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...
by Mark Shaw | Jan 7, 2025 | Addiction Treatment, TAC Blog
Dr. Mark E. Shaw with TAC TEAM I walked (or maybe crawled like a baby!) into the addiction treatment and rehabilitation world in 1991 when I worked part-time for an adolescent residential program. For the record, I totally bought into and believed the “disease...
by Mark Shaw | Dec 5, 2024 | Addiction, TAC Blog
Dr. Mark E. Shaw with TAC Team More research is revealing just some of the dangers of cannabis products. At the same time, using marijuana has been slowly being dismissed as not so problematic since the 1960s. INCREASED LEVEL OF CONCERN FOR MINORS WHO TRY...
by Mark Shaw | Nov 14, 2024 | Devotions, Posts by Mark, TAC Blog
There are several solid advent devotionals available, but none directed to those struggling with the heart desires rooted in addictive issues. Until now! With a biblical perspective that seeks to glorify God and keep Jesus Christ as the centerpiece of Christmas,...
by Mark Shaw | Oct 3, 2024 | podcast, TAC Blog
by Shaw, McMurry, and TAC Team “Well, she just hasn’t hit rock bottom yet. Let her go. She’s going to hit a rock bottom one of these days…” There are people who have false hope in that line of thinking. The “Hitting Rock Bottom” phrase is the idea that...
