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40 Prayers for Addiction Recovery
August 2nd, 2024| Clinically Reviewed by
Key Points
- Incorporating spirituality into your recovery can be a vital part of your journey.
- We've compiled prayers you can reference for recovery and beyond.
- Direct these prayers to your Higher Power as needed or as part of your daily routine.
Faith and spirituality can serve as a lighthouse during difficult times, like the rewarding but challenging process of addiction recovery. You can write down or memorize a few key prayers to have on hand in moments when you need hope, strength, and comfort in your journey.
Explore these 40 prayers for addiction recovery and see which ones stand out to you.
Disclaimer: People of any religion, or none at all, can use these prayers. Simply replace ‘God’ with the Higher Power of your choice.
Prayers for Strength and Courage
If you feel that your own strength isn’t enough to overcome what you’re facing, these prayers can help you lift up your concerns and find hope.
Prayer for Inner Strength
“Dear God, grant me the inner strength to face life’s challenges with courage and resilience. Help me find solace in times of difficulty and empower me to overcome any obstacles that come my way.”
Prayer for Courage to Change
“Higher Power, grant me the strength to embrace change with open arms. Fill me with adaptability, resilience, and the belief that through change, I can grow and experience new blessings.”
Prayer for Endurance
“God, you know my heart today and how I am struggling to endure one more moment of this adversity. It feels hard to believe you have good in store for me, but I trust that you are working all things for my good. Strengthen me today.
Grow and mature me so that I lack nothing in my faith. Help me persevere. Bathe me in your love and peace when the suffering, waiting, and lack of control is hard to endure.”
Prayers for Healing and Recovery
Addiction often requires both physical and emotional healing, for yourself and your loved ones. These prayers about healing and recovery can put your desires into words and connect you to spiritual truths.
Prayer for Physical Healing
“Lord, bless my body with vitality and strength. Grant me the physical endurance to navigate life’s demands and maintain a healthy and vibrant lifestyle.”
Prayer for Mental Clarity
“God, grant me the strength and mental clarity to overcome my addictions. And identify my goals Fill me with the determination and willpower to break free from destructive habits and embrace a life of sobriety.”
Prayer for Emotional Healing
“Heavenly Father, in moments of emotional turmoil, grant me the strength to find peace within myself. Lift the burdens from my heart and guide me towards healing and serenity.”
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Prayers for Guidance and Wisdom
As you walk the road of recovery, you’ll likely face difficult decisions with answers that don’t seem very clear. Should you go back to treatment after a relapse? Should you start hanging out with your old friends that drink? Knowing the answer to questions like these might feel overwhelming, so you can pray for wisdom and guidance to center your thoughts and release them.
Prayer for Guidance
“God, grant me the strength to make difficult choices. Guide my steps, illuminate the right path, and grant me peace in knowing that you are with me in every decision.”
Prayer for Wisdom
“Grant me the strength to seek wisdom and understanding. Open my mind to new perspectives, guide my learning, and help me grow in wisdom and discernment. Lead me to the right path to recovery for me.”
Prayer for Discernment
“Higher Power, help me recognize triggers in my life before they can lead to stress and relapse. Open my eyes to triggers I haven’t yet recognized and strengthen my resolve to avoid triggering places, people, and situations. Grant me strength and peace when I do encounter triggers.”
Prayers for Forgiveness and Grace
Forgiveness can extend to yourself and others. You can forgive yourself for actions done or not done during your struggles with addiction, and you can forgive others for the same. These prayers can help you find the freedom of forgiveness and inner grace.
Prayer for Self-Forgiveness
“Loving God, grant me the strength to forgive myself for past actions and those who have hurt me. Release me from the chains of resentment and help me extend grace and compassion to myself and others.”
Prayer for Divine Forgiveness
This prayer comes from Psalm 51 and reads, “Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.”
Prayer for Grace
“Grant me the compassion and grace to accept past mistakes, change, and things I cannot change. Enable me to hold myself with care and embrace the truths that I am loved, forgiven, and free.”
Prayers for Peace and Serenity
Peace can serve as a solid ship in seas of unknowns and discomforts. You can voice these prayers to ride the ups and downs of recovery with a sense of serenity, trust, and hope.
Prayer for Inner Peace
“When my inner and outer worlds become chaotic, bring me the inner peace I need to get through these challenges with hope and serenity. Connect me to caring souls and ways to cultivate my peace along my journey.”
Prayer for Serenity
“God, extend an overpowering sense of serenity to soothe my fears and anxieties in my recovery journey. Allow me to trust in my safety and strengthen my sobriety to bolster my confidence and faith.”
Prayer for Acceptance
A classic prayer of acceptance used in the 12-Step fellowship goes as follows: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.”
Prayers for Gratitude and Hope
Remembering what you’re grateful for can boost your happiness and hope. In recovery, even in the valleys, you can use prayer to voice your gratitude for how far you’ve come.
Prayer of Gratitude
“Thank you for every good thing that’s happened to me in my recovery journey and beyond. Thank you for supportive people, thank you for life-saving treatment, and thank you for giving others the passion and expertise to care for me.”
Prayer for Hope
“Give me unexplainable, unshakable hope in my recovery, my safety, and my abilities to navigate challenges and enjoy the good times. Let hope be a steady beacon shining in my nights and days.”
Prayer for Future Success
“I see myself years into the future recovered, healthy, and content in my life. Bring this vision into reality and grant me the skills and wisdom to cultivate success and sustain my sobriety.”
Prayers for Support and Community
Support and a sense of community can bolster your recovery and give you a space of safety and camaraderie. Keep these prayers in mind as you envision your ideal community or nurture the one you already have.
Prayer for Support Systems
“Strengthen my beloved support systems to provide the care I need and encouragement for their spirits as we go through this together. Deepen our love and appreciation for each other during my journey.”
Prayer for Community
“Lord, help me find a supportive and understanding community to connect to and find support in my recovery. Bless us with compassion and empathy towards each other for a strong and healthy community.”
Prayer for Accountability
“Help me find people in my community, friend group, or family to keep me accountable in my recovery journey. Allow me to accept their feedback and corrections with a humble heart and gratitude, and to grow in holding myself accountable.”
Prayers for Daily Guidance
A daily spiritual cadence could benefit anyone, whether you’re in recovery or not. Try lifting 3 prayers at key points in your day to reflect, ask for guidance, and express gratitude.
Morning Prayer
“Dear Lord, thank you for this new day. Please guide me and bless me as I go about my day. Help me to be kind and loving to others, and to always remember to be grateful for the blessings in my life.”
Midday Prayer
“Thank you for the morning, for watching over me and walking with me. May I find rest and peace this afternoon in all I do, that I may gather strength to maintain my progress and strengthen my recovery.”
Evening Prayer
“Thank you for getting me through this day, and for each good thing I experienced. Thank you for what I learned through the challenges. Help my sleep to restore my soul, and prepare me for tomorrow.”
Specific Prayers for Different Stages of Recovery
Recovery, like other journeys and stories, often has a start, a middle, and an end: early recovery, maintenance, and long-term recovery. Each stage requires different focuses and strengths, which you can bolster through prayer.
Prayer for Early Recovery
“Heavenly Father, give me the strength to overcome addiction and the challenges that come with it. Guide me in my recovery, help me make wise choices, and grant me the courage to face my struggles. May your light illuminate my path as I navigate recovery every day.”
Prayer for Maintaining Sobriety
“Lord, lift me up today. I pray that you will anoint me with strength and self-care today, tomorrow, and always. I pray that You will grace me with patience and wisdom. I pray that You will encourage me throughout the day to take the correct steps on my recovery journey.”
Prayer for Long-Term Recovery
“Grant me strength and commitment in my recovery. Thank you for each day you’ve given me so far, and please allow me more. Help me grow in resilience and learn how to navigate challenges.”
Find Your Strength in Spirituality
Prayer and spiritual support can strengthen your recovery journey, whether you consider yourself part of a religion or not. For those who do, incorporating your faith into your recovery journey can be integral to the process. Explore your spirituality to find the prayers for addiction recovery that speak to you.
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