Alyssa
Alyssa
Big Book Snippets 12&12 Step 12 Part 5
Big Book Snippets 12&12 Step 12 Part 5
Big Book Snippets 12&12 Step 12 Part 5
Monday 30th June 2025
Explore Step 12 with Alyssa's insights on spiritual growth over material gain in AA Morning Snippets.
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Get the buttons here!Finding Peace in Step 12: A Journey Through AA's Wisdom
Episode Overview
- Spiritual growth is more valuable than material wealth.
- Freedom from fear is crucial for peace.
- True happiness comes from accepting life's realities.
- Service and humility are paths to genuine contentment.
- Understanding and solving problems are keys to living well.
Freedom from fear was more important than freedom from want.
Start your day with a dose of reflection and inspiration from AA Morning Snippets. In this episode, Alyssa guides you through the final part of Step 12 from the '12 and 12', offering a blend of wisdom and humour that makes even the most complex ideas accessible. Alyssa discusses how fears can be shed with the help of AA's 12 steps, allowing you to perform humble tasks without worrying about the future.
The emphasis is on spiritual growth over material gain, teaching you that freedom from fear trumps freedom from want. Alyssa takes a candid look at personal importance, ambition, and leadership, revealing how these concepts often led to shipwreck in one's drinking career. With a dash of light-heartedness, she compares childhood dreams of becoming President to the unrealistic ambitions held by many alcoholics.
This episode doesn't shy away from addressing the sensitive topic of emotional immaturity and grandiosity often found in those struggling with alcohol. Alyssa shares how understanding these traits can lead to profound personal growth and peace. Through AA's teachings, you'll learn that true happiness comes not from being 'number one', but from accepting life's realities and playing the hand you're dealt with grace. Alyssa encourages you to embrace service and humility as paths to genuine contentment and leadership.
As you listen, you'll find that real ambition is about living usefully and walking humbly under the grace of a higher power. This episode wraps up the studies of AA's 12 Steps, leaving you with a powerful message: understanding and solving problems are keys to living well. It's an invitation to reflect on your journey, consider the principles discussed, and perhaps find a new perspective on life's challenges.
So, why not start your morning with some meaningful reflections and see where they take you?