Zak, but you just got shafted by bad luck. Get over it. If you're good, you'll write something else.

There are some brilliant turns about memoir and some of the characters make me wonder who the real people are he's trying to parody. I don't have a clue about the NY writing scene but Icky is a classic, even to me. And I still think 'pharming' and the toads is a great chapter.

Hard to believe this was written before the whole Frey thing came to light. Creepy, actually.

bb

Blunderbuss, thanks for the breakdown. I think what you wrote makes me want to read it more. But, I have to get through a couple of review reads before I undertake this memoir.

But, it still sounds interesting.

Thanks BB

Carolyn: I appreciate your comment. I agree with you, hands down.

I saw the Oprah show, sitting home on, my first week of unemployment from working in a prison as an addictions/mental health provider, in the midwest. I relocated here from urban, to start a new life, and found myself in the 50's with sexism, racism, not to mention the dysfunction in the department of corrections. And I am told not to let that discourage me at all, for that dep. of corrections is one of the most dysfunctional part of the "system", as is the population that is housed by the department. Well, I think it is a social mirror of dysfunction in our society.

Apparently, I pissed some people off with what most people began to refer to naivity, and then one person who stated that I was a "realist".

I understood/understand that "addicts" lie, as I am in recovery, and use self as tool beginning with me, within people's lies is truth if the counselor is a good listener, the counselor will hear it, and start from there with no judgment against them. So, it really did not matter to me if the people I was there to help were lying, I wanted to hear to their story. It seems to me we all have one.

Oprah started pissing me off in the 80's.

But there I was, on my couch watching TV, all afraid of the world again, because I expressed my opinions against discrimination, and mental health practices, and proceedures that the system felt they had a right to do because they were the "experts" and the "Department".

In my opinion some of the decisions were wrong, ethically and morally speaking, and I would not be part of a decision(s) that I thought were pretty off-base so to speak.

The best part of that expeirence is that I actually had the opportunity to listen to a lot of people struggling with addiction, and windows of opportunity to be heard in supporting those that really need help.

I saw Frey on the TV and his statement about not liking the town he was from, and how angry he was, with his parents sitting there, nothing wrong in that, but 2 and 2 just did not add up to 4.

Feeling sorry for myself, as a true addict, I went out and bought the book, feeling a bit inspired about his satement "let the fear go" or something like that. Fear is a huge factor in my life, people keep telling me to let it go, I am not tough enough.

I have only read 15 pages or so, and I keep getting pissed off, because the people, men, I was working with, many of which are people of color, seemed to have been struggling with all the issues you raise in your feedback, and then here is Frey.

Not that I do not beleive in personal choice, or that the power of it can guide a person to stop giving their power over to others, I do believe that concept.

I had to re-read, however, the part of the Airplane situation. The first thing that came to my mind was money and connection.

Access.

Access is an ironic thing in life.

People's situation and that they ended up in prison, was not one in the same by any means, but there were more similarities than differences.

At this point I think, because the more I journey on in life I am learning I know very little, addiction is addiction is addiction, but each has its own "thumb print" as one young man told me.

I think that the human experience of addiction speaks loudly, and that addiction has no predjudice.

And I am somewhat insulted personally and professionally by Oprah giving wind to support Frye's book.

They both seem a little un-realistic to me.

Your feedback speaks to a "life-style" that sounds all to familiar to me. I found stregth in your feedback, and I thank you.

If the book helps people, than I think that is good. As well, I think if the book speaks to the reader the reader might want to consider why it does. Not to be judgmental or anything :)

According to Amazon.com, Oprah's new selection is Night, Elie Wiesel's novel about a Holocaust survivor.

The cynic in me wonders if the rushed the announcement to distract from the controversy about Frey's book.

As an aside, can you imagine the swag her production office must get from public relations firms? Oprah probably moves as much product as a Super Bowl commercial.

Good quetion, sister and I don't think Oprah will like my answer.

Thought some of you might appreciate a piece I wrote up last nite pointing out that the James Frey problem has now come back and kicked some reporters and book reviewers on thebutt via Oprah's new pick and the question of what to call it.

The BlogCritics story on it
is here.

OK, so now the Oprah's public flogging of James Frey has happened, and no one is writing about it?? I read this before the rumors started and thought it was completely overrated. I felt like the accolades and acclaim was coming in for him purely based on the shocking content. And that we were believing this was all true. I've been dealing with an active crack addict, to whom I'm in the process of getting divorced from, and it's been insane to say the least. In finishing this book I wondered why was everyone so in love with this guy? I thought, maybe my own experience, being so fresh, was clouding my judgement. And now to learn how much of it was in fact not true makes me angry. Yeah, it is a trigger for me since my husband lied and manipulated to get what he wanted while using. And James Frey's total manipulation of me now as a book buyer fuels that trigger. Would I have had the same reaction if I those disclaimers about names and incidents in the book have been changed had been present? Not sure. But for now, I'm only left with feeling like he is a total liar, a weak individual hiding behind the false bravado of beating his addiction, and a poor representative of those out there making a new life in recovery, the true everyday heros who aren't perfect but don't try to profit by lying about it. I'm just pissed.

The whole thing is a joke. Ms. Winfrey can exhibit disdain and disgust but, friends, her ratings were driven up. How convenient that all this came down a few days before the start of February ratings sweeps. Harpo does nothing by accident. Regardless of Frey's alleged misinformation, the bottom line continues to be that Ms. Winfrey and her powerhouse show did not suffer.

Well, it isn't as you say Silas Kain "Frey's alleged misinformation" - by his own acknowledgement and admission, he lied, he exaggerated in parts throughout the book. For those of us who looked to the book as a way to understand those we love who struggle with sobriety, and it certainly isn't the only tool or resource, I don't mean to suggest that - but it's completely reprehensible on HIS part, on HIS publisher's part, HIS editor's part. Sure Oprah's show catapulted the book but in part because it was believed by EVERYONE, including her and HARPO, that this was a true memoir, a true account. For some readers, me included, it was something more than just a shocking, interesting read - it was a way for us to connect to those who really LIVED through the story that James Frey only marginally admits to living. I think it is ridiculous to suggest that this was timed with ratings sweeps. When has Oprah ever suffered in the ratings?

The bulk of people who continue to support Frey are 1) easily impressed, non-addicts who enjoy living vicariously through the "bad boy" rehab experience ,2) people who are too proud to admit that they were duped and 3) publishing suckups who don't want to see the gravy train come to an end.

Well before the Smoking Gun story broke, there were MANY addicts who questioned the validity and truth behind Frey's alleged rehab experience - yet no one listened to them. Oprah and her audience went for this liar all the way not realizing that all addicts are masterful deceivers and many times go to great lengths to devise stories that are calculated to shock the listener even if those stories contain massive lies and embellishments. Frey is one such person. He might have been in rehab but he sure as hell didn't learn a lot and it seems that he might need a return trip to eliminate his compulsion to lie in order to make himself seem larger than life. I knew lots of guys in rehab like him and the bulk of them were simply over-indulged, over-privileged punks who were bored with their mundane, advantaged existence so they manufactured some "badass" identity to impress those who don't know any better. They were boring in real life and boring in rehab. Its of little surprise that rich-boy Jim continues to compensate for his lack of self-esteem by whining about how his book is still valid or to be respected. Gee Jim. As time goes by you admit that more and more if it was manufactured. Was anything true ?

Of course Frey has made his millions and is content to live out the rest of his life in comfort so we will never get real answers. I understand that at the time of the Smoking Gun story , "big jim" (his website calls him that) was in negotiations with movie producers to make a film based on his life. If it does get made I hope they get Disney to make it since Frey's story is clearly in the realm of fantasy. Its amazing to what lengths some guys will go to in order to seem like a macho guy

Well, Chuck, I still support Frey. When I first read the book, there were definitely things I questioned. But, I thought to myself - If I attempted to recollect everything I went through in rehab, there's no way it could have been coherent. What is documented (and has been acknowledged as true) is his massive alcoholism and crack addiction. His parents, his friends, and even some people in rehab with him have supported it.

While I am, indeed, disappointed in the embellishments, I still loved the book. Rehab isn't fun, but the reassuring part is that he is still clean. And, for me, that's what matters most.

How, at this point, can you believe anything he said?

James Fray is my HERO! He may have over exaggerated in his book-A Little Million Pieces, but from an addict, like myself he explained and wrote exactly how I have lived,and experienced life thru my addiction to drugs, and hit it right on the nail when talking about his self distruction ,thoughts, and, how he felt on and comming off drugs. He just want's everyone to read and overcome! Dont judge, JUST BE......