PRAYER OF POWERLESSNESS For the Twelve Steps    Almighty and Most Powerful God, Why am I cursed with this addiction? Your children starve in foreign lands while my compulsion drives me to want more and more. All the day I long for my comfort.* My thoughts are like a mountain stream running wildly here and there, quick and churning. What shall I do? My cravings pull me under like a leaf in a whirlpool. All my days are dismal and dark. I cry for release from this torment. I am weak. I have no resolve. Like soft clay at the river's edge, my resistance crumbles and I am engulfed again. Selah Lord, you are Mighty indeed. In Your Presence I am like a leaf, trembling on the winter branch. I am a weak and trembling thing. Feeble attempts to control my life fail me time after time. Remove my compulsion, O Lord. Calm my cravings like a quiet pond. Like a leaf floating on the forest pool, let my thoughts drift to you. You are my Rock and my Refuge, O Lord. Your Strength is made perfect in my weakness. Remove this curse, Almighty God, and I will sing your praises throughout the land. I will sing and give thanks in the temple. And I will tell of your Might in countless gatherings. Amen.