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.

An alcoholic housewife struggles with her family obligations and her addiction.

A young girl and her mother travel to Florida to visit the girl's father and uncle during the prohibition era, only to find that the uncle has married into a dangerous family of moonshiners.

Two sisters try to put their family—and their memories—on the right track.

The impact of an absent father emerges in the gruesome stories of a young daughter as her alcoholic mother listens and reflects on the struggles of raising her alone.

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.

Three women from a small town, each with their respective ideas about grief and loss, meet for breakfast on a train.

A 20-something-year-old woman returns home to Dublin when she hears that her abusive father is ill. Her return causes her to reevaluate the sexually ambiguous relationship she has with the older man who gave her a home when she had no one else.

Stuck on a train ride with his overbearing wife, a stifled husband questions a fellow passenger about the meaning of love.