There's a point for everybody when things seem so bad you're forced to sit and wonder, "when did everything go so wrong?" For high school teacher John Travis, the worst year of his life started when his most promising student asked him to drive her to an abortion clinic - in plain view of the parent of another student. From that point on, things only get worse as a broken family, a religious fanatic, a satanic letter carrier, a mob boss, and other community members show John that sometimes the only way to see a way out is from the bottom.