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Elite financier Damon Cheuk Yuk never hesitates to use any dirty tricks to gain a profit, so he has always been under close surveillance by the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB). Being obsessed with money and power, Damon constantly neglects his family members and friends. Because of him, his wife and mentor passed away, yet he shows no remorse at all. On the contrary, his craving for money and power continuously increases. When his brother-in-law, a CCB inspector, renews determination to put him behind bars, it launches a series of events that slowly undermine Damon's ambition. In the fiercely competitive finance industry, who will eventually come out on top?

A shamed actor uses his insomnia as a trap to lure a former classmate closer, but his calculated game turns into a real, messy addiction.

Song Ting, deputy director of the Kaihe Compulsory Detoxification Center in Yunnan Province, has always adhered to the "people-oriented" working philosophy. She is often considered too idealistic with her passion for work. Luo Jing and Liao Mingkang, two important suspects of the overseas drug trafficking gang, were locked in Kaihe compulsory drug treatment center. While Leng Wenkun was investigating the case, Song Ting assisted and relied on her unremitting efforts and the support of leaders at all levels to complete the transformation of the "compulsory detoxification center" to a "safe island".

Arlo, a charming art teacher by day and reckless gambler by night, falls under the patronage of Zane to pay off his debts. Their sugar arrangement sparks a double life—daytime campus romance, nighttime domination of the gambling world. What begins as a transaction grows into real love and mutual redemption.

Two high school students become entangled in a wildly conflicting emotional relationship that erupts when they discover they are now step-brothers.

Akihito, a promiscuous, looks-obsessed college student, can't stand Sae, who has a beautiful face and a haughty attitude. When he realizes that the girl he was eyeing at the group date is going for Sae, his frustration reaches its peak. At that time, Akihito came across Sae arguing with a man in front of a hotel, and found out Sae is actually gay and a bottom. Sae reveals his troubles about not being able to feel comfortable, which is completely different from his usual life. Akihito, who was stirred up, forcibly pushes down Sae, but Sae can't hold himself back anymore!?

Javier Giner, a thirty-year-old audiovisual professional, voluntarily checks himself into a rehabilitation center due to his alcohol and cocaine use. Armed with his personal journal and complete determination to reverse the path he's going down, Javier faces what is undoubtedly the key moment of his life. The months of recovery in the rehab center, surrounded by nature and a cast of memorable characters, completely change Javier Giner's life.

Addicted is an ensemble drama set in New Home, a leading rehab centre run by a brilliant team of experts; psychologists, doctors and counsellors. Lead character Yana is a junkie. After getting herself into serious trouble she’s forced to choose between therapy or jail. Reluctantly she chooses rehab, where she meets Ilya, a newbie consultant therapist assigned to her case. Observing other patients helps Yana understand her situation better, re-discover her self-worth, and gradually recover her health and her life. As her treatment progresses, so does their friendship, presenting an ethical and moral dilemma for both.

Kuraishi Ena is a high school girl in Minato Ward. She is a gifted girl who was born with the ability to see colors 100 times more than normal people. Therefore, while she was full of talent for drawing from an early age, she was a child who was obsessed with drawing to an abnormal degree, but due to events, she stopped drawing. However, she feels a special color when she first finds her favorite in the perfect boy talent Sonomiya Ren, and she starts drawing. It's also a secret from her classmate's boyfriend Takamori Yuma. Saito Marika, who created Ena's promotion, is happy to have her as a companion, in the meantime, Yuzuki Kotona learns a certain secret.

Bobby Flay pulls out all the stops and delivers a high-impact cooking series that takes outdoor grilling to a whole new level! Surrounded by a sea of grills and abundant, flavor-packed ingredients from around the world, quintessential grill master Bobby Flay transforms a backyard into a Mecca of barbecue deliciousness. In Bobby Flay's Barbecue Addiction, the grilling maestro steps up his game--from charcoal, to smoke, to the global Q--and proves why he's truly addicted to barbecue!

Akemi Ninomiya is a hardcore mystery fan. Although she is only a college student, she is wealthy and owns a building. Private Detective Morio Ukai prefers tracking down lost pets for wealthy clients rather than murder cases which brings in little money. The duo join forces to solve various suspicious cases.

A story about a shopaholic who counterattacked after losing everything overnight. This revolves around the business war between shopping centers and online stores. Gao Yang was born with a silver spoon. His special presence gave him money to buy whatever he wanted, which developed an addiction to excessive shopping. Unfortunately, life throws lemons when his father suddenly goes bankrupt and disappears without a trace. In the blink of an eye, the world is reversed. At this time, he met Yan Li, his father's assistant brother, and accepted his help. To make a living, Gao Yang accepted the offer to work for Li Ming Che, Yan LI's rival in business. Meanwhile, a spark of romance developed between Yan Li and Gao Yang despite their opposing personalities. Li Ming Che also became interested in Gao Yang's infectious personality. Through repeated trials in work and love, Gao Yang realized that he was lacking in many things and worked hard to become a better person.

My Strange Addiction is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on December 29, 2010. The series focuses on people with unusual compulsive behaviors. These range from eating specific non-food items to ritualistic daily activities to bizarre personal fixations or beliefs.

Each character’s unbreakable addiction stems from unresolved life issues. To avenge herself against the scumbag WANG Fei-Peng, Casey ZHANG quietly approaches his alcohol-addicted wife, YANG Man-ru. Unexpectedly, they become close friends despite their age difference and embark on a path of drug abuse. Anti-narcotics officer CHEN Qi-ming, while investigating the case, reunites with his first love, YANG Man-ru. Their unresolved feelings lead to his guilt and struggle. Their obsessive attachments, akin to addiction, drag them into their own abysses.

To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)

Hero, the general’s son, escapes his father’s remarriage. He meets poor Pop—his stepbrother by fate—and together they defy class with love.

Su Xingnan, a college student majoring in nutrition, is recognized as the campus goddess of Jiangzuo University. In order to complete the topic of athlete nutrition, she seeks cooperation from her classmate Shao Jingyi. Shao Jingyi's troubles caused her to hit the wall repeatedly. On the way to pursue her dreams, a junior student appeared beside her: He Sen. He Sen is like a patron saint, supporting her dreams and helping her resolve the conflict with her father.

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My mental illness that must be treated with your love.

Five individuals struggling to get over their past breakups come together to form an unusual support group.

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.

Kaiji Itou is a good-for-nothing loiterer who spends his days drinking beer and stealing hubcaps—that is, until he ends up being tricked by his former co-worker. Unable to suddenly repay his friend's huge debt all by himself, Kaiji is offered a shady deal to participate in an illegal underground gamble on a cruise ship. This turns out to be nothing more than the beginning of his new life of hell—thrown headlong into a life-threatening roller coaster of mind games, cheating, and deceit.

Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.

In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer and to repay her for saving him, he suggests giving her a kiss or going out on a date with her, in which Ichika tells him he's creepy. This, however, opens a new door for Ryo and he falls madly in love with her. Ever since then, Ryo tries to overly express his feelings to Ichika. Ichika just keeps insulting him and says he's being creepy, but he just seems to take it as her way of showing affection towards him...

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new procedures despite a severe drug addiction.

The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of "one percenter" Big Pharma Manhattan.

A teenager who dreams with a career as a top model becomes part of a prostitution scheme and meets a powerful and obsessive businessman. As a last resort, he marries the girl's mother just to be near her. This series explores the limits of obsession, wealth and pleasure, using the fashion world as backdrop.

A father who never stopped fighting against drugs. A son who never stopped using them. Two sides of the same coin. Victor is a cop who has fought all his life to curb cocaine trafficking. His son is a drug addict who has become one of the most wanted burglars in Rio de Janeiro. Will a father’s love be enough to save his son’s life?

High school students in Bangkok wrestle with issues such as sex, teen pregnancy, drugs, school violence, family turmoil and more in this Thai drama.

People whose uncontrollable addiction to drugs, alcohol or compulsive behavior has brought them to the brink of destruction and has devastated their family and friends are presented with a life-changing opportunity of intervention and rehab. Each addict must confront their darkest demons in order to begin their journey to recovery in the hopes that they can turn their lives around before it’s too late.

God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but asvdisease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.

Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored, and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.

After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William Banks strikes a tentative deal with God. In exchange for a second chance, he vows to kick his addictions and dedicate his life to helping others. Now, along with his unconventional team, he helps people get clean from their own addictions of sex, drugs, alcohol and gambling by any means necessary.