Prayer in recovery is not a performance for a congregation. It is speech, in the direction of God, about the life you actually have. You may use prayers you already love. You may also use unbeautiful sentences. Both are prayer if they are aimed and honest.
A shape that fits a day
In the morning, ask to be kept from the first drink and from the first old bargain. Ask to know the next right thing, and to be given willingness, not just agreement. Name one person you might help, or at least not harm.
At night, tell the truth about the day in a few lines. Thank God for one specific thing. If you harmed someone, write the amends you will consider when you are not exhausted. Then sleep. Exhaustion is not the same as holiness.
Listening
Listening is the part people skip because it does not feel like progress. Sit after you speak. Do not fill the silence with a new request. The answer is often not a voice. It is a cleared next action: call this person, leave this room, tell this truth, do not send this message.
If your mind is ill, silence can frighten you or fill with noise that is not God. In that case, shorten the quiet, keep your body in an ordinary room, and do not obey sudden cruel instructions that arrive in your own head. Read Staying when the mind is ill before you try to build a long meditation practice.
The next page looks at the path as a whole: The path in plain language.