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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a brief AA-based morning ritual with prayers and readings focused on living sober one day at a time, facing guilt and pride, and practising moral inventory. The episode aims to give a calm spiritual start to the day for people in recovery and their loved ones.
2:42•20 May 2026
Starting the Day Sober: One Day at a Time with AA Morning Snippets
Episode Overview
- Focus on staying sober one day at a time rather than vowing never to drink again for life.
- Use the Serenity Prayer to separate what can be changed from what must be accepted.
- Recognise the alcoholic’s tendency to lead a double life and present a false stage character.
- Understand guilt and pride as two connected forces that can harm you and others.
- Use moral inventory as a calm, honest review of past damage to remove the emotional "ground glass" that still hurts.
“"Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others."”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This short daily episode offers a gentle, structured way to start the morning with recovery front and centre. Alyssa introduces herself plainly – "My name is Alyssa, and I'm an alcoholic" – and moves straight into a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, setting a calm and respectful tone.
You’ll hear familiar AA prayers and readings, making this ideal for anyone who wants a quick spiritual check-in before the day kicks off. The Serenity Prayer opens the reflection, grounding you in the classic reminder to accept what you can’t change and act where you can. From there, the focus shifts to a core AA principle: "one day at a time".
A reading explains why saying "I must never drink again" can feel overwhelming, while committing to stay sober just for today can feel realistic and achievable. Alyssa includes passages on "defects and repairs" and the idea that "More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life". The reading points out how guilt and pride are two sides of the same coin – one turning inward to self-destruction, the other turning outward in harmful ways.
The moral inventory is described as "a cool examination" of past damage, with the vivid image of taking the "ground glass" out of us so it stops cutting emotionally. The episode finishes with the Lord’s Prayer, classic AA phrases like "Keep coming back.
It works if you work it," and a simple closing request: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today." It’s a compact, faith-leaning boost for anyone who wants a reminder that they only have to get through this one day. Could a few minutes like this each morning help you feel a bit more steady in your recovery?
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