Emma: Recovering Porn Addict & Activist
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Think pornography consumption is just a “guy” problem? Meet Emma, a 19-year-old cosmetology student who was just 11 when she was first exposed to pornography. By the time she was 12, she says she consumed it multiple times a day on the iPod Touch her parents gave her. Her uncontrollable porn habit was also accompanied by feelings of shame and worthlessness that came from being a young girl who was told people who consume porn aren’t worth dating. Listen to Emma talk to podcast host Garrett Jonsson about how she first was exposed to pornography, developed an addiction to it, and eventually broke free. You can watch Emma’s video at ftnd.org/emma.
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| 0:00.0 | What is up? My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before |
| 0:20.3 | Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug. |
| 0:23.7 | Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography, |
| 0:33.8 | by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts. |
| 0:39.1 | We want these conversations to be educational, uplifting, and hopeful. |
| 0:43.9 | As we sit down with experts, influencers, activists, and people with personal accounts, |
| 0:49.5 | a wide range of topics are covered that may be triggering to some. |
| 0:53.1 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:55.4 | With all that being said, let's just jump into the conversation. |
| 0:58.6 | We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before Consuming. |
| 1:05.0 | I do want to acknowledge that this is not an easy topic to talk about. |
| 1:10.9 | And so, first of all, that this is not an easy topic to talk about. Yeah. |
| 1:15.9 | And so, first of all, props to you. |
| 1:17.8 | Thank you. Because you're 19 years old. |
| 1:18.4 | Yes. |
| 1:20.7 | And you have a good head on your shoulders. |
| 1:22.6 | Like, you got things figured out. |
| 1:23.9 | You know what you want to do in life. |
| 1:30.0 | And I don't know that I would have been able to have a conversation like this at 19 years old. Yeah. Definitely. Yeah. I don't, I mean, up until like this year, I was where |
| 1:37.8 | everyone else was. Like, I wasn't talking about it, but I've been talking about it a lot and it's |
| 1:41.2 | great. I love it. Interesting. Why is it great? |
| 1:44.9 | I love it. I just feel like I'm fully being myself, you know, for the first time. And I feel like |
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