Steps 2 -3 with Chris, Dave, Elia AA WKS

Steps 2 -3 with Chris, Dave, Elia AA WKS

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This AA workshop-style talk from Recovery Radio Network brings together three very different voices – Chris, Dave and Noelia – all focusing on Steps 2 and 3. Chris shares long-term sobriety with a sharp sense of humour and brutal honesty about self-will and ego.

She talks about arriving "agnostic at best", needing a "see it, touch it, taste it, feel it God", and the shock of learning that sanity in Step 2 is "a complete internal condition" rather than just wild drinking stories. Her phrase "fierce grace" – "face down in the mud, one arm behind my back, screaming, uncle" – hits hard for anyone who’s tried to run life on self-will until it breaks.

Dave offers a more laid‑back but raw take, admitting he "stayed drunk" in AA for nearly 20 years and calls himself "barely above an atheist" speaking on Steps 2 and 3. He highlights how a strong Step 1 experience makes Step 2 easier, and describes the "gift" of being beaten by alcohol so thoroughly that resistance finally collapses. His description of being "stuck" between craving alcohol and fearing its absence will ring painfully true for many.

Then there’s Noelia, just 90 days sober, fresh out of jail after a drink‑driving accident and a third‑degree felony. Raised in a religious family, she talks about being "mad at God" and trying to "fix myself" through alcohol and drugs, before realising in jail that "only Him could restore me to sanity". Her story has a strong appeal for newcomers, especially those juggling faith, trauma, the justice system, and early sobriety.

Together, their stories blend long-term experience with very new recovery, speaking directly to anyone who’s ever thought, "I can fix this on my own". Could these three voices be the nudge you need to rethink Steps 2 and 3 in your own life?