Desire for Abstinence Prayer – by Patrice
(inspired by OA 12 & 12)
Higher Power, through trust in You, the promises of the program begin to come true.
No longer must I worry or feel anxiety about compulsive overeating.
Thank You for taking away my desire for excessive foods and increasing my willingness to say “No” to my cravings.
Thank You for lifting the compulsion to overeat.
Please increase my desire to be abstinent and to pursue interests that are healthy and fulfilling. Please decrease my desire and defective thinking to compulsively overeat, abuse myself and feel cursed by this disease.
Thy will, not my will be done!
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