The man talks to JP, a chimney sweeper who has the shakes, on the porch of a drying out facility, where both of them are sobering up. JP tells various stories, like the time he fell in a well. He then talks about the time he was hung out at his friends house and listened to records. A female chimney sweeper came for a cleaning that his friend’s parents scheduled. JP and his friend watch her while she cleans and are attracted to her. As she gets up to leave, she asks if the friend wants a kiss, since it is supposed to be good luck. The friend accepts. As she turns out the door, JP asks if he can also get a kiss. She accepts. JP then walks her to her car and helps her load her things. As she gets ready to leave JP asks if she wants to go on a date with him. She accepts. JP then talks about how he went on to date her, and that he eventually married her and joined her fathers chimney sweeping business. Eventually, JP started to drink, and became an alcoholic. He and his wife got into several fights, and she cheated on him. He decided to check himself into Frank Martin’s clinic so that he could work things out after he lost his license for drunk driving. The man thinks about how he came to the clinic for the first time with his wife, and then with his girlfriend the second time. After JP finishes his storytelling, the two friends celebrate New Years Eve. The next morning JP’s wife, Roxy, visits. As her and JP are about to go inside, the man asks for a kiss and she accepts in front of JP. While alone on the porch, the man decides that he will give his wife a call to wish her Happy New Years, and then call his girlfriend.