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Getting off of the smack (and whatever else) is obviously an impressive, great, awesome, worthy, healthy thing to do, but I don't understand what you're saying in regard to self-reflection. Lots of people stop doing harmful things to themselves for lots of reasons. Sometimes personal, sometimes because the way it hurts others. Probably often a combination of things. However, it could just as easily be related to narcissism, if we want to be amateur-psychologists about it. And the way he sells that part of his life...
And not many people write manifestos who don't consider themselves leaders. In fact, I'm fairly certain I've heard him refer to himself as a leader. And there was talk about him running for mayor.
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He doesn't seem to have a problem with self-reflection. He's an ex-addict, they rank high for introspection, I reckon. He's not really setting himself up as leader either. I ask myself why he's bothering, he's getting loads of grief when he could live quietly shagging groupies, and the vitriol aimed at him makes me think he's causing powerful people to slightly shit their pants.
ETA, posted before dubkev, soz.