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Attitudes of sexual integrity! Freedom from porn and sex compulsions! Addiction Recovery [Sex] Mode!

Attitudes of sexual integrity! With host Russ Shaw! How do we find deliverance and victory if we have tried and failed so many times? Russ walks you through some realistic steps toward REAL freedom with what 13 years of podcasting on this subject can teach us about the attitudes approaches, regrets and disciplines of people who arrive at true, lasting freedom. This show is produced from a Christian perspective but don’t let that scare you. If you have a problem with Christians I don’t blame you! Experience a deeper journey toward freedom for yourself and the ones your life impacts.

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S07E04 Blackout Put in Quarantine Apr 11, 2020

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S06E24 Value, Trust, 12 Steps and Megachurches Mar 26, 2019

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S06E23 Desire, Appetite Yin and Yang Mar 12, 2019

Yin and Yang, child-ish or childlike, flesh and spirit. Is it that black and white? Can a child like faith really transform us from the inside out? And if so what do we do with the childish part of ourselves?

S06E22 If Looks Could Kill Mar 03, 2019

Listener on ASI's Facebook group Heart, Mind, Love, Sex and Affection asks... What was your partner’s response to your acting out? Did your wife need recovery after your acting out? How was her childhood and your marriage prior to you acting out?

S06E21 Sex, love and Belonging Story Feb 12, 2019

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S06E20 Unwanted author Jay Stringer Jan 15, 2019

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Sexual Needs 3 "The Self" Nov 21, 2018

What is the need under the hunger and thirst is really about acceptance? How do developed mental messages of value and worth shape and mold our vision of self? Is self care "selfish"? If we don’t except ourselves how can we understand what it means to except and be excepted in a functional human relationships?!

Unfinished Business Sexual Needs 2 Oct 23, 2018

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S06E16 Sexual Needs 1 Sep 29, 2018

Is it sexual self control or sexual repression? His counselor said "Russ, If you don’t have an orgasm you’re not going to die!" true but is there suffering involved in surviving the not dying? Russ continues to unpack intimacy disorder while addressing things said in earlier shows about his own journey and story.

S06E15 Motivation and the Vicious Cycle Sep 05, 2018

Motivate me! Get back up one more time! How does that feel? How does it feel when ‘one more time’ loses its hope? We all want to be moved and hopefully moved forward but in seeking forward moving motivations can we sign up for motivations that are counterproductive? Motivations that sell us on moving us forward but actually put us in reverse? Russ explores what it looks like to do a deep dive on what is really motivating us to stay stuck, move in reverse or what, we all want to feel better. To see a more hopeful set of days and to boldly move forward.

E14 RICK THIESSEN AC3 and willow Aug 08, 2018

When large religious organizations hide from allegations of sexual misconduct is it encouraging a level of intimacy disorder? Rick Theissen and I talk about failures of leadership, moral code and breaking trust. And I ask Rick why he still wants to continue with hosting the GLS Despite Willow’s reputation and failures of leadership in keeping vulnerable women safe.

S06E13 Integrity and Willows Secrets Aug 01, 2018

When large religious organizations hide from allegations of sexual misconduct is it encouraging a level of intimacy disorder? We wonder why American Christians have such a hard time with compulsive pornography consumption while organizations like Willow Creek keep hiding things in the dark? And now Willow, Who’s blatant lack of integrity is exposed to the world by a newspaper (The Chicago Tribune) still want to promote their global leadership?!

S06E12 Summer of CC 3 Priorities? Jul 16, 2018

A show on priorities? Seriously? Why is that important? Russ talks about self-confidence, self-control, self-discipline and what all of that has to do with priorities. Coming from a guy who’s not the most self disciplined person, what does this have to do with compulsive sexual behavior? And Russ Intersects with another beautifully delicious post from a fapstronaut. By the way, check out NoFap on Reddit. Or go to nofap.com If you do not know what an fapstronaut is.

S06E11 Seth Taylor and Better Questions Jul 06, 2018

Seth Taylor and I Discuss polyamory, courage being oneself and a little of theology. We eat dairy or to ask the dangerous question, When it comes to debilitating compulsive behavior... can we come up with a better questions? www.sethalantaylor.com

Summer of CC and Seth Taylor Jul 02, 2018

Seth Taylor and I Discuss polyamory, courage being oneself and a little of theology. We eat dairy or to ask the dangerous question, When it comes to debilitating compulsive behavior... can we come up with a better questions

S06E09 Wisdom on a Path Jun 06, 2018

A healing path is as unique as the human on that path. What can trip us up is the belief in a one size fits all corse of action. And then over time when that doesn’t work we start to think Is freedom even possible? In this episode I invite listeners in to some of the rocky places on my unique path encouraging you to embark on your own unique path.

S06E08 Conversation with Joshua Shea, A BOMB WENT OFF May 22, 2018

As sexual integrity breaks down. And the tick, tick of the time bomb runs out... What happens when the bomb goes off? The blast, shrapnel flies everywhere breaking, (most of all) trust. Not to mention the wounds left on close relationships and family members can be extremely severe. My guess today had a bomb go off in his life in a big way. It begs the question, can we disarm the time bomb or is the bomb building revealing something deeper that needs to be diffused? It is my honor to introduce you to Joshua Shea of RecoveringPornAddict.com on ASI Season six episode eight.

S06E07 Want to have to or get to? May 11, 2018

If sex or insert other pleasurable activity is offered up, do you want to, have to or get to partake?

S06E06 Goin Back In Time May 04, 2018

Some work I did on Episode 1 Season One. Censoring myself? Russ Shaw Censores Russ Shaw? Gonna have to give it a listen!

S06E05 The Red Dragon and the Bowl Apr 11, 2018

The red lizard story 3.0? Red lizard story is one that I’ve used in the show number of times this time I’ve added to it based on some experience from the last few years.

S06E04 Post Easter Redemption Apr 02, 2018

As someone who studied pretty extensively the correlation between trust and well-being I wonder how spiritual sojourners here may unpack penal substitutionary atonement. To me I believe the reason it is so popular is because each denomination (or non-denomination) of religion gets to sell us their jesus as a brand and how (our Jesus) keeps you from the father crumpling you up and throwing you into hell like a piece of trash. You better come back here because we’ve got the Jesus you need! PSA is Believing that God the father is so holy he can’t help but see you as totally depraved and Disgusting. In PSA they can dress it up however they want theologically but at the end of the day they unpack the one Trinitarian God as some bipolar loanshark needing his pound of flesh from his kid Jesus

S06E03 Emo Runaways and Relapse. Mar 15, 2018

The dirt on Russ Shaw! If the psychological community does not recognize sexual addiction as a thing, this podcaster asks, okay then what is the real problem? Did Russ "relapse"? Is that addiction recovery language helpful when it comes to approaching unwanted sexual behavior as intimacy or attachment disorder? Russ reveals part three of the "recording".

S06E2 OK then, What is Intmacy Disorder? Jan 29, 2018

If the psychological community does not recognize sexual addiction as a thing, this podcaster asks, okay then what is the real problem? Many psychologists say sexually compulsive behaviors are birthed out of intimacy disorder. So Russ Shaw your professional unprofessional does some research and comes up with a definition. His findings have him reflecting on his own story, experience and definition of intimacy disorder.

S06 Episode 1 Shedding Intimacy Disorder (Part 1) Jan 15, 2018

Last season Compulsion to Creativity!? And Attitude equles Energy yes! And Doesn’t pulling off any creative indevor take goal setting? So what are the major things that block goals from being accomplished? Mistaking scars for wounds...?

S05E42 harassment or good rebellion? Dec 17, 2017

Russ talks about the space between thought and action. What’s the perspective from someone who admittedly has suffered from sexually compulsive behavior? With sexual harassment cases making the headlines like no other time in history is the culture finally waking up to how women have been treated for generations?

S05 Episode 41 Chuck G's Story Nov 20, 2017

Albert Einstein Said "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." A listeners survey and Russ has an early morning coffee shop conversation with his friend Chuck. Put on your seatbelt for this controversial, inspiring and encouraging conversation. Hear as a first hand audio witness to his fear facing, demon reviling, heart freeing journey of growth and healing.

S05 Episode 40 Scott's Story Oct 17, 2017

Season five episode 40 Scott's story Russ records a conversation with his friend Scott. Scott's not a guy from the "purity movement" but a guy who's dealt with devastating blow's via love choking fear and shame. It's marked explicit and it's intense... Listeners you've been warned.

Episode 39 Hack The Ministry Oct 07, 2017

Russ tells a story about going to the ER last Tuesday. And, Russ and Jim have coffee and discuss the question; what does it mean to hack the ministry? Well, for obvious reasons the word "Christian" for example has been drug through the mud. So many "leaders" have blindly broken trust with the people they say they're so desperate to "save". Today would it mean for ministries to actually pushback what's evil and life choking in the world and make a difference in this post modern day and age, full of cold hearted certainty addicts and skeptics?

Surrender and Maturity with Seth Taylor. Sep 22, 2017

I just want my unwanted behavior to go away! Are there really approaches that will just merely take it away? Or is there a process of awakening, surrendering and maturity that happens in the process? Seth Taylor and I talk about pilgrimage and the expansion of sacred ground and spiritual understanding that comes with taking on such a sticky, stubborn unwanted behavior.

S05 Episode 37 Figit Spinner of Anger and Relapse Aug 30, 2017

Is there a fueled spinning energy behind anger and relapse? If so is there anything we can put into practice to defuse this energy?

S05E36 FEEL Something! Turning From The Sin of Purity Aug 14, 2017

Is there a toxicity around the way some unpack or interpret the word purity? If sex addiction could be defined as an intimacy disorder how are we being organic with the flow of love in our heart, mind and emotions? What judgemental filters must be installed as to not pollute the way that we interact with others in the world? how is being open, honest or "intimate" affecting our dedication to being "pure?". Doesn't to purify or cleanse also lead to sterilization and death is that which is organic? Does us being "pure" encourage the otherazation of our neighbors who were commanded to love?

S05E35 Letting go of the mask and treasuring intimacy, Dericks story. Jul 19, 2017

"The sparkle in your eyes Keeps me alive. And the sparkle in your eyes, Keeps me alive, keeps me alive" ~ She Sells Sanctuary is a song by the British rock band The Cult. It is from their 1985 album Love and was released as a single in May of that year, peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. (WiKi) Or Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and the Hollywood Vampires. The challenge? In the summer of cc? Dropping the mask and treasuring Real intimacy. What kind of feelings does that stir up? Feeling like you're stuck in compulsive behavior and you can't function? That's the first step in the 12 steps right? Step 1 surrender. My life has become unmanageable? Well has it? Can you admit that are you there? I've been there that's why I do this! Russ@ASI247.org by the way is my email address feel free to fire away with questions. As a matter fact that's part of this exercise ask heart hard questions! Not me but good questions.

S05E33 Summer of CC Grace and Cynicism Challenge Jun 29, 2017

I recently heard sexually compulsive behavior called an intimacy disorder. I thought this was interesting and had me thinking about cynicism and grace. And how both religion in the world seem to like to create enemies and othorize people. Is this a symptom of our rampant intimacy dysfunction? A show meant to provoke, encourage and challenge this week.

S05E32 From a Summer of SA to a Summer of CC? Jun 15, 2017

Three things to think about while moving forward this summer. They all spring from the heart. The heart is the center pumping blood or motivation or life energy through the rest of your life! Russ unpacks a little Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is wicked who can understand it"? Will we be a slave to the whims of our ego? Or will you let that deep chamber in the heart of hearts release the spiritual energy to run through our bloodstream and impact our future?

Season 5 E31 Marc Azoulay and I talk Codependency and Gaslighting. Jun 01, 2017

Why does ASI have a different approach to SA? Is there a relational component that's missing from most approaches? In this episode Marc Azoulay and I talk about codependency and gaslighting. What if you were the only thing that is in your way?

Season 5 E30 Derailing Urges And A new Start May 11, 2017

"I will propose an alternative way of looking at behavior that is currently called addiction, seeing it as normal human potential, that of strong bonding. Bonding is an emotional process that creates ties that cannot be shed at will" - Peter Cohen (2009) The Naked Empress: Modern neuro science and the concept of addictions

Season 5 E29 Sex, Secrets and Security Apr 24, 2017

Sexuality and our inner lives. Like, getting naked with your clothes on! What can advances in technology do to be more transparent in our secret lives?

Season 5 E28 Easter Bunnies and Johnny Cash Apr 14, 2017

In recovery we love stories of redemption and resurrection. And bunnies?! What can we learn from the man in black Johnny Cash about passion week, Easter, reconciliation, connection, redemption and resurrection? Yeah and what's a sex themed podcast with out bunnies?

S05E27 Aching hunger RELOADED Mar 23, 2017

Russ reads listeners surveys! And what is the nature of this strange pull, thirst or hunger that hijacks our will? Is it that we don't know what to do? Or is it the difficulty level of making a hard decision? Some wisdom from a philosophy professor at Ruckers University. And live for the spirit and died to the flesh? What does that really mean anyway?

S05E26 Where's your Shack? Mar 03, 2017

The Shack heresy, bad theology? Or is it a story that inspires healing in the human soul? Paul Young's story The Shack... Is it a theology book that explains the Trinity? Or a story that encourages healing? In my experience most people who I've met that criticize The Shack have never read it. They have only heard from other people who have criticized it and this stirs up fear. The film comes out this month and I'm sure it will cause controversy as well. But for all those who never read The Shack, should you see the film at least before criticizing it as some adaptation of a book about doctrine, theology or how we "should" think about God?

S05E25 Jay Stringer - The Journey out of Unwanted Sexual Behavior Feb 24, 2017

"It is my conviction that the God of the Universe is neither surprised nor ashamed of the behaviors that we have participated in, but sees them as the very stage through which the work of healing will be played out." - Jay Stringer

S05E24 God, Sex and Money Feb 20, 2017

Is there a connection between being fast and loose with our money and our genitals? And when it comes to the concept of a creator do we trust the maker of all things? Russ engages a conflict with fellow podcaster Cash Peters over the topic of money, value, being tight and constantly in a state of lack.

S05E23 Groups Recovery and codependency with Seth Taylor Feb 06, 2017

I felt like a misfit in church and spiritual community. Like I just didn't fit in. When I finally picked up the very heavy phone and finally called for help I found myself in a recovery group. After listening to the stories I realized these people are misfits too! Felt like "These are my people!" Felt like home. Yes, I can be myself here! I started to open up my vulnerable wounded heart. Truth is nobody is perfect. And some can have a very real addiction to relationships and how they unfold in the group dynamic. Some love the very healthy free flow of heart level of communication. Some are very ego driven and toxically unhealthy. I do believe in groups and the powerful healing that can happen there. So Seth Taylor and I unpack what can be healthy and unhealthy about the group dynamic.

S05E22 Seth Taylor and I talk Codependency Jan 30, 2017

"Love Addiction" or as psychologists Call it "codependency". Someone on the road to healing is confronted with a partner or the relational reality of the desire for a partner. Love and connection, passion and desire, the need to be valued and feel whole all of these are a part of this conversation. Seth Taylor author of Feels Like Redemption and I talk about relationships and the individual decision to heal one's heart.

S05E21 Crossing the line in to Stillness Jan 20, 2017

Season 5 Some intentional purposeful audio via Richard Rohr Episode 21 Crossing boundaries is part of the human experience. Question, are we ready to do the scary work of crossing the line in to stillness? Working through any life choking addiction is an inner experience. It will be an intimate walk with God. And the spirit will move in you from the inside out. Richard Rohr's talk given in Norwich Cathedral an English cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, a Cathedral dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. And on the subject of Trinity, Richard in 2016 wrote a book called The Divine Dance which is in bookstores everywhere and former guest Paul young wrote the forward!

S05E20 2017 New year new NOW! Jan 09, 2017

The cognitive dissonance of the new year? What is with this hyped up feeling of the promise of a brand-new start on this day? And What can a happiness researcher teach us about addiction, compulsive behavior and well... Happiness?

S05E19 New year new deconstruction? Dec 30, 2016

Hounded by Spirit killing limiting beliefs on purity?Setting new goals for 2017? Let's be honest about what did not work in the past shall we? Replaying a conversation I had with Seth Taylor on the topic of purity and how our thoughts and feelings on it can be of use it to keep our spirits in bondage.

S05E18 ASI Christmas New Years Special 2016 Dec 23, 2016

Sympathy or empathy for the Scrooge? What does sex have to do with it? And what can the story of Scrooge teach us about the roots of the most stubborn of compulsive behaviors? ASI is a listener supported podcast donations are the reason it exists please give at ASI247.org

S05E17 Building Bridges with Cash Peters Part 2 of 2 Dec 09, 2016

A conversation with Cash Peters. British author and broadcaster who writes on travel and spiritual matters, published 14 books, analyses handwriting and so much more. Intro is me putting some of these recent ways of walking, thinking and awakening to use. In this new road of my jorney. Loss and maturity as I lost my Mom this week...

S05E16 Building Bridges with Cash Peters Part 1 of 2 Nov 23, 2016

My conversation with Cash Peters. British author and broadcaster who writes on travel and spiritual matters, published 14 books, analyses handwriting and so much more.

S05E15 Steve Carter chaplain of the late Seattle Supersonics Nov 14, 2016

Pulling down walls with Steve Carter, former chaplain for the former NBA team Seattle Supersonics. Steve has been on a journey of healing and it shows.

S05E14 The Relentless Pursuit of Healing Nov 05, 2016

The ASI podcast the journey of optimistic outcasts on a somewhat happy, sad, energetic, enthusiastic, lethargic, fearful, doubt ridden yet hopeful relentless pursuit of healing. And whats that is gonna look like for the future of the ASI podcast?

S05E13 Walking Dead Halloween 2016 Oct 28, 2016

Inspired by some Facebook posts about the TV show "The Walking Dead". The gore violence and situational horror, did it go too far? And is good, thought provoking art birthed out of an intelligent creative demonstration of real live attitudes of the heart? Is stuff that we do and attitudes that we adopt either lead to a flourishing life or lead to a slow painful death? Like are our choices that simple? Come on, is it really that black-and-white? The Bible says sin leads to death, so what the really does that mean? Martin Luther's definition of Sin as the self turning in on the self. Is an attitude of continuing to walk in the "Shadow life" one of the walking dead? A candid conversation about dark art, imagery, spirits, self and ego...

S05E12 The 7 Needs part 2 Oct 18, 2016

Love Hack? What if there is 7 subconscious needs under all human motivation?

S05E11 The 7 Needs part 1 Oct 06, 2016

Love Hack? What if there is 7 subconscious needs under all human motivation?

S05E10 7 Needs intro and Whats SACM? Oct 01, 2016

Russ anwsers listener questions. Like, whats spiritual anarchy and a christian mystic? How a growing faith over absolute certainty can bring clarity around habitual shaming bondage. And an exerpt from Ted talk by author, philosopher, prankster journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically

S05E09 Seth Taylor - The Pilgrimage To Health and Healing Sep 16, 2016

Over the years I've had many authors, speakers and pastors as guests on the podcast. I've not endorsed anyone's work as much as I've been interested in them as people. Seth Taylor's book feels like redemption and my pilgrimage program is something I stand behind not only because Seth and I are friends but because of the research I myself have diligently pursued over the last 11 years of podcasting on the topics of addiction, theology, compulsive behavior, intimacy, psychology, social psychology, Church, spirituality and well-being. From mindfulness cognitive behavioral therapy, bodywork muscle memory locked in our physical being due to past traumas too biblical Christian theology that is rooted in the experienced, transformative faith of the desert fathers. A time before the Reformation before even Roman Catholicism. The way of early Christians that walked with Jesus and live by the Spirit. Are all included in this work. And while I still don't agree with every human being on everything I am endorsing Seth Taylor and his brother's work with my pilgrimage and the book feels like redemption. If you're serious about overcoming the most stickiest of addictions and the most stubborn of compulsive behaviors I highly recommend this work.

S05E08 - Jayson Graves - Love in a place of tension Sep 14, 2016

Jayson Graves of HealingForTheSoul.org! You’ve probably got a sick feeling in your stomach. Or you may be scared, lonely, and ashamed, feeling sure no one can help. Maybe you’ve hit rock bottom and you feel no one can understand. From the pain in your heart and mind you may be screaming, “Can anybody help me? Is there a way out?” Yes there is. There is hope. ASI Season 5 ASI247.org https://www.gofundme.com/savethetimemachine thank you for supporting independent art.

S05E07 - Touch the Aching Hunger with Marc Azoulay Aug 26, 2016

MY guest Marc Azoulay of Marc-Azoulay.com encourages listeners to make a mental prison break! He's a #psychotherapist in Boulder, CO USA that aims to promote #freedom and transformation. Wake up and break free! ASI247.org https://www.gofundme.com/savethetimemachine thank you for supporting independent art.

Season 5 E06 - The Heart for and of The ASI Podcast Aug 22, 2016

The ASI podcast struggling to give birth in its fifth season? What goes on in the basement? And, Ozzy Osbourne and my similar progression of unwanted compulsive behavior.

Season 5 E05 - Surveys and The Cost of healing With Seth Taylor Aug 13, 2016

I Read Surveys filled out by listeners. Then Seth and I discuss The cost of healing. More info on Seath at www.sethalantaylor.com, XXXChurch.com and ASI27.org

S05 Episode 4 The Flesh and Transformation Aug 07, 2016

John, Derek and I discuss The Flesh, Freedom and Transformation. In the bad habit of compulsive sexual behavior, do some religious organizations and leaders use shame to keep us tied to a branded dysfunctional shame management apparatus? And is it an unconscious block standing in the way of transformation?

S05 Episode 3 Hugh Nemets, The Dead Jew Walking Jul 29, 2016

Does God exist, and if He does, why does He allow such great injustice and evil to flourish? Is it really possible to find unconditional and lasting love? Russ's chat with Hugh Nemets the DEAD JEW WALKING. A Jewish Man's Journey from Death to Life, Check out www.DeadJewWalking.com

S05 Episode 2 Empathy For Your Wild Side Jul 12, 2016

Can one Bear story explain why PMO is so hard a habit to break? Season five re-launch! Some of the upcoming season 5 segments and format, empathy for Your Wild Side and what is G2P4E?

Seth Taylor and Russ Shaw unpack "Whats Rock Bottom?" May 22, 2016

If the Gospel is good news, who's good news are we following? If we hunger and thirst for righteousness's isn't there the expectancy of transformation? Isn't it true that REAL Redemption transforms the heart, awakens the mind and that changes behavior over time?

Zero-Eight How do you know if your a Sex Addict? May 06, 2016

The season zero season finale, How do you know if you a Sex Addict? Email responce show.

Zero-7 The Reckless Love of God with Alex Early Apr 30, 2016

Under the weight of habitual unwanted behaviors. Is Love a passionless, theological idea? Does a real love feel and can it even suffer or stir our affections? What does it really mean to say God Loves you? Has the startling truth about the love of God has lost its potency? Whether you grew up in a Christian home and have forgotten this essential truth, or you never knew it in the first place, we all need to be reminded and assured that God's love is real and intensely personal. Support the podcast Ride and save with Lyft, the app for wallet-friendly rides. Use my link for up to $50 in free Lyft credit! Terms apply. https://lyft.com/ic/RUSSASI or use Promo code ASIRUSS when you dowanload from the app store.

Zero-Six For our Daughters Apr 20, 2016

A podcast episode for our daughters. Another email response show. "my father openly confessed to myself, mother, and two sisters of his more than ten year struggles participating in acts of sexual sin." Miss K. Support the podcast Ride and save with Lyft, the app for wallet-friendly rides. Use my link for up to $50 in free Lyft credit! Terms apply. https://lyft.com/ic/RUSSASI

sZERO E5 Sex and Punk in the City Part 2 w/Jeff Bettger Apr 04, 2016

Part 2 of my Chat with Jeff Bettger lead singer of Ninety Pound Wuss, Raft of Dead Monkeys and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves. Jeff as involved in mens purity, grace and Redemption groups. Suffering also performed music with Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington where he served as a Pastor for Biblical Living / Arts Ministry until 2013. He is now working on a project called DRYBNZ. Ride and save with Lyft, the app for wallet-friendly rides. Use my link for up to $50 in free Lyft credit! Terms apply. https://lyft.com/ic/RUSS878295

sZERO E4 Sex and Punk in the City w/Jeff Bettger Mar 29, 2016

Part 1 of my Chat with Jeff Bettger lead singer of Ninety Pound Wuss, Raft of Dead Monkeys and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves. Was involved in mens purity, grace and Redemption groups. Suffering also performed music with Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington where he served as a Pastor for Biblical Living / Arts Ministry until 2013. He is now working on a project called DRYBNZ. Ride and save with Lyft, the app for wallet-friendly rides. Use my download link for up to $50 in free Lyft credit! Terms apply. https://lyft.com/ic/RUSS878295

Season 0 E3 Life in the Brown Spot? Mar 19, 2016

Pulling a weed will always leave a brown bear spot. Sometimes long-term victory over our sexual compulsion can be the hard part. I read a heavy hearted listeners email and talk about some of my own story as it relates to life after sex addiction.

Season 0 E2 A Post MHC Redemption Groups conversation with Mike Wilkerson Feb 29, 2016

Seattle is liberal, avant-garde, socially progressive and artsy. Yeah, not a city that would come to mind when you mention "American Christian Values". Mars Hill Church flourished in the urban Ballard neighborhood at a time when the Barna research group reported Seattle was the least churched city in the US. With the crowds of people seeking God and learning about faith came the challenges of people needing relational, family and marital hopefulness as well as those seeking freedom from life-threatening addictions. Mike was the leader of what eventually became a Redemption Groups that still go on to this day. This is a post MHC Redemption Groups conversation with Mike Wilkerson.

Season 0 Kickoff! What is PIED or Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction? Feb 17, 2016

In this podcast zero season episode Gary Wilson explains how chronic use of today's Internet porn can lead to erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation, anorgasmia, loss of libido, and morphing sexual tastes.

Episode 37 S04 finale [Part 2] From the Inside Out of a Jag?! Feb 09, 2016

Season 4 was a exploring what makes us do what we do and why. Energy IS and will be Spent. ASI is About trading energy spent on our genitals for energy spent on real, full life. And what's even our own personal definition of motivation? is God Love? What does Love got to do with it?

S04 Episode 36 Season 4 finale [Part 1] From the Inside Out Jan 14, 2016

Season 4 was a exploring what makes us do what we do and why. Why do we get motivated or demotivated? And what's even our own personal definition of motivation? What does emotion got to do with it? Russ talks about Disney Pixar's Inside Out and identifying underlying emotions lost in our own bodies.

S04 Episode 35 Randall Chrisman, Seattle and the LGBTQ community Dec 31, 2015

Post Mars Hill Church Randall and I discuss "Christians", Seattle's LGBT community, life, Jesus, faith and social constructs in the aftermath of a failed long term "Real" organized religious experiment.

S04 Episode 34 Feels Like Christmas 2015 Dec 25, 2015

Feels like Christmas! Year end stuff and a Merry Christmas Happy Holidays! It's the 1st Christmas day upload!

S04 Episode 33 Randall Chrisman and a Post Mars Hill Church Story Part 1 Dec 18, 2015

Post Mars Hill Church Randall and I discuss "Christians", Seattle's LGBT community, life, Jesus, faith and social constructs in the aftermath of a failed long term "Real" organized religious experiment.

S04 Episode 32 Seth Taylor Part 2 Feels Like Redemption Dec 12, 2015

Feels like Redemption, Part 2 of my Conversation with Seth Taylor. Do you feel like addiction is a crisis of belief? An interruption of consciousness? Both and...? All ingredients in this conversation. Seth reveals how to peel back the layers of all the things we are medicating with pornography and other “drugs”. He gives readers the tools to make their Spirits come alive. Through a compelling combination of stories and spiritually grounded teaching from his own pilgrimage, Taylor shows readers that freedom is not a myth, but rather the essence of every human being, created in the image of God.

S04 Episode 31 Seth Taylor Part 1 To Add or Subtract? Dec 04, 2015

Feels like Redemption, Part 1 of my Conversation with Seth Taylor. Do you feel like addiction is a crisis of belief? An interruption of consciousness? Both and...? All ingredients in this conversation with Mr. Seth Taylor writer, philosopher, theologian, mystic, soccer coach, and author of Feels Like Redemption published by XXX Church

S04 Episode 30 TEN Years of Podcasting ASI Nov 27, 2015

Russ Shaw, So why did I spend 10 years of my life podcasting about sexual dysfunction? Russ tells his own short story of hope and a Thanksgiving thanks to a pacific northwest wind storm.

S04 Episode 29 A Post Mars Hill Church "In transition" of community. Nov 13, 2015

Yea, Mars Hill Church happened were living proof. John and I discuss life, community, faith and social constructs in the aftermath of a failed long term "Real" organized religious experiment.

S04 Episode 28 Through A Man's eyes 2 Nov 03, 2015

Craig Gross and Shaunti Feldhah intentional purposeful audio.Find out what Craig Gross and bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn's research reveals about the inner lives of men will open women's eyes to what the men in their life boyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sons see. Part 2 or 2 Check out menarevisual.com

S04 Episode 27 Through A Man's eyes and Feed my Frankenstein Oct 30, 2015

Russ mixes Alice Cooper, Craig Gross and Shaunti Feldhah A Halloween themed show with intentional purposeful audio. On the topic of Feed my Frankenstein?! What Craig Gross and bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahn's research reveals about the inner lives of men will open women's eyes to what the men in their life boyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sons see. Check out menarevisual.com

S04 Episode 26 Trust in the Certainty Sanctuary Oct 24, 2015

Episode 26 IPA Alice Cooper and The humble-purposeful attitude of integrity 2. Is sexually compulsiveness a symptom of equateing shallow relationship with value, acceptance and belonging? Is there layers to friendship and companionship?

S04 Episode 25 Respective Integrity and Authority Oct 15, 2015

Episode 25 Initially planned on naming this the humble-purposeful attitude of integrity but grew in to a talk on missguided authority and trust building. I answered some emails, some messages and talk about my worldview on who I let influence me in my life and why. Do we really become most like people we let influence us in our life? Is sexually compulsiveness a symptom of equateing shallow relationship with acceptance and belonging? Is there layers to friendship and companionship? Does it point to spiritual maturity when you can still be in a relationship with someone you disagree with?

S04 Episode 24 David Clohessy a conversation about SNAP Sep 29, 2015

A different kind of approach that may stir up just the right amount of much needed attention. Russ's much needed conversation with David Clohessy about SNAP.

S04 Episode 23 New Eve approach With Paul Young 2of2 Sep 24, 2015

A new Novel by Wm Paul Young. Another conversation with the author of the twenty-five-million-copy bestseller The Shack talks about new Eve approach. Eve is a bold, unprecedented exploration of the Creation narrative, true to the original texts and centuries of scholarship—yet with breathtaking discoveries that challenge traditional beliefs about who we are and how we’re made.

S04 Episode 22 New Eve approach With Paul Young Sep 14, 2015

New Season of life and a new Novel by Wm Paul Young. Another conversation with the author of the twenty-five-million-copy bestseller The Shack talks a new Eve approach. The new novel is destined to be one of the most talked-about books of the decade.

S04 Episode 21 Divulgence to Declaration 3rd Aug 26, 2015

Three things to do and not to do if your on the Ashley Madison list. The long haul of Divulgence to Declaration. Russ talks about his real life on going encounter with living in the light.

S04 Episode 20 Divulgence to Declaration Part 2 Aug 14, 2015

Part 2 The long haul of Divulgence to Declaration. Russ reads the revealing Email. Why do we let the continued feeling of dissonance eat away at our very being? Russ talks about his real life on going encounter with living in the light.

S04 Episode 19 Divulgence to Declaration and Ashley Madison Jul 31, 2015

Another Email response show...? Why do we give up so easy and why do we let the continued feeling of dissonance eat away at our very being? Some encouragement for the solving of dissonance via living in the light.

S04 Episode 18 Shame Free Sacred Spaces – Matt Russell Jul 16, 2015

Intentional Purposeful Audio from Dr. Matt Russell of Fuller Institute for Recovery Ministry. A part of the School of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary.

S04 Episode 17 Conversation with Eddie Capparucci, MA, LAPC Jul 10, 2015

Conversation with Eddie Capparucci certified sexual addiction counselor by the American Association of Christian Counselors. A talk about our secret emotional photo albums. And embracing the questions like, Why can't you just leave my in the past?

S04 Episode 16 Arts, Sex, Sin, Music, Mindfulness, and Eddie? Jul 02, 2015

Tugging at the roots of behavior, feelings, thoughts and attitudes. What does it mean to be present and to find or seek love and live love heart and mindfully? Independence Day a longing for understanding the definitions of sin freedom, Love and grace. And preview of guest Eddie Capparucci

S04 Episode 15 Single Serve Sex and Love Advice 3 Got Platonic? Jun 17, 2015

Single Serve Sex and Love Advice - Craving the spark? Part 3 Friends, more than friends, friends with benefits? Just be platonic? How can we discern between obedience to the laws God has in place and the appetites that become cravings of our bodies and of our sex drive?

S4 Episode 14 - Coffee and a Jim Henderson Interview Jun 10, 2015

Episode 14 Jim Henderson interview. Is Spiritual Pride is more Dangerous than Sexual Immorality? Yes and why? Ask yourself, How did the church ever become a safe place for religious bullies?

S4 Episode 13 - S04 Episode 13 Singles Sex N Love Advice Jun 03, 2015

Part 2 of 3 Single serve sex and love "advice" for singles. Fear of commitment or fear of intimacy? Fear of getting too close or fear of connection? Delving into the reality of the muddy, prickly, colorful, beautiful mess that is human relationships in a fallen world as LOVE works itself out in community and in seeking a soul mate, spouse or life partner.

S4 Episode 12 - S04 Episode 12 Singles Sex N Love Advice May 27, 2015

Part 1 of 3 Single serve sex and love "advice" for singles. It has been said that music is a traveling companion. That music is the soundtrack that plays in the background of our stories. Some advice for singles on pinging the IP address of your heart...

S4 Episode 11 - Craig Gross of XXX Church and X3Watch.com Open to go small May 01, 2015

Craig gross of xxxchurch.com.com and x3watch.com talking about what it takes to get open and go small. Stubborn secrets sexually compulsive behavior is much like cancer. So How do we treat cancer? Identify it, then get to a trustworthy caregiver to treat that cancer. But how do we do that when most of the spiritual environment is not open, honest and accountable? How do we build trust with a culture that is, "Trust deficient" as far as religion is concerned yet very thirsty the saving grace of Jesus Christ?

S4 Episode 10 Sorry Close... Some Intentional Purposeful Audio from Donald Miller Apr 17, 2015

Some email and message responce and some IPA or Intentional Purposeful Audio from Donald Miller about his book Scary Close

S4 Episode 9 Life, Suspicions and Surveys Apr 09, 2015

Another email and message responce show, and Russ Reads Listener surveys!

S4 Episode 8 My Chock Outline 2015 Mar 20, 2015

A message responce show, sex, Love and excitement.

S4 Episode 7 A new thing on ASI, Day 1 and Russell brand Mar 09, 2015

A new thing on ASI, Day one and some audio from Russell brand on 50 shades of Gray and Pornography.

S4 Episode SIX a Talk with Daniel Pryor (part 2) Feb 19, 2015

Daniel Pryor of BibleBasedCounselor.com on the ASI podcast! MA, licensed, master's level counselor and life coach. Daniel offers a wide range of experience and services addressing life situations and emotional, behavioral, spiritual and relational needs, to families and individual adults of all ages.

S4 Episode Five a Talk with Daniel Pryor (part 1) Feb 13, 2015

Daniel Pryor on the ASI podcast! MA, licensed, master's level counselor and life coach. Daniel offers a wide range of experience and services addressing life situations and emotional, behavioral, spiritual and relational needs, to families and individual adults of all ages.

S4 Episode 4 - The Impact of a relapse W/ Stephen Kuhn & Craig Gross Feb 06, 2015

Relapes happens and shame is like cancer. Stephen Kuhn and Craig Gross getting in to the thick of the impact of relapse and slippage on the ASI podcast. Is it shame or addictive and compulsive behavior thats the cancer? What motivates and changes us for the long term? A new season of ASI with more interviews and more open discussion about the attitudes that free prisoners. Season 4 Biblical truth and modern day social science asking tough questions about sex and the truth of human motivation.

Season 4 Episode 3 Some truth about the slippage with Stephen Kuhn Jan 29, 2015

Relapes happens. Talking autonomy and mastery as well as getting in to some of the truth about the slippage. With Stephen Kuhn

Season 4 Episode 2 Autonomy Jan 22, 2015

Is there a Trifecta of Motivation? Part 1 of an upcomming 3 part series inspired by this book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

Season 4 Episode 1 kicking off a new season of ASI Jan 09, 2015

Resolutions goals or a movement in attributes and character.

S03 Episode 65 Advent Show! Dec 24, 2014

Some Christmas and Theology. And why first person theology matters.

S03 Episode 64 Chuck Hickman interview Dec 16, 2014

Talking Sex, Transparency and Rock and Roll with, Musician, Mariner, Chaplain and Pastor of Port Gardner Bay Church in Everett Washington.

S03 Episode 63 Re Thanksgiving 2014 Nov 28, 2014

A deeper Temptation buster. Reboot Gratitude an experimental approach on what makes us feel and be more whole.

S03 Episode 62 Warm Grace / Cold Relpse Nov 20, 2014

Can anything good come out of a relapse? Truth is new life giving coping skills can develop the longer we diligently continue down the path of sexual integrity. Is the endurance of temptation and our relationship with God are meant to free our souls? Or keep us in some religious bondage?

S03 Episode 61 End... Okay, Now Begin again?! Nov 13, 2014

Some news and info on the very real goings on in the Seattle area and its effect on and the ripple effect of the ASI Podcast.

S03 Episode 60 Dr Tim keller Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Oct 30, 2014

Fighting unwanted behavior can make you feel like two different people inside. It made me feel a little bit like a crazy person living two different lives. Sexual addiction destroys relationships marriages and families. Underneath it all aren't we all looking for some kind of freedom? Link to part 2 of this message is at asi247.org click on the music tab and scroll to the bottom.

S03 Episode 59 - 10 Lies Men Believe About Porn 2 Oct 23, 2014

Part 2 of the talk with Stephen Kuhn. QUESTIONS... What if desire wasn't actually the problem but a vehicle for the solution? What if bonds can be broken on a 'desire for truth' level rather than a 'I've got to put myself on a self discipline regiment' level?

S03 Episode 58 Accountability Oct 16, 2014

Is accountability and the act of being responsible? And if so to whom and why? Russ answers some listeners email.

S03 Episode 57 WWTF? Relief, Indignation and Addiction Oct 10, 2014

When and Where's the freedom?! Some indignation over a WebMD article. Is there really any relief in sight? Russ answers some listeners email.

S03 Episode 56 / 2nd Half of Crossroads to The Shack with Paul Young Sep 26, 2014

Part 2 of my Conversation with W. Paul Young New York Times best selling author of "The Shack" and "Crossroads". "I was horribly addicted to pornography for half my life I haven't been addicted to pornography for half my life..." Feeling at a crossroads about the direction of life? I heard it once said that our heart is like a garden hose with no shut off valve. "The Shack is a metaphor for the human heart, I had no idea it would be such a hit" - W. Paul Young

S03 Episode 55 / A Crossroads to The Shack with Paul Young Sep 19, 2014

A Conversation with W. Paul Young New York Times best selling author of "The Shack" and "Crossroads". Feeling at a crossroads about the direction of life? I heard it once said that our heart is like a garden hose with no shut off valve. "The Shack is a metaphor for the human heart, I had no idea it would be such a hit" - W. Paul Young

S03 Episode 54 / Pride, Fear and Praise Sep 12, 2014

Whats realistic difference between being judgemental and being discerning? Learning that love and trust are both two sides of the same battery. Me, I'm dieing to understand that lamentfull praise that poured out of David in the psalms.

S03 Episode 53 / Sex, Tim Keller And Rock n Roll Aug 29, 2014

A Talk by Tim Keller on Music, sex and the romantic solution at Redeemer Presbyterian in New York City. As well as Russ Shaw's concise misfit commentary after.

S03 Episode 52 / Redemption! A best of ASI Jul 25, 2014

Faith and theology meet the real world of being alive in a world of Joy, Hurt, Woundedness, Love, Recovery and Addictions. 2011 interview with Mike Wilkerson, one of the leaders and founders of Redemption groups talking about his book, Redemption: Freed by Jesus from the Idols We Worship and the Wounds We Carry.

S03 Episode 51 / Make the Effect the Cause? Jul 19, 2014

Email response show! Take the effect and make it the cause? Put the cart before the horse? Want a to make a deposit but call it a withdrawal? And now that marijuana is legal is it okay for Christians to smoke weed?

S03 Episode 50 / 10 Lies Men Believe about Porn Jul 07, 2014

Interview with Stephen Kuhn, Author of 10 Lies Men Believe about Porn. The battle to resist pornography is brutal. Its lure just seems too powerful. We've tried for years to be strong, run away from temptation, and manage our desires in better ways. No matter how hard we try, though, we just can't get free from pornography. Some of us have lost all hope. 10 Lies Men Believe about Porn holds these lies up against the truth that sets hearts free.

S03 Episode 49 / Sin and Sigmund Jul 02, 2014

Sin is a bad hurtful word?! Wait, then... how are words like bad habits, disorders, disfunctions better? Is it sexual sin compulsive sexual behavior? Is it hypersexuality? hypersexual disorder? Nymphomania or is it all sexual addiction? Or is it a both and?

S03 Episode 48 Purpose, Gifting and Masturbation?! Jun 27, 2014

Is our sexuality a gift or just a biological mechanism for procreation? Intercourse... Is there a purpose for it all or is our sex drive just biological junk leaking out of a broken vessel?

Episode 47 - Take a Cold Shower. For Porn Addiction Recovery? Jun 17, 2014

Take a Cold Shower?! It is More impacting then you think! More intentional purposeful audio from a TedX talk. Joel Runyon is a javelin-throwing, world, traveling, triathlete set on doing impossible things in order to tell a great story with his life. A great lesson about over coming fear, Breaking habits, and the life giving outcome of doing the uncomfortable thing.

Episode 46 - Interview with Tom Ryan Ashamed no more. Jun 10, 2014

Talking about the dark places is not so comfortable. Things like the vulnerabilities of our leaders, who feel the pressure to put on a mask of respectability. What does it mean to talk about the scary places that don't tend to see the light of day. Is it Safe for leaders in feeling free to visit the thoughts that have us feel insecure, judgmental, alone, and unsettled?

Episode 45 - Out of the shadows to move the Story Forward Jun 03, 2014

Out of the shadows in to the light to tell a better story. Some News on the ASI podcast and a talk by Donald Miller on the storyline of life.

Episode 44 - Forgivness... The cold never bothered me anyway May 20, 2014

Forgive and forget? How is that even possible?

S03 Episode 43 Nate Larkin, Interview with a Pirate Monk May 01, 2014

Interview with Nate Larkin founder of The Samson Society.

S03 Episode 42 A Post Easter Reality Apr 25, 2014

Stopping will force you to learn coping Skills. TBT you don’t recovery to a more fulfilling life by stopping the behavior. You recover by realizing why you’ve been placing your faith in that old thing to save you from the pressures of life in the first place. Not if but when the conflicts and stresses of life rise up. What if you could simply wake up to a new, robust and deeply adventurous life?

S03 Episode 41 A Unconventional edu Apr 17, 2014

I’m an audio learner a “listen and learn” kind of person. Truth be told when I was 18 and most of my peers where graduating from high school I was being arrested and taken to Jail on a burglary and grand larceny charges. When most of my peers where applying to collages I was furthering my short lived carrier as a drug dealer and all around bad guy. So what gives me the authorization or the credentials to do this podcast? Good question. Maybe this will help.

S03 Episode 40 What is Sexual Economy? Apr 10, 2014

Audio from a Research Animate that pulls together some of the key sexual economics arguments made by social scientists.

S03 Episode 39 This is your brain on porn. Mar 28, 2014

Russ presents a talk by Gary Wilson. Gary is the host of www.yourbrainonporn.com. The site arose in response to a growing demand for solid scientific information by heavy Internet erotica users experiencing perplexing, unexpected effects: escalation to more extreme material, concentration difficulties, sexual performance problems, radical changes in sexual tastes, social anxiety, irritability, inability to stop, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

S03 Episode 38 An interview with Piko Neal Mar 17, 2014

Death to life, frozen to warming an Interview with Piko Neal.

S03 Episode 37 Women struggle with sexual addictions too. Feb 28, 2014

Interview with Crystal Renaud The sexual addictions of pornography and masturbation are not just men's issues. They're women's issues, too. Research shows that 40% of online porn traffic today is consumed by women and 25% of Christian women are addicted to pornography. But 70% of these women will never admit their struggle. Crystal Renaud aims to change these statistics and help women too, gain freedom from sexual addiction.

S03 Episode 36 VD2 PLUS The Interview with Dustin Daniels Founder of 7 Places Feb 20, 2014

Doing Valentine day all year long and Interview with Dustin Daniels Founder of Seven Places

S03 Episode 35 Valentine day Time Machine 2014 Feb 13, 2014

Mindfulness Strategies For hopeful future Valentine’s days

S03 Episode 34 – Email Response Show. Where do I start and What is the addiction underneath Jan 29, 2014

Where do I start and what mindfulness strategies help for a new attitude and energy of seeing deeper heart change.

S03 Episode 33 4th and goal. Moving forward with real Hope Placement. Jan 24, 2014

Feeling like its always 4th and goal

S03 Episode 32 -The reality of victory and defeat in a bran new year Jan 11, 2014

New year's and The truth and lies about REAL newstart, re-birth and life change.

S03 Episode 31 – Christmas, Tablets, Triggers and Temptations Dec 21, 2013

Strategies for the relationships we have with our tablets and smartphones.

S03 Episode 30 – ASI is 8! / A podcast fused with 6 and 7 Dec 05, 2013

So, what do I do when, feel totally frustrated and out of gas?

S03 Episode 29 – Step 8 - Are Secrets the Gray area Between Truth and Lies Nov 25, 2013

S03 Episode 29 - Step 8 Secrets the Gray area Between Truth and Lies

S03 Episode 28 This & That, Science of Porn's effect on the brain and learned Deepening. Nov 15, 2013

Are pych experts and behavioral science finally recognizing sexual addiction as a debilitating disorder?
And...

Spend more time with widening our influence or deepening it?

S03 Episode 27 Zombies, Vampires, Sex and juxtaposed worldviews Steps 6 and 7 Oct 31, 2013

Halloween 2013 Zombies, Vampires, Sex and juxtaposed worldviews

Season 3/ Episode 26 // Step 6 – The Healing Process and Who’s the Doctor? Oct 18, 2013

An honest look at step 6 of the 12 steps and Why can not I seem to fix myself?

Season 3/ Episode 25 // Step 5 - Love, Chickens and The App Store Oct 04, 2013

Is what we do a completion of behaviors? Or is the completion of what we do a result or product of what we love? Like downloading an app, what we love is experienced by our body, right? So digging under behavior modification, what would it look like to rearrange the pecking order of love driven desire in our hearts?

Season 3/ Episode 24 // Interview with Scott Mitchell Sep 24, 2013

Interview with Scott Mitchell Everett to Texas

S03/ Episode 23// Clearing the foggy clouds! Why do a Step 4 and 5! Aug 30, 2013

Solving some cognitive dissonance around motivation.

S03/ Episode 22// Breaking the habit of constant addictive darkness acclamation cycles Aug 22, 2013

Email Response show. Some hard truths about steps, motivation and direction.
Breaking the cycle of constant darkness acclamation cycles.
Truth be told, darkness has all ready given way to light.

S03/ Episode 21// Rigorously honest about Steps, with John Glisson. Aug 02, 2013

A rigorously honest talk about the 12 steps. The Good the bad and the ugly. With guest John Glisson of the purityreport.com

S03 / Episode 20 // Launching Step 4, Defining Love, Growing in Integrity Jul 26, 2013

A River cuts through the landscape over time and over the current moves and changes. As an addict I felt caught in the current carried down the rapids all alone with no flotation devise.
Truth is, the current of river of our hearts change over time. As we the current cuts through the resistance of all that pushes back against us. Rivers do change and move over time, as we will and do, define Love and freedom.

S3/ Episode 19 // Under Behavior Mod… #WhyWeStopedTalking Jul 17, 2013

The stubborn weeds of addiction not going away? Does mowing the yard to get rid of the weeds work? Yea, for a little while! Relationships and roots of lasting life change. A hash tag that exposes the heart. Season 3 Episode 19 #WhyWeStopedTalking

Season 3/ Episode 18 // Why all the relapse?! Steps 1,2 & 3 Part 3 Jul 01, 2013

So Sick of it!? OK, Wait, What does it mean to be relieved of the bondage of self? Define Care of God!! Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.

Season 3/ Episode 17 // Why all the relapse?! Steps 1,2 & 3 Part 2 Jun 24, 2013

Step 2 Understanding God?! What is, and how do we break the habit of R.I. or confirmation bias?!

Season 3/ Episode 16 // Jay Spiegel 1st time caller Long time Listener Jun 06, 2013

Interview with my friend Jay Spiegel
So many stuck hearts hungry for healing! And this season ASI is Focused on long term RESULTS!!!! Some have been saying sexual ethics over sexual addiction in the 21st Century is a hopeless fight, Not true and Jay Spiegels story is living proof of the hope so many long for.

Season 3/ Episode // 15 Why all the relapse?! Steps 1,2 & 3 Part 1. May 21, 2013

Taking a deeper honest hard look at the 12 steps. Focusing in on 1, 2 and 3 Answering a little Email

Season 3/ Episode // 14 Step bites and heart studies #1 Apr 26, 2013

Taking a deeper honest hard look at the 12 steps.
Step 1 - We admitted we were powerless over our addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable.

Season 3/ Episode // 13 Interview with Derek Hann Apr 19, 2013

An open, honest interview with Derek Hann

Season 3/ Episode // 12 Addressing the Critics Apr 12, 2013

"If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing." - Margaret Thatcher

Say hello to the bad guy! A fair and balanced response to the critics of the ASI Podcast.

Season 3/ Episode // 11 New Spring Sprung Attitude Mar 29, 2013

"These go to 11" - Nigel, (Spinal Tap)
Spring, Easter, new life and a new attitude!? Are "lovers" merely sexual partners? What is true love and is love true?!

Season 3/ Episode // 10 interview with John Glisson Mar 20, 2013

Hiding, talks about "keeping it under wraps" Founder and administrator of purity report and partners for purity talks about getting real, open, honest with confession and 'celebration' (The felling that comes from standing on solid ground.)

Season 3/ Episode 9 // Connect... Interview with John Gaitan Mar 11, 2013

Interview with John Gaitan!

Season 3/ Episode 8 // Attitude and Energy Mar 06, 2013

developing a strategy of attitude over "You should and ought to"!

Season 3/ Episode 7 // Bear Trap Seduction Mar 01, 2013

Drive, Purpose and Energy. What kind of energy(behind your eyes) is your heart flowing out worship? Russ answers some heavy E-mail and social media messages.

Season 3/ Episode 6// A Theological Heart Movement Feb 15, 2013

So, What really moves the heart?! From the YouTube sessions.
The Podcast on air, ASI 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week! ASI247.org

Season 3 Episode 5 Driving toward the daylight, Interview with Leo… Feb 12, 2013

Interview with Leo Shultz on the ASI podcast.
The Podcast on air, ASI 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week! ASI247.org

Season 3 Episode 4 focus, energy and economy Feb 04, 2013

focus, energy and economy “Addiction is attention deficit disorder!” - Patrick Carnes

Season 3 Episode 3 Healing the madness Jan 20, 2013

Madness Sexual Ethics, norm formation, giving and receiving Love?! Killing the quit dragon and resurrecting the application of healing.

Season 3 E02 Underdogs, Grizzly bears to Guinea Pigs?! Jan 11, 2013

Kicking off a new season, What it is! And… some news! AS I 24 hours a day, 7 Days a week!

Season 3 of the ASI podcast... Results! Jan 05, 2013

Season 3 of this podcast is about Results! Psych Proffs and Religious professionals will not agree so THIS SEASON let us Focused on long term RESULTS!!!! Some have been saying sexual ethics over sexual addiction in the 21st Century is a hopeless fight, Common Russ, Maybe we have evolved past monogamy as human beings! The historical record of the human race as proven weak family structures lead to weak social structures, over and over again. Once addicted, there is freedom and it is a way better life then being an addict.

Season 2 Episode 32 Reward (part 2 of 2) Dec 23, 2012

Define Reward, The spirit under the pysh. ASI247.org “You don't have a soul. You ARE a soul. You HAVE a body.” ― C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis - "If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

Season 2// Episode 31/ Reward Dec 07, 2012

A Honest look at the depth of the definition of Reward.

Season 2// Episode 30/ Selfcontrol Nov 20, 2012

Theology and science meet on the ASI Podcast! Shedding some light on what it means to possess self control and why should we want the have it in the first place.
Get down with the sickness?! Sad and bad things happen here, how we react will bring life or death.

Season 2// Episode 29/ Forgivness Nov 20, 2012

We may know the power of forgiveness but it is easier to say, and know that then put it in to practice. Truth be told forgiveness is a choice, an on going decision and a process. How do we move from to knowing the path, to walking the path?

Season 2// Episode 28/ Kindness and 007 Oct 26, 2012

A double life?! Sex, Love, Kindness and the Spy movie?
"If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. It is between you and God. It was never between you and them. Mother Teresa

Season 2// Episode 27/ Podcast Crashin Oct 10, 2012

Life happens while were making other plans John Lennon
When is the time to get real about recovery Right Now!
Jeff Fisher of PorntoPurity.com crashes my show and I crash his!

Season 2// Episode 26/ Interactive, Email response show (Prayer 4) Sep 24, 2012

If Prayer is Syncing up God why does it feel so difficult when it should give life?
Email response show Lack of steps or lack of the attitude of application?
Doing the steps, making progress and finding freedom.
Praying for needs, gratitude, vision, peace, and freedom.

Season 2// Episode 25/ Sync (Prayer 3) Sep 13, 2012

What if Prayer is Syncing up with the way God created things to be? - Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Season 2// Episode 24/ Prayer 2 Aug 24, 2012

A Prayer of
Is a real heart level prayer an act of surrender?
Are the reasons to pray needs, peace, gratitude, vision and freedom?
PRAYER To pray; 1.) Humbly asking God for help or assistance 2.) Praising God in thanksgiving and/or goodness in life. 3.) Building relationship, talking to God, Listening for God. Praying as you would talk to another person.

Season 2// Episode 23/ Prayer (Part 1) Aug 10, 2012

Talk to God?! Why, I thought, dont he got it all figured out any way?
What does it mean to Pray or really talk to God?
PRAYER To pray; 1.) Humbly asking God for help or assistance 2.) Praising God in thanksgiving and/or goodness in life. 3.) Building relationship, talking to God, Listening for God. Praying as you would talking to another person.

Season 2// Episode 22/ Touch Jul 29, 2012

What if Sexual Addiction or Compulsive sexual behavior is a symptom of needing to touch and be touched at a deeper level then the heart has previous experienced?
Touch Dictionary.com
1.) Come so close to (an object) as to be or come into contact with it.
2.) Arousing strong feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude.

Season 2// Episode 21/ EVIL Jul 20, 2012

Is a sexaddict an Evil person? What is Evil and Why does it happen?

Season 2// Episode20/ Some Scrappy Stuff! Jul 12, 2012

Cleaning out my hard drive I found a lotta content!
So here, Some Outtake Shows. ASI247.org

Season 2// Episode 19/ Objective Jul 02, 2012

The philosophical battle rages on over what is Objective and Subjective.
If you remove the sociology of it, And think about it "behind your eyes" don't objects you care about become a subject of study in your heart?
We think or dwell on them, protect them as sacred in our affections.
Much of breaking 'the chains of addiction' is realizing YOUR affections towards the object, Realize that, and you will see how the object became the subject of your desire.

Season 2// Episode 18/ Subjective Jun 30, 2012

In Recovery I was persuaded to put objective faith in subjective ideas. So I thought, when people where trying to present me with new attitudes toward my behavior.
Truth be Told, Integrity occurs when the truth claim of the addiction thats eroding our life becomes Subjective and life giving ethical truth becomes Objective.

Season 2// Episode 17/ Zombies 2 Jun 08, 2012

Zombies and Some Neuroscience, Not dead undead? Sexually addicted, I was Feeling like I was in some kind of desire labyrinth, as the spirit and mind would fight to drive my want toos and point me in different directions.

Season 2// Episode 16/ Thought May 31, 2012

Addicts use there addiction to cope! Constantly slipping is birthed out of a HEART living under fear and alienation produced by tyranny of the thought filled HEADS dictatorship.

Season 2// Episode 15/ Paradise May 22, 2012

TBT The God who sits on the throne of our hearts is bringing us to a destination.

Season 2// Episode 14/ Economy May 11, 2012

e•con•o•my// noun, plural e•con•o•mies, adjective, adverb

Season 2// Episode 13 / Dedication May 03, 2012

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NKJV)
ded·i·ca·tion (from Bing.com)

devotion: the quality of being devoted or committed to something
inscription: a short printed text at the beginning of a written or musical work associating it with somebody esteemed by the author

3. piece of music: a piece of music played or requested as a tribute, especially on the radio.

Season 2 Episode 12 The Self Apr 20, 2012

Self Image is Important! Ever catch yourself saying Im a
Im a What, a pepper?? Really though dont we all ask is life passing me by, Who Am I and Why am I me, here now in this place, What Im I doing here, And Why?

Season 2// Episode 11/ Revelation Apr 14, 2012

Revelation! The sudden, complete or marked change in something: the present

Season 2 / Episode 10// Gratitude Mar 29, 2012

Gratitude changes the heart and in turn changes attitude and mood! Its mindfulness, Being mindful of The things we like, the people we love and the gifts we have and things were good at, and most importantly being mindful, with a thankfull heart of God who is the creator of the these things we enjoy.

Season 2 / Episode 9// Confrontation! Reporting Sexual abuse / Sexual assault Mar 19, 2012

An Email influnced show, Breaking the icy cold silence! "Confrontation"
Call the police! Of course, but its easier said then done isnt it? In most cases the perpetrator is known to the victim. In most cases the victim to hurt, blind sided and ashamed to speak up.
Guest Justin Holcomb co-author of Rid of My Disgrace talks with Russ about the emotional and spiritual Impact as it relates to the reality of reporting the most devastating and the most under reported crimes in history.

Episode 8/ Season 2// Discipline Mar 07, 2012

Good or bad, heat or chilling cold, life is stress!
Truth be told we do get disciplined over time. At work, in things we enjoy like games, relationships it all takes some time and work right? Behavior & actions are birthed out of the spirit! It's less about new advice, more information and shoving in discipline in from the outside. Lasting behavior change comes from the application of what we learn out of the over flow of a new heart!

Episode 7/ Season 2// STRESS Feb 24, 2012

Good or bad, challenging or crippling, Life is stress!
The only people who dont have stress are dead people.
If to feel stress is to be alive then why under the pressure and
the tension do we run back to our addictions?

Episode 6/ Season 2// Patience Feb 10, 2012

GNR Lyrics; "could use some patience, yeah"

Season 2 Episode 5 Courage Part 3 of 3 Feb 03, 2012

Courage 1.The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear.
Time (life is a progression of defining moments)
Identity (who you are today, not who you were)
My Definitions (How do I define words that will impact my attitude and direction, today?)

Season 2 Episode 4 Courage (Part 2) Jan 30, 2012

cour•age [kur-ij, kuhr-] noun 1.The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery. 2. Obsolete. The heart as the source of emotion. From Dictionary.com, a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms and translations!

Season 2 Episode 3 - Courage (Part 1) Jan 26, 2012

Cour·age [kur-ij, kuhr-] noun

1.The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

2. Obsolete. The heart as the source of emotion.
Season 2... Time (life is a progression of defining moments)
Identity (who you are today, not who you were)
Definitions (How do I define words that will impact my attitude and direction, today?)

Season 2 Episode 2 Perseverance Jan 13, 2012

Time (life is a progression of defining moments)
Identity (who you are today, not who you were)
My Definitions (How do I define words that will impact my attitude and direction?)
Big Thanks to CBS's the Morning Show for the news clip.
Music via promo bumbers by Skillett Under my skin & Stronger

Season 2 Episode 1 - Define Freedom Jan 06, 2012

From Dictionary.com | find the meaning free•dom [free-duh m] noun 1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial. 2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. 3. the power to determine action without restraint. 4. political or national independence. 5. personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.

Episode150 The closing of the Decalogue Dec 30, 2011

Is relativity void of common sense? There is good and evil in the world evidenced by the fact we lock people in jail! So If God is the master story teller and if every good vs. evil, right vs. wrong or heaven vs. hell story reveals the character of creator God then where do I stand before the God who gives the spirit of life? Who am I as I flow through my short time here on this in between place know as earth?

Episode 149 10th Commandment 15 Conclusion (Part 2) Dec 19, 2011

Fear relationship addiction and Psalm 23!

Episode 148 10th Commandment 15 Conclusion (Part1) Dec 08, 2011

Russ answers Email and starts the approach to land the plane of the tenth Commandment. Part 1 of 2

Episode 147 - The 10th Commandment, Conformity 2 Nov 23, 2011

10th Commandments message a warning about unseen conformity

Episode 146 - The 10th Commandment and Conformity. Nov 15, 2011

#10Commandments - Classic ASI A real life look at the social pressures to stay stuck and the reality of breaking the 10th commandment.

Episode 145 – 10th Part 12 Zombies and Living Dead Things Oct 31, 2011

My, not blind faith becoming a Christian (not a Blood sucking religious person) because of statics mathematics and irreducible complexity. Truth is what really made me a believer?
Hurt can build a stoney crusty layer around the heart, if we choose to numb ourselves in the midtst of pain the result is zombieland. Feeding on flesh without careing. Taking from others with out love, shark attitude rather then servant.
Why in zombie land is there more flesh eating sharks then humble willing to give servants?
I'm way to selfish and not as spiritual as I would like to be. But I do thank God he's still working on me and I'm not as selfish as I was.

Episode 144 – 10th Part 11- Beauty and the layers! Oct 25, 2011

#10Commandments

Episode 143 – 10th Commandment 10 Wait, so… What is beautiful? Oct 18, 2011

How do you define beauty? And... What is your object of beauty?

Episode 142 - 10th Part 9 Steve and I Oct 11, 2011

Just when you think your content, life gets messy and painful.
Truth is life is short. And life is being poured out every day as time goes by.
A special show with a closer look at Steve Jobs. What can we glean from this man and what can he teach us about overcomming addictions having a purpose driven life?

Episode 141 – The 10th Part 8 Good Grief Sep 30, 2011

#10Commandments

Episode 140 – 10th part 7 - Functional Savior Queens Sep 19, 2011

#10Commandments - Classic ASI

Episode 139 – 10th Part 6 - Functional Saviors Sep 13, 2011

The theology behind the psychology of addiction, are we looking for salvation or shelter?

Episode 138 - The 10th Part 5 - The Anatomy of a Desire. Aug 31, 2011

#10Commandments - Classic ASI

Episode 137 – 10th Part 4 Functional hell. Aug 19, 2011

#10Commandments - Classic ASI C.S. Lewis The Problem of Pain Quotes… "Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.” "Be sure that the ins and outs of your individuality are no mystery to Him; and one day they will no longer be a mystery to you." "It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations." "The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should, obey it." "Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind except the poor."

Episode 136 - 10th Part 3 - Never leave or forsake you. Aug 12, 2011

In the reality of Macro and Micro disasters, “I will Never leave you or forsake you.” - God

Episode 135 10th Part 2 Satisfaction, Motivation and Commitment. Aug 08, 2011

How can be encouraged and developed? And what is really driving us?
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

Episode 134 The 10th Part 1, God given attributions and personal characteristics. Jul 29, 2011

Artists Rendering… God given attributions and personal characteristics.

Episode 133 TBT Russ Concludes the 9th Commandment, Breaking Russ Shaw 2011. Jul 22, 2011

There is a way things just are, the Old Testament law is a giving the truth of how the creator of the universe designed things to be. This is Good news, Right? Breaking the cycle of addiction is much like breaking a horse. Or breaking Russ Shaw.

Episode 132 Independence Day 2011 Jul 13, 2011

Summer 2011 Challenge! Define Freedom!
free·dom/

1. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

2. Absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government.

Episode 131 The 9th Commandment TBT 4 Email and Evelyn Salt! Jun 30, 2011

#10Commandments

Episode 130 The 9th Commandment TBT 3 Email response show. Jun 17, 2011

TBT3, Russ answers some email and goes over some notes on the 9^th commandment from the lectures by Dr. John Frame.
S.A. in the news i.e. scandal surrounding Anthony Weiner.
TBT? A lie does not have to be true to make a deep devastating impact. It simply has to be believed. Realizing sexual addiction is a symptom of a deeper infection. Healing from it is going to require focusing the bulk of our efforts on treating the infection over the symptoms. And seeing where we have traded truth for a lies.

Episode 129 The 9th TBT 2 Psychopathology, Medication and Addiction. Jun 10, 2011

Truth Be Told! I dont want to do the things I keep doing! HELP!
Listener asks via Email question; could my compulsive sexual behavior a symptom of an abnormal or maladaptive psychological disorder?
Can psychotropic medications help get this monkey off my back?
Truth from a reliable source on the subject, Yale university.

Episode 128 The 9th Commandment Part 6 TBT Getting Help. Jun 03, 2011

Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time.
Addiction is that dissonance in the soul. I dont want to do the things I keep doing! HELP!
Truth Be Told Can we take a good hard honest look at how we solve the dissonance of unwanted behavior?

Episode 127 – The 9th and the Truth about Redemption, Mike Wilkerson interview. May 20, 2011

Faith and theology meet the real life world of woundedness, Recovery and addictions.
My interview with Mike Wilkerson, one of the leaders and founders of Redemption groups at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, about his new book, Redemption: Freed by Jesus from the Idols We Worship and the Wounds We Carry.

Episode 126 - The Ninth Commandment & Exposing the lies of the beautiful people. May 13, 2011

Exposing the lies of the beautiful people is really revealing our own "dogmatic assumptions".

Episode 125 The 9th Commandment… The Death of an Enemy. May 06, 2011

Addiction... My Own Worst Enemy? What about other people in the world? Should we celebrate the death of another humen being who is our enemy?

Episode 124 – The 9th Commandment, The Truth about history. Apr 22, 2011

Change behavior first and the heart will eventually do what it wants to, over being forced to do what it begrudgingly has to do. CS Lewis - "You don't get 2nd things by putting 2nd things 1st! You get 2nd things by putting first things first." St. Augustine - "Put God on the throne of your heart and do exactly what you want to do"

Episode 123 - The 9th Commandment (Part 1) Truth, lies and the short perception span. Apr 15, 2011

Hebrews 11 (New King James Version) By Faith We Understand 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Episode 122 Ending 8th and Starting 9th (Part 3 of 3) Placing hope in and walking toward real freedom. Apr 08, 2011

#10Commandments

Episode 121 Ending 8th starting 9th Part 2 from Steal and/or Lieing to Recovering the truth. Apr 01, 2011

Quotes from the film “Inception” Cobb: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere. The seed that we planted in this man's mind may change everything. You're asking me for Inception. I hope you do understand the gravity of that request. Cobb: She locked away a secret, deep inside herself, something she once knew to be true... but chose to forget.

Episode 120 – Concluding the 8th starting the 9th Part 1 Mar 18, 2011

How do we stop stealing when/if stealing is all we know? And how do we live in the truth when that truth may knock down like dominos the security of who we believe we actually are? The Truth is in reviled realities!

Episode 119 – Theft and Disgrace, Guest author of Rid of my Disgrace, Justin Holcomb Feb 25, 2011

I thought I had gotten over the abuses in my past, but I hadn’t dealt with the scars preventing me from getting close to other people and, worst of all... Theft and Disgrace, Guest author of Rid of my Disgrace, Justin Holcomb

Episode118 - Stolen Valentines Day 8th Commandment (Part 6) Feb 18, 2011

#10Commandments

Episode 117 - Valentines day Theft! (Part 1) Proverbs 5 (8th Part 5) Feb 11, 2011

Valentine's Day can be fraught with danger of identity theft. Breaking up is a hard thing to do is it some thing you should be considering?

Episode 116, 8th Commandment (Part 4) ID Thief (Part 2) Feb 07, 2011

Jesus is the shepherd! Not Me, not you, not religious people! Revelation 7:17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

Episode 115 The 8th Commandment - Identity Theft?! Jan 28, 2011

My faith is not in the hackers ability to crack my encryption attempts.
My faith is in the One who has redeamed me and my knolage of that keeps me safe. Therefore my own efforts at protecting myself are minimal at best.
Either He is our Keeper, or He isnt. Yes, we should not be presumptuous and should use Common Sense, but we have lost sight of what true common sense is. How do we define LOVE? And as a result, how will we demonstrate LOVE in response?
If we are driven by dark anxious fear, it is not of God.

Episode 114 – The 8th Commandment (Part 2) Robbing for Survival?! Jan 21, 2011

Why do people steal? And what doses robbing for survival have to do with sexual integrity?

Are we prolonging our recovery with short term trigger removal? Are we hopeless with all the triggers in the world? Russ addresses some secrets of long term sexual integrity.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to kill steal and destroy, I come that they may have life and have it more abundantly. - Jesus

Episode 113 – The 8th Commandment, Part 1 Jan 12, 2011

Exodus 20:15 (King James Version) Thou shalt not steal.
Change and/or theft. Growth in to full life or short term theft for needs met today! Do we take what has not been worked for to seal in a sense of short term comfort and escape from that we fear?
Deeper social norms, breaking the habit of its out there
Proverbs 22:3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.

Episode 112 / Ending the 7th preview to start up the 8th Dec 30, 2010

The John Frame notes on the 7th and 8th commandment in the scope of sexual ethics. Why would we what to stealing what’s free?

Episode 111 Intense Love The 7th Commandment (Part 6) Dec 21, 2010

"I know you cheated on me!" Of course, he/she quickly denied it, using every excuse in the book. As I went to bed that night, the case kept haunting me... there was just something very similar about it. That's when it hit me; I could never cheat on my fiancee, but I was cheating on God. Instead of trying to please God in everything, I often please myself;

Episode 110 – Emo Affairs?! A wide angle look at adultery. Dec 07, 2010

With the startling increase in emotional affairs, let me reveal some of the motives of the heart under the surface and expose the fule tank of our desires for such affairs and why it is actually breaking the 7^th commandment and on a real intimate heart level it is one of the most painful forms of adultery.
Recommitting our Hearts to a "till death do us part" attitude.
A shout out to rememberingourvows.com and kenbirks.com

Episode 109 – The 7th Commandment – Adultery Nov 22, 2010

What is Adultery? And what is spiritual debt? Adultery is one of the bloodiest of sins. A sin that literally breaks the heart of the offended party.

Episode 108 - The 7th Commandment - What really is an affair? Nov 16, 2010

Why do some churches focus so much energy on divorce care? "Thou shalt not commit adultery" Exodus 20:14. This has always been God's law!

Episode 107 The 7th Commandment (Part 2) The Vampire Metaphor (Part 2) Nov 12, 2010

Repentance is putting to death the life draining, blood sucking vampire nature in all of us.

Episode 106 – The 7th Commandment (Part 1) – The Vampire Metaphor (Part 1) Oct 29, 2010

Vampire Myth, Episode 106. Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires... (Godsmack Lyrics) What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? What is it about the vampire myth that explains our interest? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? - #Quote Godsmack's Song Vampires I attempt to answer this question as well as so history of the Vampire Myth.

Episode 105 – Gearing up for The 7th Commandment. Oct 22, 2010

Romans 3 (amp bible) 28For we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law). [The observance of the Law has nothing to do with justification.] [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law.

Episode 104 The 6th Commandment (Part 4) short term vs. Long term Victory! ex-addict, War Metaphor! (Part 2) Oct 15, 2010

Air War and ground War! Action and Heart. Ending the 6th commandment on and encouraging note! It’s not what you do but who you are. Who your are changes what you do from the inside out.

Episode 103 - The 6th Commandment (part 3) War Metaphor! Oct 08, 2010

Yes, Do it! Commit to the process! Get up and Fight! Never Quit!
And what does it mean to be addicted to war?!
When it comes to fighting sexual addiction what is the air war and ground war?
Getting honest about fighting the systems that lead to relapse. Behavior and heart!
Painting beliefs on the canvas of reason!

Episode 102 the 6th commandment (part 2) A conclusion of self. Oct 01, 2010

Episode 102 the 6th commandment (part 2) a conclusion of self. As a former deeply, powerfully addicted sex addict Russ shares his own thoughts of Suicide and the light he struggles to walk towards.

Episode 101 - The 6th Commamdment (part 1) Sexual addiction and anger Sep 24, 2010

Sexual addiction and anger! What are the real life connections? Is anger really is a huge underlying issue for people struggling with sexually addictive behaviors? Is there an addiction under the addiction to sex that is fueling all our destructive addictions we see on the surface? Is anger bad or does it do you well to be angry sometimes?
And what does this have to do with the 6^th commandment? How did Jesus define murder in the Sermon on the Mount?

Episode 100 - A Review of the 5th (email) and a oriention to the shalt nots! Brokeness to breakthrough. Sep 17, 2010

I wanna Trust! Do you? I did, but I didn't too. Kinda like I wanna lose weight and get in shape. And it's not even the work it takes to get there that I really see as holding me back. The truth is I kept asking... Do I really trust that all that effort is going to have me really feeling any better? And what about those goodie good people trying to help me? Do they have there own ego built up by helping others or do they really care?
It took me far to long to see that it was me! My own attitudes that came pouring out of me. The fule I was putting in my tank was self righteousness and that was holding back my recovery.
Russ answers Listener Email and put the sights on the shalt nots.
Love is the Acts of Love!? Yes. So honestly how do you deminstrate love?

Episode 99 - The 5th commamdment (part 3) Structure, Skeptics and Relationship Sep 10, 2010

Episode 99 FIVE! #TenCommandments

Episode 98 The 5th commandment (part 2) an act of redeeming and the state of being redeemed. Aug 27, 2010

#10Commandments

Episode 97 - The Fifth Commandment (part 1) Aug 13, 2010

The Fifth Commandment (Part 1)
Honor your Mom and Dad! A requirement by God? Really a Commandment?! Yes, Love a real not self serving kind of love, can be taken on in our own heart by asking our selves how we do the relationship with the closest people to us? any many times that starts with how I do relationship with Mom and Dad. Learning to Love deeper sometimes takes seeing what we learned to be the norm growing up. What does it look like to love unconditionally in a world where things can and have and will, gone so wrong? Realistically is there such a thing as unconditional love? And honestly what does it really mean to be in a Covent relationship?

Episode 96 - Sexuality, Climax and Sabbath Aug 06, 2010

In Episode 96 Sexuality, Climax and Sabbath Russ talks about the truth about Jesus over religion and the concept in social psychology of fundamental attribution error. And askes the very real question, what are the deeper meanings and in depth reasons for the 4th commandment?
Sabbath is a place our desire finds rest. Ok, then arent we all observing the Sabbath in one form or another? After a hard day where is it we go to find rest? And why sex?

Episode 95 - The Forth Commandment Jul 30, 2010

Finding Rest, A day off to just Be and not Do? A day off is a good thing!
The Sabbath is one of the oldest institutions in the world, dating, as the Bible makes clear, from the very earliest appearance of man upon the earth, when God blessed and hallowed the Sabbath. Later, it was part of the Law given to Moses and Israel. Many Christians today are troubled -- considerably at times -- by the question: "Should we be observing the Sabbath yet today?" There are certain Christian groups who feel that this is the case; in fact they insist that we are not genuine Christians unless we observe the commandment of God to keep the Sabbath continuously.
Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. Mark 2:27 NLT
Heaven and Earth were finished, down to the last detail.
^2-4 By the seventh day
God had finished his work.
On the seventh day
he rested from all his work.
God blessed the seventh day.
He made it a Holy Day
Because on that day he rested from his work,
all the creating God had done. This is the story of how it all started,
of Heaven and Earth when they were created.
Genesis 2:1-4 (The Message)

Episode 94 - A review of 123 Jul 22, 2010

Attitudes of sexual integrity and sexual ethics.
A review of the most imporantant of the 10.
The 1st and 2nd and the 3rd commandments that calls Gods people to heartfelt embrace rather than trivializing the faith.
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to
salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
The correspondence biasis the tendency to draw inferences about a person's unique and enduring dispositions from behaviors that can be entirely explained by the situations in which they occur. When people observe others behavior they often attribute that behavior to dispositional traits rather than situational factors (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2007). The tendency for people to overemphasize personality based explanations and underemphasize situational factors is known as the correspondent bias (Miyamoto & Kitayama 2002).

Episode 93 - The 3rd Commandment. Jul 09, 2010

The 3rd commandment! Taking the lords name in vain. Profanity in making the lords name trivial or superficial.
Exodus 20:7 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

^{Matt 23:23-24}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you give a tenth of your mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected and omitted the weightier (more important) matters of the Law--right and justice and mercy and fidelity. These you ought [particularly] to have done, without neglecting the others.

²⁴You blind guides, filtering out a gnat and gulping down a camel!

Episode 92 The Second Commandment Jul 02, 2010

"You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I The Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate Me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love Me and keep My Commandments." (Exodus 20:4-6 RSV)
We are all created as small c creators by his glory. Violation of the Second Commandment takes two general forms; first, the worship of false gods by means of religious statues or pictures, and second, the worship of the True God by means of religious statues or pictures.

Episode 91 - The 1st Commandment Jun 25, 2010

The Ten Commandments, Sexual Ethics and the Decalogue.
the 'Decalogue'
Lyrics
'Mountain' Good Charlotte
I wasn't on a mountain
When it came to me
All my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams
Years go by and nothings slowing down the time
Years go by and then theyre wasted
All this time
I thought that I gained everything
But you're not mine
and I'm so empty
I wasn't on a mountain
When it came, when it came to me
That all my life's been wasted
Chasing shallow dreams.

Episode 90 - intro to Decalogue, Sexual Ethics!!?? May 18, 2010

The Ten Commandments, Sexual Ethics and the Decalogue.

So what about the law? Why even strive to obey about it?
Obey! Come on! I hate that word! Doing it just made me feel forgotten, ignored and alone!

Why do so many religious people would say 'people get what they deserve'?
A very unloving reaction to hurting people.
An unloving reaction to hurting people is also leaveing them alone. A life lived without direction. No teacher to teach playing the beautiful interments of life as to be free to make beautiful music.

Wait, I thought religious people where suppose to help hurting people? So why is there so much of a mess due to a break in sexual ethics?

Jesus says Over and over in the Gospels Jesus challanges the religious rulers with the Truth of Love and Grace.

(Matt 7:11-12) ESVIf you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!' 12 'So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.'

Jesus also said in John 14:15 'If you love me, you will keep my commandments.'

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

Luke 7:47 ESV Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.'

Episode 89 ASI - Slow over time or all at once. Mar 01, 2010

Episode 89 Haiti, running to the church and pushing back whats dark in the world! How will your story help?
A battle cry for purity! Wait! Whats purity? Purity, Really? Is that even possible?
Russ goes in to more detail about his continued recovery. I have been free from the prison of habitual sexual sin AKA sexual addiction for going on 5 years now and I know now more then ever that Im never going back. But

Gods still doing the work of loving surgeon in me. "putting the old, pissed off, temper tantrum having, indignant, reactionary me to death, Daily." words I wrote over a year ago. Choosing to heal and not be stuck. Growing to be less of the disaster, that is me.

Episode 88 - Hope and Strategy for the sexual addicted. Nov 23, 2009

Episode 88 - Hope and Strategy for the sexual addicted.
When the struggle sometimes seems insurmountable. What kind of plan, faith or knowledge that I can accomplish integrity?
And how does a heart of I get to press in and love result in a day by day want to? and how do we go from want to, to get to?
How did I do that? and continue to move forward? What did it mean for me to cross the divide from surface level behavior modification to a heart level (I want to)?
What fueled the determination and had my attitude move to a (I get to change) Heart condition?
And What are the plans for myself and ASI in the future?

Episode 87 - Death to Life, Die to begin again. Nov 11, 2009

Episode 87 Death to Life, Die to begin again.
The ASI Podcast and the host Russ Shaw What is ASI and why should I still listen?
Addiction Recovery and redemption and dead leaves in the fall.
The question is not whether power exists for triumphant living, day by day the Question is will you use it - Dr. Mark D Futato Professor @ Reformed Theological Seminary

Episode 86 - Christmas Show! Dec 15, 2008

Episode 86 - A Christmas Gift for all the ASI listners! Christmas music!
John 1:14 (the message)
The Word became flesh and blood,
and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
the one-of-a-kind glory,
like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
true from start to finish.

O Holy Night Lyrics
Christmas Carol Lyrics

Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Merry Christmas Everyone! Russ!

Episode 85 ASI // From Recovery to Redemption Oct 24, 2008

The longest show ever. A ask the former sex addict anything, Conclusion?
Questions answered: Where have I been? Surface steps or drilling deeper? What about masturbation? Handling hypersexual dreams?
In this show Ill give you some realistic steps toward motivation, application and strategy. http://asi247.org

Episode 84 - Ask a former Sex addict anything, It's a state of emergency! Aug 25, 2008

A need for truth in the midst of a reality of knowing the lies better. I grew up being taught and believing lies! Lies are where I feel safe. I believe lies! Even though I know if I get honest they are destroying everything! and One question I get asked a lot is this... Define Religion? Are you talking about the cold law based Religion of the Pharisees? And what does that have to do with sexual integrity? Episode 84
Music by Pillar - State of Emergency!
It's a state of emergency
It's time we see
There's a need to take action
This is a state of emergency
We're too blind to see
All of these simple distractions
All our attention is directed to the mirror
We want to forget that people live in terror
We're their only way out and the time is right now
We gotta grab a hold of this moment
How far do we let it go
Before we all take control
We are the hands
We are the feet
So we gotta go
Stop waiting for someone else
To take control
(Take back the control)
We could be their last hope

Episode 83 - Ask a former Sex Addict Anything! Aug 15, 2008

> Time magazine reported, At the 2003 meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers online porn contributing to more than half of divorces in the U.S. Richard Barry, president of the association said "Pornography had an almost nonexistent role in divorce just seven or eight years ago."

> 70 percent of all internet porn traffic occurs during the 9-to-5 workday.

> Today, More people are terminated from there Job for inappropriate web use then alcoholism.

> The sex addict uses sex as a quick fix, or as a form of medication for anxiety, pain, loneliness, stress, or sleep. Sex addicts often refer to sex as their "pain reliever" or "tension reliever." In a popular novel, the heroine describes sex as "the thinking women's Valium."

Its time for a change! The Church historically as turned a blind eye to the fact of sexual misconduct. This Church is taking a stand!

Paul says to the Corinthians "It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans,"

This is now, today. This from the Barna report. "Born-again" Christians are more likely to go through a marital split than are non-Christians, according to a new study by the Barna Research Group.

Revelation 2:29 "Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches." (the message translation)

Have Christians today got good at making every thing look good on the surface?

Jesus said in Luke 4:16-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

Do we abide in that truth or merely believe it?

Episode 82 - The Full Armor of God - last show the stuff I missed. The New Young!? Aug 11, 2008

Episode 82 - The Full Armor of God last show the stuff I missed. The New Young!? Why is there so many references to the new life or new beginnings in Christianity? Cant anybody stick with it? What dose it really mean to be young, again?
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

"For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 6:37-40 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

Episode 80 - the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit! Aug 11, 2008

EPH 6:17 and takethe helmet of salvation, andthe sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Lyrics: Linkin Park - Easier to Run
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone
Something has been taken
From deep inside of me
A secret I've kept locked away
No one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show
They never go away
Like moving pictures in my head
For years and years they've played
If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I would, Its easier to run!

Episode 81 - Armor of God - Closing 7 prayers Aug 01, 2008

It all makes sense right!? Has my heart caught up with it yet? Praying for grace realized, Relationship of love realized, Praying for strength, Praying for peace in my own heart as an ambassador in chains.
Eph 6:19-20 (ESV) and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouthboldly to proclaimthe mystery of the gospel, 20for which Iam an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
Eph 6:19-20 (Message) And don't forget to pray for me. Pray that I'll know what to say and have the courage to say it at the right time, telling the mystery to one and all, the Message that I, jailbird preacher that I am, am responsible for getting out.

Episode79 - Armor of God - The shield of Faith Jul 17, 2008

The shield of Faith - I want to call your attention to this one piece of the armor carried by the blood bought. The shield that Paul had in mind here is not the small, round dish looking thing, but the oblong, door-like shield, measuring 4' x 2 ', curved to the shape of the body and carried by the Greek and Roman soldiers. When joined together, these large shields formed a wall behind which a body of troops could hide themselves from the rain of the enemy's missiles.

These military shields were made of wood, covered on the out side with thick leather, which not only deadened the shock of the missile, but protected the frame of the shield from the fire-tipped darts used in the artillery of the ancients.

Contrary to popular teaching, faith is not mental delusion, behavior replacement or presumption and it is not evidenced by self-bolstering surface sucess, but a work of the Holy Spirit from the inside out. Roots to fruits.
EPH 6:16 (KJV) "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."
Rom 10:17 (NIV) Faith comes by hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

Episode 78 - Armor of God, The Shoes of Readiness! Jul 11, 2008

Visualizing the need for shoes! the ground is hard, hot, sharp and like it or not we need to strap on, to put on shoes. to get us up to embrace the comming days with readiness.

Ephesians 6:15 (Amplified Bible)

And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace.

1 Corinthians 9:27 (Amplified Bible) 27

But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].

Episode 77 - Armor of God - Truth, Righteousness and Grace on Independence Day! Jul 03, 2008

Armor of God - Truth, Righteousness and Grace on Independence Day. Freedom ain't Cheap! Happy 4th of July! Independence Day celebrates the birthday of the United States of America. Founded July 4th 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What and when will be your Declaration of Independence?

Episode 76 - The Breastplate of Righteousness, How can I Exhale? Jun 27, 2008

Episode 76 - The Exhale Episode!
Stand firm, therefore, having fastened the belt of truth around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, EPH 6:14
Ever feel like this Putting on righteousness how does that work? Just get right!? Just stop doing that!? Like righteousness in just something I can pick up and put on?! Ive tried, That!!! They told me just do these steps and it will all go away and Im still stuck!
Please God help! Russ attempts to answer what it is to put on the breast plate of righteousness, in the realm of sexual integrity.

Episode 75 - Putting on the full armor of God - The belt of truth. Jun 20, 2008

Fasting on the belt of truth!? What does it mean? what do I put a spiritual belt around? What is the truth about where we are, truth about who we are? How can I fastening on the belt of truth help me see clearly the truth of my own heart condition?
Music by Seventh Day Slumber!

Episode 74, The full armor of God – Killing the balloon person. Jun 14, 2008

Life is 20% what happens to you and 80% how you react to that 20%
Ephesians 6 (The Message)

10-12 And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no afternoon athletic contest that we'll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.

The Message Bible Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

Episode 73 - The time is now to prepare for war! Jun 07, 2008

Email response show. Russ lets out some heart felt apologies to the religious people who have contacted ASI in Wile he throws down a challenge! Are you ready to prepare for war?
Main Entry: cour·age

Pronunciation: \kər-ij, kə-rij\ :mean mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship. Courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty <the courage to support unpopular causes>. mettle suggests an ingrained capacity for meeting strain or difficulty with fortitude and resilience <a challenge that will test your mettle>. spirit also suggests a quality of temperament enabling one to hold one's own or keep up one's morale when opposed or threatened <her spirit was unbroken by failure>. resolution stresses firm determination to achieve one's ends <the resolution of pioneer women>. tenacity adds to resolution implications of stubborn persistence and unwillingness to admit defeat <held to their beliefs with great tenacity>.
Thanks to merriam-webster.com

Episode 72-Welcome to Ephesus (Part 2) Who are the Ephesians and what did they do to overcome addiction. May 31, 2008

The full Armor of God! What dose that mean for us in this day and age? Who are the Ephesians and what do the have to do with my culture?
In 1962 J.C.R. Licklider writes memos about his Intergalactic Network concept, where everyone on the globe is interconnected and can access programs and data at any site from anywhere. He is talking to his own Intergalactic Network of researchers across the country. In October, Lick becomes the first head of the computer research program at ARPA, which sets the foundation of this elecrtonic cyber city we know as the internet. A city not unlike Ephesus, A city of blood thirsty sin and a city Jesus came to speak to. And like Ephesus city the apostle Paul the man who wrote two thirds of your new testament, spent 3 or 4 years in.

Episode 71 - Welcome to Ephesus - Part 1- Who are the Ephesians and what do the have to do with my culture? May 24, 2008

The full Armor of God! What dose that mean for us in this day and age? Who are the Ephesians and what do the have to do with my culture? In 1946 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel opened the flamingo hotel and casino in Las Vegas Nevada. A city he built from a hick town to one of the entertainment capitols of the world. Bugsy not unlike some of the people Jesus was criticized for hang in out with and Las Vegas a city not unlike Ephesus, a city the apostle Paul the man who wrote two thirds of your new testament, spent 3 or 4 years in.

Episode 70 - What is the full armor of God? And why should I care? May 16, 2008

The bible is centuries old! Is it really a credible book for over coming addiction in this day and age? How do I trust Gods book when Im having a hard enough time trusting God? Or Ive herd this all before, What does it really mean to put on the full armor of God?
Music by fireflight and Curt.

Episode 69 - Preparing the Way for spiritual growth to eliminate pathogenic heart failure!? May 09, 2008

Sexual addiction and the prosperity gospel? What does that mean?
Who am I gonna be? Why am I where I'm at.
Leona lewis - Bleeding love lyrics. My heart melts into the ground Found something true And everyone's looking round Thinking I'm going crazy But I don't care what they say I'm in love with you They try to pull me away But they don't know the truth My heart's crippled by the vein That I keep on closing You cut me open and I Keep bleeding Keep, keep bleeding love I keep bleeding I keep, keep bleeding love Keep bleeding Keep, keep bleeding love You cut me open Trying hard not to hear But they talk so loud Their piercing sounds fill my ears Try to fill me with doubt Yet I know that the goal Is to keep me from falling But nothing's greater Than the rush that comes with your embrace And in this world of loneliness I see your face Yet everyone around me Thinks that I'm going crazy, maybe, maybe But I don't care what they say I'm in love with you They try to pull me away But they don't know the truth My heart's crippled by the vein That I keep on closing You cut me open and I Keep bleeding Keep, keep bleeding love I keep bleeding I keep, keep bleeding love Keep bleeding Keep, keep bleeding love.
Shout outs to xxxchurch and higher-calling.com Keep fighting!

Episode 68 - Words that put heart in them! (Part 2) May 03, 2008

Part 2 of Words that put heart in them!
Email response show. Is my negativity toward 12 step
and religion hurting people? From The Bible, Luke 3 The message
version.

Luke 3:16-17 (The Message) But John intervened: "I'm
baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I'm a
mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within
you, changing you from the inside out. He's going to clean housemake a clean
sweep of your lives. He'll place everything true in its proper place before God;
everything false he'll put out with the trash to be burned."

18-20There was a lot more of
thiswords that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The
Message! But Herod, the ruler, stung by John's rebuke in the matter of Herodias,
his brother Philip's wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this
outrage: He put John in jail.

Episode 67 - (part 1) Words that put heart in them! Apr 30, 2008

Email response show. Is my negativity toward 12 step and religion hurting people? From The Bible, Luke 3 The message version.

16-17But John intervened: "I'm baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I'm a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He's going to clean housemake a clean sweep of your lives. He'll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he'll put out with the trash to be burned."

18-20There was a lot more of thiswords that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The Message! But Herod, the ruler, stung by John's rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.

Episode 66 – Victory, Die Hard style! Apr 20, 2008

Email response show, lets get more stories of victory! The victory over this addiction (or any other for that matter) has to do with a deep heart level thirst. The question is a thirst for what? The most important step of the 12 steps? Step one you have a problem. Your life has become unmanageable. But how deep does that go? Are we really ever in control really? Why is this world so broken? That is the question, Like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. A listener said to me it seems like this is a thinking disease, I believe there is some truth there. But how deep are our thoughts?

Episode 65 - Visualization, Impulse control - The life giving freedom of self control. Apr 14, 2008

Episode 65 - Visualization, Impulse control - The life giving freedom of self control.
Narcissism is not freedom, What does it mean to say no to your self? Repentance is a word a lot of stuffy religious people have sole in order to control people through fear and shame. Real repentance is, in part why your reading this right now. Your looking for change, looking answers, Right? Is something in your behavior controlling you? Your not in control of your own flesh? Not in control of you? If your seeking your are repentant.
Music by Ruth, Against me! and Jonah 33.

Episode 64 - I Still havent found what I'm looking for. Apr 07, 2008

Episode 64 -The Church is great at helping to remove stains. Drugs and alcohol addicts are welcomed with open arms. I believe the church has compassion for the hurting hearts of addicts.
But sexuality runs deep, Sexual addiction, sexually compulsive behavior or same sex attraction is deeper then getting out the cleansers out and scrubbing the dirty stains off the surface. What happens when all the getting saved, prayer and all the recovery material does not seem to work?
What do you do when you still havent found what your looking for?
Music by U2, Pillar and This Beautiful Republic.

Episode 63 - Amazing beacuse it is! Right? So why are we faking? Mar 28, 2008

A Talk by Russ Shaw did to a men's group in Everett WA,USA. Addressing Christian sub-culture about getting real. if we believe Grace is Amazing then why are we faking it?
Pride is one of those invisible barriers that blocks you from even asking the question!

Episode 62 - Two Dog Battle Reloaded. Mar 20, 2008

Episode 62 - Reloaded the 2 dog story.
The chief was sitting at the edge of the village, obviously deep in thought. He sat there for hours and hours, seemingly unmoving. The tribe was beginning to get worried and restless, but nobody wanted to disturb him. An elder eventually got up his courage and walked over. 'Chief,' he asked, 'what's going on? You look so troubled!' The chief just sat there, and the elder thought that he had not heard. Finally the chief spoke.

And he said:

'You know, it's like there are two dogs fighting inside of me all the time - a dog of glowing light and beauty and a dog of fire. This dog is not glowing with the light but, life choking smoke and consuming fire. He is mean, irritable, and angry. It is driven by fear, and has me look at the world through the lens of shortage, struggle, and judgment. This is how I am when I'm feeling small, anxious, and spiritually disconnected.
The dog Light is guided by love and kindness. This is the part of me that longs to live with purpose and to have an impact on the world. It is my God given soul my authentic self, my essence and my creativity live here, as does my intuition, faith, and sense of connection and compassion.. And the fire and smoke dog is constantly fighting the glowing light dog.'

The elder looked at the chief and said quietly, 'Chief, so which dog wins?' The chief sat quietly for a moment, and then replied: 'the one I feed the most.'

I totally identify with that story and this one. I am this women, If we get honest we all are! The Woman At the well.

Episode 61 on the brink of Choice. No botox for your soul! Mar 16, 2008

A letter to Ash. A christian man publicly in the think of the fight!
Ash I'm not some guru dude, I don't have it all together.
You think I never felt like that? Wanting to quit? having QUIT! It's way to hard I can do this. Truth be told you can't! On your own!
God did not do this to You ASH! You and I did it to our selfs God did not give it to us! That is a lie from hell.
The guilt and shame you feel is from the accuser.
Revelation 12:10 Calles the devil the accuser of the brethren accusing them day and night.
Read more at ASI247.org

Episode 60 - Alone in the matrix 3 / Russ's story of alone! Mar 08, 2008

This show is expliced! Russ gets deep and does not hold back his heart for this ministry.

Luke 15:1-10 (NIV) The Parable of the Lost Sheep!

1Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. 2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

3Then Jesus told them this parable: 4"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Episode 59 - Alone in the matrix Facing Agent Smith. Mar 01, 2008

Facing Agent Smith

Episode 58 - Alone in the Matrix Feb 22, 2008

The Matrix and "ALONE" what is this feeling of being trapped inside ones self? Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. How do we get fully Alive and bust out of the matrix?

Episode 57 - Building it to fullness - Email resoponce show. Feb 15, 2008

Episode 57 - Building it to fullness - Email resoponce show. Where do we get bricks to build this thing?

Episode 56 - Building? What? How? Straight talk on purity! Jan 26, 2008

Episode 56 - Building? What? How? Straight talk on purity!
Building on a landscape what does that mean?
Tips and news on home building
I want to build my house the best cost efficient and environmental friendly way.

I built my home doing all my own labor.
Mortgage-Free!: Radical Strategies for Home Ownership.

Episode 55 - Building your house. Jan 19, 2008

Sex addiction recovery... Good News for home bulding!
According to a news release, the women are building the home with the Winchell family as part of Habitat's Women Build program. ...
He immediately made arrangements to visit Williams and promised to begin building her home on January 2. Williams had received $10000 in material from the ...
Nehemiah 4:18

And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The man who sounded the trumpet was beside me.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical personnel rescued several residents this morning from a burning apartment building. Firefighters were called shortly ...
To be deductible, the insurance must have been paid on home acquisition debt debt incurred to buy, build or substantially improve a principal residence ...

Episode 54 - What do I do with my heart? (part 2) Jan 12, 2008

Episode 54 - What do I do with my heart? (part 2)
Church people many times give good manerd advice say "Just Trust God" Or "Just Repent and you'll be fine!" WHAT DOES THAT MEAN! Another year should I do another resolution? Has anyone really been in my shoes? Has any one felt how I feel, stuck in this prison of habitual sin. How do I get to real heart change? Can Jesus really help me? Or is that just more religion and psychology? So what do I do with my heart?
Over coming sexual addiction is no walk in the park!

Episode 53 - So what do I do with my heart? (Part 1) Jan 08, 2008

Episode 53 - So another year should I do another resolution? Has anyone really been in my shoes? Has any one felt how I feel, stuck in this prison of habitual sin. How do I get to real heart change? Can Jesus really help me? Or is that just more religion and psychology? So what do I do with my heart? Part 1

Episode 52 - Unberlla, Love relationships and Identity - Email show. Dec 29, 2007

Unberlla, Love relationships and Identity - Email show.
Sexual behavior is inescapably tied to intimacy!
Email responce show. heres some lyrics for ya!
Rihanna - Unberlla
When the sun shines, well shine together
Told you I'll be here forever. Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella
1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. ASI247.org

Episode 51, Part 2 - Love relationships and identity - Conflict Dec 13, 2007

Sexual behavior is inescapably tied to intimacy!
Conflict is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests between people.
How dose this even work in the reality of overcoming and the aftermath of sexual addiction?
Ever feel alone. I mean down deep? Alone... like no one really knows you?
Does your spouse know you? down deep does she/he know your deepest desires, dreams and fears?
Does he/she know deep things like the things that made you feel safe or afraid as a child?
First heart felt disappointment? First heart felt sense of belonging for you or him / her?
How about her/him? do you know these deep, heart level things about her?
Have you asked her/him? brought this stuff out?
Russ@asi247.org

Episode 50 - love, relationships and identity ( part 1 ) Nov 23, 2007

The same way that people can become addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling, they can become addicted to sex,anything from Internet sex to obsessive masturbation to affairs. How do we pick up the pieces and repair our relationships when the betrail cuts so deep? How do we connect in the midst of this? How do we discover the one, in the two becomeing one? Who are we? What have WE become?

Episode 49 - I'm not a homophobe not a hater - Lets Yom kippur! Sep 28, 2007

Episode 49 -Yom Kippur, two goats what dose that mean? Blood sacriface and scape goat.
What? is Russ Shaw hates homosexuals? Not, sorry. I love all people. Judgeing some with out knowing them.. hummm isn't that what the evangelicals are guilty of? Don't become what you hate. Don't make the scape goat an idol.

Episode 48- Are you so sick of it!? How sick of it are you? How bad do you to get clean!? Sep 12, 2007

Are you so sick of it!? How sick of it are you? How bad do you to get clean!? How bad to you want freedom? It is possible! You can get free of this. I tell you as a fellow travler through this life. You can Be YOU with out the affliction of sexual sin. Music by Flyleaf.

Episode 47 - Surface Identity, Subconscious mind, Heart and Soul. Aug 30, 2007

Episode 47, Speed Kills! Russ announces the continuation of season one. Russ encourages you to continue to uncover your real Identity. See your self the way God sees you.
The adventure of discovery from Surface Identity to your Subconscious mind (triggers) and ultimately your Heart and Soul.

Episode 46 Email Show Jun 26, 2007

eEmail announcements and email responce Show!

Episode 45 - Addressing Critics ASI Jun 20, 2007

I'm Trouble!? ASI criticism and the analysis and evaluation of ASI. Russ Shaw responds to critics collectively. Music by Kill the Alarm.

ASI End of a Season! conclusion of the first season part 2 of 3 Jun 01, 2007

ASI End of a Season! conclusion of the first season part 2 of 3
Email storys an act of war. A courages step in to battle!
Music by kill the alarm! http://killthealarm.com

ASI End of a Season! conclusion of the first season part 1 of 3 May 27, 2007

After a long time Gone Russ Is back! Finishing up and tieing uo some lose ends to Close one door and open another! ASI End of a Season! Conclusion of the first season part 1 of 3

Episode 42 - Desperate Sexuality by Dan Hazen Mar 01, 2007

How does our sexuality show love?
How does our sexuality pull us off track away from love.
Dan talks about the roots of a desperate sexuality that start to pull us toward a prison of our making. Luke 18:9 - 14
Music by BOH Bohmusic.com

Russ Shaw - My Story. the whole story. Monsters in the closet. Rick T. AC3.org Oct 22, 2006

The Monster Under My Bed, Secret Sex Sins. Allen Creek Community Church ac3.org Marysville, WA U.S.A. ~ 360-659-SEEK.

Music by : Jacques Grant -Things_I_Used_To_Do

Episode 40 - the last bomb! Aug 12, 2006

Episode 40 - The Last Bomb goes Off! Russ set off the last bomb on July 31, 2006. Love, True love tells the truth and sets priorities. Love first, then the rest of life. I love my wife enough to tell her the full truth. Making myself totally vulnerable.

Episode 39 - Let go of the fire! Jul 19, 2006

Episode 39 - Let go of the fire. Fire of love or fire of anger? Chose the fire of love or fire of judgement? The fire of faith or fire of fear? Rise above physical and emotional adversity.

Episode 38 trouble hook Jul 11, 2006

avoiding the 3 pronged deadly trap the troublehook

Episode 37 4th of July Show! Jul 04, 2006

Short show on the 4th of July. Morning not striking.Choose healing instead of self destruction and new music! with new music!

Episode 36 - ASI Podcast Soup! Jun 30, 2006

Russ responds to some Email and reads some Email. Russ challenges religion and faith with more on vampires and Eli!? If your a judgmental Christian this show my be offensive to you but you still need to hear it.asi247.org

Episode 35 - Russ interviews Larry Fish sexual abuse expert. Jun 27, 2006

Nothing can lock a soul up in total hell like isolation like sexual abuse. Russ asks Larry what kind of approaches offenders use to keep victims in the sick cycle abuse. What makes a child become a sex offender? How in this sex saturated culture of 2006 do we protect our kids from childhood sexual abuse?

Episode 34 - Breaking through the walls of shame Jun 19, 2006

Nothing can lock you up in total isolation like shame. Alone in solitary? Locked up in that cell of shame. Russ talks about a whole new level of shame you may or may not have identified. Childhood sexual abuse.

Episode 33 - Jailbreak 2! Email Response show! Jun 12, 2006

Feel like youre in prison? Russ encourages you to make a prison brake! Plan your jail break now! Time is going by. Reach for the courage to fight and dig your way out. Break down the walls that are holding you captive. Prison is not a place for rehabilitating. Its a place for punishment.

Episode 32- Jailbreak! Feel like you’re in prison? Russ encourages you to make a prison brake! Jun 05, 2006

Sex or Porn addiction? Feel like youre in prison? Russ encourages you to make a prison brake! Plan your jail break now! Time is going by. Lets get our head in breaking free! Is your mind consumed with digging out of this prison? Or are you getting used to the scenery? Are you still saying I need to feel this way I deserve this. Prison is not a place for rehabilitating. Its a place for punishment.

Episode 31 - Fight back! Temptation, A call to kill it! Make a deal with the devil. May 27, 2006

The devil is no respecter of persons. He laughs, smiling as he's killing You, Your family and your future. Your not totally helpless against the attacks of the enemy. Russ gives you some new strategies to get you up on your feet and back in the fight! Lets start playing offence along with our defense! Let take back some ground in our lives! Pray! connect! Today!

Episode 30 The Game Plan. Sex Addiction? Countless lives are being ruined by sexual sin! You need a Plan. May 23, 2006

Countless lives are being ruined by sexual sin. It infects, corrupts, and devastates. It destroys relationships, families, and lives. Everywhere men turn today, sexual temptation rears its ugly head, and the internet has made it easier than ever to get caught in the trap of sexual sin. It takes more than a little effort for men to resist the temptations. It takes a plan. Russ interviews Joe Dallas author of The Game Plan Men's 30-Day Strategy for Attaining Sexual Integrity.

Episode 29 - Blow the lid off this thing! Porn / Sex Addiction Recovery. May 15, 2006

Interview with the next helper in Russ's bomb squad! Ever say this? Why do I continue to fall? Why won't god just take this from me? Dose God hate me? I can't possibly please God so why even bother. My behavior was a byproduct of my heart leaking toxic waste. I needed the Haz Mat crew of guys like Rick Thiessen!

Episode 28 -Ever say Hey You don't know me! or Ever feel like "It's over?" Russ encourages you to Never Quit! May 09, 2006

Who really knows you? Ever say You don't know me! Inside your heart or out loud in a emotional lashing out! Plus Who do you love? Ever feel like I messed up to much this time. Ever feel like "It's over?" Russ encourages you to Never Quit! Ever! Never ever give up on your relationship with your spouse! Never Give up!

Episode 27 Ask... don't tell How or why! Email Driven Bonus show! May 05, 2006

So why do we keep our secrets? what are those emotional reactions to our everyday aches pains of life? What nee jerk emotional reactions are keeping us in slavery to run and hide from reality? Why do we do that Porn, Drink, Drug, Gamble Shopping? All addiction suffers welcome on this one and all ASI Shows!

Episode 26 - Porn or sex Addiction? Aching Hunger? May 01, 2006

Episode 26 - Porn or sex Addiction? Aching Hunger? sOver and over the fight can be many things to you. How do we gain ground in this mind vs. spirit battle. Russ answers more Email and talks about new ways of looking at the battle more strategies to help kill this aching hunger!

Episode 25 - SKILLS for Porn / Sex Addiction Recovery. The Application of consistency. Email response show Copy May 01, 2006

Email response show 21st century strategies to help you get up and fight! How do we find deliverance and victory when we have tried and failed so many times? Russ shows you some realistic steps toward Application and strategy by changing your attitude. First Get up then Walk then fight! Then when your feeling beat down having the faith and strength to repeat.

Episode 24 - Sex or Porn addiction? Are you planting or seeds of healing? Apr 18, 2006

It's spring how are those seeds doing? Recovery is like a growing plant. How is your progress? Feel like birds keep eating your seeds. Don't seem to be growing in your recovery? Russ how did you get your tree to grow and produce fruit? Attitude that's how! Russ gives you some tools on how to grow a new attitude!

Episode 23 - What about personal responsibility? Apr 10, 2006

Dose calling it "sex addiction" Take away some personal responsibility? Once and addict always an addict right? Russ talks about the attitude reactions needed to break those chains that keep us in slavery.

Episode 22 - why? and how? Apr 04, 2006

ASI April 2006 is number one in addiction on iTunes Why is that? How come this show is marked Explicit? Who is Russ Shaw?

Episode 21 Meet The Bomb Squad! Mar 27, 2006

Russ sits down with the captain of a bomb squad. Pastor Dan Hazen who talks about healing and equipping. Turning on the lights and sirens arriving on the bloody seen of this very real 50% divorce rate medical supplies ready! How do we love the sinner and hate the sin when a loved one or a sibling in our family is reeling in pain? Are there bandages for those hearts emotionally bleeding all over the place?

Episode 20 Tick Tock - You can defuse the bomb you can change the future! Mar 20, 2006

Russ talks to those affected by Sexual acting out as well as the offenders them selves and those is denial. The Bomb is ticking! tick tock Russ's bombs went off more than once each devastating blow more damaging than the next! You can defuse the bomb you can change the future!

Episode 19 Take a Bullet - Has Infidelity affected you? Has the bomb gone off? Is One Ticking? Part 2 of 2 Mar 15, 2006

James T. Brooke talks about the hours the days or weeks after the bomb has gone off in his Book Take a Bullet Have you been caught cheating? Has some one you love "Fell" in the area of sexual integrity? This power full book talks about the raw emotional pain of an affair and what happens next. You love or feel you loved this person so where do we go now?

Episode 18 - Take a Bullet - Has Infidelity affected you? Has the bomb gone off? Is OneTicking? Part 1 of 2 Mar 13, 2006

James T. Brooke talks about the hours the days or weeks after the bomb has gone off. The Open wounds of heartbreak are very real and what you do in these moments will affect the rest of your life. James & Celia Brooke and Russ & Dana Shaw Talk about The book Take a Bullet.

Episode 17 The Bomb goes off! Mar 06, 2006

Sex or Porn Addiction? what about infidelity? The Bomb goes off! or the bomb is going to go off soon if your don't get your addiction under control. Is it time to call in the bomb squad? The cheating spouse is only a part of the problem. A major part to be sure. Have the courage to contain the blast!

Episode 16 - Getting the treasure of understanding, discernment and wisdom Mar 01, 2006

Communicating your heart a daring endeavor indeed. The rush of actually finding out who you are, what your going through and communicating that in community can be a bigger rush then bungee jumping or skydiving. Don't wait until your life and family are splattered on the rocks to feel alive.

Episode 15 - Attitude Attitude Attitude! Feb 21, 2006

Episode 15 - Sex and porn addiction? Attitude Attitude Attitude! If the robber came to kill seal and destroy and Jesus came to give live to the full then why are we stuck in sexual sin? John 10:10 What dose that mean! Find out how your life and the struggle can be the greatest adventure you will ever experince.

Episode 14 - Email driven bonus show Feb 17, 2006

Who are you letting in to the theater in your mind? Who are the actors pounding on the door of your mental theater? Are you letting them perform for you or are you going to make a choice to be like Simon and send them packing?
Plus Accountability, 12 step, men's, couples, youth, support and groups, with one is best?

Episode 13 - The computer in your head. Feb 10, 2006

Porn and sex addiction is something you do that gives you short term pleasure and in the long term is eroding your long term fulfillment in your own spirit and relationships. Russ calls this your mental hard drive system failure. How is the computer in operating system of your mind and heart running? Reboot and scan your heart and eliminate system failure!

Episode 12 - Pushing through Work out determination! Jan 31, 2006

Muscles getting sore? Dose this work out seem to be to hard to push through? Concentrate on the benefits and remind yourself of this when you start to weaken. Make heart exercise a habit. Habit overcomes habit! Change is pushing your self out of the rut and in to a better way of living! Episode 12

Episode 11 - Russ and Dr. Block Ph.D talk about getting Emotionally Naked. Jan 24, 2006

Heart exercise number 4 - Get Emotionally Naked! Joel D. Block, Ph.D Talks about his book Naked Intimacy: How to Increase True Openness in Your Relationship. Sexual behavior is tied to intimacy! Dr. Block entices the reader to take his or her clothes off emotionally with a love partner, a daring and courageous act, to be sure, but one that ultimately brings new vitality and eroticism to a relationship. Episode 11

Episode 10 - Heart exercise 3 response to email. Jan 17, 2006

Heart exercise number 3 Russ responses to email. Did I have to hit rock bottom? How do I repent with out destroying my marriage and family? Internet filters or throw out the computer? Sex or porn addiction is heart disease but not of the heart that pumps blood but the one that is at the core of who you are! Episode 10

Episode 9 - Work out your Heart part 2 Sex or porn addiction recovery. Jan 11, 2006

Episode 9 - Work out your Heart Part 2 Get in the gym and do some cardio! compulsive sexual behavior is one of the top risk factors for heart disease. This addiction is heart disease! Not of the heart that pumps blood but the one that is at the core of who you are! Good news is that it's a risk factor that you can do
something about!

Episode 8 - Exercise your heart there is battle over it! Sex or porn addiction recovery. Jan 06, 2006

Get in the gym and do some cardio! Sexually compulsive behavior is one of the top risk factors for heart disease. This addiction is heart disease! Not of the heart that pumps blood but the one that is at the core of who you are! Good news is that it's a risk factor that you can do something about!

Episode 7 - Porn addiction? Make a Real heart inspired Resolution. Dec 29, 2005

Sex or Porn Addiction? make a real heart inspired resolution. New Years Resolutions come and go but a real resolution is firm determination. On Jan 1st or June 1st be resolute! Here Russ talks about 7 definitions of the word resolution and how they relate to overcoming porn addiction.

Episode 6 - Your not a sum total of your sin. Truth gets Explicit! Dec 23, 2005

Your not a sum total of your sin. Here Russ talks about the physical problem of sex addiction and the words we attach to sin. Fighting fight our enemy sin with emotional weapons. Merry Christmas!

Episode 5 - Going under the knife with Dr. Gerhart M.D. Dec 14, 2005

Episode 5 Russ and Dr. Clark talk about the doctors book Say Goodbye to Stubborn Sin. A surgeon explains the fleshy nature that holds the keys of behavior that drives you back to those same old stubborn sins.

Episode 4 - Porn addiction The lion the red lizard and the quicksand Dec 13, 2005

Identify the enemy. Here Russ draws some powerful emotional word pictures to address the forces holding you in bondage to slavery of sex or porn addiction.

Episode 3 ASI - The Reason Dec 01, 2005

Episode 3 Are your Ready to stop! The Reason.

Episode 2 Attitudes of sexual integrity! Don't believe the lie! pornography addition. Nov 23, 2005

Russ Shaw Takes on the lies Don't belive the lies that hold you in bondage of slavery of sex addition. Episode 2

Episode 1 Attitudes of sexual integrity! - Hope for the sexually addicted. Nov 16, 2005

Here Russ talks some about his journey to sex addition recovery and helps equip you with the weapons needed to fight this war with your own will. Experience the freedom of sexual self control.

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