The Addiction Connection Podcast
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The Addiction Connection PodcastDec 20, 2021
#239 - Understanding Mar*juana-Induced Psychosis
0:00 Intro
37:00 Wrap-up
#238 - Matthew Perry's Death, California Sober, and Bad Counsel
0:00 Intro 29:00 Wrap-up
#237 - Dr. Mark Shaw is moving to Jacksonville, FL!
0:00 Intro 10:00 Wrap-up
#236 - Favorite TAC Podcasts of 2023
0:00 Intro
10:00 Wrap-up
#235 - 2023 Year in Review
0:00 Intro 9:00 Wrap-up
#234 - Galatians and Addiction
0:00 Intro 7:00 Wrap-up
#233 - Loneliness by Lou Priolo
0:00 Intro 11:00 Wrap-up
#232 - Destigmatizing Addiction (Christmas Unboxing!)
0:00 Intro 10:30 Wrap-up
#231 - CJ McMurry on Can Anything Be an Addiction?
0:00 Intro 19:00 Wrap-up
#230 - CJ McMurry on How to Fight Internet Addiction
0:00 Intro 17:00 Wrap-up Books:12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony ReinkeThe Next Story: Life and Faith after the Digital Explosion by Tim Challies https://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Technology-Addiction-Dummies-Computer/dp/1119711878
#229 - CJ McMurry on Sleep Relief for Anxiety!
0:00 Intro 14:00 Wrap-up Article - https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-xpm-2013-jun-21-la-me-ln-michael-jackson-had-massive-sleep-deficiency-with-propofol-use-20130621-story.html#:~:text=The%20sleep%20expert%20testified%20that,tour%20or%20preparing%20for%20one.
#228 - CJ McMurry on Finding God in His Addictions | #TACPod
0:00 Intro
30:00 Wrap-up
#227 - Dopesick's Arischa Conner on Addictions, Family and Pursuing Your Dreams
Watch Arischa star in her new BET+ show "Christmas Ringer" in winter 2023!
0:00 Intro / How Arischa and the Shaws connected
1:15 Arischa's background, "Misery is Optional"
2:35 How Arischa draws inspiration, character acting
6:28 Arischa getting the part for Dopesick
14:30 Arischa on finding hope in addiction
19:00 Arischa's connection to the feelings as an actress
22:22 Arischa on turning 50 and pursuing her dreams
27:40 Arischa Conner's family, her single pastor dad, and her sister's cancer
32:00 Arischa's on compassion, hope and positivity
36:00 Arischa on teaching and coaching
38:30 Arischa's new shows 2023 and 2024
41:44 Arischa on discovering her voice, from touring and singing to acting
46:20 Arischa: "you're the star of your own show!"
46:55 Wrap-up
#226 - The Nehemiah Project with Chad Wiles
0:00 Intro / How Chad Wiles and Mark Shaw connected
3:15 The Nehemiah Project
8:55 Chad's story, how the Project began
21:00 Results, hurdles, and future goals of The Nehemiah Project
25:00 Sports Psychology, being raised poor
33:15 Addiction counseling outreach, through connecting with "hub churches"
40:12 After using integrationist counseling models in churches
47:30 Wrap-up / Prayer
#225 - Beyond Self Improvement: How Your Life Doesn't Have To Be This Way
0:00 Intro 1:11 Beyond Self Improvement (1 Cor. 6:9-11) 25:20 Wrap-up 27:00 Event Announcement
#224 - Kratom & The Heart of Addiction | #TACPod
0:00 Intro
4:00 Kratom & The Heart of Addiction
37:00 Wrap-up
#223 - Dr. Kevin Carson: Restoring Addicts as Family, Friends, and Pastors
0:00 Intro
1:44 Dr. Carson takes the pilot seat!
4:30 Is 1 soul worth the investment of 10?
10:00 How do we send them or keep them with success?
18:18 Helping as family?
30:15 Already tried helping as family?
35:00 Managing the situations/emotions?
42:00 Keeping the big picture/future focus?
49:00 Wrap-up / Prayer
#222 - CONTROVERSIAL: Australia Approves New Treatment
0:00 Intro 7:00 "Australia Approves Controversial New Treatment..." 40:00 Wrap up Article: https://wng.org/roundups/australia-approves-psychedelics-for-some-ptsd-and-depression-patients-1691088987 A streaming library for the addiction counselor: https://theaddictionconnection.thinkific.com/
#221 - Summit 2023 Wrap-Up
0:00 Intro
7:00 The 2023 TAC Summit
1:00:00 Upcoming TAC Events
#220 - Do People Really Outgrow an Addiction?
0:00 Intro / Do people really outgrow an addiction? 46:31 Summary (Col. 2) If you're struggling with addiction, or know someone who is, be sure to listen to this episode of #TACPod. It's important that we talk about addiction and its many different manifestations, the powerful examples of how addiction can affect anyone and how transformation is possible in Christ.
#219 - Christ, His Church and Addiction: A Place to Start
0:00 Intro / Next Steps! 14:00 The TAC Summit in 2023 If you're struggling with addiction, or know someone who is, be sure to listen to this episode of #TACPod. It's important that we talk about addiction and its many different manifestations, the powerful examples of how addiction can affect anyone and how transformation is possible in Christ.
#218 - Psalm 16: Finding Hope When You Feel Abandoned | The Addiction Connection Podcast
0:00 Intro / Refuge in Ps. 16 5:17 Unpacking this Psalm.
#217 - US Drug Overdose Deaths Break Records AGAIN
0:00 Intro / Overdose deaths curve "flattening"?
6:59 Certainty of hope
If you're struggling with addiction, or know someone who is, be sure to listen to this episode of #TACPod. It's important that we talk about addiction and its many different manifestations, the powerful examples of how addiction can affect anyone and how transformation is possible in Christ.
#216 - Proverb about Gang Activity? | The Addiction Connection Podcast
0:00 Intro / Proverbs' word pictures 2:37 Reading it like a young man (The "Proverb of the Day") 13:29 Encouragement from Proverbs
For more information: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/violent-crime/gangs
Proverbs 1:8-19
If you're struggling with addiction, or know someone who is, be sure to listen to this episode of #TACPod. It's important that we talk about addiction and its many different manifestations, the powerful examples of how addiction can affect anyone and how transformation is possible in Christ.
Mark E. Shaw, D.Min., founded The Addiction Connection in 2012 and is the author of 26 publications on addictions and biblical counseling. He serves as the Director of Counseling at Grace Fellowship Church in Florence, KY.
#215 - Harold Cameron and Tim Brown
0:00 Intro / "He must increase..." 2:38 How Harold found TAC 5:50 Harold's testimony 10:30 The cloud of medications, anxieties and secrets 23:30 Transformation process 30:00 Praying for Harold
In this episode of #TACPod, Mark E. Shaw chats with Harold and Tim Brown. Harold shares his story of how antidepressants led to multiple addictions, and how he eventually overcame them all. His story is an important reminder that addiction is a complex and multi-faceted problem, and that there is a solution to ending it.
If you're struggling with addiction, or know someone who is, be sure to listen to this episode of #TACPod. It's important that we talk about addiction and its many different manifestations, and Harold's story is a powerful example of how addiction can affect anyone.
#214 - Called to a Hard Ministry
0:00 Intro 2:00 Is. 6:8, how your evangelism is a seed 7:07 12 Steps: False Religion? 11:00 2023 TAC Summit 19:50 How the TAC network is growing!
Is. 6:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Is.+6&version=ESV
Mark 10:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2010%3A17-31&version=ESV
#213 - Anxiety with Joe Greer
0:00 Joe's family 7:25 Joe's story, church and anxiety 21:00 Recognizing the sin 26:45 Too inwardly-focused, trusting God 34:28 Joe's children, how God used the anxiety 47:00 The hope.
#212 - Beyond Sobriety, Pt. 2: Dr. Bill Hines
0:00 Beyond sobriety. 2:22 A pep rally mentality, humility 5:27 Giving and changing no matter what it means 7:25 What is beyond sobriety? 11:55 Marching in step with the Spirit 14:40 Others-focused and real liberty 16:45 Prideful disciple-making? 23:00 Summary
#211 - Beyond Sobriety, Pt. 1: Dr. Bill Hines | The Addiction Connection Podcast
0:00 Beyond sobriety.
2:55 About Bill
4:24 Filled with the Spirit
7:55 Ephesians' cultural setting, the unsatisfying cycle
14:40 The worship disorder, and "why did I need this today..."
#210 - Beautiful Boy: A Biblical Analysis of the Movie | The Addiction Connection Podcast
0:00 The Source Book.
7:12 Truth suppression... evil?
10:40 Movie/book overview
14:00 Special kind of addiction?
18:59 Americans over 50 OD'ing... solutions?
29:58 Treatments, success rates
41:14 Victimhood, affects of drug use
52:30 Following selfish desires... has the damage been done?
1:03:30 Being transformed
1:13:44 Portrayal of family members of an addicted person
1:16:16 Tough love, helplessness
1:18:16 Summary
#209 - Easter | The Addiction Connection Podcast
0:00 Book Overview
5:39 100% God, 100% Man?
10:44 How symbols/prophecies are fulfilled throughout the old & new testaments
24:24 He Is Risen, Indeed
39:34 Creative passions!
Mark and Shirley discuss each chapter of the devotional in podcasts #150, #151, #152, #153, #154, #155, #156, #157
#208 - Dopesick | The People vs. Purdue Pharma (Ep. 8) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview
5:24 Episode 8
14:30 "Brain re-wiring"
21:40 Dr. Finnix, suboxone clinics, portrayals
29:17 Confrontations, "feeling normal"
40:55 Their new solutions
58:42 The series concludes
#207 - Dopesick | Black Box Warning (Ep. 7) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview
4:42 Episode 7, What are the meds doing?
8:48 An official document/report
14:45 Sackler depiction
20:30 “Don’t forget the good…”
31:45 A false label
34:48 The “savior” figure, defeats and victories
45:20 Uncompassionate counseling, enablers
50:00 “Saved”?
59:23 Black Box Warning
#206 - Dopesick | Hammer The Abusers (Ep. 6) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview
2:12 Episode 6 (It's not just Hollywood)
11:39 Rehabs, extremes & wrong theologies
19:43 Dr. Samuel Finnix, traditional solutions
23:46 Leah the nurse (Arischa Conner)
26:16 Pharmaceutical battles
28:54 Manipulations, one man's evolutionary skull hoax
34:34 Addiction blame game
37:55 Purdue Pharma arrogance, "life-saving medication"
45:49 A correct response to addiction
#205 - Dopesick | The Whistleblower (Ep. 5) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview / Oliver Underwood Introduction
9:30 Episode 5 reactions
12:12 Tensions
16:22 Watching the extent & implications of addiction
26:11 Just "as I am"?
28:33 Exposing execs, "relapsing from the stress"
35:30 Evaluating heart issues
41:00 Asking "what's really going on?"
45:40 Are they reliable?
51:00 Led toward destruction
52:55 Episode ending, "trojan horse"
#204 - Dopesick | Pseudo-Addiction (Ep. 4) - A Biblical Analysis
<li>0:00 Overview</li>
<li>6:39 Episode 4 reactions</li>
<li>8:44 CJ on experiences around overdoses, funerals</li>
<li>11:25 Finnix addicted, the court, victim vs responsibility mentalities</li>
<li>21:00 Purdue Pharma: "Pseudo-addiction... is a symptom of true pain"</li>
<li>25:17 Addicts as "degenerates", other deceptions</li>
<li>29:55 Billy/Finnix interactions</li>
<li>33:32 Betsy scene, reaction</li>
<li>37:40 A.A., spiritual guidance; Shame vs compassion</li>
<li>49:10 Purdue Pharma confrontations, contradictions</li>
<li>54:47 Addressing the heart issues</li>
</ul>
#203 - Dopesick | The 5th Vital Sign (Ep. 3) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview 6:24 Episode 3 reactions 13:10 Pharmaceutical Study 15:15 Selfish Ambition vs Soul Care 18:00 "Vital signs", pain treatment 35:00 Clients' lives dominated, while worried about online reviews? 39:50 Research suppression, belief 46:00 Dr. Finnix 49:19 Freedom from addiction
#202 - Dopesick | Breakthrough Pain (Ep. 2) - A Biblical Analysis
0:00 Overview
4:40 Sackler's pills, "breakthrough pain" and patents
18:18 How they sold the solution to the problem.
26:18 Foreshadowing what’s to come: legal, moral, & elite resistance
33:44 Accurate depictions of clinics, opiate addiction
49:04 Freedom from addiction.
#201 - Dopesick | First Bottle (Ep. 1) - A Biblical Analysis
4:00 Have you seen Dopesick?
7:12 Overview, reaction, review (Rom. 5)
9:44 Episode 1 synopsis/overview
16:00 CJ on Sackler's redefining of addiction
20:00 CJ's Tim Keller quotes
24:04 Jim setting up what affects the agendas, character development
29:34 Fundamentalists, lesbians, and stereotypes
33:00 Jim's personal experience with pills
39:13 Dr. Samuel Finnix's oxycontin quote, targeting their market at all costs
50:00 How they pursue the case against the Pharma company
57:24 Hurting people being deceived
1:02:15 Power of bringing truth to life
1:05:01 The problem and the solution (1 Cor. 4)
#200 - If The Lord Wills... in 2023
Thanking supporters and helpers, Mark reviews 2022 and then describes a vision for what T.A.C. may accomplish in 2023, with your help!
0:34 Local church involvement, purpose and partnerships
4:17 Uneducated, common? Why TAC exists
6:00 2023 potential opportunities
9:35 The Summit 2023, Aug. 3-5
12:45 The TAC Team
14:10 Thank you for 2022!
#199 - Wine is A Mocker
0:40 Celebrating ourselves vs Glory to God
3:40 TAC, behind the scenes
6:15 You don't have to celebrate that way...
8:00 How one man's fatal alcohol-influenced tragedy took lives of several kids too
11:38 End of the year thoughts
#198 - Should Addicts Be Euthanized?
2:55 Bill C-7 (Image of God?)
10:52 Homeless man's reason to be pro-euthanasia
13:00 Living in a "culture of death"
21:51 Story of hope: from foe to friend
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#197 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #12
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 and Matthew 28:18-20) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#196 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #11
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on James 4:7 and Ephesians 5:21) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#195 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #10
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on Colossians 3:1-3 and Ephesians 5:19-20) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#194 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #9
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on Proverbs 28:13 and Ephesians 5:18) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#193 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #8
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on Galatians 1:10 and Matthew 22:39-40) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#192 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #7
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on Galatians 5:22-27, 1 Corinthians 10:31, and Matthew 22:37-38) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#191 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #6
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7 and Psalm 4:1-3) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.
#190 - Be TRANSFORMED: 12 Truths For Addicts #5
Learn a truth in the Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum (focusing on Romans 6:4 and Philippians 2:12-13) that any addicted person can and should apply practically to one's life.