My Strange Addiction

Dec 29, 2010

Thirty-one-year old Lori has been addicted to sleeping with her blow dryer since she was eight years old. Although she finds the heat and sound comforting, Lori risks the chance of burning her skin severely or worse, starting an electrical fire. Kesha has admitted to eating half a roll of toilet paper everyday. Whether in the car, at the movies, or in a restaurant, Kesha seizes every opportunity to give into her addiction.

Dec 29, 2010

Lauren used to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, now she's addicted to extreme bodybuilding. She works out up to six hours a day, six days a week. 24-year-old Rhonda can't stop sucking her thumb while sniffing a scrap of her childhood blanket. The safety and comfort the thumb sucking gave her during her parents divorce, has now become an isolating social behavior she can't let go.

Jan 5, 2011

Crystal has been eating household cleanser everyday since she was twelve. Her shame, embarrassment and concern for her health have caused her to keep this a secret. 20-year-old Samantha tans up to three times a day in tanning beds, in addition to tanning outdoors slathered in vegetable oil.

Jan 5, 2011

When April's fiance gave her the ultimatum "it's me or the puppets" - April chose the puppets. Not only do the puppets go everywhere she goes, she practices with them 12 hours a day. Debbie is severely allergic to cats, but has over twenty of them. Despite the health problems they cause and the isolation that comes along with being the "crazy cat lady," Debbie continues to choose the cats over herself since her husband's death.

Jan 12, 2011

A teen who eats detergent up to seven times a day is profiled. Also: A man is obsessed with training for strongman competitions.

Jan 12, 2011

A shoe addict owns over 200 pairs and refers to them as her "babies." Also: a woman who with a hair-pulling problem is profiled.

Jan 19, 2011

A woman insists on wearing her fur suit everywhere she goes; another woman has been eating couch cushions for 20 years.

Jan 26, 2011

A man treats his life-size doll like a wife; a woman spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.

Feb 2, 2011

Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.

Feb 9, 2011

Over the past four years, Josh has consumed more than 100 glasses and 250 light bulbs. As if ingesting glass wasn't dangerous enough, Josh also swallows live bullets. Candice struggles with her addiction to skin bleach to lighten her skin. Discrimination at school and teasing from friends has her convinced she is ugly.

Feb 9, 2011

Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.

Feb 16, 2011

At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.

Jul 17, 2011

48-year-old Jazz has been growing her fingernails for the past 22 years. Even though her extreme fingernails make life tough, Jazz refuses to cut her nails. 56-year-old Theresa is addicted to her 52 hairless rats. Instead of working, she spends her day feeding, cleaning and caring for her strange obsession.

Jul 17, 2011

28-year-old Evan has hidden a strange addiction from almost everyone he know, pulling hair from shower drains. In social situations, he heads straight to the bathroom and compulsively pulls hair out of the homeowner’s shower drain. For the past seven years, 26-year-old Nicole has been eating the drywall. She craves the taste and will eat up to three square feet of drywall every week.

Jul 24, 2011

25-year-old Riley lives her life as an adult baby and refuses to grow up. She sleeps in a crib, drinks out of a bottle and even wears diapers 24 hours a day. 35-year-old Charmissa has been addicted to chewing dryer sheets for four years. She wraps them up in toilet paper and tears off a piece when she has a craving. Chewing on them helps to calm her nerves, but the chemicals in the dryer sheets can cause cancer.

Jul 24, 2011

For the past 30 years, 44-year-old Theresa has been sniffing gasoline out of a water bottle. Her addiction has gotten so bad that she can’t go more than ten minutes without a sniff. 26-year-old Krista is a loving and caring mother… to her 12 teddy bears. Krista tends to her troop of teddy bears as any mother would: dressing them, caring for them and putting them to bed every day.

Jul 31, 2011

55-year-old Tom has been addicted to cycling for more than 25 years. He peddles at least 6 hours a day, seven days a week. He rides his bike at home, outside and even in his office as he works. Divya is an attractive 28-year-old with a very unattractive addiction to taxidermy. She spends her days and nights searching for animals on the side of the road and even keeps a freezer full of dead mice – despite the risk of disease.

Jul 31, 2011

44-year-old Teresa has been eating rocks for more than 20 years. She drives up to an hour away from her Virginia home to gather the stones she finds most appetizing. Tamara is a 33-year-old personal trainer whose been carrying around her childhood pillow for over 25 years. Tamara takes her pillow everywhere – to work, to the mall, on long walks – and considers it her best friend.

Aug 7, 2011

26-year-old Casie has been so devastated by the sudden loss of her husband, Shawn, that she brings his urn with her wherever she goes. Her family is worried about her well-being, but does not know that Casie has taken her addiction to a shocking new extreme.

Aug 7, 2011

18-year-old Kailyn has eaten plastic every day for more eleven years – remote controls, CD cases, forks and water bottles are some of her favorites. She eats up to 15 pieces of plastic a day and even chooses plastic over food. 28-year-old Gloria has taken her addiction to bleach to the extreme – she bathes in it daily, pours it on her hand to smell while she’s out and will even tear into bottles at the store so she can get a quick fix.

Feb 12, 2012

Season 3 begins with a man who shows his love for his car by buying it gifts and taking it out on dates; and a 28-year-old who has been sniffing baby powder for 16 years.

Feb 12, 2012

A woman eats hundreds of cat treats and wet food every day; a woman who has been smelling mothballs for 15 years stores them all over her house and in her purse.

Feb 19, 2012

Profiling a woman who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on breast augmentation, even though the implants have caused an infection; and a woman who can’t stop eating adhesive tape.

Feb 19, 2012

A woman’s family is worried about her five-year habit of drinking nail polish; a woman is obsessed with cleaning her ears.

Mar 4, 2012

A woman who has eaten dirt every day for 30 years; a woman who is obsessed with growing her toenails.

Mar 4, 2012

A man picks up dead animals on the road; a woman feels the need to smell pine-oil cleaner every 15 minutes.

Mar 11, 2012

A woman who drinks gasoline by the teaspoon; a woman obsessed with smelling a doll's head.

Mar 18, 2012

Carrie, a 53-year old woman who does a lot more with her urine than flush it down the toilet. She drinks it, bathes in it, brushes her teeth with it and even rinses out her eyes with it.

Feb 13, 2013

Trina and her husband Mike have done nearly 7,000 coffee enemas over the last two and a half years; Lisa has been addicted to licking her cat and eating clumps of hair for three years.

Feb 13, 2013

For the last six years, 20-year-old Mark has been addicted to his 15 inflatable pool toys as he eats with them, sleeps with them and even bathes them; Karmello has been getting black market butt injections for the last three years.

Feb 20, 2013

47-year-old Asha hasn't cut her 21-foot long hair in nearly a quarter century and spends up to six hours a day grooming her ten-pound locks. Meanwhile, 53-year old Margaret has stung herself over 50,000 times with bees.

Feb 20, 2013

43-year-old Riah has been addicted to baby wipes since she was 15 and goes through up to 500 every day. She's so hooked she even uses wipes in place of showering. Meanwhille, 19-year-old Brea has been addicted to eating sand for the past five years.

Feb 27, 2013

A man pleads with his 19-year-old girlfriend to kick her two-year habit of eating more than a dozen sticks of deodorant per month; a 27-year-old woman can't live without a stuffed animal.

Mar 6, 2013

Man has uncontrollable urges of eating tires and finds himself running after cars and munching on said tires. He is often found late in parking lots devouring peoples precious tires. Michellin are is favourite. He says they are scrumptious. Girl uses vapor rub as lubricant causing burning sensations and painful urination. However, on the positive side, her privates have remained cold free since 1993.

Mar 13, 2013

A man is sexually attracted to balloons and a woman clay face masks.

Mar 20, 2013

A woman is addicted to drinking pig and human blood.

Jan 1, 2014

Three people take extreme physical and psychological measures to live as full time human dolls.

Jan 1, 2014

Meet Nicole who has been addicted to pony play, a form of role play, for the last 20 years. Plus, Heather, who is compelled to drink paint.

Jan 1, 2014

Meet twins who are so addicted to being identical that they weigh their meals to stay the exact same size, and a woman who eats mattresses.

Jan 8, 2014

44-year-old mother Lacey has had at least 30 plastic surgeries and is planning more.

Jan 15, 2014

22-year-old Keisha is addicted to chewing on urine-soaked diapers. Plus, meet 50-year-old Vladimir who is addicted to using leeches.

Jan 22, 2014

Robert consumes up to 16 plastic bags every week. Plus, 48-year-old Catherine can't part from her plastic doll. Can she ditch her addiction?

Jan 29, 2014

A 33-year-old man spent over $100,000 on surgery to look like Justin Bieber. Plus, meet a 22-year-old woman who can't stop eating makeup.

Jan 7, 2015

A look into female maskers: men who dress in rubber suits and masks to look like female dolls as they step into public for a rubber doll rendezvous.

Jan 14, 2015

Linda has been married to a 70-foot carnival ride, Bruce, for three years; in 12 years Patrice has consumed approximately half a ton of bricks.

Jan 14, 2015

A woman in the UK who is addicted to transforming herself into actress and "Baywatch" beauty Pamela Anderson.

Jan 21, 2015

Jan 21, 2015

A man is addicted to covering his body in orthopedic plaster casts; a woman who speaks with psychics at least three times a day to avoid loneliness.

Jan 28, 2015

Kyle only dates women over the age of 65 and Adam is obsessed with becoming Madonna.

Feb 4, 2015

Counting down the ten most shocking addictions featured on the show and providing updates.

Jan 7, 2026

Wendy eats up to two pounds of raw meat a day, causing concern with her fiancé's family. Kathryn confesses her food snorting addiction. Craig's bodybuilding obsession is harming his body.

Jan 14, 2026

Carlos insists that his addiction to eating live bugs is harmless, and Brandy can't go more than twelve hours without her husband's "product."

Jan 21, 2026

Individuals share the compelling stories of their battle with the obsessive behaviors and strange fixations that are on the verge of taking over their lives.

Jan 28, 2026

Jayden's crafting hobby turns dangerous as she eats over 150 glue sticks a week and Terry has been hiding a lifelong cardboard-eating habit from his family.

Feb 4, 2026

Ron has battled an addiction to eating sponges and furniture foam since childhood and Janet's toenail habit hits a crisis as her supply runs out.

Feb 11, 2026

Anissa can't stop sniffing her father's underwear and Marsha lets real kangaroos take over her home and life.

Feb 18, 2026

Abigail has been eating wet cat food every day for 20 years. Tierra snorts powdered cleaning products in secret, facing life-threatening risks if she continues. James' entire diet is made up of almost nothing but butter.

Feb 25, 2026

Sarah has been in a relationship with her AI boyfriend, Sinclair, for the past two years and 35-year-old Tajah has a lifelong thumb-sucking habit that has caused skin damage and derailed her dating life.