Join Joe McDonald as he delves into the stark realities of addiction through the lens of Step 1 from the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book. This session explores the desperation and power felt during the darkest times of addiction.

Joe poignantly recounts, “How many of you can feel the power and the desperation in this testimony? That time in your mind emotionally when you thought you were having fun and pretty soon you knew it was work. And not only was it work, it was going to be a lot of work and I got to do it anyway.” Reflecting on a fellow’s testimony, he shares, “He describes it for him: gin, 2 bottles a day and often 3 got to be routine. This went on endlessly, and I began to awaken very early in the morning, shaking violently. Then started hanging out more and more frequently in those places and got on the hook borrowing money i ...