Book Post 4

James tries to look at himself in the mirror again, but he still cannot. He has a hard time sleeping because of his decision to give the program another chance. He reflects on his past love with a girl. He feels that he has ruined everything that they had. James has his first visit from family and friends in this portion. He sees his brother and friends and they all urge him to get better. In my mind, I feel that James is lucky because he got a visit from his friends. During my stay at my program the only visit I was allowed to have was one from my parents. Of course, it helped me greatly, but I would have loved to see my friends during my stay. I feel like it would have helped me get better faster because I would have known that my friends were standing behind me hoping that I would get better. To me that is just as important as having my parents support. James receives a call from a girl in another program at the facility named Lily, she tells him that her grandmother thinks that he has pretty eyes. That makes James happy while he goes to sleep. James receives the results from his test that he took earlier. The results say that he is highly intelligent and angry; also he has low self esteem. In the end of this portion of the book, James finally decides to try and get sober. This is the turning point for James. He finally decides that he is going to get better and that is where it begins to work for most people. The therapist at the program tries to push the AA 12 step program on James. Still, he refuses.