The Power of Connection in Overcoming Pornography, a Panel Discussion

Consider Before Consuming

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4.7 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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0:00.0	For today's conversation, we sit down with a panel of individuals who each have a unique
0:15.2	perspective on porn addiction recovery.
0:17.5	Our guests include Chandler, co-founder of Relay, Chris, a licensed counselor, and Matthew and Dane, who are both currently in recovery. Our guests include Chandler, co-founder of Relay, Chris, a licensed counselor, and
0:22.6	Matthew and Dane, who are both currently in recovery for porn addiction. The panel delves
0:27.4	into the relational, psychological, and emotional toll of addiction and the importance of
0:32.2	connection and support in overcoming addiction, giving hope that healing is possible.
0:37.3	With that, let's jump into the conversation.
0:40.3	We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming.
0:47.6	For our listeners, we have something kind of exciting and different today.
0:51.4	We've got a panel for amazing individuals here today to talk with you
0:56.1	a little bit about their experiences and the different expertise they have to speak to these issues.
1:04.4	So we're going to start with some introductions. Chandler, would you like to go first and introduce
1:09.1	yourself to our audience? Yeah, sure. So I'm Chandler. I'm the co go first and introduce yourself to our audience?
1:17.3	Yeah, sure. So I'm Chandler. I'm the co-founder and CEO of Relay Health. Relay is an organization that provides digital programs for people overcoming sexual addiction, including pornography.
1:23.1	I personally struggled with pornography for about 12 years. And, you know, ultimately through my own story, realized I couldn't do this alone.
1:32.3	I attended group for many years.
1:35.0	And just started to realize that so many people, I think, deal with this in isolation.
1:41.1	And it's such a hard thing to talk about, to know how to get support for.
1:45.8	And so it was actually a school project at first where I had an opportunity to build an app.
1:51.5	And I had just this thought of, you know, what if it were easier to find a community of other people who are trying to overcome pornography and make it less shameful, less scary to do that together.
2:02.8	And so ended up working on it. And then four years later, it's become our full-time focus and
2:10.3	something that I'm deeply passionate about trying to help people to overcome this together.
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