This documentary looks at how certain elements or ingredients in a male's upbringing can combine to create a lethal mix which results in the strong violence type...having abusive parents, the lack of positive male role models, the lure of alcohol, the presence of the addiction gene, the messages taken from our culture at large...put them all together and in many cases you have a recipe for disaster, as demonstrated by the three men who'll take us through the harrowing journey of their lives. Actor/presenter, John Jarratt, will guide us through this very personal documentary taking us on a ride to the depths of alcohol and violence and out the other side, drawing on insights from his own history of addiction and abuse.