Prayers for the 12 Steps
We hope you find these prayers helpful as you work your 12 Step program. The program is part of the Lifetime Aftercare that we offer at Transitions Recovery. Thanks to the group “Clean and Sober, Not Dead” for sharing them.
1st STEP
God, Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind, Spirit of Nature or Spirit of the Universe, my name is ______, And I’m a real alcoholic/addict … and I need your help today.
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.
3rd STEP
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, Your Love, and Your Way of life. May I do Your Will always!
Or simply:
God, Take my will and my life. Guide me in my recovery. Show me how to live.
4th STEP
God, relieve me of this fear and direct my attention to what you would have me be. Mold my ideals in this particular area of my life and help me to live up to them. Guide me, God, and give me strength to do right.
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.
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.
7th STEP
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.
We will share the prayers for the remaining steps in a future post.
