This prayer is for anyone who is re-entering life after rehab, whether you were in rehab for addiction, an eating disorder, psychiatric hospitalization, or another form of inpatient treatment. Select the word at the end of the first stanza that makes the most sense for you, or add your own word to the prayer.Â
Holy One of Blessing,
You found me in the depths,
gave me strength to climb to rescue,
an ark in the storm
of my own [addiction] [trauma] [making]
Gasping for air,Â
grasping for Your hand,Â
I reachedÂ
until You reached meÂ
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Now I prepareÂ
to sail againÂ
and I am afraid
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Will waves pull me down once more,
drowning the sound of my cries for You?
Will I become a sigh
and then a silence,
lost forever to thoseÂ
who call my name?Â
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Dear God, give me oars, a compass, a star, anythingÂ
JustpleasedonotlletmesinkÂ
Don’tletmesinkpleasejustletme
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BREATHE
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Holy One of Blessing
fill my lungs with air
and grant my heart the strength
to keep beatingÂ
Help me withstand the storm insideÂ
Remind meÂ
I am not alone
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Stay with me, pray with me,Â
Remind me of the miracleÂ
of my own precious life,Â
a life worth returning to the shoreÂ
from the depths
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because a horizon awaits
with a new voyage ahead
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Blessed are You, God, who strengthens and supports me
in uncharted waters
