Episode Details

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I joined Veronica Valli on the Soberful Podcast to have an honest conversation about porn addiction, dopamine, and what modern internet porn is really doing to our brains, relationships, and culture.

We discuss how today’s porn is more accessible and more extreme than ever,  reshaping expectations around sex, novelty, and connection. I share my journey from early exposure and escalating use to the moment I realized I felt like a “slave to lust.” On the outside, life looked fine. On the inside, I wasn’t free.

We explore how mindfulness, neuroscience, and Buddhist philosophy helped me learn to sit with loneliness and anxiety instead of numbing out. We also talk about the cultural messages porn sends to young people, the normalization of aggression and lack of consent, and why we need better conversations about sexuality, values, and integrity, especially as parents raising boys today.

This isn’t about shame. It’s about awareness, responsibility, and building guardrails that protect what matters most.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

04:40 Jeremy’s Early Exposure: From Catalogs to Dial‑Up to Nightly Porn

10:14 How Porn Warps Relationships: Unrealistic Bodies & Dopamine Novelty

12:22 Violence, Escalation, and What Kids Learn From Modern Porn

19:39 Porn, Prostitution, and Policy: Where the Debate Gets Messy

21:48 Rock Bottom to Recovery: Mindfulness, Men’s Emotions, and Retreats

28:01 Neuroplasticity & Meditation as Mind Training

33:38 Parenting Boys: Non‑Shaming Sex Talks and Normalizing the Conversation

37:16 How His Program Works: Men’s Groups, Tools, and Accountability

41:50 Why Porn Is Different Now: Dopamine Nation, Isolation, and AI Risks

44:59 Where to Find Help + Ending on Hope for a Growing Movement