By Alan

The police knocked on my door and without saying a word, they rushed upstairs and seized all my electronic devices.

I was confused about why they were there until they gathered my family and me in the front room.

“You’re being investigated for possession of indecent images of children”, they told us.

At 17, I thought my life was over.

I had been addicted to pornography since the age of 8. I was often left home alone as a child, and with unlimited access to my laptop, I spent days sitting in front of a screen.

Soon, my addiction spiralled and I began seeking out the most extreme content I could find. I became desensitised, and it was only a matter of time before I found something that would change my life forever.

I was never really accessing indecent images purposefully. It was more of something I stumbled across on Twitter, after........

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