Prayers

The OA Promise  (also known as Rozanne’s Prayer and the Unity Prayer) 

I put my hand in yours, and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness, no longer must we each depend on  our own unsteady willpower. 

We are all together now, reaching out our hands for power and strength greater than ours, and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams. 

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 Serenity Prayer was written by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and has additional verses: 

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. 

11th Step Prayer/Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi 

Lord, make me an instrument of thy 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 

where, there is sadness, joy. 

0 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. 

Prayers from the Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous) 

Third Step Prayer:  

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63) 

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! 

4th Step Prayer (Resentments): 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 67) 

God, help me to show tolerance, pity and patience. This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God  save me from being angry. Thy will be done. 

Fear Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 68) 

God, I ask that you remove my fear and direct my attention to what you would have me be.

Sex Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 69) 

God, I ask that you would mold my ideals, and help me to live up to them.  

Where I have done harm, God show me what I should do about each specific matter. 

Forgiveness Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 70) 

God, I am sorry for what I have done, and have an honest desire to let You take me to better things. 

Sanity and Strength Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 70) 

God, I earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for  the strength to do the right thing. 

Fifth Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 75) 

God, I thank You from the bottom of my heart that I may 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. 

Sixth Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76) 

God, I still cling to some things that I have admitted are objectionable. 

Help me to be willing to let them go.

Seventh Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76) 

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. 

Eighth Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76) 

God, I ask for the willingness to make amends for the damage I have done in the past. 

Ninth Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76) 

I pray that I may be given strength and direction to do the right thing,  

no matter what the personal consequences may be. 

Ninth Step Prayer

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 indirect amends  

Change Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76) 

I am sorry for what I have done. God willing, it shall not be repeated. 

Morning Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 83) 

My creator, show me the way of patience, tolerance, kindness and love.

Tenth Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 84) 

I pray, God, that You remove my selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear. 

Daily Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 85) 

How can I best serve Thee—Thy will (not mine) be done. 

Eleventh Step Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86) 

God, I pray for forgiveness for the wrongs I have done today. 

I ask that I be shown what corrective measures should be taken. 

Decision Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86) 

God, I am faced with indecision and I am unable to determine which course to take. I ask You for  inspiration, an intuitive thought, or a decision. God, I pray to be shown what my next step should be.  Give me whatever I need to take care of my problems. Especially free me from self-will so that I may be  of help to others. What can I do today to help others? 

During the Day Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 87) 

I am agitated (doubtful) God.  

Please give me the right thought or action. 

I am no longer running the show.  

Thy will be done.

Morning Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 86 & 164) 

God, please direct my thinking;  

especially, that it be divorced from self-pity,  

dishonesty or self-seeking motives.  

What can I do for the man that is still sick? 

A Blessing: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 164) 

May God bless you and keep you. 

Acceptance Prayer: 

(Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417) 

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some  person, place, thing, or situation—some fact of my life—unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity  until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this  moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. Until I could accept my  compulsive overeating, I could not stay abstinent; unless I accept life completely on life’s terms, I  cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on  what needs to be changed in me and in my attitude. 

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