The Power of Community to Combat Addiction - Chandler Rogers on How the Relay App Repels Porn

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Tony gives a "state of the union" address on working with people struggling with turning to pornography as a coping mechanism. He then interviews Chandler Rogers, CEO of Relay, an app that helps people stay connected and accountable on their recovery journey. Relay makes it easy to connect with a shame-free support group, an essential tool helping access recovery tools. Chandler personally overcame a struggle with compulsive pornography use and then used his experience to give back to others by creating a group-based recovery app called Relay for people seeking freedom from unwanted sexual behavior. He built what he wished he had during his healing journey - tools to manage recovery goals, an SOS button to reach out when feeling triggered, and a system for accountability with peers, all in a private safe space. Learn more about Relay and try a recovery group for free today: bit.ly/virtualcouch-relay Find all the latest links to podcasts, courses, Tony's newsletter, and more at https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorder Course is Open! Visit https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorders, Dr. Michael Twohig will teach you the industry-standard treatment anxiety-treatment experts use worldwide. Through 6 modules of clear instruction and clinical demonstrations, you will learn how to create opportunities for clients to practice psychological flexibility in the presence of anxiety. After completing the course material, you'll have a new, highly effective anxiety treatment tool that can be used with every anxiety-related disorder, from OCD to panic disorder to generalized anxiety disorder. And follow Tony on the Virtual Couch YouTube channel for a sneak preview of his upcoming podcast "Murder on the Couch," where True Crime meets therapy, co-hosted with his daughter Sydney. You can watch a pre-release clip here https://youtu.be/-RkRq8SrQy0 Subscribe to Tony's latest podcast, "Waking Up to Narcissism Q&A - Premium Podcast," on the Apple Podcast App. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-to-narcissism-q-a/id1667287384 Go to http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop to sign up for Tony's "Magnetize Your Marriage" virtual workshop. The cost is only $19, and you'll learn the top 3 things you can do NOW to create a Magnetic Marriage. You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program, The Path Back, by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com And visit http://tonyoverbay.com and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs and podcasts. Tony mentioned a product that he used to take out all of the "uh's" and "um's" that, in his words, "must be created by wizards and magic!" because it's that good! To learn more about Descript, click here https://descript.com?lmref=bSWcEQ

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0:00.0	Hey, oh, oh, oh, come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.
0:21.9	Hey, everybody.
0:22.5	Welcome to episode 367 of the virtual couch.
0:25.5	I am your host, Tony Overbay.
0:26.9	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker, husband, father of four, and creator of the path back, an online pornography recovery program that is helping people turn to a life of amazing,
0:39.5	wonderful things. And let's just stop right there. Turn to a life of amazing, wonderful things.
0:44.9	And we're talking about a pornography recovery program in the same paragraph.
0:50.5	Today we're going to talk a little bit more about pornography and that always sounds funny to say
0:55.4	when I was creating my pornography recovery program with the help of Craig Para who is a leader in
1:01.6	this field of a new way to look at overcoming addiction and impulse control and unhealthy coping
1:07.7	mechanisms I would go shoot at his place and he had a green screen and he had
1:12.2	the professional recording equipment. I remember telling my friends at the time, I would say,
1:16.5	oh, I can't do something on Friday because I'm shooting my porn videos. And I didn't say that to be
1:21.9	funny. I just, it came out and then I would realize somebody was around me that that sure
1:27.1	didn't sound like what I wanted it to sound like. But would realize somebody was around me that that sure didn't sound like
1:28.0	what I wanted it to sound like. But the pathback was something that that we created years ago
1:33.7	and I have since helped a lot of people turn to healthier coping mechanisms and move away
1:38.7	from turning to pornography as a coping mechanism. And today we're going to talk about a really,
1:43.2	it's a new tool. It's an app that is
1:46.3	seeing a lot of success in helping people find more of a sense of community and the efficacy
1:52.7	or how helpful that is in people turning away from unhealthy coping mechanisms. Now, the company
1:58.5	is called Relay and we're going to talk about the Relay app, but it really
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