An addiction to Irish sausages has led Englishman David Harding, 47, to seek urgent counseling for his condition.

David Harding bizarre addiction sees him eat up to 13 Irish sausages a day, back in 2011, and often left him desperately searching for more.

He had a freezer full of the sausages and goes into panic mode if the supply runs down. The special brand he craves is called McWhinney’s Irish Sausages.

He said: "I genuinely cannot bear the thought of living without sausages."

"Drug addicts crave their medicine of choice, and it's the same for me - except that my drug is a banger" (slang for sausage),

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He realized he was an "addict" last year when his wife Susan had no sausages to serve him and he went berserk.

“The thought of it threw me completely off-track. It was then that I realized something wasn't quite right and sought professional help.”

Psychiatrists have told him that the "addiction'" is not physical.

David said: "Apparently I just like sausages - plain and simple. I don't see that there is anything wrong with that, but I do think that I have to look at ways to control my urges."

McWhinney's Sausages MD, Kevin McWhinney, said: "We are pleased that this gentleman likes our sausages, but wish him well in his quest to control his habit."

 * Originally published in 2011.