{"podcast":{"title":"Consider Before Consuming","slug":"consider-before-consuming-86502","podcast_index_feed_id":86502,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/352266a5-0ec0-4cd9-9114-12b5a62c09e6","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/consider-before-consuming","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/6/11/16/371e3942-67ff-4cd1-82e5-49637d517fa5_ftnd-cbc-coverart-2020-3x.jpg","author":"Fight the New Drug","episode_count":181,"summary":"Think about all of the things you consider every day to help keep yourself, your loved ones, and your community happy, healthy, and hopeful. Now consider this: There is an ever-growing body of research demonstrating significant negative impacts, for yourself and the ones you love, in the consumption of pornography. It can change the way you think, harm your ability to connect with other people, and can contribute to changing the world in negative ways. Join us every other week as we consider the harmful effects of pornography using science, facts, and personal accounts. Consider Before Consuming is brought to you by Fight the New Drug (FTND). FTND is a non-religious and non-legislative nonprofit that aims to raise awareness on the harmful effects of pornography and its links to sexual exploitation using only science, facts, and personal accounts. Fight the New Drug collaborates with a variety of qualified organizations and individuals with varying personal beliefs, affiliations, and political persuasions. As FTND is a non-religious and non-legislative organization, the personal beliefs, affiliations, and persuasions of any of our team members or of those we collaborate with do not…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/consider-before-consuming-86502"},"episode":{"title":"I Lived A Double Life of Porn Addiction and Affairs","slug":"i-lived-a-double-life-of-porn-addiction-and-affairs","published_at":"2026-04-15T09:00:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/consider-before-consuming-86502/i-lived-a-double-life-of-porn-addiction-and-affairs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/consider-before-consuming-86502","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/352266a5-0ec0-4cd9-9114-12b5a62c09e6/episodes/f74d57d7-1373-4b3f-acba-be0c3c285df5","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/f74d57d7-1373-4b3f-acba-be0c3c285df5/stream.mp3","summary":"Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual addiction, infidelity, and suicide attempts. Listener discretion is advised. Chris Bennett is a life coach who helps individuals and couples work through sexual addiction, shame, and compulsive behaviors. But long before he was helping others, he was living a double life—hiding years of pornography use and engaging in multiple affairs during his marriage. In this episode, Chris shares how his relationship with pornography began at a young age and escalated over time, eventually leading to real-life behaviors that deeply impacted his wife and family. Even after being caught and entering recovery, he struggled to fully commit to change, continuing patterns he knew were harmful. We talk about the role shame played in keeping him stuck, why partial honesty wasn’t enough to create real change, and what finally shifted when he chose to fully disclose everything. Chris also opens up about how unresolved pain and early experiences influenced his behavior, and how learning to process emotions and meet his needs differently became a turning point in his recovery. This episode explores questions many people are asking: Does porn addiction escalate over time? Does Porn Addiction Lead to Cheating? And what does it actually take to change? This episode is sponsored by Relay, a secure peer-support app that connects you with a small group of people who understand what you’re going through and help you stay accountable on your journey to quit porn. CBC listeners can try Relay free for 7 days when they sign up at http://ftnd.org/joinrelay Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual addiction, infidelity, and suicide attempts. Listener discretion is advised. Chris Bennett is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/consider-before-consuming-86502/episodes/i-lived-a-double-life-of-porn-addiction-and-affairs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/consider-before-consuming-86502/i-lived-a-double-life-of-porn-addiction-and-affairs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}