2026-06-24-AA Morning Snippet

2026-06-24-AA Morning Snippet

How do individuals turn their lives around after addiction? This short AA Morning Snippet offers a gentle, structured start to the day for anyone in recovery, or those simply curious about how AA members keep going one day at a time. Hosted by Alyssa, who introduces herself plainly as “an alcoholic”, the episode moves through a moment of silence, the Serenity Prayer, and then straight into classic AA readings.

You’ll hear the idea of AA as “a spiritual kindergarten”, a place where people are just beginning to learn how to live sober, with no pressure to have everything figured out. A key focus is the concept of a higher power. The reading shares how someone arrived in AA desperate to stop drinking, but clueless about what a higher power might be.

Through staying close to those who had gone before, they came to understand that “there are many higher powers” and that AA does not push any single doctrine. This flexibility lets people find a power that makes sense to them and ask that power for help in restoring sanity and removing the obsession to drink. Another highlight is AA’s wide-open door.

A story about a contess and a former member of Al Capone’s mob standing side by side in the fellowship shows how varied the membership is. As one passage puts it, “We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired,” underlining AA’s emphasis on tolerance, honesty, and willingness rather than religious rules.

The episode closes with the Lord’s Prayer and a simple daily intention: “Dear God, please help me stay sober today. Amen.” It’s a calm, no-fuss burst of spiritual routine that might make you ask: what would your own “spiritual kindergarten” look like today?