11th Step
238 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsExploring spirituality in the 11th Step can be a wonderfully illuminating process. This non-denominational, non-religious, practice of meditation is rooted in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The 11th step helps us develop our conscious contact with God, resulting in a life rooted in a firm foundation. This daily practice leads to emotional balance and stability as we nurture our spirit and minds.
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Spiritual Stuff
April 23, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: 'The way you fellows put this spiritual stuff makes sense. - Pg. 159 - A Vision For You THE CHAKRA: Root/Red/Tone C Root Chakra, 1st Chakra The Root Chakra is the first chakra and is located at the base of the spine. It is...
Three Little Mottoes
April 22, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: We have three little mottoes which are apropos. Here they are: First Things First Live and Let Live Easy Does It THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet,Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and it is ...
Spirit of the Universe
April 21, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: "When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Ag...
Take Them All
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: ".... Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all-every one? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing....
God's Hands
April 17, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: "If a repetition is to be prevented, place the problem, along with everything else, in God's hands." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Wives, Page 120~ THE CHAKRA: Solar Plexus/Yellow/Tone E Solar Plexus Chakra, 3rd ...
Dubious Luxury
April 16, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: "If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How...
We Pause
April 15, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com TO HELP: 4th Dimension Sobriety is a 501c3 nonprofit. 100% of donations go directly towards people's stay at 4th Dimension http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com/donation THE QUOTE: As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day 'Thy will ...
Different Forms
April 14, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "The terms 'spiritual experience' and 'spiritual awakening' are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms." - Pg. 567 - 4th. Edition - Appendices II - Spiritual Experience THE CHAKRA: Heart/Green/ Tone F Heart Chakra, 4th Chakra The Heart...
Live Long
April 13, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world." - Pg. 73 - 74 - Into Action THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet,Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and it is at the top of the "chakra ladder" which starts from the root chakra that grounds us on the Earth and progresses upward to the Sahasrara which connects us with the un...
Spiritual Experience
April 10, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences maybe." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 79~ THE CHAKRA: Throat: Blue: Tone G Throat Chakra, 5th Chakra The Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and it is the first of the...
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful
April 09, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power that One is God. May you find Him now!" ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, Page 58~ THE CHAKRA: Third Eye/Indigo/Tone A Third Eye Chakra, 6th Chakra The Third Eye Chakra transcends time. It is located in the brain, at the brow, above the base...
Ceased Fighting
April 08, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "...we have ceased fighting anything or anyone—even alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~ THE CHAKRA: Solar Plexus/Yellow/Tone E Solar Plexus Chakra, 3rd Chakra The Solar Plexus Chakra, located between the navel and solar plexus, is the core of our personality, our identity, of our ego. The third chakra is the center of willpower. While the Sacral chakra seeks p...
Common Solution
April 07, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.7 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. - Pg. 17 - There Is A Solution THE CHAKRA: Sacral: Orange: Tone D Sacral Chakra, 2nd Chakra The Sacral Chakra is yo...
Like A Gentleman
April 06, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to him. Heaven knows, we hav...
Insanity
April 03, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity. How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else? - Pg. 37 - More About Alcoholism THE CHAKRA: Third Eye/Indigo/Tone A Third Eye Chakra, 6th Chakra The Third Eye Chakra transcends time. It is located in the brain, at the brow, above the base of the nose. The gift of th...
Circumstance
April 02, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "Many of us keep liquor in our homes. We often need it to carry green recruits through a severe hangover. Some of us still serve it to our friends provided they are not alcoholic. But some of us think we should not serve liquor to anyone. We never argue this question. We feel that each family, in the light of their own circumstances, ought to decide for themselves." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Ed...
Sensitive
April 01, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time to outgrow that serious handicap." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 125~ THE CHAKRA: Sacral: Orange: Tone D Sacral Chakra, 2nd Chakra The Sacral Chakra is your passion and pleasure centre and it is located in the pelvic area. While the Root Chakra is satisfied with survival, the 2nd chakra seeks...
For A Time
March 31, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: All went well for a time, but he failed to enlarge his spiritual life. To his consternation, he found himself drunk half a dozen times in rapid succession. - Pg. 35 - More About Alcoholism THE CHAKRA: Root/Red/Tone C Root Chakra, 1st Chakra The Root Chakra is the first chakra and is located at the base of the spine. It is the root of your being and establishes the deepest connections with yo...
Self-Knowledge
March 30, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "...the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 39~ THE CHAKRA: Heart/Green/ Tone F He...
Number One Offender
March 27, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~ THE CHAKRA: Throat: Blue: Tone G Throat Chakra, 5th Chakra The Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and it is the first of the higher or spiritual chakras on the "chakra ladder". This chakra is located in the region of neck and shoulders and its co...
Lurking Notion
March 26, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 33~ THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet,Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and it is at the top of the "chakra ladder" which starts from the root chakra that ...
Conquer
March 25, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer. - Pg. 44 - We Agnostics THE CHAKRA: Third Eye/Indigo/Tone A Third Eye Chakra, 6th Chakra The Third Eye Chakra transcends ti...
4th Dimension of Existence
March 24, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: 4th Dimension of Existence How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes. - Pg. 8 - Bill's Story THE CHAKRA: Solar Plexus/Yellow/Tone E Solar Plexus Cha...
A Small Part
March 23, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: “It should be pointed out that physical treatment is but a small part of the picture.” Big Book Alcoholics of Anonymous; Page 143 THE CHAKRA: Sacral: Orange: Tone D Sacral Chakra, 2nd Chakra The Sacral Chakra is your passion and pleasure centre and it is located in the pelvic area. While the Root Chakra is satisfied with survival, the 2nd chakra seeks pleasure and enjoyment. The gift of this...
Simpler Level
March 20, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE INFO: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: "When people presented us with spiritual approaches, how frequently did we all say, "I wish I had what that man has. I'm sure it would work if I could only believe as he believes. But I cannot accept as surely true the many articles of faith which are so plain to him." So it was comforting to learn that we could commence at a simpler level." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. ...
Now About Health
March 19, 2020 09:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBMORE HELP: http://www.4thdimensionsobriety.com https://www.jasongonz.com THE QUOTE: Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. - Pg. 133 - The Family Afterward THE CHAKRA: Root/Red/Tone C Root Chakra, 1st Chakra The Root Chakra is the first chakra and is located at the base of the spine. It is the root of your being and establishes the deepest connections with your physical ...
Lack of Power
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power?" THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet, Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and it is at the top of the "chakra ladder" which starts from the root chakra that grounds us on the Earth and progresses upward to the Sahasrara which connects us with the universe...
Material vs Spiritual
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "Although financial recovery is on the way for many of us, we found we could not place money first. For us, material well-being always followed spiritual progress; it never preceded." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 127~ THE CHAKRA: Sacral: Orange: Tone D Sacral Chakra, 2nd Chakra The Sacral Chakra is your passion and pleasure centre and it is located in the pelvic area. While the Root Chakra is satisfied with survival, the 2nd chakra s...
Everything or Nothing
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is or He isn't." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53 THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet,Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown Chakra is the seventh chakra and it is at the top of the "chakra ladder" which starts from the root chakra that grounds us on the ...
Spiritually Fit
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 10 minutes - 14 MBTHE QUOTE: Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do. People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all. Our experience shows that this is not necessarily so. ...
Thy Will Be Done
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient. We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 87~ THE CHAKRA: Hea...
Great Enemies
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear. - Pg. 145 - To Employers THE CHAKRA: Throat: Blue: Tone G Throat Chakra, 5th Chakra The Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and it is the first of the higher or spiritual chakras on the "chakra ladder". This chakra is located in the region of neck and shoulders and its color is blue. The gift of this chakra is accepting your originality, expressing your authentic voice and spe...
One More Attempt
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 10 minutes - 14 MBTHE QUOTE: The old pleasures were gone. They were but memories. Never could we recapture the great moments of the past. There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it. There was always one more attempt -- and one more failure. - Pg. 151 - A Vision For You THE CHAKRA: Throat: Blue: Tone G Throat Chakra, 5th Chakra The Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and it is the first of the...
Happy Destiny
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 164~ THE CHAKRA: Root/Red/Tone C Root Chakra, 1st Chakra The Root Chakra is the first chakra and is locat...
Life or Death Errand
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no time. We have a written inventory and we are prepared for a long talk. We explain to our partner what we are about to do and why we have to do it. He should realize that we are engaged upon a life-and-death errand. Most people approached in this way will be glad to help; they will be honored by our confidence.” —Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75 THE CHAKRA: Third Eye/Indigo/Tone A Third Eye Ch...
But a Beginning
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs. - Pg. 19 - There Is A Solution THE CHAKRA: Root/Red/Tone C Root Chakra, 1st Chakra The Root Chakra is the first chakra and is located at the base of the spine. It is the root of your being and establishes the deepest connections with your physical body, your environment and with the Earth....
Any Lengths
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: "Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the past. We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg.76~ THE CHAKRA: Crown/Violet,Tone B Crown Chakra, 7th Chakra The Crown ...
Our Very Lives
March 18, 2020 19:00 - 7 minutes - 9.71 MBTHE QUOTE: Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and viewpoints and a respect for their opinions are attitudes which make us more useful to others. Our very lives , as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. - Pg. 19-20 - There Is A Solution THE CHAKRA: Throat: Blue: Tone G Throat Chakra, 5th Chakra The Throat Chakra is the fifth chakra and it is the first of the higher or spiritual cha...