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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a brief morning check-in with prayers and AA readings focused on faith, life after the early "honeymoon" of sobriety, and honest self-searching. The episode aims to give recovering alcoholics a calm, structured start to the day centred on willingness and daily connection with a higher power.
3:00•4 Aug 2026
Seeds of Faith and Life After the AA Honeymoon
Episode Overview
- Starting the day with silence and prayer can create a steady foundation for sobriety.
- Faith is presented as a living practice, not just a belief, needing willingness and action.
- Early AA can feel like a honeymoon, but growth happens when the initial shine fades and challenges return.
- Regular self-searching, admitting what is found, and patiently correcting it are shown as key recovery habits.
- Simple daily requests, such as asking for help to stay sober today, can make recovery feel manageable.
“You must have faith. With that simple statement, the seeds of my recovery were sown.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This short AA Morning Snippet with Alyssa gives a gentle, structured start to the day for anyone living alcohol-free or trying to get there. You’ll hear Alyssa open with a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, grounding the episode in community and shared experience.
She then leads the Serenity Prayer, offering a familiar anchor: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." The core theme centres on faith as a practical tool in recovery.
Reading from *Daily Reflections*, Alyssa shares the idea that "faith, to be sure, is necessary, but faith alone can avail nothing," and talks about how a patient woman once told her, "You must have faith." That simple phrase planted the "seeds of my recovery" and, as she puts it, each day is like "ardent gardening"—cutting back the weeds of alcoholism and letting faith grow.
She then moves to *As Bill Sees It*, reflecting on the "honeymoon" period in early AA, when life feels newly bright and busy, before reality sets back in. The reading points out that once that shine fades, old patterns reappear, and how someone recognises and handles them shows how far their recovery has come.
Finally, there’s a steady reminder about self-searching from the *Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions*: no one can make much of their life until they regularly look at themselves, accept what they find, and patiently work on what’s wrong. The episode closes with the Lord’s Prayer, the familiar AA encouragement "Keep coming back.
It works if you like it," and a simple daily request: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today." If you’re looking for a calm, faith-tinged check-in to frame your day, this might be the morning ritual you’ve been missing.
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