—"Strange" doesn't seem to adequately describe some of the addictive behaviors profiled on this series. "Dangerous," even "life-threatening," come much closer. Each half-hour episode features two adults who resort to extreme compulsions in an effort to soothe their emotional demons. Some of the addictions explored include sleeping with a turned-on blow dryer, eating bathroom cleanser, eating half a roll of toilet paper a day, extreme bodybuilding and thumb sucking.

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Season 112 of 12 Episodes

A woman refuses to sleep without her blow-dryer on the bed; a woman is addicted to eating toilet paper.
Lauren used to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, but she is now addicted to bodybuilding; Rhonda is 24 years old and cannot stop sucking her thumb.
Crystal has been eating household cleanser since she was twelve; Samantha tans up to three times a day.
April can't go anywhere without her puppets; Debbie is allergic to cats, but has over twenty of them.
Tempestt admits to eating detergent several times a day and soap when she's in the shower; Jeff is addicted to strongman competitions.
Rebecca is addicted to shoes, calling them her babies; Haley has been pulling her hair out for over six years.
Lauren can not go to a party or social event without wearing her fur suit; Adele has been eating couch cushions for twenty years.
Davecat lives with his life-size doll and treats it as if it were his human wife, eating meals, shopping for her and more; Rachael spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.
Cyntrelle spends eight hours every day obsessively scrubbing and cleaning her house, leaving her with no time for a job; Belinda can't stop collecting rocks and going on treks to find the perfect one.
Josh eats glass and bullets for attention; Candice believes bleaching her skin will make her more accepted.
Maureen wears make-up 24 hours a day, even while she's sleeping, despite the harmful effects on her skin; Barbara is fascinated with death and prefers the company of the dead to the living.
At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.

Sponge Snacks, Eats Toenails, Extreme Sunbathing

Identical Twin Obsession; Eats Mattresses

Addicted to Air Freshener; Long Neck Woman

Addicted to Psychics; Addicted to Body Casting

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.
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Ron has battled an addiction to eating sponges and furniture foam since childhood; Janet's toenail habit hits a crisis as her supply runs out; Tarah's boyfriend doesn't approve of her tanning where the sun does shine.
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Sarah has been in a relationship with her AI boyfriend, Sinclair, for the past two years; 35-year-old Tajah has a lifelong thumb-sucking habit that has caused skin damage and derailed her dating life.
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Nicole's addiction to Pony Play; Heather's addicted to drinking paint.
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Amy and Becky are addicted to being identical; Jennifer addicted to eating mattresses.
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Robert consumes up to 16 plastic bags every week; 48-year-old Catherine can't part from her plastic doll.
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"Strange" doesn't seem to adequately describe some of the addictive behaviors profiled on this series. "Dangerous," even "life-threatening," come much closer. Each half-hour episode features two adults who resort to extreme compulsions in an effort to soothe their emotional demons. Some of the addictions explored include sleeping with a turned-on blow dryer, eating bathroom cleanser, eating half a roll of toilet paper a day, extreme bodybuilding and thumb sucking.

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