A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

A directionless young man hired as a drama teacher at a psychiatric hospital is roped by a demanding patient into helming an ambitious production of Mozart's opera "Così fan tutte".

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she has an alcohol addiction.