Join Joe McDonald as he explores the first step of the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, focusing on the delusional thinking that often accompanies addiction. In this insightful discussion, Joe delves into the tendency of addicts to seek out companions who enable their destructive behaviors, creating an illusion of camaraderie and relief.

Joe vividly describes the scenario: “That special friend who’s worse than me no matter how bad I am, he’s worse than me so I can drink openly with him. He ain’t gonna give me no lecture. I definitely don’t need no lecture. Anybody relate to that?” Reflecting on a passage from the Big Book, Joe shares, “Unmindful of his welfare, I thought only of recapturing the spirit of other days. There was that time we had chartered an airplane to complete a JAG. His coming was an oasis in this dreary desert of futi ...