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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a short AA-based morning pause with prayers and readings on willingness, Higher Power, and relapse. The focus stays on daily spiritual practice, group stability, and gentle attitudes toward slips in recovery.
3:10•3 Jun 2026
Morning AA Snippet: Willingness, Slips, and a Soaring Higher Power
Episode Overview
- Begin the day with quiet reflection, a moment of silence, and familiar AA prayers to support sobriety.
- Step Six is presented as a challenge that becomes easier through willingness and trust in a Higher Power.
- The image of a bird riding strong air currents illustrates letting go of self-will and relying on something greater.
- Prayer and meditation are suggested as ways to seek knowledge of God’s will and the courage to act on it.
- Relapses are seen as serious but not a threat to AA’s common welfare, with a light, kind approach toward those who slip.
“Because I am of myself nothing, I ask God to grant me the knowledge of his will and the power and courage to carry it out today.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? AA Morning Snippets offers a brief daily pause where you’ll hear prayers and classic AA readings to help set up the day. This instalment, led by Alyssa, is aimed at anyone in recovery who wants a calm, structured start to a Wednesday, grounded in the language and traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
The format is simple and familiar to AA members: a moment of silence for “the suffering and recovering Alcoholics and their loved ones,” the Serenity Prayer, a short reflection, and a reading from AA literature, all wrapped up with the Lord’s Prayer and a closing sobriety reminder. Today’s reflection focuses on Step Six and the hard work of willingness.
Alyssa shares a powerful passage from Daily Reflections about being stuck on Step Six, praying outside, and watching “a huge bird rising in the sky… an inspiring example of a fellow creature letting go to a power greater than itself.” The image of the bird “swooping, swooping, and soaring” captures what it can feel like to stop fighting and lean on a Higher Power instead of self-will.
Early AA fears about “who next?” are contrasted with a more stable outlook: “Fear has evaporated… we know that it cannot destroy the common welfare.” There’s a gentle, almost cheeky suggestion to “just kid the boys along” and ask if they’re “having fun,” while still keeping distance if someone is “too noisy or troublesome.” If you’re looking for a short, steadying check-in that blends prayer, AA wisdom, and a reminder that relapse doesn’t wreck the whole fellowship, this morning snippet might be a reassuring way to start the day.
The reading also admits, with refreshing honesty, that “it’s not easy to know God’s will in each circumstance,” highlighting prayer and meditation as tools for sensing “the currents” of life and asking for “the power and courage to carry it out today.” From AA Comes of Age, the focus shifts to slips and relapses in a group setting. What small ritual could help you stay willing and grounded just for today?
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