Smith Alley: Teen Mental Health Advocate, Public Speaker, & Recovering Compulsive Porn Consumer
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Trigger Warning: This discussion includes frank, explicit, discussions about pornography consumption, and suicide ideation. Listener discretion is advised.
Like most adolescents today, Smith was exposed to porn well before the age of 18. His porn consumption escalated without his parents’ knowledge, and by the time he was 11, he says he was consuming porn five to seven times per day. His porn consumption and the shame that he felt because of it were two factors that led him to want to end his own life. Smith made a suicide plan, but he says he didn’t want to go through with it when he learned about Fight the New Drug. Listen to Smith tell podcast host, Garrett Jonsson, about how porn negatively impacted his life in real ways, what he did to address his unwanted compulsive habit, and why he’s since created a supportive community where mental health is addressed.
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| 0:00.0 | Regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, political persuasion, or any other diversifying factor, porn can impact anyone. |
| 0:13.0 | If you've recognized the harmful effects of pornography in your life, or recognize the harms pornography can cause on society, we welcome you to become a fighter. |
| 0:22.1 | As fighters, we strive to be bold, understanding, open-minded, and accepting. |
| 0:26.9 | If you're ready to become an official fighter, we invite you to join the movement at |
| 0:30.9 | F-T-N-D.org forward-slash-fighter. That's F-T-N-D-D-org, forward-sl F-I-G-H-T-E-R. |
| 0:38.8 | Join us in our Fight for Love by becoming a fighter today. |
| 0:43.8 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight the New Drug. |
| 0:51.2 | And in case you're new here, Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative |
| 0:55.2 | organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision |
| 1:00.3 | regarding pornography by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal |
| 1:06.4 | accounts. We want these conversations to be educational, uplifting, and hopeful. |
| 1:11.3 | As we sit down with experts, influencers, activists, and people with personal accounts, |
| 1:16.2 | we cover a wide variety of topics that may be triggering to some. |
| 1:19.9 | You can refer to the episode notes for a specific trigger warning. |
| 1:23.7 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:26.0 | Today's episode is with Smith Alley. Like most adolescents in the |
| 1:30.3 | world today, Smith was exposed to porn well before the age of 18. His porn consumption escalated |
| 1:36.3 | without his parents' knowledge. And by the time he was 11, he was consuming porn five to seven times |
| 1:42.2 | per day. His porn consumption and the shame that he felt were two of the variables that led to him |
| 1:47.9 | experiencing suicide ideation. |
| 1:50.5 | He made plans to take his life, but he says that changed when he learned about fight the new |
| 1:55.4 | drug. |
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