Join Joe McDonald as he explores the promises found in Steps 10 & 11 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, focusing on how our most difficult experiences can become powerful tools for helping others. Joe discusses the profound transformation that occurs when we shift from self-pity to service.

“No matter how far down the scale we’ve gone, we’ll see how our experience can benefit others. If you’ll go out and start helping other people, that feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. How many of you have learned that some really gnarly things that happened to you have been uniquely useful to lift somebody up, and you found a joy in that that was greater than any joy you had known?”

Joe emphasizes the ongoing need for service in recovery, highlighting that the promise of freedom from self-pity and uselessne ...