Like other healing journeys, recovery from addiction is a process, not a straight line. The following prayers for folks in recovery are designed to give you some comfort and company on that journey out of mitzrayim, the narrow place akin to Egypt in which you might find yourself at present.
May you know you are never a burden. You are always a blessing.
May you never doubt my love for you and hope for you to live your life to the fullest. May you know your diagnosis is not your identity.
May you never think your illness is your fault or that if you were stronger or more resilient, then you would not have this health challenge.
May you have the strength to ask for help when you need it and believe you have the strength to fight your battles.
May you come to understand that friends who faded away during your struggle still care but don’t know what to say or do to show their support.
May you learn new skills, recognize and build on your strengths, and benefit from medication and nutrition to improve your mental health.
May I show you the love and support you need at the right time and with an open heart. May I be more patient, less demanding, and more accepting of where you are in the moment.
May you live to be an example of hope for others who struggle.
May we help others to think more deeply about supporting with kindness and dignity families like ours that struggle with mental health.
May Hashem bring you a complete and speedy healing, happiness, and blessings.
Mi Sheberach from a Parent to their Child Struggling With Mental Health by the Blue Dove Foundation
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“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Healing and recovery are journeys, not fixed destinations or binary modes of being. They are not linear, but neither is Jewish time—just as each year brings a new cycle of seasonality, so does the path of healing and recovery. We may go through times when it feels certain that the sun will never shine again on our bodies and spirits, but sometimes stars still sparkle across the veil of the dark.
This book is for you, wherever you may be on that journey, so feel free to take what works and leave the rest. May it serve and support you in all the ways you need.
Blessings for Recovery & Healing - Introduction
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While caring for others, it’s important to make sure we are caring for ourselves. This blessing comes from the traditional Birkhot HaShachar, or Morning Blessings.
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Ruach ha’olam, ha’notein l’ayef koach.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the world, who gives strength to the weary.
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do.
When so many people
Have vanished into the darkness
We light these candles
And say the blessings
And pray for those who have been injured or killed or raped.
And pray for those who are worried and homeless and hungry.
And pray for those who are lost to themselves.
May we all be joined in yearning holy conversation
And pray when prayer is needed.
We must pray AND we must do.
When so many people
Have vanished into the darkness
We light these candles
And bless those who are working so hard to make things better.
May we join with the stubborn
Of all places and religions and races and gender and sexual orientations,
Who, when times are hard,
Refuse to disappear,
Those who fight so hard for their communities
With food and advice and shelter and organizing and work and love and insistence and resistance.
May we all be joined in holy struggle
And act when action is needed.
We must pray AND we must do.
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
Blessed is the Source of Light!
We are holy with the obligation to speak goodness and do good
As we light these Shabbat/Mourning/Hanukkah candles
We will pray and we will do.
Amen.
-by Trisha Arlin
We Must Pray and We Must Do: A Prayer for Lighting Candles by Trisha Arlin
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Like other healing journeys, recovery from addiction is a process, not a straight line. The following prayers for folks in recovery are designed to give you some comfort and company on that journey out of mitzrayim, the narrow place akin to Egypt in which you might find yourself at present.
May you know you are never a burden. You are always a blessing.
May you never doubt my love for you and hope for you to live your life to the fullest. May you know your diagnosis is not your identity.
May you never think your illness is your fault or that if you were stronger or more resilient, then you would not have this health challenge.
May you have the strength to ask for help when you need it and believe you have the strength to fight your battles.
May you come to understand that friends who faded away during your struggle still care but don’t know what to say or do to show their support.
May you learn new skills, recognize and build on your strengths, and benefit from medication and nutrition to improve your mental health.
May I show you the love and support you need at the right time and with an open heart. May I be more patient, less demanding, and more accepting of where you are in the moment.
May you live to be an example of hope for others who struggle.
May we help others to think more deeply about supporting with kindness and dignity families like ours that struggle with mental health.
May Hashem bring you a complete and speedy healing, happiness, and blessings.
Mi Sheberach from a Parent to their Child Struggling With Mental Health by the Blue Dove Foundation
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“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Healing and recovery are journeys, not fixed destinations or binary modes of being. They are not linear, but neither is Jewish time—just as each year brings a new cycle of seasonality, so does the path of healing and recovery. We may go through times when it feels certain that the sun will never shine again on our bodies and spirits, but sometimes stars still sparkle across the veil of the dark.
This book is for you, wherever you may be on that journey, so feel free to take what works and leave the rest. May it serve and support you in all the ways you need.
Blessings for Recovery & Healing - Introduction
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While caring for others, it’s important to make sure we are caring for ourselves. This blessing comes from the traditional Birkhot HaShachar, or Morning Blessings.
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Ruach ha’olam, ha’notein l’ayef koach.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, Spirit of the world, who gives strength to the weary.
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do.
When so many people
Have vanished into the darkness
We light these candles
And say the blessings
And pray for those who have been injured or killed or raped.
And pray for those who are worried and homeless and hungry.
And pray for those who are lost to themselves.
May we all be joined in yearning holy conversation
And pray when prayer is needed.
We must pray AND we must do.
When so many people
Have vanished into the darkness
We light these candles
And bless those who are working so hard to make things better.
May we join with the stubborn
Of all places and religions and races and gender and sexual orientations,
Who, when times are hard,
Refuse to disappear,
Those who fight so hard for their communities
With food and advice and shelter and organizing and work and love and insistence and resistance.
May we all be joined in holy struggle
And act when action is needed.
We must pray AND we must do.
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
Blessed is the Source of Light!
We are holy with the obligation to speak goodness and do good
As we light these Shabbat/Mourning/Hanukkah candles
We will pray and we will do.
Amen.
-by Trisha Arlin
We Must Pray and We Must Do: A Prayer for Lighting Candles by Trisha Arlin
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