Amy D Steps 10-11 Southern Maryland Roundup 2026

Amy D Steps 10-11 Southern Maryland Roundup 2026

What are the common struggles and victories in addiction recovery? Amy Spain Duncan, an AA member sober since March 2010, talks frankly about the daily maintenance of sobriety through Steps 10 and 11 at the Southern Maryland Roundup 2026. Speaking with humour and a lot of honesty, Amy shares how sponsorship, home group support, and spiritual discipline keep her grounded.

She explains the idea of giving trusted friends "spiritual permission" to call her out when ego flares up: her job is to keep her hands in her pockets and listen instead of defending or justifying.

As she puts it, "My daddy used to say, nothing they tell you in AA is going to hurt you, and everything you do hurts you." Amy describes her beloved Lambton home group, where "the bank teller, the bank robber, and the bank president" all sit together, and how that mix of people modelled service, unity, and living the AA traditions.

Her story about someone throwing a turkey at a home group dinner turns into a powerful lesson: the group’s trusted servant asks, "What would the master do?" and responds to chaos with spiritual principles instead of punishment. Much of the talk focuses on why Steps 10 and 11 can’t be treated as optional extras.

Amy is candid about what happens when she skips ongoing inventory and meditation, including a five‑year sober moment where fear and anger led her to kick in a neighbour’s door. Her sponsor’s simple response – "when you do all the steps" – pushes her into taking Step 11 seriously, especially around meditation and pausing between stimulus and response.

This episode suits anyone in AA who’s past the early crisis phase and asking, "Why do I still act this way?" It offers raw, funny, and very practical experience of how daily spiritual work keeps sobriety steady in family life, service, and work. How free do you want to be?