by Mark Shaw | Mar 14, 2025 | TAC Blog
So much of the messaging in the addiction treatment world is geared toward a combination of steps and human efforts to stop the drinking and drug use. At The Addiction Connection, we aim higher, because we know human efforts alone ultimately fail. That’s why we...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 5, 2025 | TAC Blog
The Addiction Connection is GOING LIVE on the podcast! Send in your questions and get them answered on March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM (EDT)/7:00 PM (CDT). Mark, CJ, and Jim will be on board answering questions sent in by you! Your question just might be read LIVE and...
by Mark Shaw | Mar 1, 2025 | TAC Blog
Read EASTER: Meditations for Addicts Announcement by TAC Team Join The Addiction Connection in preparing for and celebrating Easter and the joy of reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ by reading along with us in your own copy of EASTER: Meditations for...
by Mark Shaw | Feb 13, 2025 | TAC Blog
By Dr. Mark E. Shaw & TAC Team based on several recent teachings from Dr. Mark E. Shaw. Take a look at this photo we took recently. Looks like a barber shop is open for business, doesn’t it? But upon further examination… You walk up the sidewalk and through this...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 20, 2025 | Addiction Treatment, Substance Abuse, TAC Blog
By Dr. Mark E. Shaw with TAC TEAM God alone has the authority to categorize mankind because He alone created mankind. Yet God does not categorize anyone by his or her addiction but by each individual’s personal choices to seek repentance or not. You end up in 1...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 13, 2025 | Addiction Treatment, Substance Abuse, TAC Blog
Dr. Mark E. Shaw with TAC TEAM We are discussing the disease concept theory of mental illness and how degrading and stigmatizing it is to people made in the image of God to categorize them based on their behavioral choices. The way the addiction treatment world fell...