Step 10: Keepin it CLEAN on the daily!Step 10: Keepin it CLEAN on the daily!
GOD TALK UNCENSORED
Zach Rogers and Monty talk through Step 10 as a daily practice of honest self-inventory, humility and faith in God. Their chat links the 12 steps with biblical teaching and practical relationship wisdom for those in recovery.
12:56•10 Oct 2026
Step 10 and Keeping Your Side of the Street Clean with God
Episode Overview
- Step 10 is about ongoing personal inventory and promptly admitting when you are wrong.
- Trying to win every argument can damage relationships; being well matters more than being right.
- "Keeping your side of the street clean" means owning your behaviour instead of trying to control others.
- Regular review of the day, including resentments and fears, helps prevent bitterness from taking root.
- The 12 steps discussed here are grounded in a clear belief in the God of the Bible rather than a vague higher power.
“"Winning an argument in a relationship sometimes isn’t winning at all."”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation from GOD TALK UNCENSORED drops in on Zach Rogers and his co-host Monty as they unpack Step 10 of the 12 steps and what it really looks like to "keep it clean" day by day. Speaking from a strongly Christian perspective, they treat the 12 steps as a spiritual path rather than a self-help checklist.
By the time someone reaches Step 10, Zach points out, they’ve already admitted their brokenness, turned their life over to God, taken inventory, and made amends. Step 10 is about staying there: "we continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong we promptly admitted it." You’ll hear them talk honestly about pride, repeated arguments (especially in marriage), and the trap of always needing to be right.
As Zach puts it, "winning an argument in a relationship sometimes isn’t winning at all." They connect this with the classic recovery idea of "cleaning your side of the street"—taking responsibility for your own actions rather than trying to stage everyone else’s behaviour to keep yourself comfortable.
The episode leans heavily on both the Bible and the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, with Zach reading the nightly and morning review sections from page 86 and highlighting how often God is mentioned compared with "higher power." For those in Christian recovery, his insistence that the founders "believed in Jesus" and that God "could transform you" may feel reassuring. Style-wise, the chat is relaxed, slightly cheeky, and very God-centred.
It’s aimed at people in recovery or working the steps who want to keep growing in honesty, humility, and daily dependence on God rather than sliding back into resentment and self-absorption. If you’re trying to live out Step 10 with a faith focus, this one might hit home and help you ask: what would it look like to keep your side of the street clean today?
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