My family

Dear God please help my family become whole again!!! please wash your blood over Donnie and help him heal from these demons that plague him. help him stop doing the drugs and the alcohol and the free sex! get him away from those unchristian people, get him out of that environment NOW!! touch his mind & his heart & give him back the good memories, the happy memories of our family, of us, before the drugs took over and all the harsh fighting began.... he was and is a Christian man he just lost his way! let our prayers reach him, give him enough strength to ask you to heal him, give him his memory back, his memories of our wonderful family we were. Of his son and me and bring him home to us NOW.. In Jesus precious name I speak forth and prophesy this forth into my life in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

Amen!!!
agree with you and your wonderful prayers
God bless you and your family

Terribly sorry you are going through this sister. What a heartfelt, compassionate, and loving prayer you offered.

Dear Holy Father, we lift up Your daughter and her family to You. Please use anything and everything to bring her husband to his senses, and draw him to You. Put Your Hand around her and her son, and protect them, giving them Your Peace that passes all understanding. In Jesus sweet Name I pray.

Daily Recovery Readings

Just For Today (NA)

Walls

“Reaching out is the beginning of the struggle that will set us free.
It will break down the walls that imprison us.” Basic Text, p.80


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Many of us came to NA emotionally shattered. Years of using people and allowing them to use us had taken their toll on our ability to trust anyone, ourselves included. But the love and acceptance we found in Narcotics Anonymous encouraged us to reach out and get close to others.

The longer we stayed clean, the more we began to long for greater intimacy with our loved ones. We began reaching out in deeper, more meaningful ways, even though we might get hurt. Despite our fears of rejection, we decided to risk revealing ourselves, our beliefs, and our needs. We decided to let down our defensive walls.

The freedom we’ve found has been worth the risk involved. We know there is still work to do before we will be completely free of the barriers built by years of active addiction. But by reaching out to other addicts and allowing them to reach out to us, despite our human failings, we have come to know that we have a great capacity for love and intimacy. When set free of their restraining walls, our hearts hold great power.

Just for today: I pray Donnie will let down his personal walls and
reach out to others, allowing his heart the freedom to love and be loved.

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Daily Reflections

“DEEP DOWN WITHIN US”

We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. . . . search diligently within yourself . . . With this attitude you cannot fail. The consciousness of your belief is sure to come to you. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 55


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It was out of the depths of loneliness, depression and despair that I sought the help of A.A. As I recovered and began to face the emptiness and ruin of my life, I began to open myself to the possibility of the healing that recovery offers through the A.A. program. By coming to meetings, staying sober, and taking the Steps, I had the opportunity to listen with increasing attentiveness to the depths of my soul. Daily I waited, in hope and gratitude, for that sure belief and steadfast love I had longed for in my life. In this process, I met my God, as I understand Him.

May Donnie come to and believe, that there is love, that he is capable of giving and receiving love, and that he is beloved of God, Who loves him with an everlasting undying love. May he rediscover the love he has for his family, for Deb, and for his son, Tyler. May this love fill him with a desire to live instead of slowly committing suicide.

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Twenty-Four Hours A Day

A.A. Thought For The Day
We in A.A. have the privilege of living two lives in one lifetime. One life of drunkenness, failure, and defeat. Then, through A.A., another life of sobriety, peace of mind, and usefulness. We who have recovered our sobriety are modern miracles. And we’re living on borrowed time. Some of us might have been dead long ago. But we have been given another chance to live. Do I owe a debt of gratitude to A.A. that I can never repay as long as I live?

Meditation For The Day
Thinking about God in love and worship drives away evil. It is the thought before that the hosts of evil flee. The thought of a Power greater than yourself is the call for a life-line to rescue you from temptation. The thought of God banishes loneliness and dispels gloom. It summons help to conquer your faults. Think of God as often as possible. Use the thought prayerfully and purposefully. It will carry your thoughts away from material things and toward the spiritual things that make life worthwhile.

Prayer For The Day
I pray that Donnie may think of God often, and find rest in peace at the thought of His love and care. I pray that Donnie allows this love of God, God's love for him and his love for God, to direct his steps back to living a life according to spiritual principles.

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As Bill Sees It - Accepting God’s Gifts, p. 168

“Though many theologians hold that sudden spiritual experiences amount to a special distinction, if not a divine appointment of some sort, I question this view. Every human being, no matter what his attributes for good or evil, is a part of the divine spiritual economy. Therefore, each of us has his place, and I cannot see that God intends to exalt one another.

“So it is necessary for all of us to accept whatever positive gifts we receive with a deep humility, always bearing in mind that our negative attitudes were first necessary as a means of reducing us to such a state of that we would be ready for a gift of the positive ones via the conversion experience. Your own alcoholism and the immense deflation that finally resulted are indeed the foundation upon which your spiritual experience rests.” Letter, 1964

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Keep It Simple

Each day provides its own gifts.
—Ruth D. Freedman
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Life is full of wonderful gifts. Recovery is life’s greatest gift to us. If we’re not excited about being sober, we need to check ourselves. Are we keeping something secret? Is there a sadness we need to talk about? Are we stuffing anger? These things eat away at our excitement for life.

Many addicts never get the gift of recovery. Those of us in recovery are special. We’ve been given a new life. There will be hard times. But the joy of getting a second chance will be stronger. Am I grateful that I’ve been given recovery?

Prayer for the Day: Higher Power, help Donnie see his life as a gift. Help him believe he deserves this gift, and help him to find and accept the gift of recovery.

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Xtra Thoughts

When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
–Edward Teller

Dear God, please allow Donnie to take time each day to seek out stillness, to find that sacred spot. Allow his mind and soul to be at ease. –Melody Beattie

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Father Leo’s Daily Meditation

SELF-LOVE

“Only a person who can live with himself can enjoy the gift of leisure.”
–Henry Greber
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As an addict I could not tolerate my own company for long. I was forever telephoning somebody, going over to a friend’s house, inviting people in, creating an “occasion” so I did not have to think or, at least, think about myself. Being alone terrified me. I was terrified because I would begin to think about what was happening in my life and I did not want to face it.

Spirituality is reality. Some years ago I decided to encounter the “real” me, painful but necessary. I began to develop an awareness of who I am. Acceptance followed: I am an alcoholic.

Today I know me; today I like me; today I can love me – and this awareness brings with it a knowledge of God, self and my neighbor. Today I can be alone without feeling lonely.

Dear God, we ask that you allow Donnie become capable of dealing head on with his feelings and needs, and not run to avoidance through using mind and mood altering substances.

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Bible Scriptures

Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. And this is the promise: If you honor your father and mother, “you will live a long life, full of blessing.” And now a word to you fathers. Don’t make your children angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord. Ephesians 6:1-4

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22, 23

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also
you were called in one body; and be thankful.” Colossians 3:15

We pray these things for Donnie in Jesus' name, amen.

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Daily Inspiration

The best thing to let go of is your past. Lord, the goodness of my past is part of whom I am now, but the rest only serves to pull me away from You. Help me to keep my thoughts only on this moment.

Imagine that you were paid for every kindness and charged for every unkindness. Would you be rich or poor? Lord, I often pray for material wealth. Let Donnie not neglect his soul; we now pray for his ability to build his spiritual wealth also.

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A Day At A Time

Reflection For The Day
Readiness to take the full consequences of our past acts, and to take responsibility for the well-being of others at the same time, is the very spirit of Step Nine. A casual apology, on the one hand, will rarely suffice in making amends to one we have harmed; a true change of attitude, in contrast, can do wonders to make up for past unkindness. If I’ve deprived anyone of any material thing, I’ll acknowledge the debt and pay it as soon as I’m able. Will I swallow my pride and make the first overtures toward reconciliation?

Today I Pray
God show me the best ways to make “direct amends.” Sometimes simply admitting my mistakes may make it up to someone and unload my own simmering guilt. Other times restitution may take some creative thought. May I be wholly aware that I cannot take this Ninth Step unless I develop some caring, some real concern about how others feel, along with changes in my behavior.

Today I Will Remember
First I care, then I apologize.
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One More Day

Variety is the mother of enjoyment.
– Benjamin Disraeli
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Ideally, we anticipate awakening in the morning, not sure what the day is going to bring, but looking forward to it anyway. Sometimes this eagerness comes more easily, for we have places to go and people to see. At other times, we’re unable to recapture our previous joy. What took away our excitement for life? What can we do to reclaim it?
Life does not end at retirement or when the children move away or when our good health is diminished. It just changes. We can develop some new interests and hobbies. We can reexamine old attitudes and come up with new perspectives. Music and-good fellowship with others can enrich our lives and strengthen us to go on. We can turn to our spiritual natures, and we will know joy.

I am aware of the wonders and opportunities around me. I will share the joy I find.
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God we lift Donnie, Deb, and Tyler to you for healing in Jesus name, amen.

Your situation has sadden me greatly. Please add my prayers to yours for God to restore your family and give Donnie a special healing touch.

Father God, have your mercy upon Donnie, let you change and bless his life, let all these evil things leave him and you be glorified, in Donnie's life and family. Lord we agree and ask together, Lord let Donnie, be your Child, in Jesus Holy name, Amen!