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Your strange addiction could land you on TV
“My Strange Addiction,” the TLC documentary program that chronicles individuals suffering from problematic obsessions, is casting for this summer’s Season 2.
One of most popular stories from Season 1, according to 20 West Productions Director of Development (and the show’s Executive Producer) Jason Bolicki, concerned an Austin woman named Lori who had been addicted to sleeping with her running blow dryer for over twenty years. Other subjects have felt compelled to eat toilet paper or wear a fur suit.
“Many people who suffer from strange addictions have told us that they don’t know how to quit,” Bolicki said. “There’s no specific 12-step program to stop eating laundry detergent, so we try to help these individuals find new roads to recovery.”
If you or someone you know is battling an unusual addiction or behavior and would be interested in appearing on the show, Bolicki asks you to send a short description of the addiction and the impact it has on the sufferer’s daily life to casting@20west.tv. You must include your name, age, city of residence, a current photo and a phone number or email address where you can be reached for further questions.
Here’s a clip of Lori, the Austin woman mentioned above:
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