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Bradley Saxon focuses on Step 10 as a daily practice for maintaining spiritual growth and sobriety beyond early recovery. He challenges people to keep reading, praying, serving, and staying honest so their freedom doesn’t quietly slip away.
1:38:05•14 Apr 2026
Keeping Step 10 Alive: Staying Spiritually Fit After Early Recovery
Episode Overview
- Step 10 is about continuing action to maintain and grow the spiritual life, not just achieving early sobriety.
- Reading the Big Book, studying it with others, and asking questions helps prevent spiritual illiteracy.
- Letting up on daily practices like prayer, meeting attendance, and inventory allows ego and old behaviours to quietly return.
- True help for other addicts requires first seeking God and living the principles personally, rather than just talking about them.
- Depending on God, rather than jobs, money, or relationships, keeps recovery stable and life centred on service.
“Peace is not just a feeling, man. Peace is a practice.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This live step study session with host Bradley Saxon zooms in on Step 10 as an ongoing "programme of action" rather than a box to tick and forget. Bradley talks straight about what happens after the first four months of smashing early recovery goals.
He points out that the real test starts outside the safety of treatment walls, around people with no spiritual practice and no interest in whether you drink yourself to death. His main message? If recovery got you free, maintenance keeps you free. Using down-to-earth analogies – like not buying tools you never learn to use – he urges people to stop being "illiterate" about spiritual terms and the Big Book.
He lays out three simple habits: read the book, study it with others, and ask questions, even if it dents your pride. As he puts it, "Peace is not just a feeling, man. Peace is a practice." The episode leans heavily into honesty and humility. Bradley challenges alumni and newcomers alike to look at their daily habits: when was the last time they opened the Big Book, helped a newcomer, or actually prayed?
He warns about easing off meetings, letting ego rebuild itself, and swapping a spiritual focus for chasing money or unhealthy relationships. This one is aimed at anyone in 12-step recovery who’s already tasted some freedom but keeps losing it, as well as people supporting loved ones in long-term sobriety. Expect a mix of AA language, Bible references, humour, and some uncomfortable but necessary questions about pride, secret behaviours, and whether your life actually reflects a relationship with God.
If you’re ready to move from "getting it" to actually keeping it, this conversation might be the nudge you’ve been avoiding – what small step could you restart today?
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