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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a brief AA-focused morning ritual with prayers and readings on Step Eight, courage, willingness and spiritual awakening. The episode centres on daily reliance on a higher power and honest self-reflection to support staying sober today.
2:56•13 Aug 2026
Morning AA Snippet: Courage, Willingness and a Clean Sweep
Episode Overview
- Begin the day with silence and prayer for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones.
- Use the Serenity Prayer to accept what cannot be changed and find courage for what can.
- Approach Step Eight by becoming willing over time, rather than expecting instant readiness.
- Cultivate courage, honesty, sincerity, thoroughness and willingness as core virtues for making amends.
- Reflect honestly on past attempts to rely on intelligence and willpower alone, using self-examination as a guide.
“I needed to develop the courage to begin, the honesty to see where I was wrong, a sincere desire to set things right, thoroughness in making a list, and willingness to take the risks required for true humility.”
What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? This short AA Morning Snippet gives a glimpse into how one person keeps that focus sharp at the very start of the day. Hosted by Alyssa, who introduces herself simply and honestly with, "My name is Alyssa, I'm an alcoholic," the episode sets a calm, reflective tone.
It opens with a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, followed by the Serenity Prayer, grounding anyone listening in the familiar rhythm of AA. You’ll hear a reading from *Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions* on Step Eight, framed around the idea of "a clean sweep".
The reflection breaks down the emotional toolkit needed for this step: "Courage, honesty, sincerity, willingness, and thoroughness." Alyssa shares how these qualities didn’t appear overnight, highlighting the wording "became willing" as a gentle reminder that readiness can grow over time rather than arriving fully formed. The snippet also brings in "the answer in the mirror" from As Bill Sees It, pointing to the hard truth that trying to "play God" through intelligence and willpower alone fails the real-life test.
One glance in the mirror, the reading says, gives all the feedback needed. A powerful Grapevine passage on spiritual awakening adds a hopeful note: "At once I became a part, if only a tiny part, of a cosmos that was ruled by justice and love in the person of God." That sense of belonging and ongoing assurance sits at the heart of the episode’s message. The Lord’s Prayer closes things out, along with the familiar AA encouragement, "Keep coming back.
It works if you work it," and a simple plea: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today." If you’re looking for a brief, faith-shaped nudge to stay sober one day at a time, could this be the morning ritual you add to your routine?
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