The Addiction Connection Podcast

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.

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.

0:00 Intro / Refuge in Ps. 16 5:17 Unpacking this Psalm.

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.

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 it...

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...

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

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.

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

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..." #211 - Beyond Sobriety, Ep. 1: Dr. Bill Hines | 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, hel...

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 #209 - Easter: Ep. 1 with Shirley Crowder

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

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

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

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"

0:00 Overview 6:39 Episode 4 reactions 8:44 CJ on experiences around overdoses, funerals 11:25 Finnix addicted, the court, victim vs responsibility mentalities 21:00 Purdue Pharma: "Pseudo-addiction... is a symptom of true pain" 25:17 Addicts as "degenerates", other deceptions 29:55 Billy/Finnix interactions 33:32 Betsy scene, reaction 37:40 A.A., spiritual guidance; Shame vs compassion 49:10 Purd...

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

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.

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 ma...

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!

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

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 Find Next Steps: Be TRANSFORMED curriculum here: https://www.theaddictionconnection.org/next-steps-be-transformed-addiction-discipleship-program/ Need Help Now? The Addiction Connection offers hope and healing to those struggling...

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.

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.