quitting without a Program
Boston AA slogan meaning trying to quit addictive Substance-use without working any kind of Recovery Program.
Context
The doctrine's name for the doomed solo attempt: "White-Knuckle," quitting the Substance by sheer grip without the Program behind it. The single term that indicts the willpower-alone cure the whole book watches fail — the cold quit that Hal's arc and JOI's rehabs enact, named by the fellowship as the thing that doesn't hold.