Join Joe McDonald as he reads from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, exploring the importance of tolerance, pity, and patience in Step 4. Reflecting on the need for a power greater than ourselves to overcome judgment and be effective in recovery, Joe emphasizes the spiritual practice of asking for divine help to show compassion to others.

“And as nobody’s trying to be glib it’s just it requires a power greater than me because when I’m in judgment I’m ineffective. And the only way I’m not going to be in judgment is when I’m taken over by the Spirit. So we ask God. That is a good crowd. You guys can come back over and over. Good. We ask God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. So I’m asking this power within me to empower me to show them pity and patience that I would  ...