Starving Secrets with Tracey Gold

Season 1
Considered one of the first celebrities to bravely go public with her experience battling anorexia while growing up in front of the camera, actress Tracey Gold has since become one of the world's most recognized advocates and role models for educating people on the emotional and physical dangers of eating disorders.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Help Me Before I Die
    December 1, 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    Melissa's ED has left her far from her family, alone and destitute. But when she threatens to leave treatment, Tracey makes a last ditch effort to get her back on track. Though her life has been crippled by anorexia, Rivka refuses to stop over-exercising while in treatment. With her continuing weight loss threatening her life, Tracey offers one final hope - intense in-patient treatment in Oregon.
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  2. S1 E2 - A High Price To Pay
    December 9, 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    After getting sober a year ago, Suzanne's weight has ballooned, despite her intense bulimia. She's 24 days away from going to jail for a theft she committed to support her ED. Tracey wants to help her find a job, so she can enter work furlough, and continue her treatment.
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  3. S1 E3 - Ravaged!
    December 15, 2011
    41min
    TV-14
    Marlita's family is helpless and terrified by her life -threatening downward spiral into bulimia and drug addiction. Tracey's efforts to get her into treatment are thwarted when she refuses to go along with the food program she's been prescribed.
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  4. S1 E4 - Desperate For Help
    December 22, 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    Over the last decade, Lauren's bulimia has taken her life downhill. With a new boyfriend considering marriage, Tracey's sudden offer of treatment presents her an unexpected new hope. Michelle's marriage is on the rocks and her husband Matt's despair over her eating disorders has become unbearable. Despite Michelle's denial, Tracey wants her in treatment for both her bulimia and her drinking.
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  5. S1 E5 - Breaking The Chain
    December 30, 2011
    42min
    TV-14
    Over the last 18 months, Leonora has lost more than 200 pounds by starving herself and abusing prescription medications. Despite her potentially fatal condition, Tracey's efforts to bring her to California for treatment are endangered by her reluctance to first enter into detox for the medications.
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  6. S1 E6 - Undeniable Truths
    January 12, 2012
    41min
    TV-14
    19-year-old Bailey doesn't really believe she needs to give up her anorexia, or her drinking, despite her parents' desperate pleas to Tracey. Nevertheless, she agrees to begin treatment, in the hope of saving her new marriage. After 27 years of anorexia, and many failed treatments, Annalisa is willing to try one last time when Tracey offers her one last opportunity.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Producers
Patricia BobekMichael BrantonKrysta Beth HeidmanHollie LoboskyStephanie McCanlesKate MurphyLiz KerriganTed HaimesCandice Sperling-Sussman
Cast
Tracey Gold
Studio
A&E Television Networks
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