Regardless of the controversy about the truthfulness of author James Frey, this is a horribly written, poorly edited, and contrived "memoir" designed solely to pull at the reader's heartstrings using keywords such as "addiction" and "recovery".Unfortunately, the people that continue to recommend "A Million Little Pieces" as a useful tool for addicts and now advise to read it solely as a work of fiction after the revelations of Mr. Frey's embellishments and outright lies are espousing the idea that the ends justify the means... an excuse that active addicts make use of in their daily lives and need no more encouragement to continue with.