Review: Marketeer
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2012
Paul imagines himself an entrepreneur but he's not, he's a marketeer and he's marketing himself. Like other self styled micro celebs he has managed to garner a following, although how is beyond me. However if you like Paul Carr and think he's "funny" then good luck to you.The problem with this book is that its subject matter is very serious and he brings, as one of his previous books is titled, nothing to the table. Worse than nothing. It is an insult to the thousands of people who are involved and have benefitted from the efforts of AA. And it is a hindrance to those alcoholics looking for a solution by not offering an even handed and informed opinion of all the options available.Worse still if you're not an alcoholic and turn to this book for a greater understanding of your alcoholic friend or family member you will only take away misinformation. It sadly will appeal to non alcoholics who often believe that alcoholics just need to "get a grip" of their lives.Can you get sober without AA? Of course you can. But to disparage AA when you have, by your own admittance, no real understanding of the organisation is the worst form of school boy ignorance and arrogance.How much more interesting this book might have been if Paul had attended AA for a year and, after deciding it wasn't for him, wrote a thoughtful book on what he did differently. Or if he'd just said that he wanted to see if he could beat his addiction on his own and simply not give an opinion on AA, something he knows nothing about.Paul, I sincerely hope you stay sober. Now for the next step, see if you can create something from a place of love for others rather than love for yourself.