I Lived A Double Life of Porn Addiction and Affairs

I Lived A Double Life of Porn Addiction and Affairs

From Consider Before Consuming by Fight the New Drug

April 15, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 162

About this episode

Chris Bennett shares his journey of overcoming porn addiction and infidelity while discussing the impact of shame and the path to recovery.

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…

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Guest: Chris Bennett

Topics covered

  • porn addiction
  • infidelity
  • shame
  • compulsive behaviors
  • recovery

Keywords

  • sexual addiction
  • emotional processing
  • change
  • marriage
  • support

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