My Porn Use Escalated Beyond What I Ever Expected
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.7 • 762 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Jeremiah is a husband, an expecting father, and a self-described lifelong learner who found himself struggling with a compulsive porn habit that began in his teens and escalated in college, when he found himself viewing content he would never act out in real life. In this episode, Jeremiah candidly shares how his use of pornography affected his relationships, mental health, and sense of self, particularly during the early stages of his marriage. He opens up about the moment his wife discovered the truth, the shame he experienced, and what sparked his decision to pursue real recovery.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Consider Before Consuming, we sit down with Jeremiah, who opens up about his journey from early exposure to pornography to a full-blown compulsion that began affecting every part of his life. |
| 0:21.5 | Jeremiah shares how he's used dramatically escalated over time, how his secret impacted his |
| 0:26.4 | marriage, and the moment everything came to light. Though his recovery journey began just earlier |
| 0:31.2 | this year, he talks about the progress he's made, from rebuilding trust in relationships |
| 0:36.5 | to breaking free from shame and finding |
| 0:39.3 | peace in everyday life. With that, let's jump in. We hope you enjoy this episode of Consider Before |
| 0:45.9 | Consuming. Well, Jeremiah, thank you so much for being here with me today. |
| 0:58.1 | Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what life looks like for you? |
| 1:07.0 | Yeah. So my name is Jeremiah Light. I'm a husband. Me and my wife, Sarah, have been married for a little bit over a year and hour. One year anniversary was in May. |
| 1:14.5 | And I'm also an expecting father. We are about three months pregnant right now. So that is congratulations. Thank you. That is something that we are very excited about. And I would also describe |
| 1:20.3 | myself as someone who is a lifelong learner. I've always been interested in reading. I've |
| 1:25.7 | always been interested in reading wisdom literature, |
| 1:27.8 | especially ancient philosophy. And I'm really passionate about fitness, too. I enjoy go to the gym. |
| 1:32.3 | So I would just describe myself as somebody who is committed to improving himself in all aspects |
| 1:37.0 | of life, both mentally and physically. And I also write a little bit on the side on my substack. |
| 1:42.2 | That's something that I also started doing this year. Awesome. Well, thank you for being here with us today. And we are here to talk a little bit about |
| 1:49.6 | your personal story. So can you share how you were first exposed to pornography? And what do you |
| 1:56.2 | remember about that experience and how it impacted you? I would say I was first exposed to pornography |
| 2:01.9 | very early on when I was about eight or nine. It was just something that happened with a quick |
| 2:06.4 | pop-up whenever I was on the internet at a very young age. But I didn't start seeking it out, |
| 2:12.2 | actively seeking it out, until I was about 14 or 15 years old. I had very good parents and a good family. |
| 2:18.9 | They instilled values like Internet safety had to be at a very young age. |
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