A million little pieces- exposed!

The Smoking Gun website has done a good expose of the book "A million little pieces,
the runaway best seller on addiction promoted by Oprah Winfrey. The book is a little bit of truth but mostly lies and fabrication. I read it and found it interesting but certain parts just didnt ring true.

The part that struck me the least believeable was the opening section when he is in a treatment center and they force him to go to a dentist and have dental work (root canals) without novocain. Smoking Gun website details his exaggerations with the law but doesnt address the rest of it.

Ive lived in drug treatment programs. I never heard of anyone being denied novocain for dental work. Its not like novocain gets you high. I had my widom teeth removed while I was in CRC and not only did they give me novocain but lots of painkillers afterward.

Its not that some of the things that used to take place in drug treatment programs were inhumane, they were. But not like Mr. Frey makes it out. The bottom line is he is a liar and the publishing world has done a scam on the Amercian People.

I hope this doesnt ruin the market for autobiographical addiction memoirs as mine should be finished in about a month.

Update: I saw excerpts of the Larry King interview with James Frey although I havent had time to read the whole transcript yet.James Frey is trying to put spin on the whole matter. He's certainly not fessing up entirely. And Oprah is just cleaning up after him and not admitting her mistake either. Oprah and the American people were conned plain and simple. It would be refreshing if Oprah came out and said " I made a mistake in recommending this book" but dont hold your breathe waiting for it to happen.

When you read his "memoir" you will notice there is not one word said about repentenace or his faith in Jesus Christ. In fact he says this:

"I dont believe in God or any form of Higher Power. I refuse to to turn my life and my will over to anything or anyone" (p.409)

I dont doubt that Frey was an addict and drunk of sorts. I just doubt that he has really found any type of real recovery.

Michelle D., a reader of Michelle Malkins website,link, has hit the nail right on the head:

"Among the worst facets of Oprah's "fake but accurate" defense is this: recovery requires HONESTY. Until a person can be honest about what they were and what they are, they are still addicts. This book is a pattern for a failed, incomplete recovery; written by a still-lying addict and promoted by a huckster who uses America's hunger for authenticity to enrich herself"

Here is a link to one of Michelles articles on the subject: Link

And here is a link to the somking gun website which has an expose on the false legal matter in James Frey book.

link to smoking gun