The Smoking Gun has just published an expose of Frey. To put it succintly, many of the criminal activites Frey claimed to have experienced were grossly exaggerated in the book, and it is now suspected that several characters and scenes in the book are entirely fictionalized. His description of "The Fury" and his supposed retention in the facility after abusing another patient were both overtly fake. Anyone who has struggled with addicition also knows that convincing oneself to "Hold on" is never enough. Additionally, it's nice of him to have now inculcated the "uselessness" of the twelve steps into the minds of thousands of readers, many of whom are struggling with their own addicitons and will most likely refuse this effective psychological treatment. It's also lovely that he decided to throw in some "badass" angst and hatred of God and religion, which will lead this sham to be espoused by an atheistic youth which already stereotypes the faithful as weak and dumb. He originally shopped the book around to publishing companies as a work of fiction, and only was able to sell it after "editing" it to be a nonfiction "memoir". His overisimplification of withdrawal, and his melodramatic relationship with Lilly are only a sampling of what seemed "off" upon reading this book. Spread the truth, and don't deposit into Frey's now 7 digit bank account.