Get ready to cry, and discover a whole new meaning to life, and laugh until your sides hurt. Here, John, a young US Navy seaman, only 22 years old, discovers (during a routine physical examination), that he has terminal lung cancer with only six months to live. The Navy discharges him, and we find him in a sleazy motel with a loaded gun and 2 bottles of Jim Beam ready to pull the trigger. But first, he goes across the street to a seedy bar to get a few drinks and fortify his difficult intent. Follow him on his journey as he finds much more than he expected in the bar....