A Million Little Pieces Final Blog Post

Frey had many messages throughout his book A Million Little Pieces. I thought the main message was belief. Frey was forced to believe in a bunch of steps to recovery and God. The entire process was extremely unpersonalized. Frey tried to find something to believe in and he still hasn't found anything. He believes in love and friendship and family. He uses the things he still believes in as leverage to overcome his addiction. He makes strong connections with the patients in the rehab facility and uses their presents as a deterrent from wanting to use drugs and alcohol. This books sends a message to anyone struggling with any addiction or anyone that needs hope or inspiration to any difficult task. This book gave me the mentality that "If James Frey can go through whatever he had to go through and still be successful than I can do one small task". Frey makes it seem as though he was thrown every curve ball possible and he only had a few things left. He was left with only his family and the urge to get better.
Anybody that has ever heard of this book knows a little bit about it. Oprah put it on her book club and got millions of people falling in love with Frey's tale of addiction. Then, the book's facts were researched. It was discovered that so many things are untrue about Frey's tale that it hardly makes the book credible. This book was published as a memoir meaning that the tale is told according to the facts as the author remembers them. Oprah destroyed Frey after she figured out that he lied to her and millions of other readers. I was taken aback. After having nearly finished the book, to discover that it is untrue! I was pissed. Some of the things that Frey lied about were so insignificant to the story. He may as well have published the book as a fiction story because I cannot trust anything that he says. He lied about the way Lilly died, about the amount of time that he spent in jail, and his "heroic" acts. The entire book portrays Frey as a bad ass. If his character actually existed (which I now know that it doesn't), he would be the action hero that didn't take anything from anyone. His character cannot be true and now I highly doubt anything he's written.
Regardless of what I have said above, Frey is a terrific author with a terrific tale and message. Without the lies, this tale still touched my heart and, even as a non fiction book, is a great read. It is truly inspirational and proves that anyone can overcome.