Facts about the help of prayer for deliverance from addiction
Leave your Proofs of Help
Maria
Peace be with you! Christ is in our midst! This is not my first testimony, but it is the most important one for me because it concerns my mother. My mother was a beautiful and very active woman in her youth—a Komsomol member, a party organizer, a brigade leader, a merchandiser with honors. But for more than 33 years, she drank alcohol, smoked since the age of 18, and now, at 59 years old, this life had taken its toll. My childhood was filled with shame—shame for my mother, for her foul language, for her reckless lifestyle, for how she always...
Marina
Hello, brothers and sisters! I want to testify to the help I received through prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos, "Seeking the Lost." For many years, I suffered from various vices, to the point of despair. At times, I even wanted to die. Though I went to confession frequently, I didn’t truly understand what repentance was. The first time I read the Akathist "Seeking the Lost," I was overwhelmed. I saw myself in a way I had never seen before. All my pain burst out. It wasn’t just my suffering—I felt as if God had shown me my festering wound....
Victoria
Brothers and sisters, I decided to share my story of the Lord’s help! I pray by agreement with Akathists to the Mother of God, "Seeking the Lost" and "The Protection," as well as to Saint Nicholas. I pray for my daughter. At 18, she ran away from me, leaving behind her studies and making mistakes in her young life. There she was, in a big city, alone, young, inexperienced, and refusing to listen to anything I had to say! I was consumed with grief—what could I do? Pray! But how? I traveled to Bari, to Saint Nicholas, and tearfully begged for...
Ekaterina
Hello, dear brothers and sisters! Honestly, I feel ashamed to write this, but I hope my testimony helps someone! For several years, I have been praying for a husband and wondering, "Why hasn’t the Lord sent him yet?" Now, I finally understand… Some time ago, I found myself in a situation where my relationship with a friend became spiritually unhealthy. It wasn’t physical sin, but spiritually—it absolutely was. I was tormented by extreme emotions, swinging between deep love for him and complete disgust—both toward him and myself. The question...
Anna
Dear brothers and sisters! I want to share a story where God clearly revealed Himself to us, sinners. My father-in-law suffers from dementia, a syndrome that leads to memory loss, impaired thinking, behavioral changes, and difficulty performing daily tasks. One night, he wandered away from home, and we didn’t realize it until later. He was gone for a long time, leaving his phone and documents at home. We searched everywhere but couldn’t find him. His sons drove around the entire neighborhood where he lived. Many kind people helped in the...
Nina
Oh, what a miracle—to stay silent would be to betray God! When my boyfriend started working as a musician in a nightclub, it was as if he became a different person. He changed—became colder, more distant, stopped messaging like before, and the warmth in our relationship disappeared. I began praying for us on Fridays with the Akathist to the Mother of God before Her icon "Seeker of the Lost." Every night before bed, I also recited a short prayer from the Akathist three times. Additionally, I submitted his name for prayer in Bolgar and at the...
