Claire: Activist & Former Compulsive Porn Consumer
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Think porn is just a “guy” problem? Think again. This week’s conversation is with Claire, a former compulsive porn consumer and anti-porn activist. Claire stumbled across porn at a young age and what started as a natural curiosity to sexuality turned into a compulsive behavior to watch more, more often, and a more hardcore version. It wasn’t until she was in high school, when her dad brought home some information he learned from a live presentation by Fight the New Drug, that she realized she struggled with pornography. Even then, she kept her compulsion a secret. She now describes how she is “grateful” for her parents catching her when she was sixteen, and perhaps even more so for their reaction. Listen to Claire and podcast host Garrett Jonsson swap stories about their individual struggles, and how Claire has found her way from feeling shame about her struggles to freedom in her story of recovery. If you or a loved one is struggling with pornography, we encourage you to check out our friends at Fortify, an online researched-based recovery platform that has helped tens of thousands of users overcome pornography.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up people. I'm Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug. |
| 0:22.8 | Today's conversation is with Claire. |
| 0:24.3 | Now, here's the thing. |
| 0:28.1 | One of our goals at Fight the New Drug is to break misconceptions. |
| 0:33.5 | One misconception around pornography is that females don't struggle with pornography. |
| 0:38.8 | Well, Claire is here to break that myth by talking about her personal experience. |
| 0:44.2 | Today, Claire enjoys a life free from pornography and its influences. |
| 0:46.3 | But there was a time when she struggled. |
| 0:51.9 | And she was convinced that she was the only female with this challenge. |
| 0:57.8 | But we know that she's not alone and neither are you. With all that being said, we hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. We want to welcome to the podcast, |
| 1:06.6 | Claire. And Claire, as I sit across the table from you, I want to say thank you for coming in and sitting down |
| 1:18.8 | with us and discussing the harmful effects of pornography because we know for a lot of people this isn't |
| 1:25.9 | the most fun conversation to have. |
| 1:28.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:30.1 | And so we appreciate you being willing to help us address this topic. |
| 1:37.3 | And I think for a lot of our listeners, they're going to appreciate and they're going to benefit from your experience. |
| 1:47.8 | So as you know, Claire, that our podcast is called Consider Before Consuming. |
| 1:53.3 | And our goal is to bring in and record conversations with a variety of people. |
| 1:59.2 | Some of them are experts and some of them are |
| 2:02.0 | activists and then some of them are personal accounts. And so you would fall under the category of |
| 2:08.8 | like a personal account. Yeah, I'm not really anyone special. No, I think that's definitely a |
| 2:14.7 | false statement. You're definitely someone special. |
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