Post by Caressa2 on May 18, 2004 16:14:20 GMT -5
The following were received from Al-Anon, yet some are taken from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. I am sure that no matter what fellowship you call home, you will be able to utilize them in your own life.
Step One:
Today, I ask for help with my "ism"
Denial has kept me from seeing how powerless I am and how my life is unmanageable.
I need to learn and remember that I have an incurable illness and that acceptance is the only way to deal with it.
Step Two:
I pray for an open mind so I may come to believe ins a Power greater than myself.
I pray for humility and the continued opportunity to increase my faith.
I don't want to be crazy anymore.
Step Three:
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 my bear witness
To those I would help of Thy Power,
Thy Love and Thy Way of Life.
May I do Thy will always!
Step Four:
Dear God,
It is I who have made my life a mess.
I have done it, but I cannot undo it.
My mistakes are mine, and I will begin a searching and fearless moral inventory.
I will write down my wrongs, but Ill also include that which is good.
I pray for the strength to complete this task.
Step Six:
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 recovry.
Help me to continue being honest with myself and guide me toward spiritual and mental health.
Step Seven:
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 usefullness to you and my fellows.
Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do your bidding. Amen.
Step One:
Today, I ask for help with my "ism"
Denial has kept me from seeing how powerless I am and how my life is unmanageable.
I need to learn and remember that I have an incurable illness and that acceptance is the only way to deal with it.
Step Two:
I pray for an open mind so I may come to believe ins a Power greater than myself.
I pray for humility and the continued opportunity to increase my faith.
I don't want to be crazy anymore.
Step Three:
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 my bear witness
To those I would help of Thy Power,
Thy Love and Thy Way of Life.
May I do Thy will always!
Step Four:
Dear God,
It is I who have made my life a mess.
I have done it, but I cannot undo it.
My mistakes are mine, and I will begin a searching and fearless moral inventory.
I will write down my wrongs, but Ill also include that which is good.
I pray for the strength to complete this task.
Step Six:
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 recovry.
Help me to continue being honest with myself and guide me toward spiritual and mental health.
Step Seven:
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 usefullness to you and my fellows.
Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do your bidding. Amen.