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Monica serves as the
personal assistant to Elizabeth Jessup, a prominent journalist, and the angel
soon learns that her new assignment has a serious drinking problem. At a
birthday dinner for her granddaughter Beth, Liz has too much to drink, which
prompts her own daughter Sydney to take the child home. Soon afterwards,
the newswoman makes a spectacle of herself while giving a speech at the Mayor's
Centennial kick-off. This incident causes Sydney to stage an intervention
for her mother with the help of Anita, a counselor at the New Hope Center.
But this action backfires and an enraged Liz orders her guests to leave.
The next day, Monica returns to work and learns that the journalist started
drinking to fit in with her male counterparts. The angel convinces her
employer to visit the New Hope Center. However, upon seeing Anita, Liz
loses her temper and storms out of the building. Although Sydney refuses
to let Beth have contact with her grandmother, the child sneaks out to see Liz
anyway. While Beth is playing, Liz accidentally sets the house on fire
with a cigarette. Monica rescues the little girl, whose grandmother was
too drunk to comprehend what happened. At the hospital, an irate Sydney
confronts her mother for leaving Beth inside the house to die. Returning
to the wreckage to find a music box her granddaughter cherishes, Liz encounters
Monica, realizing the angel was the one who saved Beth. Encouraged by
Monica's revelation, Liz returns to the New Hope Center and attends a counseling
session where she learns that Sydney herself is a recovering alcoholic.
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