Mark Ingersol who keeps a diary and is able to converse in mental telepathy with another who can converse in mental telepathy, is separated from his wife, Sandra, as she had a heart transplant and has undergone massive personality changes and Mark is a stock broker who has been fired from his company for drinking too much. Shortly after his marriage had come apart, he had fallen in love with Lauren Morgan, also a stock broker able to converse in mental telepathy, and they got to living together in her apartment with both drinking too much. They have terrible arguments and Lauren calls police for help. As a result mark is sent to Rikers Island prison for 20 days. Mark leaves prison, stops drinking and begins attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and still pursues Lauren despite another man entering her life. Will Mark manage to get his life back together with the help of the tides of fate?