Episode 431 - Finding Lasting Freedom from Pornography Addiction with Drew Boa

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Warning: This episode discusses pornography addiction and may not be suitable for all listeners.How do we break the stronghold of addiction when it becomes deeply attached to our lives? What do we do when the pain of our past resurfaces through patterns of addiction?Drew Boa didn’t fully realize how much pain he was carrying beneath the surface until his struggle with pornography began to threaten the relationships he valued most. As he started to uncover and process that pain, he recognized how often he had looked for healing and identity in places other than God.It was through surrendering both his pain and identity to God that the grip of pornography on his life began to loosen. Over time, he experienced genuine freedom. His book, Outgrow Porn: Find Lasting Freedom Without Fighting an Exhausting Battle—A Man’s Guide to Healing, offers men a pathway toward that same kind of lasting transformation.In this episode, Davey and Drew explore the deeper roots of sexual addiction, the vital role of compassion and self-awareness in the healing process, and why authentic community is so powerful in breaking cycles of addiction.If you or someone you love has struggled to find freedom from pornography, this conversation offers hope—reminding us that lasting freedom begins by understanding our identity in Jesus. Website: https://www.drewboa.com/ Book: Outgrow Porn: Find Lasting Freedom Without Fighting an Exhausting Battle—A Man's Guide to Healinghttps://amzn.to/4jNhIUU Not living the story you expected? Pain changes us but doesn't have to define us. Find out how to begin your healing journey today: nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: nothingiswasted.com/coaching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:09.6	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.0	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak, and we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and
0:26.2	practical tools for healing. This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that
0:31.5	even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story, because with him, nothing is wasted.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Davey Blackburn.
0:50.3	Hello, hello. Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast. I'm so grateful you're joining me today for this conversation.
0:55.9	Today I have my new friend Drew Boa on the podcast. And Drew and I connected through our friend Ken Friar, who you've recently heard from.
1:07.6	And Ken was telling me about the ministry that Drew has for specifically men who are
1:14.0	caught and trapped in the cycle of pornography addiction. And the work that Drew is doing is
1:21.3	just a, it's an unbelievable work. He's got a really robust online community that's serving
1:26.9	these men.
1:28.6	And I want to, first of all, if you're a man, you're listening to this and you are struggling
1:32.9	in secret or in silence or maybe you have come forward about this addiction and you are
1:38.2	wanting to find a space where you can vulnerably share, where you can find support, where you
1:43.1	can really have a community of people who ultimately are going to rally around you
1:47.4	and help you not to just stay in this place of addiction,
1:53.9	but instead you can find freedom and wholeness in this.
1:56.7	I want to invite you to check out everything that Drew is doing right now.
2:02.0	He has this community that he leads is just, it is a powerful, powerful community.
2:14.9	He's just recently written this book, but the community is called husband material.
2:20.1	And it really is kind of this basis of really taking ownership and becoming the man that God
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