After a humiliating incident at a New York media firm, twenty-something alcoholic Samantha Fink is left with no choice but to take the only opportunity to get clean and stay out of jail: moving back in with her controlling mother, Carol. Returning to her hometown in the Greater Boston area, Samantha attempts to rebuild her life by taking a job at the local grocery store, all while confronting the same temptations that led her to drink initially.