Word: rehab
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...then go to rehab, write a book about it, inspire millions of readers and make a ton of money...
...Million Little Pieces is the gritty, graphic, bombastic story of an Angry Young Man who--despite his well-concealed heart of gold--manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests and a lot of self-destructive behavior, he winds up in a Minnesota rehab clinic, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster (also with a heart of gold) and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict (ditto). Redemption ensues...
...claim that he engaged in a melee with police officers in 1992 to have been fabricated. What is most disturbing, in a way (since a major plot point hangs thereon), is that the report questions the book's claim that Frey spent three months in an Ohio jail after rehab. The site even quotes Frey as having said in an interview, "I was in for a significantly shorter period of time than three months...
...exactly did all those readers buy? A Million Little Pieces is the graphic, bombastic story of a troubled, angry young man who-despite his well-concealed heart of gold-manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests he winds up in a Minnesota rehab center, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict. Redemption ensues...
...claim to have engaged in a melee with police officers when he was arrested in 1992 to have been fabricated. Most disturbingly, in a way (since a major plot point hangs thereon), the Smoking Gun report questions Frey's claim that he spent three months in jail post-rehab...