Eli Nash: Entrepreneur, Recovering Porn Addict, & Activist
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Trigger warning: The following podcast episode contains graphic descriptions of childhood sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.
Eli Nash shared his hardships on the TEDx stage in his talk titled “Escaping Porn Addiction" and now he’s telling our listeners his story. What started as an appeal to women’s clothing catalogues at a young age quickly turned to an appetite for internet porn, leading to an addiction to pornography that would follow him well into adulthood. It wasn’t until things got too far in reality that Eli realized that porn was more than a fantasy: it was, as he says, the very thing that drove him to be unfaithful to his now wife. Never wanting to hurt her again, Eli has now vowed to make it his life’s priority to never again see porn. Listen to Eli as he shares his story with podcast host Garrett Jonsson, describing how he decided to come forward with the truth about his addiction and his early childhood sexual abuse that may have played a part in it. You can watch Eli’s TEDx Talk here or connect with Eli on Instagram at @eliyahu_nash.
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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. |
| 0:19.8 | Before we jump into today's conversation, I just |
| 0:22.4 | want to remind you guys that change begins with one. That's the theme during this no-porn November, |
| 0:28.9 | and it's the truth. Change begins with one. So I want to challenge you to do your part, |
| 0:35.9 | whatever that may be. There are countless ways for you to |
| 0:39.3 | get involved. For example, you can share a Fight the New Drug blog post, rep some of Fight the New |
| 0:46.6 | Drug's merch, donate by texting Consider to 43506, host a screening of the documentary Brain Heart World. |
| 0:56.5 | You can start a meaningful conversation with someone you care about using the conversation |
| 1:02.1 | blueprint. |
| 1:03.6 | You can find that at Ft&D.org forward slash blueprint. |
| 1:08.5 | You can coordinate a live presentation in your area. |
| 1:12.3 | Another opportunity to get involved is coming soon. |
| 1:15.7 | November 22nd is Rep the Movement Day. |
| 1:18.0 | So we invite you to post on your social media on November 22nd using hashtag rep the movement. |
| 1:24.5 | That's November 22nd. |
| 1:26.0 | So put it on your calendar. On today's episode, we sit down with |
| 1:29.9 | Ellie Nash. Ellie is from the East Coast. He's a husband, father, entrepreneur, public speaker, |
| 1:38.5 | and so much more. As a child, Ellie experienced childhood sexual abuse, which has had many negative impacts in his life. |
| 1:49.0 | Later in life, Ellie gradually developed an addiction to pornography and sex, but was in denial for a period of time. |
| 1:58.0 | His addiction led him to being unfaithful with his girlfriend, and I just want to be |
| 2:03.8 | very clear that he cheated on his girlfriend, who later became his wife after some healing. During the |
| 2:11.9 | conversation Ellie says, and I quote, the explanation that I had to give my wife was that I cheated on her. |
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