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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a short AA-style morning reflection with prayers, readings on kindness and self-bondage, and a focus on Step Three and the Seventh Tradition. The session encourages small acts of kindness, trust in a higher power, and a simple daily commitment to staying sober.
2:22•29 Jul 2026
Morning Kindness and the Bondage of Self: An AA Daily Boost
Episode Overview
- Use daily prayer, such as the Serenity Prayer and Lord’s Prayer, as a grounding start to a sober day.
- Shift focus from supporting a drinking habit to offering anonymous kindness, like a smile or a kind word.
- Treat the Seventh Tradition as a personal challenge to share and give of yourself in recovery.
- Apply the Step Three prayer to ask for relief from self-centredness and to align with a higher power’s will.
- Reaffirm a simple daily intention: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today."
“Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do thy will.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? This short AA Morning Snippet offers a gentle, structured start to the day for anyone in recovery, especially those who like a spiritual anchor with their morning coffee. Alyssa introduces herself simply as "an alcoholic" and invites a moment of silence for both suffering and recovering alcoholics, along with their loved ones.
From there, you'll hear the familiar rhythm of AA: the Serenity Prayer, daily reflections, and readings straight from AA literature. The focus today is on "anonymous gifts of kindness" and the challenge of the Seventh Tradition.
One line hits particularly hard: before sobriety, "the only thing I ever supported was my habit of drinking." Now, the call is to give in small, practical ways – a smile, a kind word, simple acts of kindness that show someone is finally carrying their own weight in life and in the fellowship.
The reading from *As Bill Sees It* and the classic Step Three prayer from *Alcoholics Anonymous*, page 63, bring in the theme of "bondage of self." The prayer, "Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do thy will," frames recovery as a shift from self-centredness to service and trust in a higher power. The episode closes with the Lord’s Prayer and familiar AA phrases like "Keep coming back.
It works if you work it," and a simple, heartfelt request: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today. Amen." If you’re looking for a brief, faith-rooted boost to your daily routine in sobriety, this snippet offers structure, comfort, and a reminder that you don’t have to do this alone. How might a few minutes of quiet reflection change the way your day unfolds?
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