Addiction's Embers

Beneath the night sky of a glittering metropolis, countless hidden desires burn.

Lin Shen, a rising designer, is trapped in the ruins of alcohol by an accident and betrayal. Lin He, a headhunter, loses herself to an endless cycle of recruiting addiction. Lu Zhixing chews betel nut, using the smell of smoke and scorched things to escape his midlife crisis. And then there are souls lost to gambling, internet, and compulsive shopping and binge eating, wandering alone in the dark.

An accident brings these strangers together in a support group.

Recovery is not the end. It is the beginning of another hell. Temptation keeps coming back, while emotion and reason tear at them. They are each other's light, and each other's medicine.

See how these people, sunk deep in the mire, forge a path to rebirth from the ashes.

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