Jim is particularly distressed at the start of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, which takes place every night. His sponsor wants him to talk for the first time in seven months that night, so he does. He leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts-some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child-as they talk about their lives at the meeting
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Jim is particularly distressed at the start of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, which takes place every night. His sponsor wants him to talk for the first time in seven months that night, so he does. He leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts-some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child-as they talk about their lives at the meeting
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