It’s not always TLC that exaggerates addictions for good TV. Sometimes, the network’s subjects allegedly toy with the truth just to nab their 15 minutes of fame. According to a bombshell Gawker report on April Brucker (as bombshell as a report on a C-list reality star can get), the alleged puppet addict is simply a comedian who uses ventriloquism in her act. It\u2019s called muscular dysmorphia, or bigorexia, and like any addiction, it can take over someone\u2019s life and cost them money, relationships, and even their health. Yes, despite what your significant other says, video game addiction is real, and it\u2019s probably not what they have if you\u2019re still in a relationship with them. Video game addiction is usually characterized by compulsive game playing, usually of online role playing games, to the detriment of one\u2019s personal and professional life.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Bianca who occasionally ate dirt as a child, now craves pottery and ashes more than food or water. Profiling a woman who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on breast augmentation, even though the implants have caused an infection; and a woman who can\u2019t stop eating adhesive tape. 20-year-old Shannon is addicted to gasoline, drinking about 15 teaspoons woman addicted to drinking paint<\/a> everyday. Will a family intervention finally convince Shannon to get help? Meanwhile, 24-year-old Lacey has been carrying and smelling her doll head “Suzie Q” everywhere she goes. Trina and her husband Mike have done nearly 7,000 coffee enemas over the last two and a half years; Lisa has been addicted to licking her cat and eating clumps of hair for three years.<\/p>\n For over two decades, Adele has been zipping open cushions and ripping off clunks of foam to snack on. Whenever she feels worried or stress, she knows her cushions have her back. Sadly, her eating habits have made it so that her cushions no longer have her family\u2019s back because they have nowhere to sit on. There are many reasons for your wall Sober House<\/a> to crumble slowly. A 26-year-old young woman who loves to pull out chunks of drywall and nibble on them. Season One\u2019s obsessed ventriloquist, April, spends 80 hours a week with her puppets and has spent around $200,000 over the past decade on her hobby. Things got so out of hand that her fianc\u00e9 gave her an ultimatum \u2013 him or the puppets.<\/p>\nThe Woman Addicted to Drinking Nail Polish<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n