Chad P Steps 10-11 CA meeting in UK 04-04-26

Chad P Steps 10-11 CA meeting in UK 04-04-26

What are the common struggles and victories in addiction recovery? This CA speaker meeting from the UK centres on exactly that, as Chad Payne shares 23 years of sobriety and breaks down how Steps 10 and 11 keep him spiritually and emotionally sober, not just dry.

Chad, who calls himself “an addict”, starts with his history of drugs and alcohol as a fake spiritual solution that quickly turned into a nightmare: “The freedom that drugs gave me kept going down, down, down, and the consequences kept going up, up, up.” Even a horrific accident, broken bones and heartfelt promises to his family only kept him clean for two days. That painful cycle of “quitting years” sets the stage for why he takes these steps so seriously.

He explains how a fellow member “12‑stepped” him and showed him that meetings alone kept him sober but sick. What changed his life was being told, “I think you need a spiritual awakening as a result of the 12 steps,” and working the programme despite being atheist and agnostic: “I didn’t work the steps because I believed in God.

I worked the steps because I believed in addiction.” From there, Chad walks through Step 10 as a real-time spot-check inventory—watching for disturbance, asking God, talking to someone, making amends, then turning thoughts toward helping others. Step 11 becomes a daily structure of evening review, morning planning, and using pauses through the day as a “gift” that lets him respond from principle instead of raw emotion.

He keeps coming back to purpose: sobriety, peace and joy are byproducts, not the final aim. For him, “the solution to drug addiction is not sobriety” but living in surrender so that “God begins to work through me to help someone else.” If you’re wondering how to actually live Steps 10 and 11 in busy, messy, real life, this talk might give you plenty to think about – and try out.