This was from my support group last night.

Lord,

I am learning that there is an awful lot i can't do.
I can't control life the way I am used to.
I can't make people be what I want.
I can't stop the pain inside me.
I can't even fully submit to your plan yet - I am still too frightened of you.
But I know that there is one things I can do right now.
I can make a decision to turn my will and my life over to you.
Making the decision doesn't mean I have to make it happen.
Making the decision doesn't mean I understand you or your plan.
Making the decision doesn't even mean I'm entirely willing, but it does mean that I know your way and will is right.
Lord, turn my simple decision into reality.

Amen.

wow thats a wonderful prayer what support group do you go to? Most of the prayer is what I have been asking for but articulated it well.

My church has a program called Celebrating Recovery that is alot like AA, but it is based on recovery with God. There are 8 principals you follow. I am waiting for a step group to open, where you join in with 4 other people (women with women, men with men) and work through the work books. It is for people with addictions (sex, alcohol, drugs, love, attention), co-dependency, anger, compulsions, etc...and helps people get to the root with God's help.

Meanwhile while I wait for a step group - the support group still meets as a large group on Wed night, where they review a step in general - even though many people are on different steps. Then after there is a large group talk, where you have 3-5 minutes to talk about the highs and lows of your week.

When you join the group you are adhered to the confindentiality rule, so nothing you say leaves the room ever. The entire thing is all done with God, and keeps you directed at God for healing, for knowledge, etc.

This isn't my church or anything...but this site shows the program. I am in Canada, but this is an American site - same program no matter where you take it.

http://www.celebraterecovery.com/index.asp

-dorry

Cool! A friend of mine and her husband are counselors with Celebrate Recovery.

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