{"id":244132,"date":"2025-10-20T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marijuana-anonymous.org\/?p=244132"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:55:24","slug":"third-step-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marijuana-anonymous.org\/reading\/third-step-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Step Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Higher Power, I have tried to control the uncontrollable for far too long. I ask that you take this burden from me. I acknowledge that my life is unmanageable. I ask for your care and guidance. Grant me honesty, courage, humility, and serenity, to face that which keeps me from you and others. 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