My Strange Addiction: Roundup of All Addictions Highlighted on Show

TLC TLC is re-airing a few episodes of "My Strange Addiction" tonight. Here's a roundup of all of the strangest addictions highlighted on the show.

My Strange Addiction is making a brief comeback on Thursday, November 14 at 8 p.m. EST on TLC. The network is airing a handful of reruns this evening, so fans can binge old episodes of the series from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The series is centered around people who deal with unusual compulsive behaviors. “‘Strange’ doesn’t seem to adequately describe some of the addictive behaviors profiled on this series,” the TLC synopsis reads. “‘Dangerous,’ even ‘life-threatening,’ comes much closer. Each half-hour episode features two adults who resort to extreme compulsions in an effort to soothe their emotional demons.”

Obsessions on the show have ranged from relationships with inanimate objects and blowup pool floaties, to eating rocks and glass and sniffing dirty diapers. You can find a full list of the addictions TLC covered on the show below:

Season 1 Addictions:

a compulsive runner, an excessive tanner, a shopaholic, and a chalk eater
sleeping with a blowdryer running, eating toiler paper rolls
extreme bodybuilding, thumb sucking
eating household cleanser, tanning
ventriloquism and puppets, cats
eating detergent and soap, Strongman competitions
shoes (believes her shoes have feelings), pulling out hair and eating it
a full-body fur suit, eating couch cushions
life-sized blowup doll, picking scabs
cleaning compulsion, rock collecting
eating glass and live bullets, skin bleaching
makeup, cemeteries and death
taking laxatives, eating pottery and ashes

Season 2 Addictions:

growing fingernails, hairless cats
collecting shower drain hair, eating dry wall
being an adult baby (diapers and all), eating dryer sheets
sniffing gasoline, mothering 12 teddy bears
extreme cycling, dead animals and taxidermy
eating rocks, carrying childhood pillow
eating plastic, bathing in bleach
carrying husband’s urn everywhere

Season 3

sniffing baby powder, dating a car
eating cat food, smelling moth balls
drinking nail polish, picking ear wax
eating dirt, growing out toenails
sniffing pine cleaner, burying roadkill
drinking gasoline, smelling doll heads
drinking urine (just their own)

Season 4

coffee enemas, licking cats
inflatable pool toys, butt injections
growing hair out, bee stings
baby wipes, eating sand
eating deodorant, stuffed lamb doll
vapor rub, eating car tires
sexually attracted to balloons, eating face masks
drinking human and pig blood

Season 5

living like dolls
pony play, drinking paint
being a twin, eating mattresses
plastic surgery
chewing on dirty diapers, leeches
eating plastic bags, dolls
looking like Justin Beiber

Season 6

men pretending to be female dolls
eating bricks, marrying a carnival ride
looking like Pamela Anderson
drinking air freshener, having a long neck
body casting, psychics
dating grandmothers, looking like Madonna

The final episode of the show covered the top 10 weirdest addictions of the series. The show ended in 2015 and there has been no word of a renewal over the past few years, but TLC occasionally re-airs the episodes (like tonight) for former fans to enjoy.

The synopsis for the first episode airing tonight reads, “Forty-four-year-old twins Amy and Becky are addicted to being identical, looking alike, acting alike, and weighing their meals to stay the exact same size. Meanwhile, 26-year-old Jennifer has been addicted to eating mattresses for over 20 years.”

Tune in tonight at 8 p.m. EST on TLC to catch My Strange Addiction and don’t forget to check out this author’s profile for more entertainment news and TV coverage.