Re: James Frey's lies

I had a hard time swallowing much of the book, particularly the dentist scene. Literally! I am a recoverying Alcoholic. The whole time I was reading this story I was screaming inside, "Would you (James) just take the first step and surrender". The first step is "We admitted we where alcoholics and our lives had become unmanagable". The principle being HONESTY.

The book is a great piece of fiction, and I wish it had been sold as such, but according to TSG he couldn't sell it as such.

Mr. Frey this is between you and your higher power. I hope that you can learn to practice the principles of the 12 Steps in your daily life. I might suggest tradition 6, which ends with: "...Least issues of Money, power, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose." That is, if your primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics and addicts achieve sobriety.