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...
