Character Relationship Map: Drużyna AA

Characters

• Wiola (played by Danuta Stenka) — protagonist

  A member of the addiction recovery group, Wiola speaks about wanting to remain sober for her child. Her account helps establish the personal stakes of recovery and contributes to the group’s efforts t...

• Leszek (played by Michał Żurawski) — supporting

  A member of the recovery group, Leszek joins the others in their dangerous effort to retrieve their counselor. He later leaves with Dominik, and when his phone goes missing, the group tracks its locat...

• Karolina (played by Maria Sobocińska) — supporting

  A member of the recovery group, Karolina is pressed with the others to identify and confront her emotions. During the journey, she opens up about her painful relationship with her father and the losse...

• Wojtek (played by Łukasz Simlat) — supporting

  Wojtek is one of the participants in the addiction recovery group. He is among those challenged to face and name his emotions, and he joins the group as its fragile progress is tested by the dangerous...

• Dominik (played by Mikołaj Kubacki) — supporting

  A newcomer to the recovery group, Dominik initially struggles to speak. He later explains that gambling and drinking cost him his job, home, and marriage, while he still hopes to keep a promise to his...

• Dominik's Father (played by Grzegorz Warchoł) — supporting
• Bruno (played by Leszek Lichota) — supporting

  A participant in the recovery meeting, Bruno describes the love and longing he feels for his family. His account gives the group another personal perspective on the impact of alcohol and supports the...

• Dominik's Mother (played by Maria Pakulnis) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Dominik's Father → Dominik (father)
• Dominik's Mother → Dominik (mother)

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Bruno → Dominik (Social Recovery Group Members) — They share the recovery setting in which the participants discuss the personal costs of alcohol and confront difficult emotions.

  Bruno and Dominik are both participants in the addiction recovery meeting.

• Wojtek → Dominik (Social Recovery Group Members) — They belong to the group whose members face threats and argue over decisions during the journey.

  Wojtek and Dominik are both identified among the recovery meeting participants.

• Karolina → Leszek (Social Recovery Group Members) — They share the group's dangerous journey and its attempts to preserve recovery principles under pressure.

  Karolina and Leszek are identified as participants in the recovery group that sets out together to get its counselor back.

• Karolina → Dominik (Social Recovery Group Members) — Their recovery-group connection is part of the wider journey in which participants begin speaking more honestly about their pasts.

  Karolina and Dominik are both among the recovery meeting participants, and both share personal histories during the journey.

• Leszek → Dominik (Alliance Traveling Partners) — They travel together during the group's dangerous effort; after Leszek's phone goes missing, the others track his location.

  The plot states that Leszek and Dominik later leave together.

• Wiola → Bruno (Social Recovery Group Member) — They are members of the meeting where participants discuss alcohol's damage and their reasons for seeking recovery.

  Wiola and Bruno share accounts at the addiction recovery meeting.

• Wiola → Wojtek (Social Recovery Group Member) — They participate in the recovery group that becomes involved in the effort to get its counselor back.

  Wojtek and Wiola are both identified among the recovery meeting participants.

• Wiola → Karolina (Social Recovery Group Member) — They share the group's recovery discussions and the dangerous journey that follows.

  Both are among the participants at the recovery meeting, where the group is pressed to identify and confront its emotions.

• Wiola → Leszek (Social Recovery Group Member) — They are part of the recovery group drawn into a dangerous journey while trying to hold to its principles.

  Leszek is identified as one of the recovery meeting participants, and the group later sets out together to get their counselor back.

• Wiola → Dominik (Social Recovery Group Member) — They share the recovery group's discussions and later face danger alongside its members.

  At the recovery meeting, Wiola and Dominik are among the participants discussing the effects of alcohol and the need to confront their emotions.

Story Analysis

Members of an addiction recovery group try to preserve their recovery principles while drawn into a dangerous journey and forced to confront their pasts.

Plot Progression

1. Speaking Through the Damage — The recovery meeting introduces participants' struggles with alcohol and their reasons for seeking sobriety. The counselor emphasizes honesty, self-awareness, and rehabilitation routines.
2. A Dangerous Retrieval — The group becomes involved in an effort to get its counselor back, despite the counselor's objection to violence. The participants set out together, trying to keep recovery principles while facing unc...
3. Histories on the Road — During travel by truck, the group argues over decisions and relies on one another. Karolina and Dominik disclose painful experiences and losses that shape their hopes.
4. Threats and Missing Belongings — The journey brings the group into contact with smugglers and people connected to Jan Szatan. Leszek's missing phone leads the others to track its location, and a gambling encounter results in money an...
5. Recovery Under Pressure — A customs officer questions locals, and Anetka is drawn into the exchange. Fear and anger lead to accusations, followed by more honest discussion, while Dominik's account and the overall outcome remai...