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Moments of Clarity

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Take a minute and become inspired to find clarity in your quest to live healthy and maintain sobriety. Toby C. focuses on a variety of topics Codependency to Relapse, Denial to Open-Mindedness. Updated weekly.
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The 4th Dimension with Toby C

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Exploring the bouts with evil resistance to early attempts at recovery from a seemingly hopeless situation, host Toby C. talks about a very uncomfortable subject: The Antithesis of Good. Whether fighting the battle to overcome drugs, sex, gambling, overeating, alcohol, or any other challenge between good and evil, this program will feature the stories, the nightmares, and the victories on the path to recovery.
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Chari-Ann, an elected spiritualist at a young age, was being groomed by the Evil One although she didn’t know it. Trapped in the lonely tragedy of domestic violence, she finally surrendered her imagination to the darkness and the demons in whose dominion she rotted. Shyness and compliance have their consequences! Step up to the alter of intolerance…
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Paul W. grew up in the shadow of celebrity. Something also lurked in that shadow, and it eclipsed his identity, self-esteem, integrity, and any form of genuine happiness. He was never lonely. Satan always made sure to visit him in jail, mental hospitals, rehabs and finally in prison. Was he bi-polar or schizophrenic? Was he possessed by something e…
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Brook C. is an angelic street minister whose evil influences caused her to turn down the wrong street to be sure! Battling the evil resistance of Pride and Lust, this darling of God had a not-so-delicate human urge to act out. The act almost took her out, after all “The wicked are the chaff which the wind blows away.” Come into a secret alley with …
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Lisa L. had the essence of Aphrodite's power in her ability to provoke desire. A true love machine with an emotional spark plug that misfired. Consumed with risky behaviors driven by lust and greed always produced the same results. The emotional meltdown, the hopeless and useless futility of it all. Join Toby C. and experience the sublime sensation…
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It finally become clear to Sarah P., despite that spark in her spirit and her exhibition of beauty, that she was looking for love in all the wrong places! Pride, Anger and Envy helped push her beyond the limits of human aid! It was apparent that so long as she placed her relationships with others FIRST, a dependence upon a REAL power, greater than …
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Leshay was a “high value” target although she didn’t know it. Over time she was able to open herself to be a finely tuned instrument - a channel and a spiritual messenger in order that others could hear the word of God and keep it! Ah, but alas her perfection, pride and self-determination finally got the best of her! Satan had thrown a shroud over …
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This rock-star royalty truly had a genie in a bottle. Fame, fortune, cocaine abuse and sex addiction kept the cork firmly in place. No matter how much Herlo A. tried to blot out the painful memories of childhood demonic abuse, there sat his lonely fears and private insecurities begging to escape in the ether of his daily hedonistic indulgences. It’…
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Good examples bad examples… Knick knack paddy whack, give that dog a drink! Life for Don B. was drowning in an intoxicating ether where confusion abounds, and ambivalence prevails. It seemed his desperate struggles to get better were always met with the punishment of Satan’s heavy hand. Come test the waters of recovery with Toby C. while Don travel…
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Marie K. - beauty, talent and other proud accomplishments wouldn’t allow her to FEEL the deadly stew of disappointment so she could WEEP and feel God’s presence. Her performances concealed a deep latent shame, protected by the demons of anger and lust, that bound her to a living hell. Breakout of a predictable ending with Toby C. and Marie to unloc…
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Blessed with grace and self-determination, this humble Fairest One sought and conquered some of the loftiest personal achievements imaginable. Travel with Mary T. while Toby C. helps to tilt the hologram into another dimension of perception. Take a quantum leap into the cloak of exceptionalism, discipline and resolve that almost took Mary down! A s…
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Lights, Cameras - ACTION! This Tinseltown legacy had the panic attack from hell. Entertain the thought that Toby C. with Susan C. will take you on an adventure into the duality of evil that exists within us all. Put the spotlight on the demons of anger, despair, shame and the disconnect that emerges as we attempt to hide our fear-driven insecuritie…
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From thriving on the privileged sands of La Jolla, to living under bridges and on the Streets of Bakersfield, this Country star had turned into a black hole. Robert B. had somehow let Satan comfortably nest in the bosom of his selfish incessant need to find “rest and relaxation” at whatever the cost. It cost him dearly. Toby C. and Robert explore t…
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One of today’s great mindfulness quotes is following: “The rarest and purest form of generosity is to pay attention to someone.” What they might be saying is the act of paying attention to someone, with no expectations and without judgement is really called unconditional love. In recovery, when we clean house, we learn the spiritual principle of HU…
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Are you a prisoner to negative thinking or negative thoughts of others? Did you know the moment we say, "No, never!" our minds close against the grace of God? For those of us who successfully “clean house” in 12-Step recovery, we get a chance to alter our perception of the world around us by developing and maintaining a healthy imagination. Imagina…
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So many want to stop but cannot. The idea that somehow, someday we can control and enjoy our indulgences is the great obsession of every sufferer. At a certain point, many of us, pass into a state where the most powerful desire to stop is of absolutely no avail. What can we do to halt this mental obsession so subtly powerful that no amount of human…
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Many of us were stuck at a place called the BOTTOM. Our extremely self-destructive behavior simply would not yield. Our doom seemed imminent. Our terminal uniqueness, our loneliness and fears that live in the narrow-mind of SELF consciousness may be nothing more than pointing our imagination towards wrong self-centered objectives. Perhaps the real …
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Are you cut off from your feelings? Are you out of touch? Maybe you’re denying yourself to feel – because the emotional pain is just too unbearable. We “can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial. Worse yet, denial can be so powerful that it can trick the sufferer into destructive drinking and other addictions. Recover…
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Did you know?… So many of us who slip into old behavior and relapse are simple victims of boredom. Boredom lead to risky behavior which lead to shameful acts which lead to shame - and shame is an emotional drunk – and in time … and in time we get loaded. Paying attention to others in recovery can be a fascinating adventure. To watch some suffering …
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There is an ambush predator lurking in the dark corners of our soul. It’s called BOREDOM. Left unchecked, this boredom will make your life and your fragile sobriety unmanageable. An Idle mind is the devil’s playground. The solution to boredom is passion. Whatever we’re doing – we have to make it interesting! Love and tolerance of others is our code…
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With our 19th episode, The 4th Dimension begins an all-new season hosted by Toby C. Join Toby C. and his guest Paul E. – whose father was a Baptist minister and whose grandfather died of alcoholism. A chiseled judgmental pedigree of honorable distinction, he inadvertently set himself up for the disappointing heavy hand of God's will. Shocked into a…
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Ann B. conquered every obstacle, challenge, and distorted set of values she encountered. Regrettably, her belligerent self-consciousness, opened her up to unimaginable misery, constantly springing the bated traps of Satanic obstacles. She tried to deny, that her raging inferno of anger, was stoked by terror, bewilderment, and fear – a fire that onl…
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Her dark dreams, deeply rooted with rodents and sexual deviancy, opened Marie B. up to reoccurring R.E.M. sensations of being levitated from her bed by an evil spirit only to be violently smashed back down. Dispossession, delusion, and failed Deliverance Prayers were the keepers of her shameful legacy of family alcoholism. Satan never missed an opp…
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Christopher naively opened himself up to evil at a young age although he did not know it at the time. Drugs and alcohol were a rite of passage, and the crazier things became, the more interesting life was. Potholes of misfortune turned into sink holes of rage. Molehills of calm turned into mountains of boredom and ambivalence. The Devil never misse…
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James’ ghost story is a misadventure of denial, ambivalence, and deception. If the devil cannot make you bad, he will make you busy! His self-centered illusions that fueled his envy and anger kept him on an emotional jag indefinitely. Looking back James can see where the Devil did for him that he could not do for himself. His most desperate moments…
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Like a fly to a bug zapper, Andrew was attracted to the "shiny" objects of his desires. Satan's sweet evil bate brought him into the fast lane of yachts, loose women, and quick money. Who in their right mind would want to give up all these lonely indulgences? His surreal life of Nirvana was slow seeping into a living hell of paranoia and resentment…
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The common childhood psychosis of feeling less than. John's approach was to project himself onto a superior identity… or so he thought! Fantasy and the bondage of self, culminated in a relationship with Satan that led him to the summit of radio notoriety. A dream come true or a nightmare? John still could find no true joy and was never satisfied. H…
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Despite his best efforts to avoid the evils that plagued him, Channing was vulnerable. Recovery was new, refreshing and meaningless, the devil knew it and evil found him again. He hits bottom time and time again. Does he die now? or does he recover again – for another beat down?By Imperial Recovery Media
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Toby and Sandy D. take a calm, objective look at Sandy’s earliest efforts to overcome the “bondage of self.” Was it possible that Sandy was transmuting shame by his material achievement and superlative exceptionalism? Was it possible that Sandy was still slowly dying inside and concealed this secret through his relationship with alcohol? It is poss…
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Marie only thought her Ghost story was “him”. “He” was the problem – her ghost that kept popping up and keeping her in a prison of fear. He was evil. He was her onion of misery. But upon a calm, objective look back Toby and Marie discover that he and it was not her ghost story! Her demons handed her into the hands of disappointment and compulsive d…
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Vicky’s “normal” growing up was not so normal. Not only did she ignore and deny the shame revealed through its ugly reality, but her family of origin default setting consistently put her in defective abusive relationships with predators – the type that feed on the emotionally weak and vulnerable. Are people evil or do people allow themselves to be …
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Every AA meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity. The only problem is something in the meeting DOES NOT want us to rightly relate ourselves to Him. Ahhh, yes, …. Selfishness, self-centeredness – that we think is the root of our problems. Bruce and Toby discuss the insanity and the demons that reside within the rooms of all kinshi…
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By now, in his mid-20’s, Austin’s ghost stories take place in some of the half dozen rehabs and hospitals he’s failed. Only SATAN would have placed his vice smack dab back in the lap of his agony – subjecting his fragile recovery to unfair judgement and speculation. One sober living roommate predicted his own death, and another even erected an alte…
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By now, in his mid-20’s, Austin’s ghost stories take place in some of the half dozen rehabs and hospitals he’s failed. Only SATAN would have placed his vice smack dab back in the lap of his agony – subjecting his fragile recovery to unfair judgement and speculation. One sober living roommate predicted his own death, and another even erected an alte…
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