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01-23-2008, 11:44 PM

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nandm

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First Step Prayer

Today, I ask for help with my addiction. Denial has kept me from seeing how powerless I am and how my life is unmanageable. I need to learn and remember that I have an incurable illness and that abstinence is the only way to deal with it.

01-24-2008, 08:50 AM

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sugErspun

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My first step prayer, which has been useful all along is:

"God, please help me to set aside the things I think I know about myself, my illness, the twelve steps and you - for an open mind and New Experience with myself, my illness, the twelve steps - and especially you God"

Hopeless - but open and willing.

02-10-2008, 01:36 PM

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xOVERMANx

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"set aside prayer", that's what's up

02-10-2008, 02:48 PM

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nandm

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Originally Posted by xOVERMANx

"set aside prayer", that's what's up

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02-10-2008, 08:55 PM

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sugErspun

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The prayer I posted is often referred to as 'The Set Aside' prayer. It is certainly not a prayer I made up - it was something that has been passed on for years...

Nice catch xovermanx ...