William sets out to have a relaxing father-son weekend with Ben, but instead ends up having to take on two cases of alcoholism, with Ben in-toe. William's dad enlists him to help get his best friend Duren clean. Duren is a raging alcoholic and William worries he is too far over the edge and that there is no hope for him. Duren introduces William to a father named Lonnie who is also a raging alcoholic and an abusive father to his teenage son, Kenji.