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Serenity Prayer

The Serenity Prayer was written by Confessing Church figure and Union Theological Seminary professor Reinhold Niebuhr in 1926 or 1932 (according to records from Alcoholics Anonymous as the ending to a longer prayer. It is used in Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and other Twelve-step programs.

The version used by Alcoholics Anonymous et al leaves out the overtly religious material and may be more acceptable to Freethinkers.

Other versions of the Serenity Prayer exist. Some are parodies and some are serious.

External Links

• Serenity Prayer full text from recoveryresources.org
• Grant Me The Serenity... The Serenity Prayer includes a history of its origin

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