Nate Larkin is the founder of the Samson Society and the author of Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood. He is also a recovering porn and sex addict.

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Porn arrested Nate from a very young age. Though Nate was always a devout Christian, as he grew up, the obsession grew too, escalating into a virulent addiction to pornography and commercial sex. But during those years in active addiction, everything about Nate seemed flawless on the outside: He graduated from Princeton with a major in Preaching, and within two years Nate was the senior pastor for a new non-denominational church in South Florida. Observers saw a wise and godly man of God, dedicated to church and home. But Nate’s religious persona was crumbling from the inside out.

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In 1998, Nate finally found help for his sex addiction in the safety of a 12-step recovery group. His circle of friends steadily expanded, eventually including a large group of men with diverse weaknesses—addicts and potential addicts of every description, united by a common faith and a need for true companionship. In 2004, Nate and several of these friends formed a mutual aid society for Christian men called the Samson Society.

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As of 2024, more than 600 local Samson Society groups have started and tens of thousands of men from around the world are attending daily online meetings at samsonsociety.org. 

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Nate is a popular speaker at conferences, colleges and retreats, and is the co-host of two podcasts, the Pirate Monk Podcast and the Positive Sobriety Podcast. He and his wife Allie recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, and describes their relationship as “Hard to imagine being closer than we are now.”

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He believes God has used his addiction to make him a better husband, father, and grandfather – a story of true redemption. He knows there is this kind of hope for your men, too.