CWSA - Guest: Blaine Long (Pt. 2)

CWSA - Guest: Blaine Long (Pt. 2)

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? In this candid conversation, Blaine Long shares how a tiny "mustard seed" of faith and a lot of pain pushed him into the rooms of AA and NA, where he found both God’s grace and a practical way out of the chaos. Speaking with host Terry Hanna, Blaine walks through the 12 steps as spiritual principles, showing how they connect directly with his Christian faith.

He talks about hitting emotional bottom, admitting his life was unmanageable, and then taking that crucial leap: "I turn my life and my will over to care of God." For Blaine, that word "care" is central — he describes handing God his thinking because he couldn’t manage it on his own.

You’ll hear how Blaine’s inventory work exposed a deep streak of selfishness and self‑centredness, and how steps six and seven meant letting God deal with character defects rather than trying to "work on it" himself. His practical advice is clear: ask God to remove the defect, then consciously do the opposite — love instead of hate, care instead of indifference. The episode also gets very real about making amends.

Blaine explains that some people don’t forgive, and that’s where "cleaning our side of the street" and living amends come in, helping to ease guilt and shame even when relationships stay strained. As he talks about the maintenance steps, Blaine stresses daily self‑examination, studying the Bible, and helping others in recovery.

He describes his current life as working for a "new boss" rather than the old one, saying, "I’m not living under Satan no more" and celebrating the power of rooms filled with people clean and sober. If you’re wondering whether faith and the 12 steps can actually work together, this honest, down‑to‑earth chat offers a strong hint: have you considered starting with just a mustard seed of belief?