Second step prayer

I pray for an open mind so I may come to believe in a Power grater than myself. I pray for humility & the continued opportunity to increase my faith. I don't want to be crazy anymore!!!

Acceptance of my powerlessness lead ;me into step 2. Belief in my self-will was all i had. I began to recognize that that I am a human being who is struggling to survive with certain limitations.

Some of the fears that blocked my acceptance of a higher power was that there's no gaurentees, it's a risk. I was told that faith the size of a mustard seed was all that was necessary.What do i know about seeds? they grow!! I never had that seed while running on my own will. I didn't like thinking i was insane. Fact is though that the way my life was going was definitely insane!!! In all aspects of my being-spiritual,emotional, physical

I felt hopeless and beaten when i surrendered. Step 2 gives me hope, as long as i believe.Really what do I have to lose by taking this risk?? I don't need to struggle alone!!To me my higher power is a greater spirit that I and everything are a part of. It is hope, freedom, wisdom, strength, patience, confidence, courage and peace.

Step 1,2,3 hold my spiritual foundation-a life giving force, heart and soul saving direction

If my doubt persists i may be denying the idea of my higher powers healing presence.

by accepting the concept of a power greater than myself i gain acceptance of my past, trust that grows every day. Peace of mind that i'm not nor have to be in control.

I didn't trust anyone! i thought i had to do it all on my own, it was so overwhelming!!!

I didn't grow up with any spiritual or relligious upbringing...i prayed when i got in trouble or thought i was going to get in trouble...i still got in troubel!! time after time...I did believe there was a God...but...i didn't know the meaning of faith...and trouble after trouble lessened my faith.

How did self-will dominate my life? I often if not always went against my intuition, my gut feelings. Looking back i recognize the opportunities that were put in my path, i usually ran in the opposite direction!

I see "come to believe" as a path for my faith to grow, I saw it worked for others. When i let go of my self-will and believed, the weight of the world seemed to roll off my shoulders.

willingness to surrender and believe in the process helps replace my selfwill, the idea of a higher power becomes acceptable to me, life is a process, a journey, not a destination and so it is with my relationship with my higher power.

I believe that spirit lives in all things from trees, rocks, nature birds...my list is endless

In coming to believe i see coincidences that aren't really coincidences but the divine at work.When i quit fighting the path i started living.

Today i realize that trying to manage my own life was killing me. Trying to go it alone took me further in the hole. I want to smell the daisies not push them up!

I had to honestly assess my ability to function...the characteristics that seemed so common in me...defiance, indifference, resentments, delusion, selfcenteredness...this was insanity!! I accept this today. Only a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity.

Lack of humility got me closer to pushing up those daisies.When i became ready and willing to accept fully my powerlessness and unmanageability i could accept a higher power and my insanity. Then  i become ready and willing to take action and turn my life over.

To take step 2 i must first be insane. The only power i knew greater than myself was alcohol and drugs. I only have to believe. By stopping to do the imposssible i find this a step towards sanity. If i am powerless there has to be a power greater than my powerlessness.

I am still insane...but i believe the only thing that can lead me to sanity is a power greater than myself

I could never have come this far by myself. i can't stop drinking by myself, i rely on my higher power to help me, to guide, to restore me

I choose to call my Higher power God, its working for me today...

God bless, Wendy