Anybody who believes the stories of an addict who does not accept the principles of AA has only himself to blame. Frankly I cannot see what all the fuss is about with this guy, even if all the stories were true. But they are obviously self-aggrandizing bullsh!t. How anybody could read five pages and not figure that out is beyond my understanding.
I actually saw a bit of his appearance on Oprah when I was at the gym. I thought he enjoyed recounting his screwup stories a little too much. He seemed strangely proud of them. And now it turns out he's proud of his lies.
And from what I've read about the book, it's astonishing to me that anybody would believe these stories in the first place. They're not even halfway credible, particularly the nonsense about the girlfriend he met in rehab who killed herself because she couldn't wait 12 more hours to see him. Gimme a break.