Thrill of the forbidden: A former addict talks about his struggle to get clean


Leonardo DiCaprio acts as a conman in the movie Catch Me If You Can, who, much like Chee, got a thrill from getting away with things that are legally and morally wrong. — Filepic

A thrill – that’s what Amos Chee gets whenever he indulges in a “forbidden” activity and doesn’t get caught.

He can’t explain why and reckons his religious upbringing in a middle-class family had something to do with it.

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