{"id":23847,"date":"2026-03-11T15:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-serenity-prayer-ignited-his-spiritual-awakening\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:05","slug":"the-serenity-prayer-ignited-his-spiritual-awakening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/deepen-your-faith\/the-serenity-prayer-ignited-his-spiritual-awakening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Serenity Prayer Ignited His Spiritual Awakening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If only <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/faith-prayer-devotions\/stories-of-faith-faith-prayer-devotions\/how-a-beloved-bible-helped-her-forgive-her-alcoholic-father\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlene Schaaf\u2019s dad<\/a> had discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/entertainment\/books\/interview-with-the-author-liz-murray-the-serenity-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Serenity Prayer<\/a> and the organization it is most closely associated with, Alcoholics Anonymous, whose members often recite it in unison at the end of meetings. I was one of the fortunate ones, though I didn\u2019t know it at first. I wanted to stop drinking but wanted nothing to do with a God I didn\u2019t care to believe in. That gave me a problem with the prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen don\u2019t say \u2018God,\u2019\u201d my sponsor said dismissively. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to be offended.\u201d I <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/parenting\/adult-children\/life-changing-advice-from-the-father-he-hardly-knew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the advice<\/a> and omitted his name when I stood at the conclusion of a meeting, grasping hands with the persons on either side of me. I didn\u2019t let myself think too hard about whom I was beseeching for serenity, just so long as I didn\u2019t give in to the <em>G<\/em> word. I even practiced outside the meetings so I wouldn\u2019t slip up.<\/p>\n<p>So why did this prayer seem to keep me out of trouble? It centered me in situations where I\u2019d normally reach for a mood changer. I wondered if maybe it would work even better if I added \u201cGod.\u201d I experimented, and that was the beginning of my <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/marriage\/guideposts-classics-graham-kerr-spiritual-awakening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spiritual awakening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AA founder Bill Wilson said about the Serenity Prayer, \u201cNever have we seen so much AA packed into so few words.\u201d And I might add, never has so much God been packed into so few words.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If only Carlene Schaaf\u2019s dad had discovered the Serenity Prayer and the organization it is most closely associated with, Alcoholics Anonymous, whose members often recite it in unison at the end of meetings. I was one of the fortunate ones, though I didn\u2019t know it at first. 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