You mean, "food addiction"? We do not have that as a recognized medical problem, and there is no proven treatment for it. If you mean prescription medication addiction - good luck getting her to go to a psychiatrist. They usually have to hit rock bottom, e.g. end up in prison or have a spouse divorce them and take the kids or something along those lines before they come to their senses, and the desire to address addiction has to come from them. Even for court-ordered addiction treatments, the outcomes are abysmal, because unless the person themselves wants to change, it's almost impossible to change them. I have a patient I look after who is 100% addicted to oxycodone (not my own practice, this is a place where I work temporarily, so it was another physician who created this problem). I have my hands tied because I can't simply refuse to prescribe the medications because this person will go into withdrawal, but I've attempted to bring up with them a few times that I think they are "physically dependent" on the drugs - I do not use the term "addicted" unless the patient mentions it themselves, because of the negative connotations. All I got in response was "I CAN ONLY FUNCTION IF I TAKE THOSE PILLS!" and "You're so MEAN!" with a side of crocodile tears. It's a pointless endeavour.