2026-10-10-AA Morning Snippet

2026-10-10-AA Morning Snippet

How do people cope with the challenges of staying sober, one morning at a time? This short AA Morning Snippet with Alyssa is built as a gentle daily reset for anyone in recovery who wants to start the day grounded. Alyssa opens by naming herself as an alcoholic and inviting a moment of silence for suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones.

From there, you’ll hear familiar AA structure: the Serenity Prayer, a reading from *Daily Reflections*, a passage from *AA Comes of Age*, and a closing with the Lord’s Prayer and a simple request: “Dear God, please help me stay sober today. Amen.” The central theme comes from the reading titled **“Fixing me, not you.”** The line, “I could fix me instead of trying to fix them,” sums up the focus on turning inward rather than blaming others.

The reflection points out that anger is “always self-centered” and that freedom comes from asking a higher power to remove that anger and accepting that being human means sometimes doing poorly, even when trying hard.

Alyssa then shares Bill W.’s hospital story from 1934, where Lois and Dr Silkworth wrestle with the brutal truth that his drinking had become “an obsession, a true insanity, that condemned me to drink against my will.” The reading highlights that in late-stage drinking “the will to resist has fled,” yet admits that when someone accepts complete defeat and becomes ready to try AA principles, the obsession can lift and a “new dimension” of freedom becomes possible.

This snippet suits anyone who wants a compact, faith-leaning boost to start the day—especially those who connect with AA language, prayer, and the idea of surrendering anger and control. If you need a quick reminder to focus on “fixing me, not you” today, this one might hit home.