Today's episode is with Robert, whose own porn consumption escalated into an addiction while he was in the military, where it was very normalized.

In this episode, Robert discusses the culture of pornography in the

military and how it influenced his consumption habits. He also talks about the impact of pornography

on his relationships and personal well-being. After realizing the negative effects of his addiction,

Robert made the decision to quit pornography and has been on the

path to recovery for the past seven months. He emphasizes the importance of seeking help and

support and encourages others to learn about their own emotions as a starting point for overcoming

addiction. With that, let's jump into the conversation. We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.

Robert, thank you so much for joining us on the Consider Before Consuming podcast.

I would love to kind of dive in and start back at the beginning of your story, reflecting a bit on

your childhood. You know, when do you first remember or recall being exposed to pornography?

What drove you to seek it out? What were your feelings about that when you had seen it?

Okay, yeah. So, I mean, i was first exposed to the idea of sexuality in general's

very young kid because we lived in australia for a point in time and um in australia they just

children are involved in adult stuff a lot quicker we'll just say so I was

exposed to the idea of sexuality very young which kind of shied me away from it because I

thought it was kind of weird coming from the US where like as a second grader no one

talks about that and it's just foreign so it kind of like grossed me out to it.

But then myself later on back in the USA, going through puberty and I think just after

middle school, just having natural sex drives, but not knowing what to do with them.

Because I was too scared of the idea of dating and dating

wasn't really a thing for me. So for me, the only place I really turned to discover

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