人們總說：「在跨年夜過得如何，就會決定接下來新的一年會怎樣度過。」成日喝得酩酊大醉、頹靡度日的歐文，在跨年夜摔斷了自己的手，這一摔，也讓他發現自己除了酒精以外已一無所有，決心戒酒的他必須重新與陌生的兒子建立關係、重新找回失去的友誼及意識到家庭的重要性。After falling off the roof at a New Year's Eve house party, Owen decides that it's time to make some wholesale changes in his life. Over the next year, he quits drinking, re-enters his estranged son's life, reignites old friendships, and falls in love with Vera, a bank teller and fellow divorcee...all in an attempt to replace members of his family who he'd lost prematurely. Owen, a vending machine proprietor, soon finds that sometimes in life, you just need a little change.