Just Your Average Joel
Join Joel and Jennifer, Husband and Wife, who share sobriety and and faith for over 30 years. They challenge AA organization and apply the 12 steps and their faith to help keep them living with purpose and void of the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Just Your Average Joel
Latest Episodes
Stop Worshipping The Finger And Meet God
Most people can explain the Twelve Steps. Far fewer can point to the moment they actually changed on the inside. We go straight at that gap by walking through the Big Book language around Steps 5, 6, and 7 and asking a blunt question: if the sp...
Kumbaya Doesn’t Fix Psychosis
A lot of damage gets done by people who sound kind. We’re seeing it in the culture, in recovery rooms, and all over social media, where empathy gets weaponized into a free pass and the victims get treated like an inconvenience. That’s the heart...
Stop Saving Face And Start Saving Your Ass
The Fifth Step gets talked about like a dreaded confession, but what if it’s actually the moment the “essential psychic change” finally becomes real? We sit down with the Big Book open and ask the uncomfortable question: why do so many people c...
Why Step Three Must Change Everything
What if the reason sobriety feels flat isn’t a lack of meetings, but a lack of surrender? We pick up our walkthrough of the 12 Steps by recapping Step 3 and stepping into Step 4, and we don’t soften the point: Alcoholics Anonymous was built to ...
A Real Decision Creates A New Life
Step Three gets treated like a speed bump, but it’s the hinge that swings the whole door of recovery. We dig into why “we decided to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God” is not a vibe, a slogan, or a box to check. It’s a decisio...
