Addicted to Food

Show Summary

Eight people with eating disorders head to a rural Texas treatment center to undergo an intense 42-day program with maverick therapist Tennie McCarty. McCarty uses a tough-love approach and unorthodox methods to help her patients overcome their disorders, asking them to confront the issues in their lives that have led them to use food as an escape for their problems. The aim of this docu-series is to show that recovery is an possible even for people who fear that they are in a hopeless situation.