Do All Guys Consume Porn, And Does It Lead to Happiness? A Conversation with a Former Silicon Valley Executive and Author Jason Portnoy
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
If you know anything about technology, you’ve heard about Silicon Valley. Jason Portnoy was a Silicon Valley executive at PayPal and had all of the outward signs of success, but internally, he was miserable. He experienced compulsive porn consumption which escalated to buying sex, sugar dating, and more. Listen to Jason open up with podcast host Garrett Jonsson about some of the adverse childhood experiences he had which led to him seeking comfort through porn, why he labels porn a gateway drug, and how he finally experienced true healing.
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| 0:00.0 | I felt like I was looking to the outside world to fill some kind of void or hole that I had inside of myself. |
| 0:08.4 | And I think porn for me was a gateway into that. |
| 0:12.9 | So it was a distraction. |
| 0:18.4 | It was something that I was embarrassed to tell anyone about. It was something that I |
| 0:23.9 | was ashamed of at some point. And those were very corrosive emotions. I then started to either |
| 0:33.7 | consume more porn or I started to escalate into real life hookups, you know, |
| 0:40.7 | first on Craigslist, then with escorts, then with Sugar Daddy websites, you know, random |
| 0:48.7 | hookups. |
| 0:49.3 | And I was really looking for the outside world to fill some void inside of myself with |
| 0:57.7 | pornography and sex. |
| 1:10.0 | Hey listeners, our no porn November campaign is happening now. |
| 1:14.0 | If you follow Fight the New Drug, you likely know that decades of studies from respected institutions have demonstrated significant negative impacts of porn consumption on individuals, relationships, and society. |
| 1:26.6 | Or maybe you're new to this podcast and this message and you're not entirely convinced. |
| 1:32.1 | During our No Porn November campaign, we challenge people to give up porn for 30 days to |
| 1:36.8 | see how it improves their lives. |
| 1:39.2 | If you're not currently struggling with porn, we challenge you to take this month to educate |
| 1:43.5 | yourself and others |
| 1:44.4 | about the harmful effects of pornography and sexual exploitation. |
| 1:48.7 | Also, we encourage our fighters to support our annual Rep the Movement Day on Friday, November |
| 1:53.9 | 18th. |
| 1:55.2 | You can show your support by posting a photo of yourself on social media in your favorite Fight |
| 1:59.9 | the New Drug Gear. |
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