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My Strange Addiction

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.
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  1. S2 E1 - Rampant Rats/Extreme Fingernails
    July 16, 2011
    22min
    7+
    A woman has more than 60 pet hairless rats that are taking over her tiny studio apartment. Then, another woman has been growing her fingernails for 22 years. Her longest nail is 2 feet long, and she calls them her children.
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  2. S2 E2 - Eats Drywall/Shower Drain Hair Collector
    July 16, 2011
    22min
    TV-PG
    A man has spent the last six years sneaking into bathrooms because he is addicted to collecting shower drain hair. Then, a woman has spent the last seven years secretly breaking apart walls to feed her drywall-eating addiction.
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  3. S2 E4 - Gas Sniffer/Teddy Bear Obsession
    July 23, 2011
    22min
    13+
    A woman cannot stop smelling gasoline after more than 30 years, even though she battled cancer, anemia and major stomach problems. Then, a former drug addict has 12 "children" -- all of which are teddy bears.
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  4. S2 E5 - Eats Rocks/Pillow Obsessed
    July 30, 2011
    22min
    TV-14
    A woman can't stop eating rocks after more than 20 years. Then, another woman carries around her childhood pillow, Boo, everywhere she goes.
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  5. S2 E6 - Extreme Cycling/Taxidermy
    July 30, 2011
    22min
    TV-14
    A man is addicted to cycling and spends at least six hours a day -- 41,000 miles a year -- peddling on his bike. Then, a woman loves spending her time searching for dead animals on the side of the road and stuffing them.
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  6. S2 E7 - Carrying My Husband's Urn
    August 6, 2011
    22min
    ALL
    A 26-year-old woman is so devastated by the sudden loss of her husband that she brings his urn with her wherever she goes. However, she has recently taken her grieving to a shocking new level.
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  7. S2 E8 - Bathes in Bleach/Eats Plastic
    August 6, 2011
    22min
    ALL
    An 18-year-old has eaten plastic every day for more than 11 years, consuming more than 150 pounds of plastic. Then, a woman takes her addiction to bleach to the extreme by bathing in it daily.
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