When I woke up this morning, I was alive.
You could have been dreaming,or you just thought you were alive,being dead could also mean being alive in another place,so my dear Neo7 you are dead or alive.
The real answer is "the state or quality that distinguishes living beings or organisms from dead ones and from inorganic matter, characterized chiefly by metabolism, growth, and the ability to reproduce and respond to stimuli animatevital"
When I woke up this morning, I was alive.
Exactly.