How My Porn Obsession Fueled Self-Harming and Made Me Hate My Body Blog

How My Porn Obsession Fueled Self-Harming and Made Me Hate My Body

"I first looked at porn around 16 years old. I've always been interested in sex and I thought porn would teach me more about it."

Fight the New DrugMay 4, 2021

Why Those Who Struggle to Give Up Porn Aren’t “Bad” People Blog

Why Those Who Struggle to Give Up Porn Aren’t “Bad” People

Here’s the issue—so many who watch porn feel an enormous amount of shame brought on by others or themselves, which makes the problem so much worse.

Fight the New DrugMay 4, 2021

Germany Shuts Down International Child Exploitation Site with 400,000 Users Blog

Germany Shuts Down International Child Exploitation Site with 400,000 Users

The authorities said the platform, "Boystown," was one of the world’s biggest child sexual abuse image darknet platforms and had been active since 2019.

Fight the New DrugMay 3, 2021

The “Infinite Scroll” Feature has Changed the Way the World Consumes Social Media—and Porn Blog

The “Infinite Scroll” Feature has Changed the Way the World Consumes Social Media—and Porn

When was the last time you were on social media? Now think about when you’ve had to hit a button to load more content. Exactly. You don’t…

Fight the New DrugApril 30, 2021

Why I Left My Small Town to Become a Popular Porn Performer Blog

Why I Left My Small Town to Become a Popular Porn Performer

"I know how many people I have hurt by contributing to this industry and I want to be able to help make up for my mistakes in…

Fight the New DrugApril 30, 2021

Are Free Tube Sites Growing or Killing the Porn Industry? Both, Here’s Why Blog

Are Free Tube Sites Growing or Killing the Porn Industry? Both, Here’s Why

Porn, as we all know all too well, is everywhere. What used to be confined to adult theaters and magazines, videotapes, and DVDs is now available at…

Fight the New DrugApril 29, 2021

Desperate for Money and Validation, I Joined the Porn Industry—This is How It Changed Me Blog

Desperate for Money and Validation, I Joined the Porn Industry—This is How It Changed Me

"I was told I wouldn’t make it very far in porn because I was so 'average.' Well, except that I was a preschool teacher looking for a…

Fight the New DrugApril 29, 2021

This Anonymous Performer’s Reddit Post About the Realities of the Porn Industry is Chilling Blog

This Anonymous Performer’s Reddit Post About the Realities of the Porn Industry is Chilling

"We lie to you. We're selling a product—the sex, the persona. Like actors do press tours, everything a porn star does on social media is advertising."

Fight the New DrugApril 28, 2021

What Happens When the World Mixes COVID-19, Anxiety, and Porn? Blog

What Happens When the World Mixes COVID-19, Anxiety, and Porn?

Porn offers 2 experiences people haven’t been able to find in the COVID-19 pandemic: relief and power. These things porn offers, however, are problematic.

Fight the New DrugApril 27, 2021

Can Watching Porn Be Part of a Healthy Self-Care Routine? Blog

Can Watching Porn Be Part of a Healthy Self-Care Routine?

Self-care is any activity you do deliberately that benefits your physical or mental health. But how does porn fit into self-care?

Fight the New DrugApril 26, 2021

If You’re Stressed, Bored, or Lonely, is Watching Porn a Healthy Escape? Blog

If You’re Stressed, Bored, or Lonely, is Watching Porn a Healthy Escape?

There are ways to relieve stress or pass the time, but not every option is a great idea. In the case of porn, it’s worse than just…

Fight the New DrugApril 23, 2021

3 Problems With Saying “Watching Porn Doesn’t Actually Hurt Anyone” Blog

3 Problems With Saying “Watching Porn Doesn’t Actually Hurt Anyone”

Here at Fight the New Drug, we talk a lot about how porn actually hurts rather than helps. While porn can at first seem like an easy…

Fight the New DrugApril 20, 2021

Porn, Addiction, and the Brain: 3 Misunderstandings Corrected by a Neurosurgeon Blog

Porn, Addiction, and the Brain: 3 Misunderstandings Corrected by a Neurosurgeon

We're tackling some pro-porn arguments that simply aren't true, like, "The brain effects of today’s porn are no different than static porn of the past."

Fight the New DrugApril 20, 2021

Longitudinal Study Links Porn Consumption to Sexual Victimization Among Teen Girls Blog

Longitudinal Study Links Porn Consumption to Sexual Victimization Among Teen Girls

Several studies show that teen girls who consume porn tend to copy behaviors seen in porn, and are more likely to engage in anal sex compared to…

Fight the New DrugApril 19, 2021

How My Secret Porn Habit Led to Getting Sexually Exploited at 13 Years Old Blog

How My Secret Porn Habit Led to Getting Sexually Exploited at 13 Years Old

"I never told this to anyone, but when I was seven, one of the girls who was my neighbor introduced me to it, and then I couldn’t…

Fight the New DrugApril 19, 2021