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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa leads a brief AA-style morning session with prayers and Big Book readings on resentment, spiritual sickness and reliance on a higher power. The focus stays on honest self-reflection and simple daily tools to support sobriety.
2:40•14 Apr 2026
Morning Reflections on Resentment, Faith and Sobriety
Episode Overview
- Resentment is highlighted as the primary emotional threat to alcoholics and a major barrier to sobriety.
- Step Four requires honest self-examination rather than framing harms as simply getting even.
- Spiritual sickness is presented as a key part of alcoholism, alongside mental and physical illness.
- Turning to a higher power as a “new employer” shifts focus away from self-centred plans toward contributing to life.
- Daily prayers, including the Serenity Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer, are offered as tools to start the day sober and focused.
“Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more Alcoholics than anything else.”
Curious about how others manage their mornings in sobriety? This short AA Morning Snippet offers a calm, structured start to the day for anyone in recovery, especially those who like to anchor themselves with prayer and classic AA readings. Hosted by Alyssa, who openly identifies as an alcoholic, the episode begins with a quiet moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, both inside and outside the rooms.
It then moves straight into the Serenity Prayer, setting a clear tone of acceptance, courage and wisdom for the day ahead. The heart of the episode focuses on a key AA theme: resentment. Quoting the Big Book, Alyssa shares, “Resentment is the number one offender.
It destroys more Alcoholics than anything else,” and reflects on how easy it can be, during Step Four, to gloss over one’s own part by framing things as merely “getting even.” The emphasis stays on honesty, self-examination and recognising spiritual illness as part of the alcoholic experience. Another Big Book passage, “Our new employer,” highlights a shift from self-centred thinking to a life centred on a higher power.
Phrases like “we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs” and “we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter” point to the kind of daily attitude many in AA aim to build. The episode closes with the Lord’s Prayer and the familiar AA encouragement, “Keep coming back. It works if you work it,” followed by the simple plea, “Dear God, please help me stay sober today.
Amen.” If you’re looking for a brief, faith-centred boost to start a sober day, this gentle routine might be just the grounding moment you need—how might you let go of one small resentment today?
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