Facts about the help of prayer for those suffering from drunkenness

Hello! I want to share a testimony of God’s help and the intercession of the Mother of God. I had been a smoker for many years. I once managed to quit for two years, but last year, this passion took hold of me again. In despair, I decided to pray the Akathist to the Mother of God before Her icon "The Inexhaustible chalice" for the first time. Just a few days later, I unexpectedly received an invitation to attend a sobriety program!I attended a two-week course, where I kept a special journal to break free from the false alcohol-tobacco mindset....

I thank the Most Holy Theotokos for Her intercession and great mercy! My husband has not drunk or smoked for a month! On January 3rd, he had a mild stroke—it was the mildest form, but it shook him to the core. Now, he can’t drink or smoke at all. Of course, I will never stop praying—I simply don’t know how to live otherwise. He drank every single day for 37 years of our marriage, and even before that. I have been praying the Akathist with Bolgar since November 2019. This summer, I almost thought about stopping. Things were going downhill at...

Good afternoon! I am grateful to all my fellow prayer warriors! My husband drinks a lot of beer—it may not seem like a big deal, but when it happens almost every day, it becomes frightening. I didn’t know what to do. We constantly argued about his drinking, I cried, begged, even threatened divorce, but nothing helped. I had known about "Spiritual Lighthouse" on YouTube for a long time and hesitated about whether to start praying. Finally, in November 2022, I decided to pray, though I did not submit his name. Later, I learned that it was...

Good afternoon, dear ones! I want to share a testimony of God’s help. I prayed the Akathist to the Mother of God before Her icon "The Inexhaustible chalice." Unfortunately, my husband only knows how to cope with stress by drinking heavily—to the point where he suffers himself and torments those around him. He becomes restless, sometimes aggressive or overly intrusive. Through prayers to the Most Holy Theotokos, he has become calmer and drinks less. Sometimes, I feel Her protection—for example, when we are invited to parties (which, for me, are...