{"id":3498,"date":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/09\/help-me-to-stay-sober.html"},"modified":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"help-me-to-stay-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/09\/help-me-to-stay-sober.html","title":{"rendered":"Help Me to Stay Sober"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear God,<br \/>\nThank you for this day. Help me to stay clean and sober, just for this day. Help me to recognize your hand in all things. Thank you for the blessings I understand and the ones I don&#8217;t. Thank you for the miracles I see and the ones I don&#8217;t. Thank you for your spirit who always abides in me. I ask that I may be with your spirit today. Cleanse my mind of all darkness and fill it with love and light. Let me be o.k. with this day no matter what it brings. 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