Addicted to Food
Follows eating disorder patients at a treatment facility as they work to put the pieces of their lives back together. The facility specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring addictions, along with the multiple underlying abuses that cause food-related issues, whether sexual, drug-related, physical or emotional. Addiction specialist Tennie McCarty, Shades of Hope founder and therapist, works directly with each client to help them face their past so they can take positive steps toward their future. As part of their rehabilitation, clients undertake a series of specific therapeutic challenges to build positive behaviors in an effort to break the cycle of addiction.
- 2011-2011
- 1 season
- OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
- Documentary, Reality
Follows eating disorder patients at a treatment facility as they work to put the pieces of their lives back together. The facility specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and co-occurring addictions, along with the multiple underlying abuses that cause food-related issues, whether sexual, drug-related, physical or emotional. Addiction specialist Tennie McCarty, Shades of Hope founder and therapist, works directly with each client to help them face their past so they can take positive steps toward their future. As part of their rehabilitation, clients undertake a series of specific therapeutic challenges to build positive behaviors in an effort to break the cycle of addiction.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Welcome to Treatment
Episode 2
Exposed
The group suffers the emotional pain of eating disorders and Tinisha starts a powerful detox.
Episode 3
If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
Tracey copes with her brothers death and Tennie assists the group as they remove the pain from their childhood memories.
Episode 4
I Have a Right to Be Angry!
Tennie tells the group that it's okay to express their feelings and say what's on their mind.
Episode 5
Relapse
The staff at the center discover that someone has been purging while in treatment.
Episode 6
Guess Who's Coming to Family Week
Tennie reveals that the groups family is coming to visit and discusses confronting family about eating disorders.
Episode 7
Family Week
DeJuaii comes out to her mother. Amy's family tells her she needs to get serious with her detox and Elizabeth mends her relationship with her father.
Episode 8
You're Not Ready to Go Home
Tue, May 10, 2011