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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a brief morning routine of silence, prayer and AA readings focused on impatience, self-honesty and continual self-inventory. The episode blends humour, spiritual perspective and traditional AA prayers to support a calm, sober start to the day.
3:00•10 Jun 2026
A Calm Start to Sobriety: Patience, Prayer and Honest Self-Check
Episode Overview
- Begin the day with silence and prayer for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones.
- Use daily reflections to recognise impatience and see situations from a different, more spiritual angle.
- Remember that humour and self-awareness can defuse anger and help you slow down.
- Stick to sharing your own experiences rather than someone else’s to avoid harm and build connection.
- Practice continuous self-inventory of assets and liabilities as a key part of staying sober and growing.
“Seeing things from God's angle of vision can be very relaxing.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This short AA Morning Snippet with Alyssa offers a calm, structured start to the day for anyone living alcohol-free or supporting someone who is.
The episode opens with a simple check-in: the date, a greeting, and Alyssa’s honest introduction, “My name is Alyssa, and I'm an alcoholic.” From there, you’ll be guided into a moment of silence for both suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, grounding the day in empathy and connection. A central focus is impatience, picked up from the AA Daily Reflections reading titled “Impatient?
Try levitating.” Through a humorous yet relatable story about getting furious behind a slow driver, the reading invites listeners to step back and try viewing life’s annoyances from “God’s point of view.” The image of an elderly couple happily chatting while the alcoholic sits “bug-eyed and red-faced” in the car behind brings a gentle laugh and a clear reminder: most of the rush is in our own heads.
Alyssa then shares passages from *As Bill Sees It* and the *Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions*, emphasising the importance of sticking to one’s own story and practising “unsparing self-survey and criticism.” That idea of continually checking both assets and liabilities is presented as a hard-earned necessity for alcoholics. The episode is framed by familiar prayers: the Serenity Prayer early on and the Lord’s Prayer to close, alongside the classic AA encouragement, “Keep coming back.
It works if you work it,” and a simple final plea, “Dear God, please help me stay sober. Amen.” Anyone looking for a quick spiritual reset, a reminder to slow down, or a gentle nudge toward self-honesty may find this snippet a steadying part of their morning routine. How might your day shift if you paused for patience before reacting?
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