The Clinic is located in a small town in Minnesota where James and the other patients receive treatment for their addictions. This Clinic subscribes to belief in AA and the twelve steps, which is the most widely-accepted and generally effective treatment for managing addiction. The Clinic has several stringent rules banning substance use by patients and co-ed relationships.
Alcoholics Anonymous, or AA for short, is a relatively effective system of support and recovery based on surrendering control over your addiction to a higher power through twelve steps. This system has the highest rate of effectiveness of any known system of addiction management, and is generally believed to be the only thing that works. James never subscribes to this system.
The book of Eastern philosophy that James's.....
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