The Serenity Prayer
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.
The Third Step Prayer
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.
-Alcoholics Anonymous P. 63
The Seventh Step Prayer
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
-Alcoholics Anonymous P. 76
The Eleventh Step Prayers
MORNING PRAYER
God, direct my thinking today so that it be empty 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, show me what I need to do to take care of any problems.
I ask all these things that I may be of maximum service to you and my fellows.
Derived from - Alcoholics Anonymous p. 86-88
NIGHTLY PRAYER
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.
Show me how I could have done better today.
Use me in the mainstream of life, God.
Free me of worry, remorse or morbid reflections that I may be of usefulness to others.
Derived from - Alcoholics Anonymous p. 86
THE PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord, make me a channel of Thy peace
that where there is hatred, I may bring love
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony
that where there is error, I may bring truth
that where there is doubt, I may bring faith
that where there is despair, I may bring hope
that where there are shadows, I may bring light
that where there is sadness, I may bring 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 the giving that we receive;
it is in the pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
-Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions p. 99
Fear Prayer
God, remove my fear and direct my attention to what you would have me be.
- Alcoholics Anonymous p.68
Sick Man’s Prayer
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.
- Alcoholics Anonymous p. 67