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A British man has become the first to seek therapy for an addiction to sausages.

David Harding has a 13-a-day sausage habit and has reportedly spent almost £2,000 on counselling and hypnosis sessions to help his compulsion.

"I genuinely cannot bear the thought of living without sausages," Harding told The Mirror of his problem. "Drug addicts crave their fix and it's the same for me, except my drug is a banger."

The 47-year-old said that he realised that he had a serious problem when he got mad at the idea of not having sausages for dinner, and decided to seek professional help.

"Apparently I just like sausages, plain and simple," Harding said, after admitting that therapy hasn't helped. "I don't see there is anything wrong with that, but I do think that I have to look at ways to control my urges."

Harding claims to have had at least one sausage every day since the age of five.