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AA Morning Snippets
Alyssa offers a brief AA-focused morning routine with prayer and daily reflections on personal inventory and spiritual fitness. The episode centres on choosing inner responses, reducing judgement, and asking for help to stay sober today.
2:48•7 Oct 2026
Starting the Day Sober: AA Morning Snippet with Daily Inventory and Prayer
Episode Overview
- Use a short morning routine of silence, prayer and reflection to support daily sobriety.
- Apply the spiritual axiom that disturbance points to something within yourself, not just others.
- Practise daily inventory to reduce judgement of others and recognise self-judgement.
- View the people who upset you as teachers who can reveal areas for growth.
- Focus on spiritual fitness rather than simply avoiding all contact with alcohol-related situations.
“Regardless of what is happening around me, I will always have the prerogative and the responsibility of choosing what happens within me.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This short AA Morning Snippet offers a gentle start to the day for anyone living in recovery or supporting someone who is. Alyssa, who introduces herself simply and honestly as "I'm an alcoholic", guides a brief but focused routine of prayer and reflection aimed at setting up a sober, spiritually grounded day.
From there, the focus shifts to daily monitoring and personal inventory, rooted in Step Ten and a powerful spiritual axiom: "Every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us." The episode highlights the idea that, "Regardless of what is happening around me, I will always have the prerogative and the responsibility of choosing what happens within me." Alyssa shares reflections on being "the creator of my own reality", stressing the need to stop judging others, since judging others often mirrors judging oneself.
You’ll hear familiar AA cornerstones, beginning with a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones, followed by the Serenity Prayer. A striking line reminds you to reframe irritation: "Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher." The reading from Alcoholics Anonymous touches on being spiritually fit, challenging the belief that people in recovery must avoid all contact with alcohol-related situations.
Instead, it suggests that the real issue lies in spiritual condition, not merely physical avoidance. The snippet closes with the Lord’s Prayer and a simple daily request: "Dear God, please help me stay sober today." It’s brief, structured, and aimed at anyone who wants a calm, AA-focused check-in to start the morning. Could a few minutes like this become part of your own daily routine?
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