James Frey's fellow junkies come to his defense....kinda

One of the men who served with Jim Frey in rehab is not only a state judge in Louisiana, but was convicted of mail fraud in June, so yeah he is credible. Milking his seconds of fame the Judge Alan J. Green said he is the character Miles in Frey's book and shared his thoughts on the book's content. "Over all, I think he gave a pretty accurate description," Judge Green said of the book. But, he added, "there may have been some differences in how I would have described things." The other Junkie offered up by the book's publisher is a guy named Richard who stated: "Mr. Frey's descriptions were "pretty much" accurate, but I am not sure about whether physical confrontations between patients were as prevalent as Mr. Frey describes. I saw a lot of edginess, people getting in each other's faces, but I don't remember any knock-down-drag-outs," he said. See what drug and alcohol abuse does to you? [NYT]