Ep 740 | How Porn Changes the Brain, Kills Intimacy & Harms Society | Guest: Sam Black

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

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Today we're joined by Sam Black, director of life change education at Covenant Eyes and author of "The Healing Church: What Churches Get Wrong about Pornography and How to Fix It," to discuss the pervasive issue of pornography and its effects on the brain. We talk about how big a problem porn is and why it's an increasingly prevalent issue. Kids are being exposed to porn from younger and younger ages, which leads to serious issues later on in life including addiction, intimacy, and relationships. We cover how people can get stuck in a cycle of watching porn and how there are big consequences: damaged marriages and relationships and ruined sex lives. But there is hope! We share some ways to break the cycle and recover from dependency on porn and some steps to get help (not out of shame, but out of godly guilt). We also talk about how parents can address this issue with their kids and prevent potential serious issues with porn before they start. You can take steps to protect yourself and your family from porn by going to coveyes.com/ALLIE (free for 30 days). --- Today's Sponsors: Carly Jean Los Angeles — FOR 72 HOURS ONLY: use promo code ALLIE50 for 50% off denim! After 1/19, use promo code 'ALLIEB' to save 20% off your first order at CarlyJeanLosAngeles.com! Naturally It's Clean — visit https://naturallyitsclean.com/allie and use promo code "ALLIE" to receive 15% off your order. If you are an Amazon shopper you can visit https://amzn.to/3IyjFUJ. The promo code discount is only valid on their direct website at www.naturallyitsclean.com/Allie. Patriot Mobile — go to PatriotMobile.com/ALLIE or call 878-PATRIOT and use promo code 'ALLIE' to get free activation! Masterworks — investing in multi-million dollar art made easy & affordable for everyday investors. Go to Masterworks.art/ALLIE to skip the waitlist! --- Links: Covenant Eyes: "Brain Chemicals and Porn: How Porn Affects Your Brain" https://www.covenanteyes.com/2014/02/03/brain-chemicals-and-porn-addiction/ --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 717 | From Porn Star to Pastor | Guest: Joshua Broome https://apple.co/3XECZUm Ep 196 | Should Porn Be Banned? https://apple.co/3iIHZbQ Ep 498 | Exposing the Threat Porn Poses to Kids | Guest: Benjamin Nolot https://apple.co/3HbyFH6 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pornography addiction is a huge problem in our culture today.
0:04.3	Men, women, and children are exposed to and become easily addicted to pornography.
0:10.4	Porn is always the objectification of image bears of God.
0:15.3	There is no such thing as acceptable or ethical porn.
0:19.6	It is always exploitation. It is always harmful to our minds, hearts, relationships, and to society as a whole.
0:27.0	It rewires the brain, it hurts marriages, it lowers self-esteem, it damages our view of other people,
0:32.8	it encourages violence, and it commodifies an act that is meant to be exclusive to the bonds of marriage,
0:39.4	where there is unconditional love and loyalty and connectedness and true intimacy that makes sex healthy.
0:47.9	Porn is a huge industry driven by the demand of people seeking not just sexually explicit material,
0:54.0	but eventually very often sexually violent material, including material depicting the sexual abuse of children.
1:01.4	All pornography created and consumed plays a role in perpetuating things like sex trafficking,
1:08.0	including of children. So porn is bad for people, it's bad for the consumer, it's bad for the person
1:15.7	who is being exploited in the image or in the video, it's bad for the world.
1:20.1	And if you or someone you know is addicted to porn, there is a way out. There is good news,
1:27.1	there is freedom. You do not have to play a role in this dark world of porn anymore.
1:33.1	You can find forgiveness and help in total healing and liberation, no matter who or where you are.
1:40.7	And today's guest is here to talk about that. This episode is brought to you by our friends at
1:45.5	GoodRangers. Go to goodrangers.com. Use code Ali, a checkout for a discount. That's goodrangers.com.
2:00.6	Sam, thank you so much for joining us. Before we get started with this conversation,
2:04.8	can you just tell everyone who you are and what you do?
2:08.0	Yeah, so I've been with Covenant Eyes. It's an organization that creates software and content
2:14.0	that to help people stop using pornography for good or never start. I'm the author of the healing
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