Prayers for Mental Health
A Prayer for Freedom from Addiction
A contemporary pastoral prayer drawing on the recovery tradition that grew out of the Oxford Group and Alcoholics Anonymous, and on the Serenity Prayer.
Lord, you know exactly what has hold of me, and how many times I have promised myself it was the last time.
I stop pretending I can do this alone.
Take from me the craving that outlasts my willpower.
Give me today — only today — free.
Bless the people who are helping me, and the ones I have hurt.
Where I have caused damage, give me the humility to make it right.
Where I have failed, give me the courage to begin again without shame.
One day at a time, Lord. Amen.
Contemporary pastoral prayer in the Christian recovery tradition
About the prayer
Its shape — surrender, daily reprieve, amends — reflects centuries of Christian teaching on the will, and is meant to accompany, not replace, treatment and fellowship.
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