Addicted to Food — Season 1, Episode 3: If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother
Documentary • 42 min • 1 season, 8 episodes
Episode synopsis
Tennie explains that addiction always goes back to childhood. On a field trip, clients photograph things that remind them of their higher power.
About Addicted to Food
Eight people with eating disorders struggle through a 42-day treatment program at Shades of Hope, an extremely difficult rehab center near Abilene, Texas. Maverick therapist Tennie McCarty uses unorthodox methods and a tough-love approach, asking her clients to confront the painful issues in their lives that have led them to use food as an escape.