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Reconnected: A conversation with Steve Wilkes about addiction

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One of my goals with this podcast is to introduce an audience I love to people I love. I’d like you to meet Steve Wilkes. Steve Wilkes is a husband, father, Christian, and drug and alcohol counselor. Steve and I talked about addiction in its many forms through a biblical lens. For those listening with children’s ears nearby, we never talk about anything in a graphic way, but the words ‘pornography’ and ‘suicide’ do show up a couple of times. We talk about chemical dependency, behavioral addictions, and Steve’s own road to restoration with the Lord. It turns out that recovery from addiction is

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