What's up everybody? This is the Betray, the addicted, and the expert. My name is Brannon and I am the expert.

And I'm Ashland and I was the portrayed.

And I'm Kobe, the recovering addict.

What you're gonna get is three unique perspectives on recovery

and tools for hope and healing.

I'm going to share our story today.

And...

So many of you have found us through this podcast and aren't quite sure what our story is and where we've come from.

And so we thought it was a good time to share what that is.

To be sure.

So my journey, I guess this kind of starts with me.

I was first exposed to porn when I was seven years old.

The girl across the street from me was like,

hey, check out what my, you know, stepdad has on his headboard in his bedroom.

And it was just a big sack of magazines.

And I was one of those kids who was immediately like seized upon by a bunch of

emotions that I totally didn't get like I totally didn't understand and and so it was one of those things that kept after me, meaning like I sought access to porn from there on any chance I could.

Which was not easy 30 years ago.

No, no, no, for sure, not at all,

you know, over 30 years ago.

Especially for a seven year old boy very well said

but what happened was is is that I mean I felt a physical rush I felt my body

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