A compilation of most of the prayers in the Big Book and a few more!
“I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.”
– William D. Silkworth, MD – Pg. xxx
“God is everything or He is nothing. God either is or He isn’t.
What was our choice to be?” Big Book Pg. 53
We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Pg. 59
The Third Step Prayer
Pg. 63 – “God, I offer myself to Thee – to build with me and 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!”
The Fourth Step
Resentment pg.67 – We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, “This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done”.
Fear pg. 68 – We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be.
Sex Pg. 69 – We asked God to mold our ideals and help us live up to them.
Sex Pg. 69 – In meditation, we ask God what we do about each specific matter.
Sex Pg. 70 – To sum up about sex: We pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation,
for sanity and for strength to do the right thing.
The Fifth Step
Pg. 75 – We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better.
Pg. 75 – we ask if we have omitted anything,
The Sixth Step
Pg. 76 – If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.
The Seventh Step
Pg. 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
The Eighth Step
Pg. 76 – If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes.
The Ninth Step
Pg. 79 – Legal Matter – We ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences might be.
Pg. 80 – Other Effected – If we have obtained permission, have consulted with others, asked God to help.
Pg. 82 Infidelity – Each might pray about it, having the other one’s happiness uppermost in mind.
Pg. 83 Family – So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love.
The Tenth Step
Pg. 84 – Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them.
Pg. 85 – Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all our activities.
“How can I best serve Thee – Thy will not mine be done”.
The Eleventh Step
Pg. 86 – Night After mediation on the day just completed, “We ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken”.
Pg. 86 – Morning Before we begin our day, “we ask god to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives”.
Pg. 86 – Morning In thinking about our day, “We ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or decision”.
Pg. 87 – Morning We usually conclude the period of mediation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems. We especially ask for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no requests for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends.
Pg. 87 and 88 – All Day: As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.
The Twelfth Step
Pg. 164 – Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.
The answers will come IF your own house is in order.
The Pray of St. Francis:
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace,
Where there is hatred and anger, I may bring love,
Where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness,
Where there is discord, I may bring harmony,
Where there is deception, I may bring truth,
Where there is doubt and fear, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
and where there is sadness, comfort.
Lord, grant that I may seek to console,
rather than be consoled,
to understand, rather than to be understood,
and to love, rather than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven,
and it is in dying that one awakens to eternal life.
Amen.
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful. You should not hesitate to visit the most sordid spot on earth on such an errand. Keep on the firing line of life with these motives and God will keep you unharmed.” Pg. 102