by Mark Shaw | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Guest post by Dr. Cindy L. Jones, CABC Recently the Lord took me back to Proverbs 4:23 which says, Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. As I pondered this scripture my thoughts turned toward one of the promises Jesus made. The...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Guest post by Mary Shaw “Because it feels like an island sometimes…” We often hear people on the front lines of ministry to those struggling with addiction say they definitely are in need of help and especially encouragement. If you are committed to a genuinely...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw During the past year of 2020, I observed an unusual irony: people ran from a physical illness while running to mental illnesses of all types. The Coronavirus, which caused a very real physical illness called COVID-19, gave most of us great concern in...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 1, 2021 | Disciple-Making, podcast, TAC Blog
Pastor Steve Covington of Through the Gate, a women’s residential addiction program, joins Dr. Mark E. Shaw on The Addiction Connection’s first podcast of the year. (Listen now!) 2 Corinthians 5:17 states: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw There were many takeaways and life lessons from 2020 but I want to highlight 3 of them now: 1. We’ve Deceived Ourselves Into Believing that We Can Control the World Around Us I read a secular training program that was offering “skills for living in...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Testimony from The Addiction Connection Leadership I’ll never forget the most desperate moments of my life… 21 years old and already in drug rehabilitation for a third time. I found myself detoxing from opiates again but the worst part was I had lost all hope....
by Mark Shaw | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw In James 1:27, the Bible says this: Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Today, our society’s orphans are addicts who have been...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw As I was reflecting upon my reading of the Bible in the book of Mark, I thought about how this principle applies to us today. Let’s examine Mark 7:1-13, which says, Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 15, 2021 | Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Uncategorized
By Mark Shaw The newly hired head football coach at the University of Texas is Steve Sarkisian who was fired in 2015 from the University of Southern California for his excessive drinking of alcohol on the job. He sued the university for $30 million dollars but lost...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
81,230 drug overdose deaths in one year (from June 2019-May 2020) is a big number and the largest number of its category in the history of the United States. 2 major contributors to this number: Fentanyl use from a drug standpoint Recklessness and hopelessness in the...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 5, 2021 | TAC Blog
by Mark Shaw Death has been a subject that could no longer be ignored in 2020. With the coronavirus (COVID-19) infecting and contributing to the deaths of over 300,000 people reportedly in the USA alone in 2020, Americans were confronted with a reality they could no...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 31, 2020 | Ministry News
At this time last year, who would have imagined that we would experience a year like 2020? COVID-19, racial discord, an often-vitriolic election race, and so much more. The good and comforting news? God is Sovereign and at work in and through everything that happens,...
by Mark Shaw | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Reposted with permission from Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC). Originally published March 26, 2018. By: Mark Shaw An incredible number of 64,000 accidental overdose deaths occurred in 2016 in the United States of America. To put that number of souls in...
by Shirley Crowder | Oct 26, 2020 | TAC Blog
The Addiction Connection has released Advent: Meditations for Addicts, available in print and ebook. Dr. Mark E. Shaw and ShirIey Crowder pray the Lord will be pleased to use Advent: Meditations for Addicts, a meditative journey through Advent, to help you keep your...
by Mark Shaw | Oct 12, 2020 | Current Events, Life Lessons, TAC Blog
“Now, I’m going to use a scary word to describe your situation but I think we got to it early: melanoma.” My doctor spoke these words to me this past July. The reason I had gone to the dermatologist that day was to have him look at a sore on the back of my lower leg...
by Shirley Crowder | Oct 8, 2020 | Addiction, Announcements, Ministry News
We are excited to reveal the cover of Advent: Meditations for Addicts. This will be the first book published by The Addiction Connection. The Lord has been gracious to allow us to minister alongside each other for many years, so this project is special in that it is...
by Mark Shaw | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
September is National Recovery Month according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. For 31 years, Recovery Month has been shining a national spotlight on the...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 29, 2020 | TAC Blog
So, whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31 For years Mark has been asked by countless people, “When are you going to do a group study for addiction that is consistent with the Bible?” He would always answer, “I’m...
by Mark Shaw | Jul 7, 2020 | TAC Blog
For several years in a row, Pittsburgh Steelers NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s offseason news stories were quite troubling. Negative reports included two accusations of sexual assault, a motorcycle wreck, and involvement in some controversial situations. Ben...
by Mark Shaw | Jun 5, 2020 | TAC Blog
Written by Pastor Wes Pinkley Every Tuesday night in Fort Wayne Indiana you will find a community impacted by The Lighthouse. Founded by director Brandon Bower, this transitional living program seeks to help men recover from addiction and engage in meaningful life,...
