God, Meditation & Indiana Jones
You should know that I usually don’t break the rules… Usually. I like to think of myself as an instrument of sound moral judgment with a perpetually crescendoing set of ethical values. A God fearing man with a hint of sophistication and lacking in pretention. Now that I have prefaced this story with my good nature, I feel safe in disclosing my […]
‘Addicted to Food’ Full Episode
In this riveting new docu-series, eight people battle their addiction to the one thing they literally can’t live without: food. At Shades of Hope, a rural Texas treatment center, these desperate clients struggle through an intense 42-day treatment plan led by maverick therapist Tennie McCarty. In the series premiere of Addicted to Food, the new […]
The show ‘Addicted to Food’ referenced in ABC News study!
For Those Addicted, Food Is Like a Drug Study Shows Brain Activity in Food Addicts Similar to Other Addicts By KIM CAROLLO, SARAH AMOS AND BOJANA ZUPAN April 4, 2011
Tennie McCarty asks, “What’s Eating You?”
“You had to work to get here. You have to work twice as hard to get out.” – Camela Balcomb, Executive Director of Shades of Hope Last night I snuggled up on the couch with a couple of close friends to watch the highly anticipated premier of ‘Addicted to Food.’ First, I would like to […]
‘Addicted to Food’ premieres on OWN April 5th 10|9C
CAN YOU ADMIT THAT YOU ARE POWERLESS? As far as reality television goes, this show is the real deal. If there are two things I know more than just a little about, they are television and addiction. My career in entertainment began as a production assistant on the set of the low budget action/thriller, Point […]
Celebrity deaths due to addiction: Part Three
This is the final installation of our 3-part series on the tragic deaths of celebrities in the last decade due to addiction: (In case you missed our earlier posts, click here to read Part 1 & click here to read Part 2) Brad Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008, age 25) Actor Brad […]
Celebrity deaths due to Addiction: Part Two
In Part 1 of our 3-part series, we started to list and examine the celebrities who died due to addiction over the past decade. In Part 2, we continue to chronicle the celebrities who perished due to addiction (if you missed last week’s blog entry, click here to read Part 1): Luisel Ramos (c. 1984 […]
Celebrity deaths due to Addiction: Part One
This 3-part series examines celebrity deaths due to addiction over the past decade. This is Part 1: Celebrities are just like us. They might have bigger houses, better wardrobes and nicer toys; but, ultimately, they are human beings. They have feelings. They have pain. They have bad days. They have inner demons. They have addictions. […]
Is junk food as addictive as Heroin or Cocaine?
A recent newspaper headline announced: “Fatty Foods May Be Just as Addictive as Heroin and Cocaine.” This bold declaration was written due to evidence presented in a new study published in Nature Neuroscience. This three-year study provides compelling scientific evidence that junk food addiction may explain why you start drooling like Homer Simpson when you […]
Recap of Shades of Hope on ‘The Dr. Oz Show”
Shades of Hope was featured on two episodes of the Emmy-nominated “The Dr. Oz Show”. Both episodes featured Sandi, a single mother of two, who battled food addiction for 20 years. Sandi remained addicted to food despite seeing multiple doctors and therapists for her issues. Sandi used food as medication and routinely binged in private. […]