Since 2009, we've given visibility to research and personal accounts demonstrating how pornography can negatively impact individuals, relationships, and society. Through this grassroots movement, millions of people have found hope and freedom. We couldn't do this without Fighters like you!
FTND helped me realize I didn’t actually enjoy using porn. My urges were tormenting me and wouldn’t leave me alone until I gave in. I had gotten so used to it, I started to think that the temporary relief from the torment was the same thing as pleasure.
I feel much cleaner and lighter in my soul now. FTND was one piece of the puzzle in helping me find my sobriety.
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Wow, it’s like a revelation to me. I kinda binge listened to all of the podcast episodes this week while at work and home, and my mind is blown. Porn is the root of where I lost myself, I didn’t know but now I understand! Porn is the root of so much of what I stand against and things I’ve been subject to and yet I have fed into and engaged in pornography. I knew the grip it had on me but I didn’t connect the dots.
I wanted to reach out and let you know that this organization is really an incredible resource, especially for other teenagers like me. I chose to write my most recent research paper on the detriments of pornography. I knew it wasn’t a good thing, but I was shocked by the sheer number of ways it can negatively impact a person. This paper quickly became priority number one in school. Fight the New Drug provided a lot of information that really benefited me as both a person and a writer. I check in regularly to see what new information is available and always look forward to reading more. Thank you for providing this information for us.
As a teen, I watched porn all the way until I became pregnant with my first kid. My mother raised us to be aware of addiction and how it sneaks up on you and takes over your life. I knew there was something wrong with the fact that I always resorted back to watching porn. The fact that I couldn’t stop permanently wasn’t “normal,” so I went searching for research on the subject. That’s when I stumbled upon this huge movement called Fight the New Drug.
Once I read the stats on how people are sex trafficked for porn, and how porn is impacting our culture and love, I was devastated that I had been supporting. It pushed me to learn more, and that’s when I learned how porn affects our brains and pulls us into the addiction. I made it my mission to never let my porn addiction affect me again and to reach out to as many people as possible to educate and help others with their addiction to porn. I can PROUDLY say I have not watched porn in two years!! I am proud to be porn-free!
My boyfriend’s porn addiction came to light a week ago and I’ve been looking to inform myself as much as possible. We just watched part one of the documentary, “The Brain,” together. He’s has seen aspects of the documentary already in his life, but hearing the personal accounts was really valuable for both of us. I asked him if it made him feel less alone. He had replied that the individuals in the video were all around his age and that really comforted him. Thank you for all that you’re doing—it’s changing lives.
The work you are doing to create awareness and tackle this massive issue is incredible! Thank you to everyone involved for your efforts. Over the years I have felt alone and isolated in my thoughts and feelings on how harmful porn is and it allows me to breathe a sigh of relief to finally live in a time where others are also speaking out about it and changing how it is perceived.
Thanks to your website and podcast, I’m able to bring up the negative facts about pornography to people and give them actual accurate information. Rather than just saying, “porn is bad,” like before, I can give people the reasons why! I purposely bring up pornography in normal conversations and I’m not scared to do it cause now I have the actual facts, rather than just my opinion and it’s amazing!
Excellent! It makes me understand pornography more deeply and more seriously. I remember when I first watched pornography, I always thought that porn stars were enjoying themselves in the scenes and they were just unbelievably good at sex. But all these things are not realistic in a real relationship. Viewing porn may be a pleasure for some people, but for the performers, it’s often humiliating and nightmarish. This changed my opinion about pornography.
