He's a very dynamic speaker/writer.
But in my own recovery--sorry to dampen the mood a little--I have learned that words are just words. That a man can be on the lecture circuit and bring people to tears and evoke standing ovations and yet still treat people in his life in brutal fashion.
I used to love language like this man uses. But now I read it, and pull away a bit.
I just don't trust the words of any addict, recovering or otherwise, unless I experience personally their humility and grace necessary to reverse the self-seeking and grandiosity so common to addicts. I always listen to what they have to say on TV and in books, but because I know that the mask can be so skillfully worn, I never completely believe what I hear or see.
That's how a relationship with one of the most eloquent and unstable drug addicts changed me. I always trusted. Now....hardly ever.