Join Joe McDonald as he reads from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, diving into the raw and emotional experiences outlined in the early pages of the book. Reflecting on the challenges many face, Joe discusses the struggle of accessing something greater than oneself to cope with life’s difficulties.

“Couldn’t seem to be of real help to people. Pray to misery and depression. That was my human condition. I had to access something, and for a while, alcohol and opiates and things like that were a solution to that condition, right? Until they weren’t. Until they were providing greater complexity. All right. So then, based on that admission, now I know that those are true. I have this unmanageable thing within me that’s causing me to paint the world I live in progressively more difficult. And so I medicate because that’s what I got to  ...