{"id":2305,"date":"2023-01-13T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2023-09-14T10:29:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T10:29:57","slug":"aa-audio-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/aa-audio-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"AA Audio Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9;border: 1px solid #aaa;display: table;margin-bottom: 1em;padding: 1em;width: 350px;\">\n<p class=\"toctitle\" style=\"font-weight: 700;text-align: center;\">Content<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#toc-0\">A Deep Look into the Spiritual Void<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-1\">I want to find a Higher Power. How do I do this?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-2\">\u201cI\u2019m powerless over people, places and things\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-4\">Big Book ASL &#8211; Appendix IV \u2013 The Lasker Award<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-5\">The Myth of Addiction as a Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-6\">BIG BOOK CHAPTER 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just an attempt to stimulate thought or discussion and provide information based on my study and experience. Today I look further at the disease of alcoholism focusing on it as a spiritual malady. Is describing, essentially is referring to a stark void in our lives that we constantly <a href=\"https:\/\/ecosoberhouse.com\/article\/what-spiritual-malady-means\/\">when the spiritual malady is overcome<\/a> attempt to fill with outside things such as drugs, alcohol, sex, shopping, or anything we can think to try to feel better. It is the emptiness we feel on such a deep level that we turn to self-medication in order to alleviate the sadness and despair that go hand in hand with.<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:center'><iframe width='562' height='317' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-IaLPNP7Fo' frameborder='0' alt='spiritual malady aa big book' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It is not easy to do so but recognizing this aspect of alcoholism forces us to take an honest look in the mirror at our behaviors and attitudes toward life and other people. Regardless of how it manifests itself, a spiritual malady is always rooted in an inner conflict. This inner conflict can be caused by many different <a href=\"https:\/\/ecosoberhouse.com\/article\/what-are-sober-living-homes\/\">https:\/\/ecosoberhouse.com\/article\/what-are-sober-living-homes\/<\/a> things, such as childhood trauma, unresolved grief, or trauma related to addiction. A spiritual malady can manifest itself in many different ways. For some, it may manifest as a feeling of being disconnected from  others or as a sense of emptiness. For others, it may manifest as anger, anxiety, or depression.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-0\">A Deep Look into the Spiritual Void<\/h2>\n<p>And unless this malady is recognized, and a course of action (the Twelve Steps) is taken to  enable God to remove it, the root of our alcoholic illness can lie dormant and burn us when we least expect it. Thankfully, the \u201cspiritual malady\u201d is no longer a \u201cmissing piece\u201d of Step One for me. Many people are initially turned off to the idea of the program because they believe it preaches religion and God, and many addicts and alcoholics have no desire to pursue a religious answer. But the beauty of the 12-steps is that they are spiritually based as opposed to religious.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My troubles are of my own making and arise out my living a life run on self-will.<\/li>\n<li>Just an attempt to stimulate thought or discussion and provide information based on my study and experience.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike normal people (whatever that means) alcoholics are unsettled to the core.<\/li>\n<li>That, we think, is the root of our troubles.\u201d\u00a0This\u00a0\u201cSELFISHNESS-self-centeredness\u201d\u00a0(or the \u201cego\u201d, as some people refer to it) drives us to respond to life situations with the above \u201csymptoms\u201d as well as disorders and addictions other than alcoholism.<\/li>\n<li>Spiritually, we have adifficult time connectingto a higher power.<\/li>\n<li>So, instead of fixating on the parts of the program that don\u2019t work for you, focus on the things that do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Winner of the prestigious Writers Guild Award and an Emmy nominee, Stuart founded Meditox of Palm Beach in 2002, the first National Outpatient Opiate Detox Program in the United States. He was also the founder and CEO of the Lakehouse Recovery Center, Recovery Advocates Intensive Outpatient Program, and Stonesgate Sober Living. Finally, someone explained to me that those things are not the insanity that the Big Book talks about; nor are those things why the alcoholic\u2019s life becomes unmanageable.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-1\">I want to find a Higher Power. How do I do this?<\/h2>\n<p>That, we think, is the root of our troubles.\u201d This \u201cSELFISHNESS-self-centeredness\u201d (or the \u201cego\u201d, as some people refer to it) drives us to respond to life situations with the above \u201csymptoms\u201d as well as disorders and addictions other than alcoholism. Even if you don\u2019t believe in God right now, it\u2019s important to keep an open mind. Things may change over time, and you never know when or how your beliefs might evolve.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner of the prestigious Writers Guild Award and an Emmy nominee, Stuart founded Meditox of Palm Beach in 2002, the first National Outpatient Opiate Detox Program in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>It has also spawned the further rise of \u201cBig Pharma\u201d and their plethora of pharmaceutical interventions to augment the addict\u2019s plight.<\/li>\n<li>Remember to keep an open mind and heart, and eventually, you will find something (or someone) who can serve as your own personal higher power.<\/li>\n<li>Traditionally trained medical doctors are trained to treat diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, AA rooms offer fellowship and support and provide a structure that can help keep you sober. These are all positive things that can help you on your journey to recovery, regardless of your beliefs. One of the great things about AA is that it\u2019s flexible \u2013 you can make it work for you, even if you don\u2019t believe in God. So, instead of fixating on the parts of the program that don\u2019t work for you, focus on the things that do. Finding a Higher Power is an essential part of Alcoholics Anonymous, but what if you don\u2019t believe in God?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content A Deep Look into the Spiritual Void I want to find a Higher Power. How do I do this? \u201cI\u2019m powerless over people, places and things\u201d Big Book ASL &#8211; Appendix IV \u2013 The Lasker Award The Myth of Addiction as a Disease BIG BOOK CHAPTER 5 Just an attempt to stimulate thought or &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/aa-audio-archives\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AA Audio Archives<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions\/2306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irawunltd.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}