Join Joe McDonald as he reads from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, diving into Step 2 AA and exploring the profound insights gained from shared experiences. Reflecting on the importance of understanding the nature of thoughts and emotions, Joe emphasizes the transformative power of awareness.

In this session, Joe discusses the distinction between thoughts, emotions, and the self. “How did the friend make you feel? Sometimes good, sometimes scared. We’re not focusing you on the feeling. For you theologians, we’re not telling you God is a feeling. No. But what we are telling you is your awareness of the feeling is the power we call God. Because you are not your thought and you are not your emotion. You are the experiencer of thought and emotion. And once we awaken you to that fact, then all that stuff is a bunch of nonsense happe ...