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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa shares a brief morning AA reading focused on self-honesty, the Serenity Prayer, and quiet meditation as tools to support daily sobriety. The snippet offers simple prayers and reflections aimed at strengthening a personal relationship with a higher power and reducing self-deception.
2:56•18 Apr 2026
Morning Honesty and the Serenity Prayer with Alyssa
Episode Overview
- Begin the day with a moment of silence, the Serenity Prayer, and a simple request to stay sober today.
- Recognise that deceiving others starts with self-deception, especially around drinking and motives.
- View dishonesty as a character defect that can be addressed by first stopping the practice of deception.
- Build a close, honest relationship with a higher power as the foundation for honesty with self and others.
- Use quiet meditation without debate to deepen conscious contact with God and support daily recovery.
“Deceiving others is a character defect, even if it is just stretching the truth a bit or cleaning up my motives so others would think well of me.”
How do people cope with the challenges of staying sober? This short AA Morning Snippet with Alyssa offers a gentle, focused start to the day, aimed at anyone living alcohol-free or working towards it who wants a simple spiritual reset before the day kicks off. Alyssa opens with a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, followed by the Serenity Prayer.
You’ll hear the familiar words, but she also shares why they matter so much, reading from *As Bill Sees It* about how AA members first came across the prayer in a 1941 obituary and quickly embraced it: “Never had we seen so much AA in so few words.” The heart of the episode is a reflection on self-honesty.
Drawing from AA daily readings, Alyssa highlights how easy it is to rewrite reality while drinking, reshaping the truth so it fits what we want to believe.
A striking line sums it up: “Deceiving others is a character defect, even if it is just stretching the truth a bit or cleaning up my motives so others would think well of me.” The message is clear and simple: staying honest with others begins with being honest with yourself and your higher power. There’s also a reminder that real change starts with willingness.
A higher power may remove the defect of dishonesty, but first, a person has to stop practising it. Meditation is presented as quiet time, not debate club—resting with the thoughts and prayers of spiritually centred people to deepen conscious contact with God. The snippet closes with the Lord’s Prayer, the familiar AA phrases “Keep coming back.
It works if you work it,” and a final, humble request: “Dear God, please help me stay sober today.” It’s short, steady and made for those mornings when you need a calm, honest reset. What small honesty can you practise today to support your recovery?
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