Originally Posted by matthew330

"If that is the case then he should add that it is fictional and not fact, as there maybe people who try to kick addiction the way he "did" and not truly seek the help they may need. "

If an addict models his recovery on a book and fails, that person wasn't commited to recovery in the first place. This author wrote a book that was enjoyable to presumably (based on the amount of copies it sold), to those who weren't addicts - so why the concern..

"Therapy, 12 steps and rehabs don't help everyone, but they are needed and it pisses me off when people who haven't truly experienced addiction or losing everything say those programs aren't needed or put the programs down and don't truly know shit about them."

He was an addict. I don't get why people feel let down that his life wasn't quite as devastating as portrayed in this book. He had no obligation to any of his readers, addicts or otherwise. He wrote a book, Oprah liked it, her girls bought it. He made money - good for him. Why are these housewives pissed?