Join Wayne Giles as he reads and expands on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, offering deeper understanding and practical advice for those on their recovery journey. In this Step 2 AA session, Wayne reflects on the difficult truth faced by many in recovery: half of the original AA fellowship were atheists or agnostics, and the other half were believers dying in their addiction. Despite their faith or lack of it, none knew how to live a life of faith while caught in the grips of addiction.

“Some of us tried to avoid the issue, hoping against hope we were not true alcoholics.”

Wayne shares his own story of trying to avoid the reality of his addiction, cycling between meth, alcohol, and prison. He talks about the denial that kept him repeating the same behaviors, hoping that drinking instead of using meth would somehow  ...