I’m happy to report that my latest article can be viewed at TheFrisky.com.
Here’s the lead in:
Thanks to the new TV show, “My Strange Addictions” I have nothing to feel ashamed about. The TLC series, which offers rubbernecking shock value, made my own struggles with addiction seem more commonplace.
I was riveted by a woman who chows down on toilet paper. She even has a favorite easy to digest two-ply brand. She eats up to half a roll per day—that’s 1200 pounds over the last 23 years. It gave me the creeps to watch the mom who confessed to her horrified child that she has a penchant for gobbling household cleansers and has been doing so for 30 years. Her teeth have all nearly dissolved thanks to Comet. A hair puller who eats the follicles will surely give me nightmares. Doctors have warned her she can die from a fatal hairball yet she goes on chomping. Before this show, I didn’t even know a person could be addicted to sleeping with a powered-on blow-dryer. She finds comfort in the hum and the warmth but has awakened to severe burns. Unyielding, she makes it clear to anybody who wants to share her bed that the plugged-in gadget stays.