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 1 AA session, Wayne reflects on the repetitive cycle of addiction, where many of us promise ourselves we won’t drink or use again, only to fall back into the same destructive patterns. Whether it’s playing the weekend warrior or bouncing in and out of jail and prison, the cycle continues until something shifts.

“How many times do we do that? ‘I’m not going to drink, I’m not going to do any more meth,’ only to find ourselves repeating the same behavior over and over. Unless this person can experience an entire psychic change, there’s very little hope of recovery.”

Wayne emphasizes that true recovery requires a complete psychic change—a profou ...