Join Joe McDonald as he reads from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, delving into Step 2 AA and exploring the profound insights gained from shared experiences. Reflecting on the importance of lived experiences in understanding addiction, Joe highlights the unique qualifications of those who have lived through similar struggles to help others on their journey.

In this session, Joe discusses how the personal stories in the Big Book provide invaluable lessons. “How many of you have read some parts of this book and learned something about alcoholism or addiction from those chapters? How many of you learned a great deal about alcoholism or addiction from lived experience? How many of you got some understanding of something that was incomprehensible because you read somebody’s shared experience with you about what happened to them and  ...