359 - Advanced Recovery Pt. 1: D.I.R.E. Traits w/ Hope Ray
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Matt Dobschuetz
4.8 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Hope Ray, L.P.C., joins us for part 1 of a 3-part series on advanced recovery.
In this episode, Hope discusses her new program for men, called Getting D.I.R.E. Straight. The program addresses four maladaptive traits (Detachment, Incongruence, Regression, and Entitlement) that can negatively impact relationships even after sobriety is achieved.
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| 0:00.0 | Porn Free Radio, episode 359. |
| 0:20.7 | Hey, this is Matt, and it's fall of 2025, and it's not too early to start thinking about |
| 0:26.8 | sending yourself up for success in 2026. If you've been working on quitting porn but are stuck, |
| 0:34.0 | it's not for lack of trying. For most guys, one thing is missing. |
| 0:38.4 | Accountability. |
| 0:40.0 | We often say the opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it's connection. |
| 0:44.7 | And that's why I created Rev Group Coaching. |
| 0:47.6 | Rev Group Coaching is weekly, confidential group coaching that delivers high accountability. |
| 0:52.7 | We meet via Zoom each week, but guys connect and message |
| 0:55.9 | daily. You don't have to do this alone. You'll join like-minded men to define your motivation, |
| 1:02.3 | build a custom recovery plan, and get the specific feedback you've been lacking. To join Rev, |
| 1:08.7 | visit recoveredman.com slash REV to submit your confidential application. That's |
| 1:14.4 | recoveredman.com slash REV. |
| 1:36.3 | Well, on today's episode, we're going to start the first of three special episodes on Advanced Recovery. |
| 1:37.6 | And I'm going to be joined by Hope Ray, who has joined us probably seven times before this. |
| 1:46.8 | One of our favorite guests, we always get email when she comes, |
| 1:51.4 | and we're going to dig into some new work that she's been doing with guys. |
| 1:56.2 | And it kind of inspired this advanced recovery series. |
| 2:01.1 | Hope was talking about this idea that, hey, once you get sober, once you start cleaning up |
| 2:08.3 | your porn use and getting porn free, a lot of times you have to then look at the behaviors that sort of enabled |
| 2:20.1 | and made this addiction possible. And she said a lot of times with married guys, this comes up |
| 2:27.6 | because they're getting free from porn, they're getting recovery, and they're having to rebuild the trust in their marriage. |
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