Join Joe McDonald as he shares his personal experience of redemption in Steps 10 & 11 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, emphasizing that belief in a higher power isn’t a requirement for recovery—just a willingness to be restored. Joe speaks candidly about his journey as an addict of the hopeless variety and the profound impact of being yanked from the brink.

“I’m not telling you about something I think is true according to somebody else. I’m telling you it has been my experience as an addict of the hopeless variety that people as bad as me cannot be redeemed. They die. And often, we don’t die quick enough, and it’s sad and awful. But every once in a while, people like me get yanked out from that scrap heap. We make really powerful witnesses because you can’t refute my experience. You can believe whatever you want, but I do ...