12 Step Prayers, atheist 12 steps to the AA NA step 3 prayers.
The 3rd Step Prayer, the simplest...
the most modern version, by NA with an incredible simplicity, perfect for those new to prayer, of any fellowship...
AA Prayers, NA prayer, and 3rd step prayer
Some of us said: God; "take my will and my life, guide me in my recovery and show me how to live"...! Art: By Moore College of Art and Design, student:...
Recovery Prayers and spirituality, atheist, agnostic, AA, NA...
Illustrated in art and videos
A forward: "If
the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic that HE DOES NOT HAVE
TO BELIEVE WITH YOUR CONCEPTION OF GOD. He can choose any conception he
likes, provided it makes sense to him. THE MAIN THING IS THAT HE IS
WILLING TO BELIEVE IN A POWER GREATER THAN HIMSELF AND THAT HE LIVE BY
SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 93, Working with
others.
3rd Step Prayer, of Bill Wilson's Spiritual Sponsor / friend Ed Dowling SJ by Ignatius of Lyola, founder of the Jesuit order
The AA 3rd step prayer of Bill Wilson and Ed Dowling
Ignatius on self-will; (1,500 AD thereabouts)
An excellednt 2nd and 3rd step prayer.
Take, and receive all my liberty:
my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess.
You have given all to me: to you, O Lord, I return it. All is yours; dispose of it wholly according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace, for that is enough for me.
An excellednt 2nd and 3rd step prayer.
Take, and receive all my liberty:
my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess.
You have given all to me: to you, O Lord, I return it. All is yours; dispose of it wholly according to your will. Give me only your love and your grace, for that is enough for me.
AA 3rd Step Prayer, traditional AA, Alcoholics Anonymous third step prayer from the big book.
The AA 3rd step prayer of Bill Wilson and Ed Dowling
Art: by Christina Lacy; illustrating for us "came to believe"
God, I offer myself to You -
To build with me and to do with me as You will.
Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Your will.
Take away my difficulties,
that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Your Power, Love, and Way of life.
May I do your will always!
God, I offer myself to You -
To build with me and to do with me as You will.
Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Your will.
Take away my difficulties,
that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Your Power, Love, and Way of life.
May I do your will always!
12 Step or Buddhist...recovery via Sajja & 5th precept. Often used with the 12 steps
Step 2, God of our understanding, and 3rd step prayer Buddhist as sajja.
The "Fifth Precept" that all Buddhists, alcoholic, addict or otherwise, try to live by are:
5- To undertake the training rule to refrain from intoxicating liquors & drugs that lead to carelessness.
Many take Sajja, a 5th precept "VOW" which is imperative for a successful detox at Thamkrabok. where detox of alcoholics and now addicts has been done for over 70 years.
Art: Convergence by www.RyanBrooksLeslie.com
5- To undertake the training rule to refrain from intoxicating liquors & drugs that lead to carelessness.
Many take Sajja, a 5th precept "VOW" which is imperative for a successful detox at Thamkrabok. where detox of alcoholics and now addicts has been done for over 70 years.
Art: Convergence by www.RyanBrooksLeslie.com
The 12 Steps
as a naturalist meditation...
By: R Delbridge / Wm. Booth, the-twelve-steps.com Project Manager
Native American 12 Step Prayer
A third step logo, Native American
Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind,
whose breath gives life to the world, Hear me. Heal me.
Before you I come One of your many children, I am small and weak.
Your strength and wisdom I need and your power to restore sanity lost.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the sunset.
Make my heart respect all You have made, any my ears sharp to hear Your voice.
Make me wise in step 10 that I may know all You have taught my people,
The lessons You have hidden in every rock.
I seek strength in this 12 step journey, not to be superior to my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy- myself and my disease.
Make me ready to stand before You with clean and straight eyes,
So when life fades as the fading sunset, may my spirit stand before You without shame.
The 12 Steps are ancient, here are the original principles by Rick Steinberger. From 520 AD, they have been used in prayer and meditation by the monks who wrote them and society...
AA 7th Step Prayer
Humbly asked Him to remove these shortcomings
Based on these principles, God, 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 the strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding and to help others grasp this message of recovery, wherever I can. (AA Big Book pg 76) c AA GSO NY NY
Step 10 Prayer.
God give me the strength and direction to do the right thing no matter what the consequences may be. Help me to consider others and not harm them in any way. Help me to consult with others before I take any actions that would cause me to be sorry. Help me to not repeat such behaviors. Show me the way of Patience, Tolerance, Kindliness, and Love and help me live the spiritual life. AMEN( p. 78-80 Big Book)
A God of our understanding
www.AAGrapevine.org 9-2011 (an article)
An Atheist Asks:
Excerpts from the article...demonstrating the equal attention given all perspectives
Is our primary purpose to stay sober - or to find faith in a Higher Power?
an atheist asks: gnos·tic
[nos-tik] adjective
pertaining to knowledge.
2.
possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
I am an atheist. I am also a sober member of AA, and have been for over four years.
The first AA meeting I attended in Buffalo, N.Y., was one of the most unique and powerful of my life..... I have become aware of certain prevailing attitudes which I believe do considerable harm to A.A.s main purpose. The use of the word God, for instance. The book Alcoholics Anonymous goes to great lengths to appear accepting and inclusive of all....However it is clearly written in a moral tone, one more Christian than anything...Furthermore, while every individual is promised the freedom to choose his or her own idea of a Higher Power, the frequent use and capitalization of the word "God" and the wording of the suggested prayers, does not seem inclusive of the non-Christian concept.
...chapter titled "We Agnostics" ...crescendos in a cohesive pitch that casts atheism a a flaw that must be corrected...
We hear in meetings how God is doing for our fellows what they could never do for themselves...I am respectful of their opinions to the extent that they are respectful of mine.
...Conversely it is easy for a person to become frightened, or even hostile, toward that which is unknown. Whether you were raised a believer or not, try asking yourself this question: Does my faith (or, lack thereof) afford me the courage to put aside my fears for the opportunity of understanding something different?
Anonymous Page 55 Grapevine August 2011
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Website Author: First; please, if feeling unrepresented by a fellowship due to an outlook on a "God" issue, simply go to www.aagrapevine.org for A.A. or www.na.org for the NA WAY, for articles in support of the agnostic / atheist. This website is not designed to support such issues. The 12 steps are for everyone, but to remove God, is to create a new version yet defined. For 1500 years the 12 steps have guided peoples of all lands to God, Creator, a loving Power greater than ourselves.
All are full members of a 12 step fellowship when they say they are. The majority claim to benefit from a relationship with a "God," but that's your personal decision. Be it a first time relationship or a rekindled one.
With 10s of millions of peoples in the same rainstorm called life, and all under under the same 12 step umbrella, there's room for all "TO STAY DRY!" (clean)...(FREE FROM OBCESSION)
Differing 12 Step Fellowship recommendations to the newcomer include that this Higher Power be greater than and loving.Be it sponsor, fellowship or a God, or even Gods. As a pal Dave U. says, we don't have to understand Step 2, to work it!
All are welcome!
Atheist 12 steps, one possible version.
- We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
- Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
- Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of the group conscience and humble spiritual thinking, as we it..
- Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
- Admitted to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
- Were entirely ready to remove all these defects of character.
- Humbly worked this step to remove our shortcomings.
- Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
- Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
- Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
- Sought through contemplation and meditation to improve our conscious contact with humanity and ourselves asking only for good will and the power to carry that out.
- Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Christian or Universal; summation of the 12 steps...! ? ! A classic to all peoples
Prayer of Francis - Step Essence
Prayer of Francis
Lord make me an instrument of your peace…
Where there is hatred that I might bring love…
Where there are wrongs that I might bring forgiveness…
Where there is discord – harmony…
Where there is error – truth…
Where there is doubt – faith…
Where there is despair – hope…
Where there are shadows – light…
Where there is sadness – joy…
Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than to be comforted…
To understand than to be understood…
to love than to be loved….
For it is by self-forgetting that one is found. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions pg. 99
Is this classic; Muslim, Hindu, Native American or Christian? You decide!
12th century friar, Francis is one of the most venerated spiritual figures in history. As a friar he would have read and emulated the original 12 steps. See book; The Twelve Steps c.
Lord make me an instrument of your peace…
Where there is hatred that I might bring love…
Where there are wrongs that I might bring forgiveness…
Where there is discord – harmony…
Where there is error – truth…
Where there is doubt – faith…
Where there is despair – hope…
Where there are shadows – light…
Where there is sadness – joy…
Lord, grant that I may seek to comfort rather than to be comforted…
To understand than to be understood…
to love than to be loved….
For it is by self-forgetting that one is found. It is by forgiving that one is forgiven. It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions pg. 99
Is this classic; Muslim, Hindu, Native American or Christian? You decide!
12th century friar, Francis is one of the most venerated spiritual figures in history. As a friar he would have read and emulated the original 12 steps. See book; The Twelve Steps c.
From the ends of the universe to an awakening....
(Hubble Space Imagery)
Some prayers from NA,
on the "disease of addiction"
NA Symbol tattoo
The Third Step Prayer
" God Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."
The Recovery Prayer
"We cannot change the nature of the addict or addiction. We can help to change the old lie "Once an addict, always an addict," by striving to make recovery more available. God, help us to remember this difference."
The Literature Prayer or Prayer before writing on one's steps, (esp. steps 4 & 8)
"GOD, grant us knowledge that we may write according to Your Divine precepts. Instill in us a sense of Your purpose. Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours-in order that (we ourselves or) no addict, anywhere, need die from the horrors of addiction."
The Just For Today Prayer
JUST FOR TODAY my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of drugs.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have faith in someone in N.A. who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have a program. I will try to follow it to the best of my ability.
JUST FOR TODAY through N.A. I will try to get a better perspective on my life.
JUST FOR TODAY I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations, people who are not using and who have found a new way of life. So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear.
The Trust Prayer
"Higher Power, I've learned to trust your guidance, yet I still have my own ideas about how I want to live my life. Let me share those ideas with you, and then let me clearly understand your will for me. In the end, let your will, not mine, be done." Just For Today December 4 p354
The Gratitude Prayer "I've recovered something I never had, something I never imagined possible: the life of a recovering addict. Thank you, Higher Power, in more than words can say." Just For Today January 7 The Learning Prayer "Mistakes aren't tragedies. But please, Higher Power, help me learn from them! " / Just For Today may 14
The Acceptance Prayer / "Please help me gratefully accept the life I've been given." Just For Today
The Patience Prayer
"Higher Power, help me discover what's most important in my life. Help me learn patience, so that I can devote my resources to the important things." Just For Today July 12
The Flexibility Prayer / "Higher Power, help me bend with life's wind and glory in its passing. Free me from rigidity." Just For Today September 11
The powerlessness Prayer / "God, I admit my powerlessness and the UNmanageability of my life. Help me live with others as an equal, dependent upon you for direction and strength."
NA Just For Today October 12
" God Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live."
The Recovery Prayer
"We cannot change the nature of the addict or addiction. We can help to change the old lie "Once an addict, always an addict," by striving to make recovery more available. God, help us to remember this difference."
The Literature Prayer or Prayer before writing on one's steps, (esp. steps 4 & 8)
"GOD, grant us knowledge that we may write according to Your Divine precepts. Instill in us a sense of Your purpose. Make us servants of Your will and grant us a bond of selflessness, that this may truly be Your work, not ours-in order that (we ourselves or) no addict, anywhere, need die from the horrors of addiction."
The Just For Today Prayer
JUST FOR TODAY my thoughts will be on my recovery, living and enjoying life without the use of drugs.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have faith in someone in N.A. who believes in me and wants to help me in my recovery.
JUST FOR TODAY I will have a program. I will try to follow it to the best of my ability.
JUST FOR TODAY through N.A. I will try to get a better perspective on my life.
JUST FOR TODAY I will be unafraid, my thoughts will be on my new associations, people who are not using and who have found a new way of life. So long as I follow that way, I have nothing to fear.
The Trust Prayer
"Higher Power, I've learned to trust your guidance, yet I still have my own ideas about how I want to live my life. Let me share those ideas with you, and then let me clearly understand your will for me. In the end, let your will, not mine, be done." Just For Today December 4 p354
The Gratitude Prayer "I've recovered something I never had, something I never imagined possible: the life of a recovering addict. Thank you, Higher Power, in more than words can say." Just For Today January 7 The Learning Prayer "Mistakes aren't tragedies. But please, Higher Power, help me learn from them! " / Just For Today may 14
The Acceptance Prayer / "Please help me gratefully accept the life I've been given." Just For Today
The Patience Prayer
"Higher Power, help me discover what's most important in my life. Help me learn patience, so that I can devote my resources to the important things." Just For Today July 12
The Flexibility Prayer / "Higher Power, help me bend with life's wind and glory in its passing. Free me from rigidity." Just For Today September 11
The powerlessness Prayer / "God, I admit my powerlessness and the UNmanageability of my life. Help me live with others as an equal, dependent upon you for direction and strength."
NA Just For Today October 12
The AA Big Book had a page on acceptance that has inspired many to prayer...
Acceptance Is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person place or thing, some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person place or thing as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake; unless life is completely on life’s terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes. AA Big Book pg. 417 |  Bernard and the 12 steps of pride written in 1130 AD France Bernard writing the 12 steps of pride in 1130 AD, here he was Distracted by people, places and things, or;was it his own demon distracting him...?
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Native American Step meditation, See spirituality section of the new book: The Twelve Steps c for research staff at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum for the Native American, Washington, D.C. on 12 step principles.
Native American 12 Step spirituality
1. Treat the Earth and yourself, & all that dwell thereon with respect.
2. Learn to rely on the Great Spirit, in all that you do.
3. Show great respect for your fellow beings and "Creator"
(and especially respect yourself)
4. Look at the past for the benefit of all Mankind, and as in fellowship principle of a power greater than ourselves knowing us.
5. Share with a tribesman, and Creator, telling all.
6. Do what you know to be right, Steps 6,7, 9 & 10.
(but be careful not to fall into self-righteousness: Step 12)
7. Look after the well-being of mind and body, as the ladder of 12 steps is sided by sides of body and soul!
8. Write down amends to be made and make them through the Shaman or directly.
9. Be truthful and honest at all times, especially in steps 1, 5.
(and especially be truthful and honest with your self in step 1 and 4)
10. Continue to take full responsibility for your actions in every new moon.
11 Seek the way by chanting, lodging, nature, and others. Pray for a closer unity with Creator.
12 Do these things and be at balance, and carry Creator to all in all for all.
By: Auithor William Booth, with much help from differing Nations representatives, in a Native American group conscience of sorts.
2. Learn to rely on the Great Spirit, in all that you do.
3. Show great respect for your fellow beings and "Creator"
(and especially respect yourself)
4. Look at the past for the benefit of all Mankind, and as in fellowship principle of a power greater than ourselves knowing us.
5. Share with a tribesman, and Creator, telling all.
6. Do what you know to be right, Steps 6,7, 9 & 10.
(but be careful not to fall into self-righteousness: Step 12)
7. Look after the well-being of mind and body, as the ladder of 12 steps is sided by sides of body and soul!
8. Write down amends to be made and make them through the Shaman or directly.
9. Be truthful and honest at all times, especially in steps 1, 5.
(and especially be truthful and honest with your self in step 1 and 4)
10. Continue to take full responsibility for your actions in every new moon.
11 Seek the way by chanting, lodging, nature, and others. Pray for a closer unity with Creator.
12 Do these things and be at balance, and carry Creator to all in all for all.
By: Auithor William Booth, with much help from differing Nations representatives, in a Native American group conscience of sorts.
The Original, 520 AD, these 12 steps influenced society for over a millennium (1000 years)
12 Step history starts with Benedict
Translation of a few of the ancient steps
1 Consciously obey
2 Accept God's will over self
3 Take spiritual direction
4 Perseverance
5 Admit faults to your Abbot
6 Principles in heart versus outside
Art: Jennifer Lindsey Benedict a N African Egyptian
From a composite of African and Italian influences she studied in her travels.
Note: the ancient version was for monks who all ready had some of the modern steps in their lives..
1 Consciously obey
2 Accept God's will over self
3 Take spiritual direction
4 Perseverance
5 Admit faults to your Abbot
6 Principles in heart versus outside
Art: Jennifer Lindsey Benedict a N African Egyptian
From a composite of African and Italian influences she studied in her travels.
Note: the ancient version was for monks who all ready had some of the modern steps in their lives..
And yet another very simple basic to the point prayer for any faith...
A fist step prayer;
God, Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind, Spirit of Nature or Spirit of the Universe my name is ______, And I’m a real alcoholic ... and I need your help today.
(pg.. 10-2, 46, & Chp. 3- AA, Big Book)
God, Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind, Spirit of Nature or Spirit of the Universe my name is ______, And I’m a real alcoholic ... and I need your help today.
(pg.. 10-2, 46, & Chp. 3- AA, Big Book)
A 12 Step Prayer
another Big Book 12 step prayer
MORNING PRAYER
God direct my thinking today so that it be divorced of self pity, dishonesty, selfwill,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 maximumservice to you and my fellow man in the name of the Steps I pray. AMEN
(p.86 BB)
Art: By www.JScottartist.com , to illiustrate step 11 March 2011
God direct my thinking today so that it be divorced of self pity, dishonesty, selfwill,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 maximumservice to you and my fellow man in the name of the Steps I pray. AMEN
(p.86 BB)
Art: By www.JScottartist.com , to illiustrate step 11 March 2011
For more 12 Step prayers, see The Twelve Steps Quotes...And just for fun...
12 step humor
When he got loaded,
the "Human Cannonball" knew
there weren't many men
of his caliber... kaa-bang...
He had a spiritual awakening,
every time he got "Loaded"...Kaaa....bang....
Be humble, Pray!rayer is step-work, even when humorous!
the "Human Cannonball" knew
there weren't many men
of his caliber... kaa-bang...
He had a spiritual awakening,
every time he got "Loaded"...Kaaa....bang....
Be humble, Pray!rayer is step-work, even when humorous!
Buddhist philosophy synthesized and placed into the 12 steps.
Buddhist recovery and the 12 steps
Submitted by an inmate, done on an old typewriter at the Bucks County PA Corrtectional Facility, for the book The Twelve Steps, c
C.S. Lewis From Step 3:
The Twelve Steps Quotes c <click for page. Step 1 Quotes
You don't have a soul.
You are a soul.
You have a body.
The Twelve Steps Quotes
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. Lewis
First and Second Things, by: C S LEWIS
The woman who makes a dog the center of her life loses, in the end, not only her human usefulness and dignity but even the proper pleasure of dog-keeping. The man who makes alcohol his chief good loses not only his job but his palate and all power of enjoying the earlier (and only pleasurable) levels of intoxication. It is a glorious thing to feel for a moment or two that the whole meaning of the universe is summed up in one obsession, ... every preference of a small good to a great, or a partial good to a total good involves the loss of the small or partial good for which the sacrifice was made.
Apparently the world is made that way. You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting “first things first.”
The more you obey your conscience, the more your conscience will demand of you. The more we will find ourselves, just for today, on "God's doorstep." Abridged for, www.the-twelve-steps.com and The Twelve Steps Quotes Booth 2011
You are a soul.
You have a body.
The Twelve Steps Quotes
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. Lewis
First and Second Things, by: C S LEWIS
The woman who makes a dog the center of her life loses, in the end, not only her human usefulness and dignity but even the proper pleasure of dog-keeping. The man who makes alcohol his chief good loses not only his job but his palate and all power of enjoying the earlier (and only pleasurable) levels of intoxication. It is a glorious thing to feel for a moment or two that the whole meaning of the universe is summed up in one obsession, ... every preference of a small good to a great, or a partial good to a total good involves the loss of the small or partial good for which the sacrifice was made.
Apparently the world is made that way. You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting “first things first.”
The more you obey your conscience, the more your conscience will demand of you. The more we will find ourselves, just for today, on "God's doorstep." Abridged for, www.the-twelve-steps.com and The Twelve Steps Quotes Booth 2011
Seraphim of Sarov;the silence of meditation...
Russian mystic and ascetic monk, lived by 12 steps...
When you pray be like the mountain in stillness, in silence; thoughts rooted in eternity. Do nothing just sit, just be; and you will harvest the fruit of your prayer….be ready to accept all things without fear, be like the ocean with stillness in its depths…
I desire to be all silence, all adoration, to penetrate ever deeper into God, and to be filled with God that I may be my prayer and give him to those who do not know Him. (a hermit from the silence)
"From solitude and silence are born tender contrition, and meekness; the activity of this latter in the human heart may be compared to that quiet water of Siloe, which flows without noise or sound, as the Prophet Isaiah speaks of it: 'the waters of Siloe that go softly' (Is. 8:6)."
I desire to be all silence, all adoration, to penetrate ever deeper into God, and to be filled with God that I may be my prayer and give him to those who do not know Him. (a hermit from the silence)
"From solitude and silence are born tender contrition, and meekness; the activity of this latter in the human heart may be compared to that quiet water of Siloe, which flows without noise or sound, as the Prophet Isaiah speaks of it: 'the waters of Siloe that go softly' (Is. 8:6)."
Prayers from 12 Step Program Lit.
PRAYERS OF THE STEPS 1ST STEP God, Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind, Spirit of Nature or Spirit of the Universe my name is ______, and I'm a real alcoholic ... and I need your help today.
(pg.. 10-2, 46, & Chp. 3 Big Book-hereafter BB)
2nd STEP 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
(p. 59 BB)
3rd STEP
"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." (p. 63 BB) God, Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. AMEN
(the step on p. 59 BB)
4th STEP
WHEN IN DOUBT
"I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure."
(p.13)
WHEN I AM DISTURBED BY THE CONDUCT (SYMPTOMS) OF OTHERS
"This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done."
(p. 67 Big Book)
God help me to show this person the same tolerance, pity and patience that I would Cheerfully grant a sick friend. This is a sick person, how can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done.
(see above and p. 141 of 12&12)
WHEN I AM AFRAID
"We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be."
(p. 68 BB)
WHEN I AM AWARE OF MY OWN DEFECTS AND SEEKING GOD'S HELP TO CHANGE
"We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. . . we ask God what we should do about each specific matter."
(p. 69 BB)
Pray:
God mold my ideals in this particular area of my life and help me to live up to them. What should I do in each specific matter? Guide me God and give me strength to do right. AMEN
(see above)
5th STEP
God I thank you from the bottom of my heart that I know you better. Help me become aware of anything I have omitted discussing with another person. Help me to do what is necessary to walk a free man at last. AMEN
(p. 75 BB)
6th STEP
God help me become willing to let go of all the things to which I still cling. Help me to be ready to let You remove all of these defects, that Your will and purpose may take their place. AMEN
(p. 76 BB)
7th STEP
"I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch."
(p. 13 BB)
"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." (p. 76 BB)
8th STEP
"We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes."
(p. 76 BB)
Pray:
God help me to become willing to sweep away the debris of self will and self-reliant living. Thy will be done for this person as well as for me. AMEN
(see above)
9th STEP
God give me the strength and direction to do the right thing no matter what the consequences may be. Help me to consider others and not harm them in any way. Help me to consult with others before I take any actions that would cause me to be sorry. Help me to not repeat such behaviors. Show me the way of Patience, Tolerance, Kindliness, and Love and help me live the spiritual life. AMEN
(p. 78-80 BB)
10th STEP
God remove the Selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear that has cropped up in my life right now. Help me to discuss this with someone immediately and make amends quickly if I have harmed anyone. Help me to cease fight anything and anyone. Show me where I may be helpful to someone else. Help me react sanely; not cocky or afraid. How can I best serve You - Your will, not mine be done. AMEN
(p. 84-5 BB)
11th STEP
"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day 'Thy will be done.' "
(p. 87-8 BB)
Pray:
God, I'm agitated and doubtful right now. Help me to stop and remember that I've made a decision to let You be my God. Give me the right thoughts and actions. God save me from fear, anger, worry, self-pity or foolish decisions that Your will not mine be done. AMEN
(see above)
(Prayer of St Francis of Assisi) "
(p. 99 12&12)
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT PRAYER AND MEDITATION FROM
The AA BIG BOOK:
(1) Make no requests in prayer for yourself only.
(2) Never prayer for your own selfish ends.
(principles of the Steps.3) Select and memorize a few set prayers that emphasize the principles of the Steps.
((5) Be quick to see where religious people are right.
(6) Make use of what religious people have to offer. (p. 87 BB)
MORNING PRAYER
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
(p. 86 BB)
(pg.. 10-2, 46, & Chp. 3 Big Book-hereafter BB)
2nd STEP 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
(p. 59 BB)
3rd STEP
"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." (p. 63 BB) God, Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live. AMEN
(the step on p. 59 BB)
4th STEP
WHEN IN DOUBT
"I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure."
(p.13)
WHEN I AM DISTURBED BY THE CONDUCT (SYMPTOMS) OF OTHERS
"This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done."
(p. 67 Big Book)
God help me to show this person the same tolerance, pity and patience that I would Cheerfully grant a sick friend. This is a sick person, how can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done.
(see above and p. 141 of 12&12)
WHEN I AM AFRAID
"We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be."
(p. 68 BB)
WHEN I AM AWARE OF MY OWN DEFECTS AND SEEKING GOD'S HELP TO CHANGE
"We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. . . we ask God what we should do about each specific matter."
(p. 69 BB)
Pray:
God mold my ideals in this particular area of my life and help me to live up to them. What should I do in each specific matter? Guide me God and give me strength to do right. AMEN
(see above)
5th STEP
God I thank you from the bottom of my heart that I know you better. Help me become aware of anything I have omitted discussing with another person. Help me to do what is necessary to walk a free man at last. AMEN
(p. 75 BB)
6th STEP
God help me become willing to let go of all the things to which I still cling. Help me to be ready to let You remove all of these defects, that Your will and purpose may take their place. AMEN
(p. 76 BB)
7th STEP
"I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch."
(p. 13 BB)
"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." (p. 76 BB)
8th STEP
"We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes."
(p. 76 BB)
Pray:
God help me to become willing to sweep away the debris of self will and self-reliant living. Thy will be done for this person as well as for me. AMEN
(see above)
9th STEP
God give me the strength and direction to do the right thing no matter what the consequences may be. Help me to consider others and not harm them in any way. Help me to consult with others before I take any actions that would cause me to be sorry. Help me to not repeat such behaviors. Show me the way of Patience, Tolerance, Kindliness, and Love and help me live the spiritual life. AMEN
(p. 78-80 BB)
10th STEP
God remove the Selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear that has cropped up in my life right now. Help me to discuss this with someone immediately and make amends quickly if I have harmed anyone. Help me to cease fight anything and anyone. Show me where I may be helpful to someone else. Help me react sanely; not cocky or afraid. How can I best serve You - Your will, not mine be done. AMEN
(p. 84-5 BB)
11th STEP
"As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day 'Thy will be done.' "
(p. 87-8 BB)
Pray:
God, I'm agitated and doubtful right now. Help me to stop and remember that I've made a decision to let You be my God. Give me the right thoughts and actions. God save me from fear, anger, worry, self-pity or foolish decisions that Your will not mine be done. AMEN
(see above)
(Prayer of St Francis of Assisi) "
(p. 99 12&12)
SUGGESTIONS ABOUT PRAYER AND MEDITATION FROM
The AA BIG BOOK:
(1) Make no requests in prayer for yourself only.
(2) Never prayer for your own selfish ends.
(principles of the Steps.3) Select and memorize a few set prayers that emphasize the principles of the Steps.
((5) Be quick to see where religious people are right.
(6) Make use of what religious people have to offer. (p. 87 BB)
MORNING PRAYER
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
(p. 86 BB)
The Senility Prayer Old-Timers Anonymous?
http://fobw.tribe.net/thread/d5wdd9ae9-1fce-4dfc-9d8d-85dba6683e3bww
Parker Lanier, Art
God, grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked,
the good fortune to run into those I do like; and the eyesight to tell the difference...!!!
Prayer: Jen McGee.
I never liked,
the good fortune to run into those I do like; and the eyesight to tell the difference...!!!
Prayer: Jen McGee.
Our last prayer for this page...
NIGHT PRAYER: or Step 10 daily inventory? Or 12...3...5...7...6...8...???
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 (p. 86 BB)
Concept art for illustration: (We) Were entirely ready to have God remove... Art: l Suzek, for Step 6; ready!Oh Lord, make me chaste, just not yet! Augustine
See: The Twelve Steps Quotes
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 (p. 86 BB)
Concept art for illustration: (We) Were entirely ready to have God remove... Art: l Suzek, for Step 6; ready!Oh Lord, make me chaste, just not yet! Augustine
See: The Twelve Steps Quotes
Step 10 continued to take personal inventory
A "first" of anything is a
beginning, and so it is with the steps: The First Step is the beginning
of the recovery process. The healing starts here; we can't go any
further until we've worked this step. Some ... choose to work Step One
in a more systematic fashion. Our reasons for formally working Step One
will vary from member to member...
Whatever the case, it's time to do
some step work: to engage in some concrete activity that will help us
find more freedom... Our hope is to internalize the principles of Step One, to deepen
our surrender, to make the principles a fundamental part of who we
are. (Per one 12 step fellowships literature)
Thus our co-op offers step work journals:
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The Twelve Steps Quotes and prayers and a few poems too!
The Twelve Steps Quotes
FUN step work via the 12 Step "Principles" illustrated in fine art and QUOTES!
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Sample Step 1 Quotes
From Plato to Presidents, George Carlin to the Dalia Lama. Large format, 326 pages.
Spiritual Priced by our co-op of over 50 people working world wide on this project.
$9.56 Here on our website. Spiritually Priced
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Sample Step 1 Quotes
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