I think what Dennis is referring to when he throws you in with the "recovering addicts" is this:

"We believed that real value was being created by these new financial instruments and wanted to believe that the “good times” were here to stay…"

Unfortunately, I don't agree that any of the Big 6 firms are "recovering" from the intoxication with good times at all. All you have to do is observe closely, which I am, all the reductions in force and other cost cutting moves they're making because of the way they say they indulged themselves with too many resources and overhead during the good times.

Although I value the candour exhibited by that emphatic "probably," I'm less ecstatic about the firms' complicity in the creative accounting we are seeing at Citigroup, for example.

As we are both blogging for Huffington Post, it should be easy for you to look up my recent post about KPMG and their other client, New Century.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/francine-mckenna/kp…

Your firm is mentioned.

Not sure I understand your reference to being a “recovering addict” nor what the current debate over mark-to-market has to do with this – but happy for your support for my views on the current issues facing the marketplace and the accounting profession.