“We tried to be intimate but he could not achieve an erection. So he ran downstairs to watch porn while I lay there waiting for him.”

“At 7 years old or so, I was groomed with adult porn, then child porn, and then I was used in it… Boys are abused, trafficked for sex, and used in porn.”

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“I spent the last 6 years hating myself, considering myself a monster, a disgrace to society and a poor excuse for a human being.”

“I had watched porn a lot by that point, and it seemed exciting to be part of that industry. I mean how difficult could it be, right?”

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“We communicate so much more. We are more confident with each other. We are more relaxed during sex. It feels like there’s a spark there.”

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“I Googled what I should do as the girlfriend of someone struggling with porn. Everything I read said since we were not married, I should just break up with him. This just wasn’t good enough for me.”

“It didn’t come easy after that night, but there was hope in my life for the first time in years. I now had the lifeline I needed to overcome it.”

“Pornography. That word makes every ounce of my being shudder. I don’t really hate a lot of things, but this, this I hate.”

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