Carmen, Drug and Alcohol Counselor and Former Porn Consumer
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
As a young adult, Carmen’s occasional porn habit turned perpetual, which he realized when he was looking at porn even when he didn’t feel like it. As a drug and alcohol counselor, he felt like a hypocrite because he was helping others in addiction recovery while struggling with an addiction himself. Once he began recovery, he realized the importance of not letting setbacks discourage him from continuing to try, and of not being alone in his struggle.
In this episode, he shares with us his story of recovering from his unwanted compulsive porn use, the significance of understanding the connection between pornography and trafficking in his continued recovery, and how he uses his story to help others.
Episode Resources
Article: How Porn Can Fuel Sex Trafficking
Video: Carmen's Story
Podcast: Consider Before Consuming, Ep.93: Chandler Rogers
Carmen's Podcast: True Victory
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode is with Carmen, who works as a drug and alcohol counselor for the prison system. |
| 0:11.1 | As a young adult, Carmen's occasional porn habit turned perpetual, which you realize when he was looking at porn even when he didn't feel like it. |
| 0:19.3 | As a drug and alcohol counselor, |
| 0:21.7 | Carmen felt like a hypocrite because he was helping others in addiction recovery |
| 0:25.0 | while struggling with an addiction himself. |
| 0:27.7 | In this episode, he shares with us what inspired him to break free from his unwanted |
| 0:32.1 | porn habit and what has helped in his recovery. |
| 0:35.7 | With that, let's jump into the conversation. |
| 0:39.1 | We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. |
| 0:46.3 | So, Carmen, if you want to just give us a brief introduction of who you are, |
| 0:50.6 | a little bit about yourself that you want to share? |
| 0:53.1 | I'm from southwestern Pennsylvania. |
| 0:56.5 | I grew up in the Pittsburgh area, and I've kind of been around this area all my life. |
| 1:03.3 | And I grew up in a really good loving home. |
| 1:06.8 | And I have a family of my own now. |
| 1:10.2 | My wife and I, we have all boys. So I'm a family of my own now. My wife and I, we have, you know, we have all boys. |
| 1:13.2 | So I'm a boy dad. |
| 1:14.9 | So that makes things exciting. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm a bit of a, a bit of a nerd on some things. |
| 1:21.5 | I'm a Lego nerd. |
| 1:22.9 | I love Marvel stuff and Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and all that kind of stuff. |
| 1:27.9 | And I currently work as a drug and alcohol counselor at a state prison here in Pennsylvania. |
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