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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa shares a brief morning AA reading with prayers, a focus on Step 8, and thoughts on self-forgiveness and learning to love more people. The snippet offers a simple, spiritual start to the day for those in recovery or affected by alcoholism.
2:46•18 Aug 2026
Morning AA Snippet: Step 8, Self-Forgiveness and Learning to Love Everybody
Episode Overview
- Positive action is described as the way to remove lingering guilt and shame caused by alcohol.
- Step 8 is presented as a means to forgive oneself by listing those who have been harmed.
- Making amends is linked with easing hidden emotional damage and contributing to personal healing.
- "Love everybody" is suggested as a goal, moving beyond loving only a few and disliking or hating others.
- Small daily shifts are recommended, such as showing kindness, justice and courtesy, even to those previously disliked.
“Step 8 provides me with a way of forgiving myself.”
Curious about how others manage their sobriety journey first thing in the morning? This short AA Morning Snippet with Alyssa offers a calm, structured start to the day for anyone living with alcoholism or supporting someone who is. In just a few minutes, you'll hear a mix of prayer, reflection, and gentle challenge that fits easily into a busy morning. Alyssa opens by identifying herself simply and honestly: "My name is Alyssa.
I'm an alcoholic." From there, she invites a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, before sharing the Serenity Prayer as a grounding reminder to focus on what can actually be changed. The heart of the snippet sits in the Daily Reflections reading on "getting well".
The reading highlights how "only through positive action can I remove the remains of guilt and shame brought on by alcohol." It points to Step 8 as a practical route to self-forgiveness: "Step 8 provides me with a way of forgiving myself.
I alleviate much of the hidden damage when I make my list of those I have hurt." This gives anyone in recovery a simple question for the day: who needs to be on that list, and what healing might follow? A second reading from *As Bill Sees It* tackles the challenge to "love everybody".
It admits that most people have loved only a few and disliked or hated others, and suggests small but concrete shifts: stopping unreasonable demands on those we love, showing kindness where there was none, and practising justice and courtesy with those we dislike.
The snippet closes with the Lord's Prayer and a simple plea: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today." For anyone wanting a spiritually grounded, AA-focused boost to start the day, this offers a brief but steadying companion. How might your morning feel with this kind of check-in?
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