
The Queen's Gambit(2020)
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.


“They have a connection.”
Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life. Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson.
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Sharon Leal
Charlotte Graham

Sebastian de Souza
Wes Stewart

Daniel Franzese
Vern Testaverde

Kyla Pratt
Trish Collins

David Witts
Craig Weiner

Alexis Carra
Cynthia McDermott

Jessica Sula
Maddie Graham
Recovery Road is a drama series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of alcohol, based on novel or book, addiction, drugs, teen drama, recovery. Created by Blake Nelson, it stars Sharon Leal, Sebastian de Souza, Daniel Franzese. Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a sober living facility while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life. Based on the popular young adult novel by Blake Nelson.
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