Spending time with God
November 2016 | Steps

Spending time with God

No matter where she is, she has conscious contact

For the first year of my sobriety, I could only whisper a short, “Please help me stay sober today” and finish my day with a simple “Thank you.” On days when I was feeling especially powerless over my alcoholism, I resorted to begging God to help me not drink for the next five minutes, hour, or afternoon. I often said emergency prayers and tried using God to save the day. I said a lot of prayers that really were orders in disguise for God to give me what I wanted or thought I needed and deserved.

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