Prayers

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Dear Lord, I admit that I am

powerless over my addiction. I

admit that my life is unmanageable

when I try to control it. Help me

this day to understand the true

meaning of powerlessness.

Remove from me all denial of my

addiction.

Amen

God, I’m standing at the

turning point right now. Give

me your protection and care

as I abandon myself to you

and give up my old ways and

my old ideas just for today.

Amen

God, I offer myself to Thee-

To build with me

and to do with me as Thou wilt.

Relieve me of the bondage of self,

that I may better do Thy will.

Take away my difficulties,

that victory over them may bear witness

to those I would help of Thy Power,

Thy Love, and Thy Way of life.

May I do Thy will always!

Amen

Dear God, It is I who has made my

life a mess. I have done it, but I

cannot undo it. My mistakes are

mine & I will begin a searching &

fearless moral inventory. I will write

down my wrongs But I will also

include that which is good. I pray for

the strength to complete the task.

Amen

Higher Power, My inventory has shown me

who I am, yet I ask for Your help in

admitting my wrongs to another person & to

You. Assure me, & be with me, in this step,

For without this step, I cannot progress in

my recovery. With Your help, I can do this,

& I do it.

Amen

Dear God, I am ready for Your help In

removing from me, the defects of character

which I now realize are an obstacle to my

recovery. Help me to continue being honest

with myself & guide me toward spiritual &

mental health.

Amen

My Creator, I am now willing that you should

have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you

now remove from me every single defect of

character which stands in the way of my

usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me

strength, as I go out from here, to do your

bidding. 

Amen

Higher Power, I ask Your help in making my

list of all those I have harmed. I will take

responsibility for my mistakes & be forgiving

to others as You are forgiving to me. Grant

me the willingness to begin my restitution.

This I pray.

Amen

Higher Power, I pray for the right attitude to

make my amends, being ever mindful not to

harm others in the process. I ask for Your

guidance in making my amends. Most

important, I will continue to make amends

by staying abstinent, helping others &

growing in spiritual progress.

Amen

I pray I may continue: To grow in

understanding & effectiveness; To take daily

spot check inventories of myself; To correct

mistakes when I make them; To take

responsibility for my actions; To be ever

aware of my negative & Self-defeating

attitudes & behaviors; To keep my

willfulness in check; To always remember I

need Your help; To keep love & tolerance of

others as my code; & To continue in daily

prayer how I can best serve You, My Higher

Power.

Amen

Higher Power, as I understand You, I pray

to keep my connection with You open &

clear from the confusion of daily life.

Through my prayers & meditation I ask

especially for freedom from self-will,

rationalization, & wishful thinking. I pray for

the guidance of correct thought & positive

action. Your will Higher Power, not mine, be

done.

Amen

Dear God, My spiritual awakening

continues to unfold. The help I have

received I shall pass on & give to others,

both in & out of the Fellowship. For this

opportunity I am grateful. I pray most

humbly to continue walking day by day on

the road of spiritual progress. I pray for the

inner strength & wisdom to practice the

principles of this way of life in all I do & say.

I need You, my friends, & the program

every hour of every day. This is a better

way to live.

Amen

I am Responsible.

When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I

want the hand of A.A. always to be there.

And for that: I am responsible.

May all beings be safe.

May all beings live with ease.

May they know their true

value, and may they find liberation.

God, when a person offends me, help

me to remember this is a sick person.

Help me show the same tolerance,

pity, and patience that we would

cheerfully grant a sick friend. Show me

how can I help them. Save me from

being angry. Thy will be done.

Amen

God, grant me the serenity

to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can

and the wisdom to know the difference.

(second verse)

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,

Not as I would have it.

Trusting that He will make all things right if I

surrender to His will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life,

And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

Amen

God direct my thinking today so that it be

divorced of self pity, dishonesty, self-will, self-seeking and fear.

God inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions.

Help me to relax and take it easy.

Free me from doubt and indecision.

Guide me through this day and show me my next step.

God give me what I need to take care of any problems.

I ask all these things that I may be of maximum service to you and my fellow man in the name of the steps I pray.

Amen

God forgive me where I have been

resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid today.

Help me to not keep anything to myself

but to discuss it all openly with another person -

show

me where I owe an apology and help me make it.

Help me to be kind and loving to all people.

Use me in the mainstream of life God.

Remove worry, remorse or morbid (sick) reflections that I may be of usefulness to others.

Amen

God, please help me to refrain from:

Negative thoughts,

Negative words and Negative behavior.

Please give me the grace to be:

The encouragement to someone who needs it

& a blessing everywhere I go.

Please free me from:

Complaining, Drama, Sadness, Gloom & doom.

I ask for Your grace to show up with:

Something good to say

Something good to give

& Something good to do for somebody.

Let me be the good news today!

Amen

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled

as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.

God, today help me set aside

everything I think I know about You,

everything I think I know about

myself, everything I think I know

about others, and everything I think I

know about my own recovery so I

may have an open mind and a new

experience with all these things.

Please help me see the truth.

Amen

Dear God, Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart, and my life. Remove the have nots, the can nots, and the do nots that I have in my mind. Erase the will nots, may nots, and might nots that find a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots, would nots, and should nots that obstruct my life. Most of all dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart, and my life all the 'am nots' that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough.

Amen

`Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed

be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will

be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give

us this day our daily bread. And forgive us

our trespasses, as we forgive those who

trespass against us. And lead us not into

temptation but deliver us from evil. For

thine is the kingdom and the power, and

the glory for ever and ever. 

Amen

God, help me today to find balance

Between my character defects and the

Principles of our Program

So as, to be useful

To myself, all others, and You,

The God of my understanding

Amen