Alcoholism is considered a disease, and if the disease is neglected or progresses to a chronic stage, the patient’s family and friends can use any means that can help cure him. One of these means is prayer.
There is no clear distinction between which of the saints canonized by the church can be prayed for. With a request for deliverance from drunkenness, you can turn to God, and to the Virgin Mary, and to your guardian angel. The sincerity of your words and faith will help to reach the prayer. But it is believed that the prayer addressed to the Virgin or martyr Boniface of Rome (Boniface of Tarsus), who himself abused alcohol, but was cured of this vice, converted to the Christian faith and suffered for it, is especially effective.
Inexpressible bowl
There is a special icon that bears the canonical name "Inexpressible Chalice". The first case of miraculous healing thanks to this icon was recorded in 1878. A prayer addressed to the Mother of God, depicted on it, was a certain peasant from Tula, already half paralyzed as a result of excessive drinking in alcohol. After the prayer, he not only ceased to have a craving for alcohol, but also began to move normally. The icon began to be considered miraculous and eliminating such vices as drug addiction, drunkenness, and smoking. During the Revolution and the Civil War, the original of this miraculous icon was lost, but regained and is now in a small monastery in the city of Serpukhov, near Moscow. In other temples there are lists from it, which are also called "Inexhaustible Chalice." It depicts the Mother of God, in front of which is a cup with the inscription "I am the true vine", from which the figure of the baby Jesus rises.
There are always a lot of people in the monastery church in the city of Serpukhov in front of the “Inexhaustible Chalice” icon - this is the last hope of alcoholics and drug addicts, their friends and relatives. They ask the Virgin to help get rid of this harmful addiction. Having gained faith in God, people gain faith in themselves, which gives them the strength to stop destroying their lives and the lives of their loved ones. This is a kind of miracle, too, and who created it - an icon or a person’s faith, it doesn’t matter.
