Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you.

I am your co-host, Christina Dodson.

On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith.

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This is part one of a three-part special podcast series with Grammy Award winner Russ Taff and his wife, Tori.

Russ's story of childhood trauma, addiction, and fame is powerful.

As God pulled Russ up, gave him hope, and built a marriage they both never thought could happen.

Now, let's go to part one.

Welcome to Awesome Marriage Podcast. Today on the podcast, welcome Russ and Tori Taft. The movie I still believe is

coming out in theaters on December 30th. It's a documentary. It follows Russ's musical journey and

behind the scenes battle with alcoholism. I'm excited to have them join us today because addiction

and shame and secret things are big issues that plague marriage is everywhere. I'm excited to have them join us today because addiction and shame and secret things are big issues.

The plague marriage is everywhere. I'm excited also to share this story because they came out on

the other side. So Russ and Tori, thank you so much for taking time to join us today.

Thank you, Kim. Thank you, Kim. We appreciate talking to you.

So let's kick things off, but you guys just telling us about yourself and your family,

let people know a little bit more about you.

Well, Russ nods to me.

I noticed.

You can just tell it faster than I can.

You can convince it. I go for the long story.

We have been married 42 years. What? And we have two daughters. About five years ago, we moved to a little tiny town about an hour outside of Nashville called Bell Buckle, Tennessee, which is just as quaint as it sounds.

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