Join Joe McDonald as he reads from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, focusing on the foreword to the first edition and its emphasis on showing others precisely how we have recovered. Joe shares how to find personal experiences within the text and encourages viewers to do the same, promising a shared spiritual experience.

“So in the foreword to the first edition, it says to show others precisely how we’ve recovered is the main purpose of the book. So what we do here is exactly that—show others. I’ll show you how I find my experience in the book, and I’ll encourage you to have your experience with the book. And if we both do our job, we’ll share a spiritual experience in this room tonight. How many have been here before and can witness for folks that happens? Very good. So those of you joining us online, you can’t see them, but the ...