“12 Step Prayers for A Way Out” is an insightful collection of prayers and inspirational readings. It is a practical and spiritual tool for anyone currently working a twelve-step program. It can be used alone or as a companion to the best selling workbook, “The 12 Steps-A Way Out,” or “The Twelve Steps for Adult Children.” Either of the suggested companion books offer help for individuals who are seeking to identify and resolve painful issues from their past.
It contains an extensive collection of prayers and inspirational readings for people in twelve-step programs and reinforces the power of prayer as part of the recovery journey. Reliance on a Higher Power through prayer is an important key to success in any twelve-step program. But prayer doesn’t come easily for many of us. Many of us see the wisdom and effectiveness of the Twelve Steps, but we sometimes balk when we come to “Sought through prayer and mediation…” prescribed in Step Eleven. We may question the usefulness of prayer, or we may ignore the practice of it. Most resistance to prayer doesn’t come from a disbelief in God; it stems from the fact many of us were never taught how to pray.
The book adapts the Twelve Steps that were developed over seventy five years ago with the formation of Alcoholic Anonymous. In this program we learn how God uses the healing power of the Twelve Steps as a way to restore the lives of countless individuals. Members of Alcoholics Anonymous carried this healing message to others, acknowledging they are people who know what it is to be broken by life and mended by God. It is dedicated to all those who found healing through the twelve-step program, and who continue to choose to share their experience, strength and hope with those still searching.
For companion books refer to “The 12 Steps for Adult Children” or “The 12 Steps – A Way Out.”
