Clean Time in the Digital Age: When AI Becomes the Addiction

In this episode, we respond to a courageous letter from Keith, a listener with several years of clean time who has recently found himself caught in a new and unexpected relapse pattern, using AI tools to create pornographic content. As technology evolves, so do the ways addiction can manifest, and many recovery resources haven’t yet caught up. What happens when the very tools you need for your career become triggers? How do you set boundaries around something you can’t fully eliminate? And how do you stay honest, accountable, and spiritually grounded when the lines between work and acting out start to blur? We explore recovery in the digital age, the responsibility we carry for our choices, practical guardrails for navigating unavoidable triggers, and how to build sustainable sobriety in a world where access is constant. If you’ve struggled with relapse connected to technology, or feel like your specific challenge isn’t addressed in traditional recovery spaces, this conversation is for you. There is hope. Even here.