An old drunk abuses his wife and children, which negatively impacts their lives in numerous ways. One day, the drunkard faces a tragic accident which allows his family to finally be free of his tyranny.

A bartender sleeps with a regular patron whose brother has recently passed away.

A counselor breaks his sobriety streak after several meetings with a frustrating client. After arguing with his wife while drunk, the counselor begins to feel murderous and must fight his violent urges to earn back her trust.

A man, committed to sobering up, meets with two friends in a bar. Forced to accompany them in a late-night excursion for drugs, they find themselves in a strange and surreal night filled with broken glass, loose lizards, and group therapy.

Three people all sit down to talk after a night of drinking, but the agenda of one dinner guest changes the night.

A western town’s rule-flaunting, drunken personality is locked up for hiding his still in the church basement, while his son is finally released from the school that had for so long oppressed him.

An old bar cleaner, resentful of the new ownership, decides to play a trick that has drastic consequences.

An alcoholic man must confront the possibility that his wife will leave him for his best friend.

An alcoholic man, out of work and out of luck, reflects on his choices, and the ways in which his poor character make him just like everyone else.

An Indian-American teenager grapples with his mother's alcoholism and the adultery of his father, who threatens to send his mother back to India.