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Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

A raw, twitchy energy radiates from a teacher struggling to balance his moral obligations to his students with a private battle against substance abuse. When a perceptive teenager uncovers his secret, the fragile boundary between mentor and addict begins to shatter.

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