Kickstart Your Day with Gratitude and Guidance
Episode Overview
Start your day with a moment of silence for alcoholics and their loved ones. Recite the Serenity Prayer to seek serenity, courage, and wisdom. Reflect on the importance of gratitude in maintaining humility and anonymity. Read from 'As Bill Sees It' to find guidance through prayer and thoughtful consideration. Conclude with the Lord's Prayer and continue with step six from the '12 and 12' book.
"Gratitude was the basic ingredient of humility, that humility was the basic ingredient of anonymity."
Start your day with a boost of positivity and gratitude with Alyssa in this episode of AA Morning Snippets. Alyssa, an alcoholic in recovery, begins with a moment of silence for all suffering and recovering alcoholics and their loved ones. She recites the Serenity Prayer, a cornerstone of many recovery journeys, asking for serenity, courage, and wisdom. Alyssa shares her daily reflections on maintaining a thankful heart and the importance of gratitude in her life.
She recalls advice from her sponsor about the significance of gratitude as the foundation of humility and anonymity in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Alyssa's morning routine includes thanking God for being alive, sober, and a member of AA. Her reflections emphasize living with an attitude of gratitude and enjoying each day as part of the AA way of life.
She reads from 'As Bill Sees It,' discussing seeking guidance through prayer and thoughtful consideration, and trusting that any mistakes will be learning opportunities. The episode concludes with the Lord's Prayer and an encouragement to keep working the program. Alyssa also mentions continuing with step six from the '12 and 12' book, providing a sense of structure and community for those following along.