Steps 10-11 with Bonnie ,Kate, Marty

Steps 10-11 with Bonnie ,Kate, Marty

What are the daily habits that keep long-term sobriety steady rather than shaky? This panel from Recovery Radio Network brings together three people with serious time in Alcoholics Anonymous to talk honestly about Steps 10 and 11 – and how quickly life can go off the rails when those steps get ignored.

Bonnie shares how her recovery began under threat of losing the dogs she adored, and how she slowly realised that alcohol, not the other substances, was the real non‑negotiable problem. She talks about running on impulse and fear, living on a "lower plane of thinking", and how a sponsor finally walked her line by line through the Big Book.

For her, practising Step 10 throughout the day and Step 11’s prayer and meditation has been the difference between insane thoughts winning and the sane thoughts staying louder. Kate offers a raw, emotional look at long-term sobriety without consistent spiritual practice. She admits she’d kept up night review because of accountability, but quietly dropped morning prayer and meditation in favour of work and control.

Her honesty about trying to “take it back” from God, hitting a barricade, and having to re‑do Step 3 with genuine surrender will resonate with anyone who’s drifted from their programme while still appearing “fine” on the outside. Marty rounds out the panel with nearly three decades of experience and a history of untreated alcoholism in sobriety.

He explains how Steps 10 and 11 keep him from becoming a “stark raving sober maniac”, talks about being more dangerous to his family sober than drunk, and describes his daily spiritual discipline as the only reason he’s still alive and sober. If you’ve ever skipped inventory, rushed prayer, or wondered why life still feels chaotic despite sobriety, this candid panel might be exactly the nudge you need to reconnect with daily spiritual maintenance.