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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa shares a short AA-focused morning routine with prayers and readings on willingness, humility and letting go, offering a calm and hopeful start to a day in recovery. The focus stays on progress, not perfection, and on asking for help to stay sober just for today.
3:05•8 Jun 2026
Starting the Day with Willingness, Letting Go and AA Morning Prayer
Episode Overview
- Begin the day with a moment of silence and the Serenity Prayer for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones.
- Use self-searching and willingness to open up to change and maintain a daily spiritual reprieve.
- Let go of old ideas and attempts to control, trusting that change comes with God’s help.
- Aim for progress, not perfection, and avoid the extremes of rebellion and pretending to be perfect.
- Close the day’s start with the Lord’s Prayer and a simple request to stay sober just for today.
“Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This short AA Morning Snippet offers a gentle, structured start to the day for anyone living alcohol-free or trying to. Alyssa, who simply introduces herself as "an alcoholic", guides a calm few minutes of prayer and reflection that feel a bit like a mini-meeting you can carry in your pocket.
The episode begins with a quiet moment for "suffering and recovering Alcoholics and their loved ones" before moving into the Serenity Prayer. From there, Alyssa reads from *Daily Reflections* on "Opening up to change", linking self-searching with new vision, action and grace. The focus stays on practical spiritual work: accepting a "daily reprieve" that depends on spiritual condition, seeking "progress, not perfection", and practising willingness to let go of old ideas.
A key line that anchors the message comes straight from the Big Book: "Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely." Alyssa reflects on letting go and letting God by surrendering old ways, no longer fighting or trying to control, and instead believing that change comes with God's help.
She speaks of emptying herself "to be full of awareness, light, and love" and facing each day with hope. Another reading from *As Bill Sees It* looks at "between the extremes", warning against both rebellion and pretending to a perfection that "simply is not there". The reminder is that humility and gradual progress sit somewhere in the middle, and that true perfection is far off. The episode closes with the Lord's Prayer, the familiar AA encouragement "Keep coming back.
It works if you work it", and a simple request: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today. Amen." It’s a brief but steadying ritual for anyone wanting to start their day grounded in recovery. How might a few minutes like this shape your morning?
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